ILGWU. Joseph Good Papers,[1977-1987.]
Collection Number: 5780/190
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell
University Library
Title:
ILGWU. Joseph Good papers, 1977-1987.
Collection Number:
5780/190
Creator:
International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union; Good, Joseph.
Quantity:
2 linear feet
Forms of Material:
Records
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Contains records of Joseph Good, including correspondence,
briefs, contracts, and other materials relating to Good's work as Associate General
Counsel of the ILGWU.
Language:
Collection material in English and Spanish.
The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded in New York City in 1900
by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the
growing women’s garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and
rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and
Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the “new unionism,” the ILGWU led two of the
most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Twentieth Century:
the shirtwaist makers’ strike of 1909 in New York City and the cloak makers’ strike
of 1910 in Chicago. The union also tried to adapt to the fragmented and unstable
nature of the industry. It adopted the “protocol of peace,” a system of industrial
relations that attempted to ensure stability and limit strikes and production
disruption by providing for an arbitration system to resolve disputes.
The ILGWU exemplified the European-style social unionism of its founding members.
They pursued bread and butter issues but provided educational opportunities,
benefits, and social programs to union members as well. In 1919, the ILGWU became
the first American union to negotiate an unemployment compensation fund that was
contributed to by its employers. The ILGWU also pioneered in the establishment of an
extremely progressive health care program for its members which included not only
regional Union Health Centers but also a resort for union workers, known as Unity
House. The Union also had an imaginative and pioneering Education Department which
not only trained workers in traditional union techniques, but provided courses in
citizenship and the English language.
David Dubinsky, an immigrant from Belarus who came to the US in 1911, provided strong
leadership that led to unprecedented growth in the union during his presidency from
1932 to 1966. He led the union through successful internal anti-communist struggles,
built on the ascendancy of industrial unionism by encouraging the formation of the
Committee for Industrial Organization, and helped the union become an important
political force in New York City and state politics, and in the national Democratic
Party and Liberal Party as well.
In the period following the Second World War, the union suffered a decline in
membership as manufacturers avoided unionization and took advantage of less
expensive labor by moving shops from the urban centers in the northeast to the
south, and later abroad. The ethnic and racial character of the ILGWU also changed
as European immigrants were supplanted by Asians, Latin Americans, African-
Americans, and immigrants from the Caribbean.
In July 1995 the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(ACTWU) at a joint convention, forming UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and
Textile Employees). At the time the new union had a membership of about 250,000 in
the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Contains records of Joseph Good, including correspondence, briefs, contracts, and
other materials relating to Good's work as Associate General Counsel of the
ILGWU.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union.
Good, Joseph
Good, Joseph
Parker, Perry
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--United
States.
Labor unions--Clothing workers--United
States.
Clothing workers--United States.
Industrial relations--United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records.
Access Restrictions:
The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for
publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the
current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the
Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are
closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more
information contact the Kheel Center.
Cite As:
ILGWU. Joseph Good papers. 5780/190. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell
University.
5780. ILGWU records
"Permanent deposit."
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Joseph Good. Office Trip Ledger
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1973-1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Joseph Good. Office Trip Ledger
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1978-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Alfar Imports
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1980-1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Apparel Job Training and Research Corporation. Audit.
|
1979-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Ariella
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1985-1987 |
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English and Spanish
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Belmont Garment
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1976-1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Brooks Transportation
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1982-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Conde, Ralph
|
1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Convention (ILGWU)
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1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Convention (ILGWU)
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1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Convention Reports
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1974-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Convention Appeal Committee
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1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Country Miss
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1979 |
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Draft agreements for Bristol, VA.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Country Miss
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1979 |
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Draft agreement for Cookeville, TN.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Country Miss. [folder 1 of 2]
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1979 |
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Drafts of Master Agreement
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Country Miss. [folder 2 of 2]
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1979 |
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Drafts of Master Agreement
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Country Miss. Contract
|
1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Country Miss. Negotiating Notes.
|
1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Country Miss. Negotiations. [folder 1 of 2]
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1979 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Country Miss. Negotiations. [folder 2 of 2]
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1979 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Donn Kennedy
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1983-1984 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Dubrow, Evelyn
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1979 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
East River Housing Corporation
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1978 |
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Includes 1955 Mortgage Trust Indenture
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Gong v. ILGWU and Local 23-25.
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1979-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Gargiulo v. LGAM Manufacturing
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1984-1985 |
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Case no. C- 2-84-0551
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Fairfield Noble. General Correspondence.
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1977-1984 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Fairfield Noble. Negotiations.
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1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Fairfield Noble. Negotiations. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1979 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Fairfield Noble. Negotiations. [folder 2 of 2]
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1979 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Fairfield Noble. Unfair Labor Practice Charge.
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1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Fairfield Noble. Negotiations. [folder 1 of 2]
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1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Fairfield Noble. Negotiations. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Fair Labor Standards Act
|
1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Hertz Corporation
|
1980-1984 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU. Labor Organization Annual Report
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1973-1974 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Jonathan Logan
|
1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Jonathan Logan. Plant Closings. [folder 1 of 2]
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1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Jonathan Logan. Plant Closings. [folder 2 of 2]
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1985 |