ILGWU Joint Board Dress & Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York Managers'' Correspondence
Collection Number: 5780/047
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Joint Board Dress & Waistmakers'
Union of Greater New York Managers'' Correspondence, 1909-1978
Collection Number:
5780/047
Creator:
Hochman, Julius, Zimmerman,
Charles;
Joint Board Dress and Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Joint Board Dress and Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
18.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor- Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Contains the correspondence of managers (Julius Hochman, 1928-1958
and Charles S. Zimmerman, 1958-1972) of the ILGWU Joint Board Dress and Waistmakers' Union. Also
includes information on the function and activity of the board as well as the dress
industry.
Language:
Collection material in English, Yiddish
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor unions in
the United States founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in
cities in the northeastern United States. It was one of the first U.S. Unions to have a
membership consisting of mostly females, and it played a key role in the labor history of the
1920s and 1930s. The union is generally referred to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG". The ILGWU grew
in geographical scope, membership size, and political influence to become one of the most
powerful forces in American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's
garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve working and living conditions of its members
through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative
housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. The ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form the Union of Needle trades, Industrial and
Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union
(HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE. The two unions that formed UNITE in
1995 represented only 250,000 workers between them, down from the ILGWU's peak membership of
450,000 in 1969.
Beginning in 1900, manufacturers of shirtwaists branched out and began to create dresses.
Local 25 Ladies' Waist Makers' Union was chartered in 1905 after the reorganization of
unsuccessful locals. By 1908, there were over 600 waist and dress shops in New York employing
over 30,000 workers. Long hours of 56 hour weeks, overtime, low pay, and rampant sub-contracting
led to agitation among the poorly treated women workers. Smaller strikes throughout 1909 over
the intolerable conditions paved the way for a meeting at Cooper Union on November 22. Thousands
filled the hall when 23 year old Clara Lemlich, a striker on a picket line, rose to spoke and
called for a general strike. The "Uprising of Twenty Thousand" involved waist makers from New
York, Brooklyn, and Brownsville. Amidst hunger, cold, imprisonment, and unscrupulous bosses, the
women on the picket lines continued their fight, the strike lasting fourteen weeks until
February 15, 1910. While not a complete success, the strike did result in individual contracts,
higher wages, and a large increase in union membership. As the industry expanded over the years,
so did the union, becoming Local 25 Waist and Dress Makers' Union, which would soon become the
biggest local in the union. In the beginning of 1913, another strike involved 30,000 workers and
resulted in a collective agreement. Workers left their shops again in February 1916 ending with
a revised Protocol. It was also at this time that Local 25 began a summer vacation resort for
its members, an idea that would soon take off with the International and become Unity House.
In 1920, Local 25 was the only local in New York for the waist and dress industry. The large
size of the local made it difficult to properly control and adequately service all of the
members. At the 1920 Convention, the General Executive Board enacted a resolution to establish a
Joint Board within Local 25 and charter separate locals for dressmakers and waistmakers. By
1921, there was organized a Joint Board composed of Local 22 Dressmakers, Local 25 Waistmakers,
Local 58 Waist Buttonhole Makers, Local 60 Waist and Dress Pressers, Local 66 Bonnaz Embroidery
Workers, Local 89 Italian Waist and Dressmakers, and the waist and dress branch of Cutters'
Local 10. The new arrangement was not without problems among the recently rearranged locals. The
new Dress and Waistmakers' Joint Board soon began new agreement negotiations with the Dress
Manufacturers' Association, and called a general strike on February 9, 1921. Julius Hochman
managed the Dress and Waistmakers' Joint Board. With a large growth of jobbers in the industry
sending work to non-union shops, the Joint Board inaugurated a drive in the summer of 1922 to
strike the big jobbing firms and bring workers under union contracts. A general work stoppage in
February 1923 in the dress industry won the union a 40 hour week and 10 percent wage increase,
as well as a large gain of new members. During the summer of 1923, after years of discussion and
deliberation, the two dress locals, Local 23 and 22 were consolidated. The dressmakers from
Local 23 transferred to Local 22 and subsequently Local 22 joined the New York Cloakmakers'
Joint Board. Later, the Dress Pressers' Local 60 joined Local 35 the Cloak Pressers' Union.
Soon, the Dress and Waist Joint Board became unnecessary and was dissolved. Local 89, the
Italian Dress and Waistmakers' Union, affiliated with the Cloak Board as well, and both dress
and cloak industries in New York were represented by the Cloak and Dress Joint Board. Local 25
Waistmakers were left without an affiliated organization and in October 1924 merged with the
Dressmakers' Union, Local 22.
At the end of 1924, the Joint Board met with the Wholesale Dress Manufacturers' Association
and although conferences continued into 1925, but resulted in the introduction of a sanitary
label in the dress industry and an unemployment insurance fund. The "prosanis" label in the
dress industry was launched by the Sanitary Joint Board on April 15, 1925. During the remainder
of 1925, many of the dress agreements went unenforced with the upsurge of workers in non-union
plants and the internal conflict created by the rise to power of the Communists within the
local. A "peace pact" resulted in the resignation of vice president Julius Hochman who had been
managing the dress division, replaced by a staff of Communist officials headed by Charles
Zimmerman. By the end of 1926, the Communists had gained control of the dress organization in
New York City and the union barely existed. But during 1927 and 1928, the Joint Board persisted
with organizing activities in an attempt to strengthen its position. Julius Hochman was elected
general manager of the Joint Board and later in December 1927 Elias Reisberg was elected manager
of the dress department. In 1929, the General Executive Board formed the Dress Trade Council
consisting of representatives of dress locals to begin to rehabilitate the dress organization.
Also at this time, Hochman was appointed manager of the Dress Division of the Joint Board and
launched a large dress campaign to increase membership. Isidore Nagler served as general manager
of Joint Board.
In February 4, 1930, 25,000 dressmakers walked out of the shops. And while the strike was
settled eight days later, the strike was called to reorganize dressmakers and establish
collection relationships with employers and collective agreements as well as finally abolish the
Communist influence in the industry. On April 8, 1930 the General Executive Board decided to
separate the dressmakers from the Cloakmakers' Joint Board and give them back an autonomous
joint board to govern their own affairs. The new independent Dress Joint Board addressed dress
manufacturers list of 38 demands during contract negotiations, and when an agreement could not
be reached, on February 16, 1932, a general strike of the dressmakers lasted two weeks. This
defensive strike renewed collective agreements. Another walkout in all dress shops, both union
and non-union on August 16, 1933 brought the dress industry to a halt. A quick resolution
resulted in 35 hours/5 day weeks, fixed wages for week and piece workers, and guaranteed minimum
wages. By February 1934, the Dress Joint Board moved to new larger offices along with Locals 22
and 89, illustrating a drastic turnaround from previous years. The dress industry was now the
biggest organized center in the ILGWU.
The historic revival of the New York dress organization in 1933 created the largest single
body of workers within the union. By the 1940s, the Dress Joint Board was composed of Locals 89
(Italian Dressmakers), 22, 60 (Dress Pressers) and the Dress Division of Cutters' Local 10.
Added to that, in 1939 the Dress Joint Board took over responsibility for and control over the
working conditions and agreements of silk dress production in the Eastern and the Cotton Dress
Departments. The Joint Board worked to create a WPA sewing project for unemployed dressmakers,
as well as establishing in 1938 a Samplemakers' Labor Bureau. Unfortunately, the lack of styles
during the war years caused economic problems, with shrinking production and unemployment. With
the collective agreement of March 1944, an industry-wide health and vacation fund covered
members of Locals 89, 22 and 60 and included sick benefits, hospitalization, medical services at
the Union Health Center, eye exams, and tuberculosis aid, as well as one week's paid vacation.
