ILGWU Local 105 Records
Collection Number: 5780/053
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Local 105 Records, 1939-1972
Collection Number:
5780/053
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 105;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
4.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, reports, minutes .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection of Local 105 materials consist primarily of
routine correspondence, reports, and minutes of executive and membership
meetings.
Language:
Collection material in English, Yiddish, Spanish
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.
Local 105, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), also known as the
Snowsuits, Ski Wear, Leggings, Infants and Novelty Sportswear Union, was based in
New York City. It represented workers employed in various specialty garment shops in
the New York area.
The Local 105 materials consist primarily of routine correspondence, reports, and
minutes of executive and membership meetings. Much of the correspondence is from
Martin L. Cohen, the manager-secretary of Local 105.
The first series consists of meeting Minutes for the Executive Board as well as
various Committees including the Appeals, Campaign, Election and Objection, Finance,
Grievance Board, Membership, Negotiation, Political and Educational. The Shop
Representative meetings include a report from Manager Cohen. The Complaint logs list
the complaint against specific firms, as well as disposition, whether the firm
agreed to the charges or the complaint was sent to the Impartial Chairman.
The second series consists of correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject. The
bulk of the material deals with administrative matters, contract negotiations,
donations to (and requests for donations from) charitable organizations, health,
welfare and retirement benefits, garment manufacturers, other ILGWU departments and
locals, and relations with the AFL-CIO. Some of the correspondence addresses the
changing ethnic makeup of the union's membership, particularly the steady increase
in Hispanic workers during the 1950s and 1960s. Other items concern the adoption of
children orphaned after World War II. A small amount of Martin Cohen's personal
correspondence is also included. Significant organizations represented include the
AFL-CIO (including correspondence with George Meany), City of Hope, Histadrut, the
Jewish Daily Forward, the Jewish Labor Committee, and the New York Cloak Joint Board
(ILGWU).
At the end of the collection there are posters that were created by the local to be
displayed in the shops and factories. The posters advertise the benefits of
membership and dues, the Union Health Center, holiday pay, severance pay, overtime
pay, new contract benefits, and information on filing complaints. Some of the
posters also include Spanish.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Cohen, Martin L.
Meany, George, 1894-
AFL-CIO.
City of Hope National Medical Center (U.S.).
Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-?ovdim
be-Erets-Yisra'el.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Local 105 (New York, N.Y.)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
New York Cloak Joint Board.
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.)
Subjects:
Forv?ert?s (New York, N.Y.)
Adoption--New York (State)--New York.
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York
(State)--New York.
Collective bargaining--Clothing industry--New
York (State)--New York.
Health insurance--New York (State)--New York.
Hispanic Americans--Employment--New York
(State)--New York.
Labor unions--Officials and employees.
Labor unions--Charitable contributions.
Local union locals.
Orphans.
Pension trusts--New York (State)--New York.
Women's clothing industry--New York (State)--New
York.
World War, 1939-1945--Children.
Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence
Reports
Minutes
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
ILGWU Local 105 Records #5780/053. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1939-1941 | |
Dec. 4, 1939 - Dec. 2, 1941. Contains some Yiddish.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1947-1948 | |
Feb. 11, 1947 - Nov. 30, 1948.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1949 | |
Jan. 11, 1949 - Nov. 9, 1949.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1949-1950 | |
Jan. 10, 1949 - Dec. 11, 1950.
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Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1956 | |
Jan. 10, 1956 - Dec. 18, 1956.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1957 | |
Jan. 8, 1957 - Dec. 17, 1957.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1958 | |
Jan. 7, 1958 - Dec. 30, 1958.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1959 | |
Jan. 13, 1959 - Dec. 8, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1960-1962 | |
Jan. 5, 1960 - Dec. 11, 1962.
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Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1963 | |
Jan. 8. 1963 - Dec. 17, 1963.
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1964 | |
Jan. 7, 1964 - Dec. 22, 1964.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1965 | |
Jan. 5, 1965 - Dec. 28, 1965.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1966 | |
Jan. 13, 1966 - Dec. 27, 1966.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1959 | |
June 28, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1960 | |
July 12, 1960.
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Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1965 | |
Feb. 2, 1965.
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Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1957-1968 | |
Aug. 22, 1957 - Nov. 4, 1968.
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Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1958 | |
Oct. 2, 1958.
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Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1963 | |
Mar. 12, 1963.
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Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1959 | |
Mar. 3, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1962 | |
Mar. 20, 1962.
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Box 1 | Folder 22 | 1959 | |
Feb. 10, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 23 | 1961-1964 | |
Mar. 21, 1961 - Mar. 19, 1964. Contains some in Spanish. See Box 1,
folder 52 for second copy.
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Box 1 | Folder 24 | 1964 | |
Mar. 19, 1964.
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Box 1 | Folder 25 | 1964-1967 | |
Oct. 26, 1964 - Aug. 14, 1967.
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Box 1 | Folder 26 | 1965 | |
Oct. 7, 1965.
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Box 1 | Folder 27 | 1960 | |
Oct. 7, 1960 - Oct. 20, 1960.
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Box 1 | Folder 28 | 1964 | |
Mar. 17, 19664.
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Box 1 | Folder 29 | 1960 | |
Feb. 18, 1960.
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Box 1 | Folder 30 | 1957 | |
Feb. 27, 1957 - June 27, 1957.
