ILGWU Local 23-25 Photographs
Collection Number: 5780/059 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Local 23-25 Photographs,
1986-2007
Collection Number:
5780/059 P
Creator:
ILGWU Local 23-25;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
4.1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection primarily consists of photographs by Kathy
Andrade and George Colon. Photographs document meetings, rallies, Labor Day parades,
and other local union events.
Language:
Collection material in English, Chinese
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.
Locals 23 and 25 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), as well
as the local resulting from their merger, local 23-25, also known as the Blouse,
Skirt, and Sportswear Workers' Union, were based in New York, New York. Local 23 was
chartered in 1903; Local 25 was chartered in 1905.
This collection primarily consists of photographs by Kathy Andrade and George Colon.
Photographs document meetings, rallies, Labor Day parades, and other local union
events.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Local 23-25 (New York, N.Y.)
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:
Photographs.
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 23-25 Photographs #5780/059 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
5780: ILGWU records
5780/059: ILGWU Local 23-25 Records
5780/059 PUBS: ILGWU Local 23-25 Publications
5780/095: ILGWU Local 23-25 Records
5780/095 G: ILGWU Local 23-25 graphics
5780/042: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "L'Operaia"
5780/139 mf: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "L'Operaia" on Microfilm
5780/071: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "The Message"
5780: ILGWU records
5780/059: ILGWU Local 23-25 Records
5780/059 PUBS: ILGWU Local 23-25 Publications
5780/095: ILGWU Local 23-25 Records
5780/095 G: ILGWU Local 23-25 graphics
5780/042: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "L'Operaia"
5780/139 mf: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "L'Operaia" on Microfilm
5780/071: ILGWU Local 25 Publication "The Message"
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | |||
Box 1 | |||
2 large format photographs
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Box 2 | Folder 1 | ||
Box 2 | Folder 3 | ||
Includes: Jay Mazurs speaks with union members, Arthur Silverstein, Kathy
Andrade, Cecila Cruz; Kathy Andrade et. al, recording secretary of panel,
Seminar for Leadership Training at Rutgers; Zoila Neto, Miriam Ulloa (El
Salvador); Local 23-25; Local 23-25 graduation ceremony receiving
certificates, English class held in Chinatown, Mr Daniel Lam, teacher; Union
meeting in a hotel, Ed Koch addresses the audience at the Roosevelt Hotel;
Ida Torres (Cornell), Director of Local 1S [SEIU] addresses the class at
Abraham and Strauss; anniversary, Triangle Fire, Berenson (Manager, Local
91), Andrade, Sophia Bueno, Education Director, Local 66; Members vote,
chair ladies and Executive Board voting on contract; Hubert Humphrey speaks
at 7th Avene Rally, Louis Stulberg shares dais; English class in Chinatown,
Professor Daniel Lam, Transfiguration Parochial School; Chinese New Year
Celebration at High School of Fashion Industries, a famous Chinese singer
from Hong Kong in the 1970s
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Box 2 | Folder 4 | ||
Labor Day Parade, "ILGWU supports undocumented workers," Ms. Barzia from Cuba
in front with her boyfriend; Labor Day Parade, Annette Leon with her
boyfriend, 1976; Labor Day Parade, 1988, Chinese contingent, Katie Quan and
Wai Chun Ng, Cindy Sai Leung, Yuk Ling Tang, Mary Chin, Yuk Lin Sun, Mei Yin
Tsang, Lana Cheung and others; Labor Day Parage, Local 23-25, 1976; Labor
Day Parade, Gloria Fuentes, Lucy Hernandez; Labor Day Parade with Celia
Flores, 1976; Labor Day Parade, 1989, Chinese contingent, May Leung, Betty
Lee (summer intern), Wai Chun Ng, Mary Chin, Lai Ying Chin; Labor Day
Parade, Ju-el Manufacturing Company; Labor Day Parade, The ILGWU Chorus, Ms.