Additionally, a retirement system supplemented the health and vacation fund, the Retirement Fund
and Health and Welfare Fund of the Dress Joint Board. Soon, the dress industry was back to
pre-war production levels with an increase in styles, though the industry often had difficulty
adapting to the postwar retail market and new consumer attitude. The Joint Board launched a
large scale organization drive at the end of the decade which was met with resistance, often
violent, by "for hire" thugs interfering on picket lines and threatening Joint Board officers.
Zimmerman, now a vice-president as well as manager of Local 22, supervised the drive to organize
the open shops. It was during this drive that dress presser and temporary organizer William
Lurye was murdered in May 1949 as the open shops employed racketeering to prevent unionization.
The anti-open shop campaign succeeded in bringing union conditions and standards to the new
shops.
The New York Dress Institute was formed with the assistance of the Joint Board in 1941 to
promote American fashions and establish New York as the fashion capital. While the Joint Board
suspended payments in 1944, the Institute still operated, having fashion shows, distributing
fashion photographs for publications, and maintaining the best dressed women list. By 1953, the
Dress Institute cut operation due to lack of funds and began operating as the Couture Group of
the Dress Institute. At a GEB meeting in 1953, shipping clerks in the dress industry were
unionized to form Local 60A, a branch of Local 60. The locals in Joint Board now included Locals
89, 22, and 60-60A Dress Pressers and Shipping Clerks. Julius Hochman resigned as manager of the
Dress Joint Board in June 1958 after 29 years (since 1929) to direct the new ILGWU Union Label
Department. He was succeeded by Charles Zimmerman, who had been manager of Local 22 for 25
years. 1958 also saw the formation of the Dressmakers' Joint Council, which consisted of the
Joint Board, as well as the dress sections of the Eastern Out-of-Town and Northeast Departments.
Zimmerman was also manager of the new Joint Council. Sol Greene, assistant director of the
Northeast Department, became the new assistant general manager of the Joint Board. The Joint
Board in January 1959 was the first ILGWU affiliate to introduce the new union label.
A March 1958 walkout of 105,000 dressmakers in the New York metropolitan area was the first
general strike in 25 years. Negotiations with employers began at the end of 1957 and with no
resolution in sight, the contracts, set to expire January 1958, were extended for another month.
Again, with no agreement in sight, the strike committee set the date of March 5 for the walkout.
At ten o'clock that morning, thousands and thousands of garment workers left the shops and made
their way into the streets. Soon Madison Square Garden was filled and tens of thousands pickets
organized. A few days later, Mayor Wagner called strike leaders and appointed from Senator
Lehman and Impartial Chairman Harry Uviller to mediate the strike. The five day general strike
resulted in a new contract for workers including wage increases, a 7 hour day/ 35 hour week for
piece and time workers with overtime pay, and the establishment of a severance fund.
The decades of the 1960s and 70s saw a decline in shops and jobs in New York City with firms
going out of business. In June 1969, Local 38 Theatrical Costume, Ladies Tailors voted to
affiliate with the Joint Board, representing theatrical costume workers and custom tailors in
departments stores. Additional diversifying included a newly formed Local 159 of office
employees in the dress industry. Charles Zimmerman retired on July 1, 1972 as union vice
president and manager of the Dress Joint Council and New York Dress Joint Board. Murray Gross,
who had been associate general manager since 1969 became the general manager of the Joint Board
and Joint Council. The Joint Board now consisted of Locals 89, 22, 60-60A and 159 along with the
new Local 38 and 159. March 1974 saw the initial movement to reorganize the Joint Board by
combining and merging various departments. By 1975, the New York Dress Joint Board completed
restructuring of affiliate locals, and Locals 60-60A, 159, and 38 were merged into existing
Locals 22 and 89. Local 22 gained jurisdiction over all dressmakers in Manhattan and Local 89
was designated the local for all Bronx and Brooklyn members. Vice president and general manager
Murray Gross retired and Sam Nemaizer became manager after the 1974 convention. There were
changes in leadership also as Locals 22 and 89 saw long serving managers began to retire.
In November 1977, the executive committee of the ILGWU General Executive Board enacted a
resolution that merged the existing cloak, dress, rainwear and other affiliates in New York,
thus ending the separate existence of the New York Cloak and Dress Joint Boards. The New York
Cloak-Dress Joint Board and Affiliates consisted of Local 1-35 United Coat, Suit, Rainwear and
Allied Workers Union of Manhattan; Local 10 Cutters; Local 22 Dressmakers Union of Manhattan;
Local 48 Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers Union of North Brooklyn; Local 77 Coat,
Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers Union of Queens; Local 89 Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear
and Allied Workers Union of South Brooklyn; and Local 189 Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied
Workers Union of the Bronx. At the same time, sportswear locals previously under the Dress or
Cloak Joint Board were now a part of the new New York Sportswear and Allied Workers Joint Board
(Local 10 Cutters; Local 23-25 Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers; Local 91 Children's
Dressmakers; Local 105 Snowsuit, Infants, and Novelty Sportswear; and Local 155 Knitgoods
Workers). The new resolution redrew existing locals' jurisdiction to represent workers along
geographic as well as industrial lines. The changes created a more efficient and economical
representation of the workers and provided greater organizing ability and bargaining power. E.
Howard Molisani, an ILGWU vice-president and manager of the Cloak Joint Board, was elected to
serve as the general manager of the new organization. Following his retirement in July 1978,
Samuel Nemaizer (formerly manager of the Dress Joint Board) was appointed to succeed Molisani as
general manager.
In late 1981, the Joint Board approved a measure to dissolve Locals 48, 77 and 189 to create a
stronger financial foundation for the organization. Members were transferred to Locals 22, 1-35
and 89. Local 89 was renamed Local 89- 48 to honor the historic significance of the Italian
cloakmakers. An October 1984 meeting resulted in more restructuring of the board and locals into
a new Local 89-22-1. Changes in the garment industry necessitated the dissolution of the Joint
Board and Locals 22 and 89-48. The charter of Local 1-35 was amended to create the new Local
89-22-1. With the consolidation of staff and retirements of managers Samuel Nemaizer, Manuel
Gonzalez and Frank Longo, Samuel Byer, associate general manager of the New York
Coat-Dress-Rainwear Joint Board was elected manager of Local 89-22-1. The New York Sportswear
Joint Board was renamed the New York Joint Board in August 1985, and Locals 62-32 and 66-40
joined the existing affiliates Locals 23-25, 155, 91-105 and 10 and managed by Edgar Romney.
After the retirement in 1993 of Samuel Byer, Barbara Laufman was elected manager of Local
89-22-1. Local 89-22-1 was the successor to some of the oldest locals in the union from the
coat, dress, suite and rainwear industries, as well as both the New York Dress and Cloak Joint
Boards. In July 1922, the New York State District merged with Local 89-22-1.
The records of the Dress Joint Board are arranged alphabetically by subject and offer an
overview of the function and type of work undertaken by the Joint Board within the dress
industry. The Joint Board had far reaching interests and business, and the collection is
predominantly correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject, revealing the breadth of
organizations, commitments, and activities of the Joint Board. For instance, the records
document the Joint Boards work with Civil Rights organizations, including the NAACP, Roy
Wilkins, the National Urban League, and even correspondence with Martin Luther King Jr. There is
material discussing the charges of discrimination levied by NAACP labor secretary Herbert Hill
against the union in 1962, as well as late 1950s reports and correspondence of the unions work
with the State Commission Against Discrimination. Dress associations represented in agreements
include the United Better Dress Manufacturers, the Pennsylvania Dress Manufacturers Association,
and the New Jersey Dress Manufacturers. Records show organizations the Joint Board contributed
money. There is also much information on elections, mainly campaign material for congressional
races as well as local elections (city council). The correspondence and literature comes from
the Campaign Committee. Of particular note is the material for elections within the locals for
executive board, for officers, including ballots and slates.
