ILGWU Publication "Gerechtigkeit" (Justice) Digital Files from Microfilm, 1919-1958
Collection Number: 5780/185 mf(d)
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Publication "Gerechtigkeit" (Justice) Digital Files from Microfilm, 1919-1958
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/185 mf(d)
Abstract:
This collection contains issues of Gerchtigheit, the Yiddish-language edition of the
ILGWU's official organ Justice.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
1.22 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Yiddish
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.
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ILGWU Publication "Gerechtigkeit" (Justice) Digital Files from Microfilm #5780/185
mf(d). Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Library.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Reel 1 | 1 |
Jan.17, 1919-Apr 30, 1920 - vol. 1-2 ; reel 01
|
1919-1920 |
| Reel 2 | 1 |
May 7, 1920-Dec 30, 1921, vol. 2-3 ; reel 02
|
1920-1921 |
| Reel 3 | 1 |
Jan 6, 1922-Aug 31, 1923, vol 4-5 ; reel 03
|
1922-1923 |
| Reel 4 | 1 |
Sept 7, 1923-May 15, 1925, vol 5-7 ; reel 04
|
1923-1925 |
| Reel 5 | 1 |
May 22 1925-May 27, 1927, vol 7-9 ; reel 05
|
1925-1927 |
| Reel 6 | 1 |
Jun 3, 1927-Jul 25, 1930, vol 9-12 ; reel 06
|
1927-1930 |
| Reel 7 | 1 |
Aug 8, 1930-Dec 1937, vol 12-19 ; reel 07
|
1930-1937 |
| Reel 8 | 1 |
Jan 1938-Apr 1942, vol 20-24 ; reel 08
|
1938-1942 |
| Reel 9 | 1 |
May 1942-Jul 1946, vol 24-28 ; reel 09
|
1942-1946 |
| Reel 10 | 1 |
Aug 1946-Dec 1951, vol 28-33 ; reel 10
|
1946-1951 |
| Reel 11 | 1 |
Jan 1952-Jan 1958, vol 34-40 ; reel 11
|
1952-1958 |