ILGWU Publication "Justice" Index
Collection Number: 5780/180
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Publication "Justice" Index,
1947-1979
Collection Number:
5780/180
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), newsletter.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of yearly indexes to Justice, the
official organ of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Justice was the
official organ of the ILGWU from 1919 to 1995. Editions of Justice were published in
English, Italian, Spanish, and Yiddish. When compared side by side, the content of
some of these different editions of Justice shows significant
differences.
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.
Justice was the official organ of the ILGWU from 1919 to 1995. Editions of Justice
were published in English, Italian, Spanish, and Yiddish. When compared side by
side, the content of some of these different editions of Justice shows significant
differences. 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)
Newsletter.
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 Publication "Justice" Index #5780/180. 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 10 | 1956 | |
Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1948 | |
Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1949 | |
Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1950 | |
Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1951 | |
Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1952 | |
Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1953 | |
Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1947 | |
Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1955 | |
Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1964 | |
Two dissimilar subject indexes.
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1957 | |
Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1958 | |
Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1959 | |
Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1960 | |
Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1961 | |
Two dissimilar subject indexes.
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Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1962 | |
Two dissimilar subject indexes.
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Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1963 | |
Two dissimilar subject indexes.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1954 | |
Box 2 | Folder 15 | 1979 | |
Box 2 | Folder 14 | 1978 | |
Box 2 | Folder 13 | 1977 | |
Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1976 | |
Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1975 | |
Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1974 | |
Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1973 | |
Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1972 | |
Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1971 | |
Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1970 | |
Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1969 | |
Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1968 | |
Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1967 | |
Two dissimilar subject indexes.
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Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1966 | |
Two dissimilar subject indexes.
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Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1965 | |
Two dissimilar subject indexes.
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