The collection provides documentation on the dress industry, with material comprising price
settlement lists, operator earnings, garment production volume/dollar volume, and wholesale firm
production. There are many comparison studies, including a survey of wage rates by skill
(draper, cutter, etc.). Additionally, there are facts, figures and reports from the Price
Settlement Department, such as information on wage comparisons. The dispute between piece work
and week work can be examined from the reports and studies on the introduction of section work
and pricing in relation to the completed employee and shop week work questionnaires.
The administrative function of the Joint Board is represented through reports to the General
Executive Board; records of the Health, Welfare and Retirement plans/funds, which were
established in 1944, and include rules and regulations, premiums, payments, reports, receipts
and disbursements; disability benefits paid out with and without hearings; decisions of the
Impartial Chairman. Another component of the collection is material from the locals that
composed the Joint Board as well as dress locals not in New York City (out-of-town) and their
Joint Boards. This includes much material from the Northeast Department, which in 1958, had the
dress department merge with the Joint Board to form the new Dressmakers' Joint Council. A large
section of the collection contains files on negotiations of the Joint Board with employers and
manufacturing associations for new contracts and agreements. These are organized according to
year and illustrate gains and losses for the union over time through collective bargaining.
Notable inclusions within the negotiations are listed in the folder titles.
General Managers of the Dress Joint Board are also represented through correspondence, memos,
articles, reports, and mainly speeches. Longtime manager Julius Hochman has many folders of
speeches he gave, arranged by year and convention, i.e. ILGWU, AFL, regional meetings, Workman's
Circle Convention, Jewish Labor Committee. There are also speeches and correspondence of Charles
Zimmerman, including during his time as president of the Jewish Labor Committee (1967-1971).
The history of the Dress Joint Board was filled consolidations and mergers. Early history can
be found in the form of a constitution when it was called the Joint Board of the Dress and
Waistmakers' Union, as well as when it was merged into the Joint Board of the Cloak, Suit,
Skirt, Dress and Reefer Makers' Union. Also beneficial for historical information on the Joint
Board are the reports that were presented to the ILGWU conventionsonly brief reports appear in
the official proceedings. Finally, of note, there is the Dress Joint Board newsletter "The
Organizer" from 1933 chronicling the dressmaker strike, and worth noting, there is a folder of
photographs, and while many are of activities of the Joint Board, much is of a personal nature
and includes snapshots of families and children.
Names:
Hochman, Julius, 1892-1970
Zimmerman, Charles S., 1896-1983
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. New York Cloak
Joint Board.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--United States.
Women's clothing industry--New York (State)--New York.
Labor unions--Clothing workers--United States.
Labor unions--Clothing workers--New York (State)--New York.
Clothing workers--United States.
Clothing workers--New York (State)--New York.
Industrial relations--United States.
Industrial relations--New York (State)--New York.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records.
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Cite As:
ILGWU Joint Board Dress & Waistmakers'' Union of Greater New York Managers'
Correspondence #5780/047. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell
University Library.
Related Collections:
5780: ILGWU records
5780/047: ILGWU Joint Board Dress & Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York Managers' Correspondence
5780/137: ILGWU Dressmakers Joint Board Clippings
5780/164: ILGWU Joint Board Shop Lists
5780/014: ILGWU Local 22, Charles S. Zimmerman Papers
5780/015: ILGWU Local 22 Records
5780/036: ILGWU Local 22 Minutes
5780/059: ILGWU Local 23-25 Records
5780/042: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "L'Operaia"
5780/031: ILGWU Local 35 Records
5780/019: ILGWU Local 38 Minutes
5780/023: ILGWU Local 89 Luigi Antonini Correspondence
5780/024: ILGWU Local 89 Records
5780/064: ILGWU Local 89 Minutes
5780/021: ILGWU Local 62 Records
5780: ILGWU records
5780/047: ILGWU Joint Board Dress & Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York Managers' Correspondence
5780/137: ILGWU Dressmakers Joint Board Clippings
5780/164: ILGWU Joint Board Shop Lists
5780/014: ILGWU Local 22, Charles S. Zimmerman Papers
5780/015: ILGWU Local 22 Records
5780/036: ILGWU Local 22 Minutes
5780/059: ILGWU Local 23-25 Records
5780/042: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "L'Operaia"
5780/031: ILGWU Local 35 Records
5780/019: ILGWU Local 38 Minutes
5780/023: ILGWU Local 89 Luigi Antonini Correspondence
5780/024: ILGWU Local 89 Records
5780/064: ILGWU Local 89 Minutes
5780/021: ILGWU Local 62 Records
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1a | 1966-1967 | |
Box 1 | Folder 1b | 1955-1958 | |
Citizens Advisory Committee on Problems of the Aging Incl. Averell Harriman ltrs.; documents
& reports of Governor's Conference on "Problems of the Aging."
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1953 | |
Agreements with McKettrick Williams, Inc., Affiliated Dress Manufacturers, Inc., Popular
Priced Dress Manufacturers Group, Inc., & United Popular Dress Manufacturers Association,
Inc.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1948-1951 | |
Agreement with Associated Lerner Shops of America, Inc.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1939-1949 | |
Agreements with Affiliated Ladies' Apparel Carriers of the Eastern Area, Inc., and New York
and New England Dress Carriers' Association, Inc.
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Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1941 | |
Special agreements for opening inside shop or enlarging facilities by transfer of workers
from firm's contractors.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1965-1966 | |
Corres. re employment in U.S.A.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1942 | |
Speech by Julius Hochman, introducing resolution at AFL convention in Toronto to establish a
Public Relations Dept.; incl. text of Toronto Star editorial.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1957-1975 | |
Incl. correspondence. re committees on Social Security and Civil Rights Compliance; ltrs.
from George Meany & Walter Reuther.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1956-1964 | |
I.c.w. Boris Shishkin, Al Hartnett, Herbert Hill, Emanuel Muravchik, correspondence. &
newspaper clippings re controversy over Pittsburgh Courier charges (1959).
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Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1958-1967 | |
I.c.w. Irving Brown, Maida Springer, re Institute of Tailoring & Cutting (Kenya).
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1955 | |
Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1943-1958 | |
Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1961-1964 | |
I.c.w. Contemporary Arts & Archives of American Art.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1932-1965 | |
Louis Nizer ltr. re retainer; incl. correspondence. bet. Emil Schlesinger &
Pennsylvania Dress Manufacturers Association, Inc.; also I.c.w. legislature & mayor's
office re electrical costs for employers; copy of agreement bet. N.J. Dress Mfrs. &
Contractors Assoc., Inc., & Popular Priced Dress Contractors Assoc., Inc.
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Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1959-1974 | |
Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1957-1967 | |
Incl. ltrs. of tribute from Lyndon B. Johnson, A. Philip Randolph, Harry Van Arsdale,
William Fitts Ryan; journal.
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Box 1 | Folder 17 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1952-1975 | |
Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1950-1951 | |
Incl. documents & correspondence. re expulsion of Joseph Tuvim.
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Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1949-1976 | |
Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1960-1975 | |
I.c.w. NAACP Legal & Defense Fund with CSZ ltr. of resignation, George Meany, National
Urban League (NYC), Commission on Intergroup Relations (NYC) & Central Labor Council;
Robert J. Kennedy and Robert Wagner ltrs.
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Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1952-1959 | |
I.c.w. National Urban League
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Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1925-1949 | |
Ltrs. from Harry Edmonds (director). International House & Rose Baron (secretary).
International Labor Defense; statement of Executive Committee of Cloakmakers' General Strike
Committee (Nov. 18, 1926); texts of articles from Freiheit; The Communist Plague In Our unions
(pamphlet).
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Box 2 | Folder 5 | ||
Leaflets.