Rivera in the wheel chair
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Box 2 | Folder 5 | ||
Includes: Joel Marte, Kathy Andrade and Sam Wong flanking the Chinese band in
the background; Solidaridad signs with Chinese characters as well,
celebrating Lech Walesa, Polish workers march; Pete Seeger with his guitar
at a picnic on Labor Day; Labor Day Parade; Chinese English class with Jay
Mazur; Concert at PS 124, Chinese Choral Group New Year celebration; Parade
celebrating Lech Walesa; promoting the Union Label in the Labor Day Parade;
parade celebrating newly naturalized and registered citizens; parade to roll
back imports
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Box 2 | Folder 6 | ||
Includes: Dress manufacturers' employees march in the Labor Day Parade, Boat
ride, Kathy Andrade with a presser and his two children; Ju-el
Manufacturing
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Box 3 | |||
Box 3 | |||
Includes: Chinese CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women) activities,
1986-1989; 4 posters with a total of 26 photographs, some captions in
Chinese. Also includes Louis Stulberg portrait by Jerry Soalt and 3
portraits of workers, reproduced by Wayne State University Archives of
Labor and Urban Affairs.
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Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1964-1992 | |
Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1982 | |
Box 4 | Folder 3 | ||
Box 4 | Folder 4 | ||
Box 4 | Folder 5 | ||
Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1985 | |
Slides
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Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1985 | |
Slides, April 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 3 | 1985 | |
Slides, April 2, 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 4 | 1985 | |
Slides, April 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1985 | |
Slides, April 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 6 | 1985 | |
Slides, April 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 7 | 1985 | |
Slides, April 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 8 | ||
Slides
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Box 5 | Folder 9 | 1984 | |
Slides, September 3, 1984
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Box 5 | Folder 10 | 1985 | |
Slides, March 27, 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 11 | 1985 | |
Slides, March 27, 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 12 | ||
Box 5 | Folder 13 | 1986 | |
Slides, November 14, 1986
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Box 5 | Folder 14 | 1986 | |
Slides, November 18, 1986
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Box 5 | Folder 15 | 1986 | |
Slides, November 25, 1986
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Box 5 | Folder 16 | 1982 | |
Box 5 | Folder 17 | 1987 | |
Slides, February 1987
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Box 5 | Folder 18 | 1987 | |
Slides, February 1987
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Box 5 | Folder 19 | ||
Box 5 | Folder 20 | ||
Box 5 | Folder 21 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 1 | 1994-1996 | |
Includes correspondence, and information about artist Jolanta
Pienczykowski
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Box 6 | Folder 2 | 1995 | |
Includes Shui Ying Yan, Ying Ya Tsai, Cindy Sai Leung, Betty Leung, Jenny
Shig Jing Ng, Alice Ip, Edgar Romney, Katie Quan, Shui Mak Ka, Doris Kee,
Shun Nan Young, Sau King Chew, Ying Fong Chan, Wai Chun Ng, Lana Cheung,
Ching Hang Lee, Ying Yi Deng, Kuen Li, Yuk Lin Sun, Yook Chee Hom, Anita
Sheung Ngor Leung, Miu Shun Chan, Kam Fan Li, May Chen, Agnes Wong, Connie
Ling, Yim Un Chan, Mei Yung Liew, Lai Fong Leung, Chung Ng, Mei Yin
Tsang
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Box 6 | Folder 3-4 | ||
Includes: Kit Ling at sewing machine (La Del); labor day parade with banner;
labor day parade with dancing women in front; 63-32 members in tee-shirts
that say UNITE Against Sweatshops; retirees with No tax dollars for
sweatshop uniforms signs; picketers in front of Profiles; woman
pattern-making (Lad Del); woman with baby on back in 1982 strike; photo of
baby's face in 1982 strike; Chinatown daycare kids with banner in labor day
parade; APALA convention on August 20, 1993; cutter from unseen America
photo class; King Ling supervising member in sewing room, Teddy Fung; Lin
Tai sewing, Teddy Fung; woman packaging clothes in plastic (La Del); man at
knitting machine, Local 155; woman at sewing machine, Local 155; men at
pressing machines with steam, Local 155; hands at sewing machine; Chinese
women in busy sewing factory from 1989; crowd of 1982 strike with signs We
Are One!; crowd in 1982 strike with raised arms
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Box 7 | Folder 1 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 2 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 3 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 4 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 5 | 1987-1993 | |
