ILGWU Sol Chaikin Photographs
Collection Number: 5780/083 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Sol Chaikin Photographs, 1940-1989
Collection Number:
5780/083 P
Creator:
Chaikin, Sol C.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
1.6 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection contains photographs of Sol Chaikin at a variety of events, including conventions, meetings, and rallies.
Also included are photographs of ILGWU groups and institutions, political figures, and other
events.
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.
Sol Chaikin was born in New York City January 9th, 1918. He graduated from Townsend Harris Hall High School in 1934. In 1940
he married Rosalind Bryon. Chaikin received a LL.B Degree from Brooklyn Law School. He then became an Organizer for the
ILGWU, Local 178 in Fall River Massachusetts.
Chaikin held many union jobs through his lifetime.
1942-Business Agent, Local 281, Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts; 1943-U.S. Air Force; 1946-Manager, Local 22, ILGWU, Springfield,
Massachusetts and Manager, Western Mass. District, Northeast Dept., ILGWU; 1955-Director, Lower Southwest Region,
ILGWU; 1959-Assistant Director, Northeast Dept., ILGWU; 1965-Vice President, ILGWU; 1968-Chairman, American Trade Union
Council for Histadrut; 1969-Associate Trustee, Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center; 1973-General Secretary-Treasurer,
ILGWU; Vice-President, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Dept. Member, Board of Directors, New York Urban Coalition; 1975-President,
ILGWU; Vice-President, AFL-CIO and Member, Executive Council Member, Governor's Task Force on Housing; 1976-Delegate to
Democratic National Convention; Trade Union Council for Histadrut; 1977-Labor Representative, Belgrade Conference to Review
Helsinki Accord on Human Rights; Head of AFL-CIO Delegation to International Labor Summit, London; Received Labor Human
Rights Award, Jewish Labor Committee; 1978-Received Townsend Harris Award; Member, U.S. Delegation to Attend Funeral of
Prime Minister Golda Meir; 1979-Present At Signing of Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty at the White House; 1980-Member, U.S.
Delegation to ILO Session in Geneva; Vice-Chair, N.Y. Convention Center Operating Corp.; Member, Board of Trustees, Brandeis
University; Honorary Degrees from Rutgers University and City University of New York; Seconded the Nomination of
President Carter, Democratic National Convention; Published, A Labor Viewpoint: Another Opinion; 1982-Head, AFL-CIO Fact-
Finding Mission to South Africa; Member, N.Y.S. Governor's Special Transit Advisory Panel; 1983-Hosted ZENSEN Delegation
from Japan for Discussions of Apparel and Textile Industries; 1986-Retired as President of the ILGWU.
Sol Chaikin died April 1, 1991 at the age of 73.
Names:
Chaikin, Sol C.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Southeast Region
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--United States
Clothing workers--Labor unions--United States.
Clothing trade--United States.
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 Sol Chaikin Photographs #5780/083 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Library.
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1940-1949 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1950-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | 1960-1969 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | 1970-1979 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | 1970-1979 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1980-1989 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1978 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1968-1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1968-1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1968-1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1968-1986 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1976 | |
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 | 1975 | |
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| Box 3 | Folder 29 | 1970-1979 | |
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| Box 55 | Folder 1 | ||