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Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1946-1955 | |
Box 2 | Folder 7 | ||
Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1947-1953 | |
Dress Jt. Bd. reports.
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Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1947-1953 | |
Dress Jt. Bd. reports.
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Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1956-1959 | |
Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1963-1964 | |
Nov. 1963-Apr. 1964.
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Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1953 | |
Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1947-1956 | |
Minutes of meetings; also incl. minutes of two Jt. Bd. staff meetings (1950).
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Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1958-1961 | |
Incl. minutes & reports of Eligibility Sub-committee.
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Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1958-1961 | |
Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1946-1956 | |
I.c.w. Emil Schlesinger; statistical tables.
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Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1955 | |
Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1956-1958 | |
Labor Advisory Committee. Incl. correspondence., reports. Governor's Citation to Charles S.
Zimmerman.
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Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1955-1961 | |
I.c.w. Algernon D. Black & Frances Levenson.
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Box 3 | Folder 7 | 1949-1958 | |
I.c.w. Algernon D. Black.
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Box 3 | Folder 8 | 1954-1960 | |
I.c.w. Martin J. Morand, E.T. Kehrer, N. Kirtzman, Angela Bambace, Harry Schindler,
Frederick Siems, Ralph Roberts.
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Box 3 | Folder 9 | 1940 | |
Jan. 1940. Minutes of Conference on Dress Situation, incl. Meyer Perlstein's report on
Chicago area.
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Box 3 | Folder 10 | 1949-1955 | |
Section Piece Work Schedules, Official Price Settlement List, Management-Engineering Report
(Feb. 28, 1949), sales figures for NYC dress industry.
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Box 3 | Folder 11 | 1942-1949 | |
Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1937-1947 | |
Payroll & wage increase data; incl. Week Workers Survey (1947); news release (Feb. 18,
1946) re wage increase demand.
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Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1955-1967 | |
Minutes, Bd. of Dir.
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Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1947-1970 | |
Incl. correspondence. re movement of firms to Penna.
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Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 4 | Folder 5 | 1944-1955 | |
I.c.w. Israel Horowitz, Antonio Crivello, Salvatore Ninfo, Harry Wander; speech by JH.
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Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1958-1964 | |
I.c.w. Edward Kramer.
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Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1955-1959 | |
Incl. Mark Starr ltrs.; texts of "Ideas and Suggestions" & "Operation ILGWU Education;"
minutes of N.Y. Educational Directors' meetings.
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Box 4 | Folder 8 | 1938 | |
Schedule of piece-work prices for cotton dresses, prepared for the Waist and Dressmakers Jt.
Bd., Phila., Pa.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 | 1968-1973 | |
I.c.w. Louis Stulberg, leaflets.
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Box 4 | Folder 10 | 1965-1966 | |
Box 4 | Folder 11 | 1963-1964 | |
Incl. ltr. from Jack Rosen (president), United Better Dress Mfrs. Assoc., Inc., re
contributions; announcement of candidacy of E. Howard Molisani for councilman-at-large in 1963
election.
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Box 4 | Folder 12 | 1958-1962 | |
Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1962 | |
Leaflets, ltrs., ballots re elections for local officers; incl. Yiddish newspaper
clippings.
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Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1947-1962 | |
Election results for Local 22; leaflets.
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Box 5 | Folder 3 | 1962-1965 | |
Incl. opposition leaflets.
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Box 5 | Folder 4 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1951-1960 | |
Monthly budget for Joint Board.
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Box 5 | Folder 6 | 1950-1955 | |
Speeches at services for Frederick Umhey, David Lvovich (Davidovich) & Leon Blum.
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Box 5 | Folder 7 | 1969-1974 | |
Incl. reports of Dressmakers' Jt. Council to GEB.
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Box 5 | Folder 8 | 1966-1970 | |
Appeal by Helen Steinberg, Local 4.
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Box 5 | Folder 9 | 1949-1960 | |
Incl. general manager's reports to Jt. Bd. re GEB meetings; Union membership figures
(1949-59).
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Box 5 | Folder 10 | 1941-1949 | |
Box 5 | Folder 11 | 1941-1955 | |
I.c.w. Hark Starr; drafts of leaflets; reports.
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Box 6 | Folder 1 | 1941-1954 | |
I.c.w. Frederick F. Umhey & Arthur Elder, report by Fannia M. Cohn (1941- 42), minutes
of meetings.
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Box 6 | Folder 2 | 1958-1978 | |
Incl. ltrs. from Sol C. Chaikin & Upton Sinclair, speech by Israel Breslow at CSZ
installation; newspaper clippings re CSZ retirement.
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Box 6 | Folder 3 | 1934-1957 | |
Incl. ltrs. re Meyer Perlstein's retirement (Aug. 14, 1957) and Joseph Breslaw's death (July
16, 1957), Louis Boudin memo on ORT, press comments on Efficiency Clause (February 1941).
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Box 6 | Folder 4 | 1927-1940 | |
Incl. acceptance of nomination as general manager, leaflets.
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Box 6 | Folder 5a | 1950-1965 | |
Articles by JH & CSZ, incl. "Free Trade Unions in the Developing Countries" &
newspaper clippings from India & Greece.
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Box 6 | Folder 5b | 1950-1965 | |
Articles by JH & CSZ, incl. "Free Trade Unions in the Developing Countries" &
newspaper clippings from India & Greece.
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Box 6 | Folder 6 | 1936-1949 | |
Articles, by JH, incl. "The Retirement Myth" (1949), "Labor and the Public" (1943),
"Dressmakers' Union Promotes Industry Planning" (1941).
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Box 6 | Folder 7 | 1936-1960 | |
Pamphlets by JH, incl. Industry Planning Through Collective Bargaining (1941).
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Box 7 | Folder 1 | 1935-1950 | |
Speeches for convention by JH.
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Box 7 | Folder 2 | 1957-1969 | |
Speeches by JH, incl. his resignation & nomination of CSZ.
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Box 7 | Folder 3 | 1948-1951 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 7 | Folder 4 | 1946 | |
Speeches, notes for Harvard Lectures.
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Box 7 | Folder 5 | 1946-1948 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 8 | Folder 1 | 1944-1948 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 8 | Folder 2 | 1941-1942 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 8 | Folder 3 | 1938-1941 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 8 | Folder 4 | 1940 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 8 | Folder 5 | 1936-1937 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 8 | Folder 6 | 1926-1935 | |
Speeches by JH.
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Box 8 | Folder 7 | 1933-1958 | |
JH biographical material.
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Box 9 | Folder 1 | 1958-1974 | |
Incl. ltrs. from Averell Harriman & Hubert H. Humphrey.
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Box 9 | Folder 2a | 1944-1955 | |
Incl. texts of regulations.
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Box 9 | Folder 2b | 1944-1955 | |
Incl. texts of regulations.
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Box 9 | Folder 3 | 1955 | |
Incl. eligibility & coverage under Health Ins. Plan of Greater N.Y.
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Box 9 | Folder 4 | 1952-1953 | |
Ltr. to D.D. re administrative costs; statistics.
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Box 9 | Folder 5 | 1952 | |
Statistics on administrative accounts.
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Box 9 | Folder 6 | 1947-1951 | |
Incl. reports from Louis Brass; text of "Proposed General Plan for Operation of Health
Fund."
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Box 9 | Folder 7 | 1945-1951 | |
Incl. minutes of Health Fund Council and Health & Welfare Fund Committee (Union).
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Box 9 | Folder 8 | 1947-1950 | |
Financial statements.
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Box 9 | Folder 9 | 1938-1948 | |
Financial reports.
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Box 9 | Folder 10 | 1952-1957 | |
Firms delinquent in Fund payments; legal correspondence; reports of settlements.
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Box 10 | Folder 1 | 1947-1951 | |
Box 10 | Folder 2 | 1941-1953 | |
Incl. "Our Union's History" (anon.).
