ILGWU Publication "Gerechtigkeit" (Justice) Digital Files from Microfilm
Collection Number: 5780/185 mf(d)
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Publication "Gerechtigkeit"
(Justice) Digital Files from Microfilm, 1919-1958
Collection Number:
5780/185 mf(d)
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
11 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
DVDs, electronic reproductions .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection contains issues of Gerchtigheit, the
Yiddish-language edition of the ILGWU's official organ Justice.
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.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Form and Genre Terms:
DVDs
Electronic reproductions
Access Restrictions:
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Restrictions on Use:
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and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
ILGWU Publication "Gerechtigkeit" (Justice) Digital Files from Microfilm
#5780/185 mf(d). 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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| Reel 1 | Item 1 | 1919-1920 | |
| Reel 2 | Item 1 | 1920-1921 | |
| Reel 3 | Item 1 | 1922-1923 | |
| Reel 4 | Item 1 | 1923-1925 | |
| Reel 5 | Item 1 | 1925-1927 | |
| Reel 6 | Item 1 | 1927-1930 | |
| Reel 7 | Item 1 | 1930-1937 | |
| Reel 8 | Item 1 | 1938-1942 | |
| Reel 9 | Item 1 | 1942-1946 | |
| Reel 10 | Item 1 | 1946-1951 | |
| Reel 11 | Item 1 | 1952-1958 | |