ILGWU Local 23-25 Records
Collection Number: 5780/095
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Local 23-25 Records,
1972-1994
Collection Number:
5780/095
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 23-25;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), photographs .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection contains files of International Ladies
Garment Workers Union Local 23-25, Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers. Included
are files of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, as well as press releases, news
clippings, and other printed material.
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. Locals 23 and 25 merged and
changed their name to 23-25 officially on November 27, 1963.
This collection contains files of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Local
23-25, Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers, documenting the work and members of the
local. Included are files of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, as well as press
releases, news clippings, and other printed material.
Subjects with sufficient material include information packets and meetings regarding
the 1990 U.S. Census, in which the local and May Chen were involved with the
Chinatown Census Committee to get the individuals and union members of Chinatown
counted. Additionally, Chinatown is documented through industry studies and
proposals. There is a digest of articles from the "Chinatown Press and at the end of
the collection a large amount of collected newspaper articles and clippings, mostly
from Chinese publications. And finally, there is substantial material on the
Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). Most of this involves the Asian members of
Local 23-25 who formed the Chinese Committee (see also 5780/059).
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.)
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:
Records (documents)
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 Records #5780/095. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1980-1990 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1980-1990 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1990 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1989-1990 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1986-1987 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1986-1987 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1986 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1981 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1978-1981 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1978-1981 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1981 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1979 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1972 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1984-1987 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1984-1987 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1983 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1992 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1984 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1984-1985 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1983-1986 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1985 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1985-1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1986 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1987 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | 1987 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | 1988-1990 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | 1988 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | 1987-1988 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | 1988 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | 1988 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | 1988 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | 1986-1987 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | 1986-1988 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | 1987-1989 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | 1983 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1993-1994 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1993-1994 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1993-1994 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1993-1994 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1993-1994 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1994 | |
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English and Chinese
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | 1994 | |
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May 5, 1994
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