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Box 10 | Folder 3 | 1909-1934 | |
Incl. organizational chart, chronological record of Waistmakers' Strike.
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Box 10 | Folder 4 | 1929 | |
Incl. "Manifesto To All Dressmakers" (Local 22), leaflets.
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Box 10 | Folder 5 | 1926 | |
Incl. "Facts About the Cloak Strike;" advance copy of "The Limits of Unemployment
Insurance" by John R. Commons (1924); "Final Recommendations" by Governor's Advisory
Commission; "Needle Trades Revolt Against Communism" by Louis Stark; report to Local 22
members by Julius Portnoy; manager's report on scab work in Boston.
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Box 10 | Folder 6 | 1943-1957 | |
Personal correspondence.
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Box 10 | Folder 7 | 1941-1946 | |
Articles by Eugene Lyons and Martha Dodson re JH.
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Box 10 | Folder 8 | 1943 | |
Corres. re distribution of article, "Labor & the Public."
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Box 11 | Folder 1 | 1957 | |
Statement to N.Y. State Senate & Assembly Labor Committees re Hughes-Ashberry bill by
Wilbur Daniels.
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Box 11 | Folder 2 | 1936-1956 | |
Decisions by the I.c. (Harry Uviller).
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Box 11 | Folder 3 | 1940-1955 | |
Box 11 | Folder 4 | 1936-1945 | |
Minutes & reports of Administrative Board of I.c. office.
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Box 11 | Folder 5 | 1964-1965 | |
Incl. ltrs. & reports re Centro de Estudios y Documentacion Sociales &
Panoramas.
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Box 11 | Folder 6 | 1972-1973 | |
I.c.w. Carlos Bedoya & text of resolution on textile & clothing imports &
exports.
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Box 11 | Folder 7 | 1970-1971 | |
I.c.w. Carlos Bedoya, report to III Congress of ITLGWF by ILGWU, also reports by Saby
Nehama, Charles S. Zimmerman and C. Bedoya; newspaper clippings.
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Box 11 | Folder 8a | 1956-1962 | |
Incl. reports & news releases.
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Box 11 | Folder 8b | 1956-1962 | |
Incl. reports & news releases.
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Box 11 | Folder 9 | 1971-1972 | |
Corres. w. American Institute for Free Labor Development, Organizacion Regional
Interamericana de Trabajadores, Federacion Obrera Nacional de la Industria del Vestido y
Afines.
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Box 11 | Folder 10 | 1965 | |
Box 11 | Folder 11 | 1958 | |
Box 11 | Folder 12 | 1958-1959 | |
Incl. brief history of Union & of Local 60.
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Box 11 | Folder 13 | 1962-1972 | |
Box 12 | Folder 1 | 1968-1969 | |
I.c.w. Leo Cherne, Max Weinrich & Lucienne & Steve Dimitroff; also correspondence.
re Diego Rivera murals & panels.
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Box 12 | Folder 2 | 1971-1973 | |
Box 12 | Folder 3a | 1946 | |
Box 12 | Folder 3b | 1950-1952 | |
Hearing & award re wage dispute bet. Forward & its writers.
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Box 12 | Folder 4 | 1968-1978 | |
Incl. correspondence. re emigration of Jews from Poland.
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Box 12 | Folder 5 | 1956-1960 | |
Box 12 | Folder 6 | 1956-1960 | |
Box 12 | Folder 7 | 1956-1957 | |
Box 12 | Folder 8 | 1949-1952 | |
Incl. memorandum re field work, minutes and Statement of Principles of JLC Committee to
Combat Anti-Semitism,
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Box 12 | Folder 9 | 1945-1959 | |
"Report to National -Policy and Program Committee, " "Analysis of Activities of Committee to
Combat Anti-Semitism," leaflets.
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Box 12 | Folder 10 | 1949-1958 | |
I.c.w. Emanuel Muravchik.
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Box 13 | Folder 1 | 1946-1958 | |
Incl. speeches by CSZ, memoranda, news releases. Outlook.
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Box 13 | Folder 2 | 1944-1956 | |
Annual reports.
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Box 13 | Folder 3 | 1936-1940 | |
Incl. memorandum re Sherman Anti-Trust Law.
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Box 13 | Folder 4 | 1954-1955 | |
Incl. correspondence. & reports re Jerry Gilden (firm); report of GEB Special Committee
on Jurisdiction.
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Box 13 | Folder 5 | 1952-1953 | |
Incl. list of shops controlled by Local 105.
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Box 13 | Folder 6 | 1950-1951 | |
Incl. correspondence. & reports re disputes w. Local 25.
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Box 13 | Folder 7 | 1948-1949 | |
I.c.w. Local 25.
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Box 13 | Folder 8 | 1948 | |
Disputes involving Baker Bros., Chicladee Dress & Monart Dress Mfg. Co.
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Box 13 | Folder 9 | 1936-1947 | |
I.c.w. N.Y. Cloak Jt. Bd. & Local 25.
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Box 13 | Folder 10 | 1958-1968 | |
Corres. w. M.L. King, CSZ telegrams protesting arrests & treatment of King & other
blacks.
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Box 13 | Folder 11 | 1958-1964 | |
Incl. ltr. from Herbert h. Lehman.
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Box 13 | Folder 12 | 1961-1963 | |
Box 13 | Folder 13 | 1959-1963 | |
Box 14 | Folder 1 | 1959-1969 | |
Box 14 | Folder 2 | 1958-1961 | |
Minutes.
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Box 14 | Folder 3a | 1941-1955 | |
Memorandum "in the matter of the complaint of the Jt. Bd... against Local 102 before a
committee of the GEB of the ILGWU" (1941); judgment against Garment Truckmen of N.J., Inc., et
al (Oct. 4, 1955).
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Box 14 | Folder 3b | 1947-1954 | |
Incl. correspondence., leaflets, programs; tributes (50th anniversary of Local 10) by JH,
Luigi Antonini, William Green; report of 1953 Examination, Objection & Election Comm. of Local
89; report of Special Investigation Comm. of Local 89 re Salvatore Flocker.
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Box 14 | Folder 4a | 1948-1956 | |
incl. Report (1950) of Local 91, by-laws of Vacation Fund of Undergarment & Negligee
Workers' Union, Local 62; election leaflets for Locals 9,35,66 and 55.
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Box 14 | Folder 4b | 1948-1956 | |
incl. Report (1950) of Local 91, by-laws of Vacation Fund of Undergarment & Negligee
Workers' Union, Local 62; election leaflets for Locals 9,35,66 and 55.
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Box 14 | Folder 5 | 1957-1964 | |
I.c.w. Angela Bambace, Morris Bialis, Salvatore Ninfo, Bernard Shane, Frederick Siems,
Cornelius Wall; incl. text of Silk Dress Agreement of Phila. Dress Jt. Bd.
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Box 14 | Folder 6 | 1957-1964 | |
I.c.w. Angela Bambace, Morris Bialis, Salvatore Ninfo, Bernard Shane, Frederick Siems,
Cornelius Wall; incl. text of Silk Dress Agreement of Phila. Dress Jt. Bd.
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Box 14 | Folder 7a | 1944-1954 | |
I.c.w. Abraham Plotkin & re Forest City Mfg. Co.; summary of Local 49 history; text of
Justice clippings (1919) re Chicago Jt. Bd.; report of Pacific Coast Region by Louis Levy
(1945).
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Box 14 | Folder 7b | 1944-1954 | |
I.c.w. Abraham Plotkin & re Forest City Mfg. Co.; summary of Local 49 history; text of
Justice clippings (1919) re Chicago Jt. Bd.; report of Pacific Coast Region by Louis Levy
(1945).
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Box 14 | Folder 8 | 1945-1949 | |
Incl. ltrs. from Sidney Blauner re non-union firms.
