ILGWU Local 132. Managers' Correspondence
Collection Number: 5780/076
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Local 132. Managers'
Correspondence, 1949-1976
Collection Number:
5780/076
Creator:
Menist, Joel;
Eisenberg, Sam;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 132;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Eisenberg, Sam;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 132;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
3.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence of Local 132's
managers, meeting minutes, and the local publication.
Language:
Collection material in English
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 132 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), also known as
the Plastic, Moulders and Novelty Workers' Union, was chartered in 1917 and based in
New York, New York.
The records consist primarily of two series of correspondence of Local 132's
managers, Joel Menist and Sam Eisenberg, between 1954 and 1975. The correspondence
details administrative matters within the local and contains replies to letters from
members to the local office, communication with the Health and Welfare Benefits
Department discussing contract agreements, and the ILGWU correspondence more or less
includes memos and letters that went out from the International to the locals and
departments.
Another component of the collection is correspondence with various firms and
manufacturers the local dealt with. These are interesting in that they are not the
normal garment shop, but instead plastic and parts manufacturers. There is
information on the production of plastic as well as the shortage in the 1970s. The
records offer another dimension to the garment industry by illustrating the wide
range of work, companies, and productsparticularly plastics, molds and parts.
The final component of the collection includes minutes of Local 132's Executive Board
and Health and Welfare Fund Board, as well as a few issues of the local's
publication, Local 132 News.
Names:
Eisenberg, Sam
Menist, Joel
A.B.S. Manufacturing Co.
Beth Button Novelty Co.
E.P. Mueller & Engineering
Empire Records
Empire Zipper
Garrary Plastics
Gary Enterprises Inc.
Gibraltar Manufacturing Co.
Harrison Co. Inc.
I. Miller and Bro.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Local 132
John Rie Inc.
Lerner, Corwin & Young Inc.
Lyndas Jewelry Creation
Miller Brass Fitting
Miller Plastics, Inc.
Monarch Jewelry
Nasco Corp.
National Ribbon Co.
Pender Plastics Co.
Pilot Rubber Plastic Corp.
Plastic Products Manufacturers Association
Plas-Trix Co. Inc.
Rolling Eyes Manufacturing Co.
Silver Park Records Inc.
Thomas Manufacturing Corp.
Whitestone Harrison Corp.
Yorklyn Industries Inc.
Subjects:
Plastics workers--Labor unions--United States.
Plastics--Molding--United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence.
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 132. Managers' Correspondence #5780/076. 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 | 1969-1972 | |
Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1975 | |
July - September, 1975
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1975 | |
April - June, 1975
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1975 | |
January - March, 1975
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Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1974 | |
October - December, 1974
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1974 | |
July - September, 1974
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1974 | |
April - June, 1974
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1974 | |
January - March, 1974
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1973 | |
August - December, 1973
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Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1973 | |
January - July, 1973
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1970-1972 | |
Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1974-1975 | |
Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1970 | |
Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1964-1967 | |
Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1969-1970 | |
Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1964-1972 | |
Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1969-1970 | |
Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1968 | |
Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1970-1972 | |
Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1966 | |
Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1961-1968 | |
Resolutions 1968 Convention
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Box 1 | Folder 22 | 1968-1971 | |
Box 1 | Folder 23 | 1973 | |
Box 1 | Folder 24 | 1972 | |
Box 1 | Folder 25 | 1969 | |
Box 1 | Folder 26 | 1970 | |
Box 1 | Folder 27 | 1971 | |
Box 1 | Folder 28 | 1964-1973 | |
Box 1 | Folder 29 | 1972-1973 | |
Blank and completed forms
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Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1968 | |
Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1959-1962 | |
Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1965-1970 | |
Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1974 | |
Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1971-1974 | |
Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1969-1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1971 | |
Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1960 | |
Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1967-1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1968-1970 | |
Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1962-1965 | |
Box 2 | Folder 13 | 1965-1968 | |
Box 2 | Folder 14 | 1960-1968 | |
Box 2 | Folder 15 | 1960-1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 16 | 1962-1963 | |
Box 2 | Folder 17 | 1974 | |
Box 2 | Folder 18 | 1973-1974 | |
Box 2 | Folder 19 | 1972 | |
Box 2 | Folder 20 | 1970 | |
Box 2 | Folder 21 | 1969 | |
Box 2 | Folder 22 | 1973-1974 | |
Box 2 | Folder 23 | 1965-1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 24 | 1967 | |
Box 2 | Folder 25 | 1961-1970 | |
Box 2 | Folder 26 | 1968 | |
Box 2 | Folder 27 | 1961-1969 | |
Box 2 | Folder 28 | 1960-1962 | |
Box 2 | Folder 29 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 2 | Folder 30 | 1963-1966 | |
Box 2 | Folder 31 | 1966 | |
Box 2 | Folder 32 | 1968-1969 | |
Box 2 | Folder 33 | 1961 | |
Box 2 | Folder 34 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 2 | Folder 35 | 1966-1968 | |
Box 2 | Folder 36 | 1968 | |
Box 2 | Folder 37 | 1964 | |
Box 2 | Folder 38 | 1962-1963 | |
Box 2 | Folder 39 | 1962-1963 | |
Box 2 | Folder 40 | 1965 | |
Box 2 | Folder 41 | 1962-1967 | |
Box 2 | Folder 42 | 1961 | |
Box 2 | Folder 43 | 1964-1970 | |
Box 2 | Folder 44 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1956-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1961-1970 | |
Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1960 | |
Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1961 | |
Box 3 | Folder 7 | 1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 8 | 1962 | |
Box 3 | Folder 9 | 1961 | |
Box 3 | Folder 10 | 1960-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 11 | 1961-1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 12 | 1959-1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 13 | 1954 | |
Box 3 | Folder 14 | 1961-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 15 | 1963-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 16 | 1961 | |
Box 3 | Folder 17 | 1964-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 18 | 1961-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 19 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 20 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 21 | 1962-1963 | |
Box 3 | Folder 22 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 23 | 1962-1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 24 | 1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 25 | 1960-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 26 | 1966-1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 27 | 1961-1963 | |
Box 3 | Folder 28 | 1961 | |
Box 3 | Folder 29 | 1960-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 30 | 1949-1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 31 | 1961-1967 | |
Box 3 | Folder 32 | 1961-1962 | |
Box 3 | Folder 33 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 34 | 1961-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 35 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 36 | 1960-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 37 | 1961-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 38 | 1968-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 39 | 1964-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 40 | 1961-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 41 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 42 | 1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 43 | 1959-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 44 | 1961-1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 45 | 1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 46 | 1961-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 47 | 1964-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 48 | 1961-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 49 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 3 | Folder 50 | 1961-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 51 | 1964-1969 | |
Box 3 | Folder 52 | 1965-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 53 | 1961-1963 | |
Box 3 | Folder 54 | 1960-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 55 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 56 | 1964-1966 | |
Box 3 | Folder 57 | 1961-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 58 | 1962 | |
Box 3 | Folder 59 | 1958-1964 | |
Box 3 | Folder 60 | 1967-1968 | |
Box 3 | Folder 61 | 1961-1962 | |
Box 3 | Folder 62 | 1959-1967 | |
Box 3 | Folder 63 | 1964-1970 | |
Box 3 | Folder 64 | 1961-1970 | |
Box 3 | Folder 65 | 1961-1965 | |
Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1965-1971 | |
Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1965-1973 | |
Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1957 | |
May, 1957
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Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1973 | |
April, 1973
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Box 4 | Folder 5 | 1973 | |
June, 1973
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Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1973 | |
July, 1973
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Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1976 | |
May, 1976
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