ILGWU Operations Department Collective Bargaining Agreements, 1988-1998
Collection Number: 5780/202
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Operations Department Collective Bargaining Agreements, 1988-1998
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/202
Abstract:
This collection includes records from both the Research Department and the Operations
Department. Arranged alphabetically by company, these records consist of collective
bargaining agreements negotiated by local unions of the ILGWU and various companies.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet
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.
Little documentation exists in the ILGWU records about the work of the Operations
Department in the union's international offices, and the materials that comprise the
Operations Department records do not explicitly show that they were created by the
department per se. While typically an operations department is known to deal with
the everyday business of an organization and to have responsibility for the organization's
facilities, the records suggest that the department either complemented the work of
the Research Department, the Master Agreements Department, and the former Management
Engineering Department, or maintained records useful to those departments.
The Operations Department records consist of materials relating to the ILGWU's efforts
to maintain a ban on industrial homework, manuals for operations standards in the
manufacturing of women's blouses and women's skirts, and collective bargaining agreements.
The records relating to homework and operations standards date from the 1980s, and
the collective bargaining agreements are from the years just before the ILGWU merged
with ACTWU in 1995.
Researchers interested in ILGWU statements on homework and related issues should
consult the Research Department records, 5780/209. Likewise, researchers looking for
additional collective bargaining agreements should consult collections in Series VI,
Contracts and Case Files (5780/075, 5780/075 mf, 5780/145, 5780/146, 5780/147, 5780/158,
5780/191). These records, and others throughout the ILGWU records, complement the
records of the Operations Department.
This collection includes the collective bargaining agreements negotiated by local
unions of the ILGWU and various companies.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU Operations Department Collective Bargaining Agreements #5780/202. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Accurate Lace Dye Experts, Inc.
Ajax Shoulder Pad Company, Inc.
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
American White Cross, Inc.
Bari Manufacturing Corporation
Biener and Son, Inc.
Brooks Brothers (Firm)
Buster Brown Apparel, Inc.
California Ranchwear
Chase Packaging Corporation
Cleve-Tenn Industries, Inc.
Cliftex Corporation/Cutting Room
College House Manufacturing
Columbia Wool Scouring Mills
Cone Mills Corporation
Cooper Sportswear Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Country Miss, Inc.
Crown Yarn Dye Company, Inc.
Hallmark Emblems, Inc.
Harris-Tipograph, Inc.
Ideal Shoulder Pad Company
Imperial Coat Front Company, Inc.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Operations Department.
Interstate Dyeing and Finishing Company
Kellwood Company
Lee County Manufacturing
Lehigh Valley Throwing Mills, Inc.
Levi Strauss and Company
Lilly Industrial Coatings
Meren Industries, Inc.
Mespo Umbrella Ltd.
Midlantic/New York Pad
Miller Brothers, Inc.
Missbrenner Prints, Inc.
Moderne Gloves, Inc.
Monroe Prints, Inc.
Montreal Fast Print, Ltd.
National Knitted Processors, Inc.
Oneita Industries, Inc.
Peerless Rug Ltd.
Perennial Print Corporation
Perfection Pad Company, Inc.
Poughkeepsie Finishing Corporation
Rainbow Dyeing and Finishing Company
River Warping, Inc.
Schertz Umbrellas, Inc.
Sierra Plastics, Inc.
Societe de la Broderie
Tavernon Photo Engraving Company
Techniplast, Inc.
Texas Apparel
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
UNITE HERE (Organization)
United Global Distributors, Inc.
Warwick Dying Corporation
Wimpfheimer A. and Brothers, Inc.
Windsor Textile Processing, Inc.
American White Cross, Inc.
Subjects:
Collective bargaining--Clothing industry--New York (State)--New York
Collective bargaining--Textile industry--New York (State)--New York
Textile workers--Labor unions--New York (State)--New York
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)--New York
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
All Fashions Corporation. Local 148
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1991-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Union City, New Jersey
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Allied Underwear Association, Local 63-32
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1990-1996 |
Scope and Contents
NY, NY
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Ambow Corp, Local 162
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1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Hoboken, NJ
|
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Angela Sports Limited, Local 33
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1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Boston, MA
|
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Arlene Sports Company, Boston Joint Board
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1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Boston, MA
|
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Aquilla Fashions Local 225
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1991-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Lansford, PA
|
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Betsy Flags Local 90
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1992-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Lake Bluff, IL
|
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Broderie Ritz Ltee Local 315
|
1993-1998 |
Scope and Contents
Montreal, QU
|
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Canadian African Newcomer Aid Center Local 136
|
1994-1996 |
Scope and Contents
Toronto, ON
|
|||
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Cherrybill Manufacturing Local 277
|
1991-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Tucson, AZ
|
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Copan's Enterprises Local 415
|
1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Pompano Beach, FL
|
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Country Miss
|
1988-1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Howard Korenstein Sportswear Local 166
|
1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Newark, NJ
|
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
JH Collectibles Local 188
|
1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee, WI
|
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
J.K. Operating Company Local 185
|
1995-1966 |
Scope and Contents
Kulpmont, PA
|
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Jayo Sportswear Company Local 234
|
1993-1996 |
Scope and Contents
Bethlehem, PA
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Koret of California Local 215
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1993-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Napa, CA
|
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Koret of California Local 294
|
1989-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Price, UT
|
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
La Compagnie de Broderie Lippm, Quebec Joint Council
|
1993-1996 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Liz Claiborne Shoes Local 130
|
1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Dayton, NJ
|
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Lingerie Love'Lee Made Local 352
|
1995-1996 |
Scope and Contents
Montreal, QU
|
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Maiden Mills Industries Local 281
|
1994-1996 |
Scope and Contents
Lawrence, MA
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Manhattan Children's Wear, Quebec Joint Council
|
1993-1998 |
Scope and Contents
Montreal, QU
|
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Pennsylvania Textile Corporation Local 225
|
1993-1996 |
Scope and Contents
W. Hazleton
|
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Quality Garment Company Local 256
|
1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
West Union, WV
|
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Salon de Coiffure Forrest Local 208
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1993-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Montreal, QU
|
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Societe de la Broderie Canadienne Local 315
|
1993-1996 |
Scope and Contents
Montreal, QU
|
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Seneca Knitting Mills Local 89-22-1
|
1995-1998 |
Scope and Contents
Seneca Falls, NY
|
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Service America Corporation
|
1994-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Evansville, IN
|
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Iranian Community Association of Ontario Local 136
|
1995-1996 |
Scope and Contents
Downs view, ON
|
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
United Knitwear Manufacturers' League Local 99
|
1991-1994 |
Scope and Contents
New York, NY
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Urkov Manufacturing Local 76
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1992-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Chicago, IL
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