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Box 14 | Folder 9 | 1946-1957 | |
I.c.w. Isidore Stenzor; memos & reports re conflict w. Samuel Otto.
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Box 15 | Folder 1a | 1950-1956 | |
Incl. notices, ballots, lists of candidates, leaflets of election in L.A. Dress Jt. Bd.
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Box 15 | Folder 1b | 1950-1954 | |
Newspaper clippings concerning reorganization of Jt. Bd.; incl. Thru the Needle's Eve (2
issues) & Report to the Members 1947-50.
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Box 15 | Folder 1c | 1950-1952 | |
I.c.w. Fannie Borax, Isidore Stenzor; correspondence., reports, resolution of 27th
Convention of Union re reorganization of Jt. Bd.
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Box 15 | Folder 1d | 1950 | |
August 1950. Majority & minority reports of GEB Committee to reorganize Jt. Bd. incl.
notes on controversy w. Meyer Perlstein.
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Box 15 | Folder 2 | 1952 | |
Incl. chronology of events re Lurye murder & attack on Bill Ross; correspondence. w.
district attorney.
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Box 15 | Folder 3 | 1947-1958 | |
I.c.w. James Middleton.
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Box 15 | Folder 4 | 1932-1933 | |
Concert & Celebration of Jt. Bd.; incl. speeches by JH & William Green.
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Box 15 | Folder 5 | 1939-1953 | |
Membership figures of Locals 10,22,60,89.
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Box 15 | Folder 6a | 1937 | |
Copy of song by Harold J. Rome, autographed by N.Y. & Out-of-Town ILGWU Choruses,
presented to JH.
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Box 15 | Folder 6b | 1963-1965 | |
Incl. expressions (anonymous) of criticism of Union positions on Vietnam war.
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Box 15 | Folder 7 | 1942 | |
Minutes, Executive Committee, N.Y. Dress Institute? N.Y.S. AFL-CIO.
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Box 15 | Folder 8 | 1960-1964 | |
Cases, incl. Blue Gem Dress Co.,& Susan Evans, Inc.
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Box 15 | Folder 9 | 1960-1964 | |
Cases, incl. Blue Gem Dress Co.,& Susan Evans, Inc.
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Box 16 | Folder 1 | 1960 | |
Decisions involving Penna. shops.
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Box 16 | Folder 2 | 1951 | |
Box 16 | Folder 3 | 1972-1974 | |
Box 16 | Folder 4 | 1973 | |
February 1973.
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Box 16 | Folder 5 | 1972-1973 | |
Incl. basic facts of proposed agreement.
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Box 16 | Folder 6 | 1972-1973 | |
I.c.w. N.Y. State Mediation Board.
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Box 16 | Folder 7 | 1970-1972 | |
Incl. memo from Stuart Linnick re "Fashion Capital of the World."
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Box 16 | Folder 8 | 1970-1972 | |
I.c.w. Pay Board (U.S.).
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Box 16 | Folder 9 | 1949-1972 | |
Incl. arbitrator's award against Eddy Modes, Inc.
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Box 16 | Folder 10 | 1969-1971 | |
Incl. leaflets of Independent Cutters Club.
|
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Box 16 | Folder 11 | 1970 | |
Rank and File leaflets.
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Box 17 | Folder 1 | 1969-1970 | |
Dec. 1969-Jan. 1970.
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Box 17 | Folder 2 | 1969-1970 | |
Box 17 | Folder 3 | 1969-1970 | |
Box 17 | Folder 4 | 1969 | |
Incl. leaflets (2) of "independent" members.
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Box 17 | Folder 5 | 1967-1969 | |
Box 17 | Folder 6 | 1966-1967 | |
Oct. 1966-Nov. 1967. Index & history of 1967 negotiations.
|
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Box 17 | Folder 7 | 1966-1967 | |
Dec. 1966-Jan. 1967.
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Box 17 | Folder 8 | 1966 | |
Incl. Progressive Labor Party leaflet.
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Box 17 | Folder 9 | 1966 | |
Box 18 | Folder 1 | 1964-1967 | |
Box 18 | Folder 2 | 1964 | |
Box 18 | Folder 3 | 1964 | |
Box 18 | Folder 4 | 1963-1964 | |
Incl. statements by CSZ & Association managers & directors at first industry
conference, Dec. 12, 1963.
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Box 18 | Folder 5 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 18 | Folder 6 | 1961-1963 | |
Box 19 | Folder 1 | 1961-1963 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2 | 1961-1962 | |
Box 19 | Folder 3 | 1961 | |
Feb. 1961.
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Box 19 | Folder 4 | 1960-1961 | |
Dec. 1960-Nov. 1961. I.c.w. NYC Fire Dept. re Fire Warden Program.
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Box 19 | Folder 5 | 1960-1961 | |
Nov. 1960-June 1961. Index and history.
|
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Box 19 | Folder 6 | 1960-1961 | |
Nov. 1960-Feb. 1961.
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Box 19 | Folder 7 | 1960-1961 | |
April 1960-Jan. 1961.
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Box 19 | Folder 8 | 1960-1961 | |
Feb. 1960-Jan. 1961.
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Box 19 | Folder 9 | 1950-1959 | |
Box 20 | Folder 1 | 1955-1959 | |
Incl. Wilbur Daniels memo re picket line incidents.
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Box 20 | Folder 2 | 1958-1959 | |
Jan. 1958-Mar. 1959. Incl. notes on conference bet. JH, Emil Schlesinger & Lazare
Teper.
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Box 20 | Folder 3 | 1957-1958 | |
Index and history.
|
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Box 20 | Folder 4 | 1957-1958 | |
Aug. 1957-Dec. 1958.
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Box 20 | Folder 5 | 1957-1958 | |
Oct. 1957-Sept. 1958.
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Box 20 | Folder 6 | 1957-1958 | |
Sept. 1957-June 1958.
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Box 21 | Folder 1 | 1957-1958 | |
Mar. 1957-June 1958.
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Box 21 | Folder 2 | 1953-1959 | |
Incl. report of Special Trial Committee of GEB re Harry Schindler & Edward Spritzer
(Sept. 1, 1959); David Dubinsky ltr. reprimanding Max Bluestein (Jan. 13, 1955); JH memo re
"General Conditions in Industry, Fall Season 1953."
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Box 21 | Folder 3 | 1951-1958 | |
Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1951-1958 | |
Box 21 | Folder 5 | 1957 | |
Box 21 | Folder 6 | 1955-1956 | |
Box 21 | Folder 7 | 1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 8 | 1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 9 | 1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 10 | 1955 | |
Incl. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services' announcement of labor dispute.
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Box 21 | Folder 11 | 1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 12 | 1955 | |
Feb. 14, 1955. Dr. Lazare Teper memo.
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Box 21 | Folder 13 | 1954-1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 14 | 1954-1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 15 | 1954-1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 16 | 1954-1955 | |
Box 21 | Folder 17 | 1954-1955 | |
Incl. "Summary of Inflation Clause" (1944).
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Box 21 | Folder 18 | 1954 | |
Box 22 | Folder 1 | 1946-1954 | |
Box 22 | Folder 2 | 1946-1954 | |
Box 22 | Folder 3 | 1950-1951 | |
Nov. 1950-Mar. 1951.
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Box 22 | Folder 4 | 1950 | |
Sept. 1950-Dec. 1950. Incl. memoranda from William Gomberg, Morris Glushien & Dr. Lazare
Teper; complaints from Eastern Out-of-Town locals; statistical table re Columbus Day as a
holiday; summary," Matters Not Yet Settled."
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Box 22 | Folder 5 | 1949-1950 | |
Feb. 1949-Dec. 1950.
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Box 22 | Folder 6 | 1950 | |
Box 22 | Folder 7 | 1946-1948 | |
Incl. general strike flier (Mar. 5, 1947).