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Box 1 | Folder 31 | 1958 | |
Apr. 10, 1958.
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Box 1 | Folder 32 | 1959 | |
Jan. 6, 1959 - July 1, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 33 | 1960 | |
Jan. 14, 1960 - July 19, 1960.
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Box 1 | Folder 34 | 1961 | |
Jan. 12, 1961 - Mar. 2, 1961.
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Box 1 | Folder 35 | 1962 | |
Jan. 25, 1962 - Apr. 26, 1962.
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Box 1 | Folder 36 | 1963 | |
June 27, 1963.
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Box 1 | Folder 37 | 1964 | |
May 19, 1964 - Dec. 3, 1964.
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Box 1 | Folder 38 | 1965 | |
Jan. 28, 1965 - Dec. 2, 1965.
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Box 1 | Folder 39 | 1966 | |
Jan. 27, 1966 - Nov. 3, 1965.
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Box 1 | Folder 40 | 1957 | |
Dec. 2, 1957.
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Box 1 | Folder 41 | 1958 | |
Dec. 1, 1958.
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Box 1 | Folder 42 | 1959 | |
Feb. 5, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 43 | 1958-1959 | |
Oct. 3, 1958 - July 23, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 44 | 1959-1960 | |
May 28, 1959 - Jan. 26, 1960.
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Box 1 | Folder 45 | 1960 | |
Jan. 29, 1960 - May 11, 1960.
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Box 1 | Folder 46 | 1960 | |
May 12, 1960 - Oct 18, 1960.
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Box 1 | Folder 47 | 1960-1961 | |
Oct. 18, 1960 - Feb. 8, 1961.
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Box 1 | Folder 48 | 1961 | |
Feb. 8, 1961 - July 5, 1961.
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Box 1 | Folder 49 | 1961 | |
July 7, 1961 - Dec. 28, 1961.
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Box 1 | Folder 50 | 1961-1962 | |
June 6, 1961 - May 14, 1962.
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Box 1 | Folder 51 | 1962-1963 | |
May 16, 1962 - Jan. 7, 1963.
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Box 1 | Folder 52 | 1961-1964 | |
Mar. 21, 1961 - Mar. 19, 1964. Contains some in Spanish. See Box 1,
folder 23 for first copy.
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Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1940-1952 | |
Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1952-1970 | |
Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1959-1963 | |
Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1948-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1963-1966 | |
Incl. agreements w. institutions requesting charity.
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Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 7 | 1950-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 8 | 1962 | |
Article by reporter assigned to interview Hispanic members & officers
of the Union.
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Box 3 | Folder 9 | 1950-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 10 | 1950-1963 | |
Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1943-1960 | |
Incl. Williams Sportswear, Inc. & Wilson Togs, Inc.
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Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1955-1966 | |
Yonkers Casuals Corp.
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Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1939-1965 | |
Incl. Young Set Sportogs, Inc.
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Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1960-1962 | |
Spanish (Golden) Gloves w. Union . participation in sport.
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Box 4 | Folder 5 | 1966-1967 | |
Latin Gloves, sponsored by El Tiempo w. Union participation.
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Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1952-1958 | |
Incl. Alex Rose correspondence.
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Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1945-1962 | |
I.c.w. Adolph Held.
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Box 4 | Folder 8 | 1941-1957 | |
Cont'd. Incl. Appeal Committee.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 | 1952-1954 | |
Cont'd. Incl. Sick Benefits Comm.
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Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1947-1963 | |
Cont'd. Incl. financial reports.
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Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1966-1972 | |
Louis Rolnick, correspondence.
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Box 5 | Folder 3 | 1962-1964 | |
Box 5 | Folder 4 | 1946-1960 | |
Incl. correspondence. re negotiations.
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Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1961-1962 | |
Box 5 | Folder 6 | 1962-1966 | |
Box 5 | Folder 7 | 1966-1967 | |
Box 5 | Folder 8 | 1947-1966 | |
Box 5 | Folder 9 | 1951-1956 | |
Box 5 | Folder 10 | 1956-1961 | |
Box 5 | Folder 11 | 1960-1963 | |
Box 6 | Folder 1 | 1945-1965 | |
Box 6 | Folder 2 | 1947-1962 | |
Box 6 | Folder 3 | 1940-1965 | |
Box 6 | Folder 4 | 1946-1966 | |
Box 6 | Folder 5 | 1946-1966 | |
Box 6 | Folder 6 | 1951-1958 | |
Box 6 | Folder 7 | 1963 | |
Box 6 | Folder 8 | 1940-1965 | |
Box 6 | Folder 9 | 1955-1967 | |
Box 6 | Folder 10 | 1967-1970 | |
Box 7 | Folder 1 | 1946-1964 | |
Box 7 | Folder 2 | 1948-1964 | |
Box 7 | Folder 3 | 1952-1966 | |
Box 7 | Folder 4 | 1955-1966 | |
Box 7 | Folder 5a | 1962-1970 | |
Box 7 | Folder 5b | 1962-1970 | |
Box 7 | Folder 6 | 1952-1962 | |
Box 7 | Folder 7 | 1970 | |
Personal.
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Box 7 | Folder 8 | ||
Two photographs. One is a montage of 12 posters. One is a group
photograph of 8 individuals (7 women and one man).
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Box 2 | Folder All | ||
English and Spanish. 50 posters.
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Box 8 | Folder 1 | 1967 |