Box 7 | Folder 6 | 1988 | |
Box 7 | Folder 7 | 1993 | |
Box 7 | Folder 8 | 1990 | |
Box 7 | Folder 9 | 1991 | |
Box 7 | Folder 10 | 1988 | |
Box 7 | Folder 11 | 1994 | |
Box 7 | Folder 12 | 1997 | |
negatives
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Box 7 | Folder 13 | 1998 | |
negatives
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Box 7 | Folder 14 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 15 | 1995 | |
Box 7 | Folder 16 | 2005 | |
Box 7 | Folder 17 | 2002 | |
Box 7 | Folder 18 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 19 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 20 | 1994 | |
negatives
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Box 7 | Folder 21 | 2002 | |
Box 7 | Folder 22 | 2002 | |
Box 7 | Folder 23 | 2001 | |
Box 7 | Folder 24 | 2001 | |
Box 7 | Folder 25 | 2001 | |
Box 7 | Folder 26 | 2001 | |
Box 7 | Folder 27 | 2001 | |
Box 7 | Folder 28 | 2004 | |
Box 7 | Folder 29 | 2004 | |
Box 7 | Folder 30 | 1989-1990 | |
Box 7 | Folder 31 | 1989-2007 | |
Box 7 | Folder 32 | 2007 | |
Box 7 | Folder 33 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 34 | 2003 | |
Box 7 | Folder 35 | 2005 | |
Box 7 | Folder 36 | 2003 | |
Box 7 | Folder 37 | 1992 | |
Box 7 | Folder 38 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 39 | 1993-1995 | |
Box 7 | Folder 40 | ||
Box 7 | Folder 41 | 1992 | |
Box 7 | Folder 42 | 1992 | |
Box 8 | Folder 1 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 2 | 2007 | |
Box 8 | Folder 3 | 2006 | |
Box 8 | Folder 4 | 2003 | |
Box 8 | Folder 5 | 2006 | |
Box 8 | Folder 6 | 2003 | |
Box 8 | Folder 7 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 8 | 2005 | |
Box 8 | Folder 9 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 10 | 2006 | |
Box 8 | Folder 11 | 2007 | |
Box 8 | Folder 12 | 2001-2005 | |
Box 8 | Folder 13 | 2007 | |
Box 8 | Folder 14 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 15 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 16 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 17 | 1994 | |
Box 8 | Folder 18 | 1999 | |
Box 8 | Folder 19 | 2003 | |
Box 8 | Folder 20 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 21 | 2000 | |
Box 8 | Folder 22 | 2000 | |
Box 8 | Folder 23 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 24 | ||
Box 9 | |||
Box 9 | |||
removed from box 7
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Box 10 | |||
Box 10 | Folder 1 | 2005 | |
removed from box 7
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Box 11 | Folder 1 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 2 | 2003 | |
Box 11 | Folder 3 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 4 | 1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 5 | 1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 6 | 1993-1996 | |
Box 11 | Folder 7 | 1993-1996 | |
Box 11 | Folder 8 | 1993-1996 | |
Box 11 | Folder 9 | 2003-2005 | |
Box 11 | Folder 10 | 1990-1991 | |
Box 11 | Folder 11 | 1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 12 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 13 | 1989 | |
Box 11 | Folder 14 | 1989 | |
Box 11 | Folder 15 | 1989 | |
Box 11 | Folder 16 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 17 | 1989 | |
Box 11 | Folder 18 | 1989 | |
Box 11 | Folder 19 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 20 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 21 | 1990-1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 22 | 1990-1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 23 | 1990-1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 24 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 25 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 26 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 27 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 28 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 29 | 1990 | |
Box 11 | Folder 30 | 1991 | |
Box 11 | Folder 31 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 32 | 1990 | |
Box 11 | Folder 33 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 34 | 1989-1991 | |
Box 11 | Folder 35 | 1986-1989 | |
Box 11 | Folder 36 | 1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 37 | 1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 38 | 1991 | |
Box 11 | Folder 39 | 1992 | |
Box 11 | Folder 40 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 41 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 42 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 43 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 44 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 45 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 46 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 47 | 1995 | |
Box 11 | Folder 48 | 1994 | |
Box 11 | Folder 49 | 1993 | |
Box 11 | Folder 50 | 1990 | |
Box 12 |