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Box 22 | Folder 8 | 1947 | |
Mar. 1947.
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Box 22 | Folder 9 | 1946 | |
Dec. 1946. Stenographic record of Dress Industry Conference.
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Box 22 | Folder 10 | 1941 | |
Announcement of appointment by F.H. LaGuardia (mayor) of Anna Rosenberg as personal observer
in negotiations; press release announcing contract calling for "efficient management &
industry promotion."
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Box 22 | Folder 11 | 1940-1941 | |
Oct. 1940-Jan. 1941.
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Box 22 | Folder 12 | 1938-1939 | |
Box 23 | Folder 1 | 1936 | |
Box 23 | Folder 2 | 1946-1947 | |
Box 23 | Folder 3 | 1963-1965 | |
I.c.w. United Popular Dress Mfrs. Assoc. & Popular Priced Dress Contractors Assoc.;
leaflets & telegrams re conflict bet. the two Associations.
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Box 23 | Folder 4 | 1953-1963 | |
Box 23 | Folder 5 | 1974 | |
Mar-May 1974.
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Box 23 | Folder 6 | 1942-1943 | |
Incl. article, "Observations on the Cost of Living Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics"
by Lazare Teper.
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Box 23 | Folder 7 | 1958 | |
Box 23 | Folder 8 | 1957-1958 | |
Box 23 | Folder 9 | 1943-1944 | |
History & record of negotiations, incl. Directory of Representatives to Industrywide
Conference.
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Box 23 | Folder 10 | 1954-1958 | |
Box 24 | Folder 1 | 1941 | |
Box 24 | Folder 2 | 1944 | |
Box 24 | Folder 3 | 1937-1944 | |
Box 24 | Folder 4 | 1973-1975 | |
Box 24 | Folder 5 | 1958-1963 | |
Box 24 | Folder 6 | 1961-1963 | |
Box 24 | Folder 7 | 1958-1959 | |
Feb. 1958-Jan. 1959.
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Box 24 | Folder 8 | 1961 | |
Jan. 1961.
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Box 24 | Folder 9 | 1962-1964 | |
Box 24 | Folder 11 | 1958 | |
Box 24 | Folder 12 | 1956-1958 | |
Incl. NLRB hearing & leaflets.
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Box 25 | Folder 1 | 1950-1951 | |
May 1950-Aug. 1951.
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Box 25 | Folder 2 | 1940-1941 | |
Incl. JH speech, "A Program for Reconstructing New York's First Industry" & news
release.
|
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Box 25 | Folder 3 | 1951-1958 | |
Incl. copy of "Promulgation of the Bd. of Stability and Control."
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Box 25 | Folder 4 | 1964 | |
Box 25 | Folder 5 | 1941-1950 | |
Incl. record of hearing before War Labor Board.
|
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Box 25 | Folder 6 | 1946 | |
Chaikin, Sol Greene and David Gingold
|
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Box 26 | Folder 1 | 1955-1966 | |
Incl. copies of proclamation by local mayors in honor of "ILGWU Union Label Day" (1960).
|
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Box 26 | Folder 2 | 1961-1964 | |
Box 26 | Folder 3 | 1957-1960 | |
Box 26 | Folder 4 | 1958-1959 | |
Box 26 | Folder 5 | 1956-1957 | |
Incl. minutes of managers' conference; minutes of conference bet. Jt. Bd. & Northeast
Dept.; list of N.E. Penna. contractors.
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Box 26 | Folder 6 | 1951-1955 | |
Box 26 | Folder 7 | 1944-1950 | |
Incl. correspondence. & agreements with Penna. Dress Mfrs. Assoc., Inc.
|
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Box 27 | Folder 1 | 1940-1950 | |
Incl. pamphlets of Southern New England District.
|
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Box 27 | Folder 2 | 1952-1957 | |
Incl. leaflet, "It Settles Nothing!" of Penna. Garment Mfrs. Assoc.
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Box 27 | Folder 3 | 1966 | |
Mar. 1966.
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Box 27 | Folder 4 | 1964 | |
Feb. 1964.
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Box 27 | Folder 5 | 1936-1956 | |
Corres. on contract negotiations for employees of Jt. Bd. & agreements.
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Box 27 | Folder 6 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 27 | Folder 7 | 1952 | |
Incl. non-union firms in jobbers' drive; Itrs. from organizers.
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Box 27 | Folder 8 | 1933-1950 | |
Incl. Report of Organization Committee, General Dress Strike (1933) & handwritten
outline of account of Chicago strike of 1919.
|
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Box 27 | Folder 9 | 1948-1949 | |
Reports of non-union jobbers' drive; incl. accounts of gangster attacks on pickets &
Union officers.
|
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Box 28 | Folder 1 | 1958-1965 | |
Box 28 | Folder 2 | 1933 | |
Vol 1. 1, Nos. 1-6.
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Box 28 | Folder 3 | 1935-1950 | |
Leaflets.
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Box 28 | Folder 4 | 1945 | |
August 1945. Report.
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Box 28 | Folder 5 | 1945-1956 | |
Box 28 | Folder 6a | 1951 | |
Box 28 | Folder 6b | 1953-1958 | |
Box 28 | Folder 7 | 1956-1959 | |
Box 28 | Folder 8 | 1952-1955 | |
Box 29 | Folder 1 | 1947 | |
Box 29 | Folder 2 | ||
Incl. photographs of Julius Hochman & GEB.
|
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Box 29 | Folder 3 | 1957 | |
Box 29 | Folder 4 | 1953-1959 | |
Incl. recommendations on scope, methods & procedures.
|
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Box 29 | Folder 5 | 1940-1956 | |
Box 29 | Folder 6 | 1952 | |
Jan. 1952-May 1952. Reports & procedures.
|
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Box 29 | Folder 7 | 1965 | |
Box 29 | Folder 8 | 1955-1956 | |
Incl. decision of Impartial Chairman re Jackie Kaye, Inc.
|
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Box 29 | Folder 9 | 1955-1956 | |
Box 29 | Folder 10 | 1951-1953 | |
Box 29 | Folder 11 | 1949-1951 | |
Decision by Harry Uviller.
|
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Box 29 | Folder 12 | 1947-1949 | |
Box 30 | Folder 1 | 1940-1946 | |
Box 30 | Folder 2 | 1934 | |
Box 30 | Folder 3 | 1923-1946 | |
Hearings & decisions re week work and piece work.
|
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Box 30 | Folder 4 | 1950-1951 | |
1951 Negotiations. Dec. 1950. Section work, reports & summaries.
|
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Box 30 | Folder 5a | 1962-1966 | |
Incl. ltr. from Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Box 30 | Folder 5b | 1950-1957 | |
Incl. report to conventions.
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Box 30 | Folder 6 | 1936-1937 | |
Weekly summaries of conditions in the dress industry.
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Box 30 | Folder 7 | 1933-1936 | |
Incl. Standard of Living Study and statistical analysis of garment industry of Metropolitan
area.
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Box 30 | Folder 8 | 1964-1973 | |
Leaflets, incl. leaflets from Local 1199, Drug and Hospital Union, RWDSU.
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Box 31 | Folder 1a | 1960-1966 | |
Ltrs. (2) from Jacob Javits (senator); memo from Emil Schlesinger re failure of firms to pay
contributions to Fund; merger of fund into ILGWU National Retirement Fund; Rules &
Regulations of Fund & proposed amendments; statistical reports.
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Box 31 | Folder 1b | 1960-1966 | |
Ltrs. (2) from Jacob Javits (senator); memo from Emil Schlesinger re failure of firms to pay
contributions to Fund; merger of fund into ILGWU National Retirement Fund; Rules &
Regulations of Fund & proposed amendments; statistical reports.
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Box 31 | Folder 2 | 1956-1959 | |
Incl. correspondence. re individual retirement cases.
