ILGWU Master Agreements, Out-of-Business Contracts
Collection Number: 5780/146
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Master Agreements,
Out-of-Business Contracts, 1941-1994
Collection Number:
5780/146
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of agreements and contracts between
the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and defunct garment manufacturing
firms.
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.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--United States.
Clothing workers--Labor unions--United States.
Clothing workers--United States.
Industrial relations--United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
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 Master Agreements, Out-of-Business Contracts #5780/146. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
5780: ILGWU records
5780/075: ILGWU Collective Bargaining Agreements
5780/075 mf: ILGWU Collective Bargaining Agreements on Microfilm
5780/085: ILGWU National War Labor Board case files
5780/145: ILGWU Association Agreements, Out-of-Business Contracts
5780/147: ILGWU Independents, Out-of-Business Contracts
5780/158: ILGWU Out-of-Business Contracts
5780/191: ILGWU Association Contracts
5780/202: ILGWU Operations Department Collective Bargaining Agreements
5780: ILGWU records
5780/075: ILGWU Collective Bargaining Agreements
5780/075 mf: ILGWU Collective Bargaining Agreements on Microfilm
5780/085: ILGWU National War Labor Board case files
5780/145: ILGWU Association Agreements, Out-of-Business Contracts
5780/147: ILGWU Independents, Out-of-Business Contracts
5780/158: ILGWU Out-of-Business Contracts
5780/191: ILGWU Association Contracts
5780/202: ILGWU Operations Department Collective Bargaining Agreements
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1967-1973 | |
Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1962-1983 | |
Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1967-1973 | |
Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1956-1962 | |
Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1965-1967 | |
Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1968-1970 | |
Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1971-1973 | |
Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1974-1976 | |
Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1976-1979 | |
Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1979-1982 | |
Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1982-1985 | |
Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1985-1988 | |
Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1964-1967 | |
Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1973-1976 | |
Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1976-1979 | |
Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1979-1982 | |
Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1982-1985 | |
Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1988-1994 | |
Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1958-1963 | |
Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1964-1966 | |
Box 1 | Folder 22 | 1966-1969 | |
Box 1 | Folder 23 | 1969-1972 | |
Box 1 | Folder 24 | 1972-1975 | |
Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1976-1979 | |
Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1979-1985 | |
Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1956-1974 | |
Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1962-1967 | |
Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1941-1950 | |
Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1951-1961 | |
Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1961-1964 | |
Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1970-1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1973-1976 | |
Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1976-1979 | |
Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1979-1982 | |
Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1964-1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 13 | 1973-1982 | |
Box 2 | Folder 14 | 1988-1991 | |
Box 2 | Folder 15 | 1969-1973 |