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Box 31 | Folder 3 | 1944-1960 | |
Rules & Regulations.
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Box 31 | Folder 4 | 1959 | |
Report on registration for pension benefits & report on retirement applications.
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Box 31 | Folder 5 | 1949-1955 | |
Incl. retirement plan for officers of N.Y.C. Jt. Bd. & affiliated locals, minutes of
Health & Welfare Council & Retirement Council.
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Box 31 | Folder 6 | 1948 | |
Memorandum re Cloak Retirement Fund rules & cost of benefits; statistical report on
members' ages.
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Box 32 | Folder 1 | 1953-1956 | |
Incl. minutes of Health, Welfare & Death Benefit Funds Committee and minutes of local
union mgrs. re Reciprocity Retirement Plan.
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Box 32 | Folder 2 | 1945-1972 | |
I.c.w. Louis Rolnick; "Report of Committee on Retirement Fund for Officers."
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Box 32 | Folder 3 | 1958 | |
Incl. ltrs. from Sumner Slichter & B. M. Selekman.
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Box 32 | Folder 4 | 1960 | |
June 1960. Outline of conditions re organization of salesmen.
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Box 32 | Folder 5 | 1952-1955 | |
Incl. copy of memo re general strike referendum; proposed revision in price settlements
& in Health & Welfare & Retirement Funds; ltr. re impact of Taft-Hartley Act upon
Health & Welfare Fund.
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Box 32 | Folder 6 | 1940-1950 | |
Incl. "Collective Bargaining" by E. Schlesinger & Louis Nizer, April 16, 1945.
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Box 32 | Folder 7 | ||
Memorandum, "Breach of Contract - Excuse for Non-Performance."
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Box 32 | Folder 8 | 1955-1962 | |
Incl. legal decisions and correspondence. w. Sol C. Chaikin.
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Box 32 | Folder 9 | 1955 | |
Incl. correspondence., conference reports & memoranda; Know Your Price Settlements
(handbook); & statistical tables.
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Box 32 | Folder 10 | 1948-1951 | |
Data on price settlement & section work.
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Box 32 | Folder 11 | 1949 | |
Memoranda, "Basic Principles for the Proper Operation of a Section Work Shop," "Summary of
Price Settlement Systems in Various Cities."
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Box 32 | Folder 12 | 1951 | |
Text of brochure, "Section Piece Work."
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Box 32 | Folder 13 | 1934-1938 | |
Memo of instructions on use of time unit system of piece rate settlement; manual, "Schedule
of Piece Work Prices for Cotton Dresses. "
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Box 33 | Folder 1a | 1961-1966 | |
Annual reports & financial statements.
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Box 33 | Folder 1b | 1961-1966 | |
Annual reports & financial statements.
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Box 33 | Folder 2 | 1940-1950 | |
Proceedings of Dress Jt. Bd. meeting & JH speech at conference.
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Box 33 | Folder 3 | ||
Leaflets re strike calls & meetings, incl. Fur Workers Reorganization Committee.
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Box 34 | Folder 1 | 1952 | |
Incl. congratulatory ltrs. & telegrams;
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Box 34 | Folder 2 | 1969-1971 | |
Corres. re contributions to Young People's Socialist League.
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Box 34 | Folder 3 | 1971 | |
Jan. 30, 1971. Corres. re dinner in honor of Charles Zimmerman; incl. text of his acceptance
speech.
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Box 34 | Folder 4 | 1971-1972 | |
I.c.w. Socialist Party U.S.A. & New America.
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Box 34 | Folder 5 | 1938-1964 | |
CSZ speeches.
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Box 34 | Folder 6 | 1938-1964 | |
CSZ speeches.
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Box 34 | Folder 7 | 1957-1958 | |
Incl. speeches & outlines by JH & Jack Spitzer.
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Box 34 | Folder 8 | 1942-1955 | |
Speeches & outlines.
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Box 34 | Folder 9 | 1948 | |
Radio broadcast, "This is New York," over CBS, Oct. 18, 1948; incl. JH's notes.
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Box 34 | Folder 10 | 1941 | |
Incl. speech on Sidney Hillman.
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Box 34 | Folder 11 | 1936-1952 | |
Background material, incl. anecdotes.
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Box 34 | Folder 12 | 1949-1954 | |
Minutes.
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Box 34 | Folder 13 | 1939 | |
Incl. verbatim interviews with ten members re discrepancies in payments of strike fund
benefits in Williamsburg office.
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Box 34 | Folder 14 | 1947-1954 | |
Incl. pamphlet. Taft-Hartley Act in Action by Jack Barbash; "Memorandum on Certain Phases of
the Taft-Hartley Law" by Emil Schlesinger; announcement of study of employer-employee
relations in garment industry by Jt. Comm. on Labor-Management Relations.
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Box 34 | Folder 15 | 1959-1962 | |
Incl. memoranda & speech, "Low Wages in New York City" by Mitchell Lokiec.
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Box 34 | Folder 16 | 1958 | |
articles and clippings
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Box 35 | Folder 1 | 1964-1972 | |
Textile Workers Asian Regional Organization I.c.w. John E. Newton (president) & J.
Greenhalgh (general secretary); resignation of CSZ as member of executive committee.
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Box 35 | Folder 2 | 1952 | |
Incl. outlines of graduation exercise speeches (one undated); bio. material on Martin
Miller.
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Box 35 | Folder 3 | 1948-1967 | |
Incl. correspondence., reports (some in Yiddish), & article for Forward.
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Box 35 | Folder 4 | 1939-1949 | |
Incl. lists of trucking firms; press release of background material on "trucking evils;"
leaflets.
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Box 35 | Folder 5a | 1967-1968 | |
Box 35 | Folder 5b | 1945-1972 | |
Box 36 | Folder 1 | 1953-1956 | |
I.c.w. Leo Price, M.D.; booklets, L. A. Health Center.
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Box 36 | Folder 2 | 1952 | |
Report to Health Committee by Dr. Henry B. Makover.
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Box 36 | Folder 3a | 1962 | |
"The Keys to Selling the Union Label to the American," survey by Louis Harris &
Associates; script for Union Label film.
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Box 36 | Folder 3b | 1958-1959 | |
July 1958-Aug. 1959. Summaries of conferences bet. Union officials, advertising agencies
& JH; draft of Union Label program.
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Box 36 | Folder 3c | 1946-1955 | |
I.c.w. AFL.
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Box 36 | Folder 3d | ||
Course outline (no author).
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Box 36 | Folder 3e | 1947-1956 | |
Box 36 | Folder 3f | 1942-1950 | |
Box 37 | Folder 1 | 1965 | |
Box 37 | Folder 2 | 1953 | |
Incl. correspondence. on negotiations, outline of presentation by JH, news releases &
copies of agreement with Affiliated Dress Mfrs., Inc. & United Better Dress Mfrs. Assoc.,
Inc.
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Box 37 | Folder 3 | 1950 | |
Incl. correspondence. & outline of presentation of Union demand for wage increase.
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Box 37 | Folder 4 | 1962 | |
Questionnaires listing week-workers & base salaries by shop.
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Box 37 | Folder 5 | 1962 | |
Questionnaires listing week-workers & base salaries by shop.
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Box 37 | Folder 6a | 1962 | |
Questionnaires listing week-workers & base salaries by shop.
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Box 37 | Folder 6b | 1962 | |
Questionnaires listing week-workers & base salaries by shop.
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Box 37 | Folder 7a | 1966 | |
Incl. ltrs. from A. Philip Randolph re Freedom Budget; copy of Speeches from the
Conference.
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Box 37 | Folder 7b | 1947 | |
Statistical tables, background material & notes for speech by JH.
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Box 37 | Folder 8 | 1962-1968 | |
I.c.w. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
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