ILGWU. Jay Mazur Papers,1951-1995, [bulk 1983-1995.]
Collection Number: 5780/203
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell
University Library
Title:
ILGWU. Jay Mazur papers, 1951-1995,
bulk
1983-1995.
Collection Number:
5780/203
Creator:
International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union. President's Office; Jay Mazur.
Quantity:
38 linear feet
Forms of Material:
Records
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Consists of the records of Jay Mazur, during his term as
President of the ILGWU until its merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
Workers of America to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile
Employees (UNITE) in 1995. Included in Mazur's files are alphabetical subject files
which contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, testimonies, news clippings, and
other printed material on persons, organizations, and topics relating to the work of
the ILGWU. Also, these papers include correspondence files, as well as records
documenting Mazur's work on the AFL-CIO Executive Council and the ILGWU's General
Executive Board.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
Jay Mazur was born in New York City on May 21, 1932. A graduate of the ILGWU Training
Institute, Mazur began working for the ILGWU at the age of 18, beginning with
organizing and educational work with Local 22 in New York City. He was Director of
Organization and Education for Local 40, then Director of Organization for Local 23,
before becoming Assistant Manager of the newly merged Locals 23 and 25 in 1964. From
1977 to 1983, Mazur was Manager of Local 23-25, the Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear
Workers' Union. Elected General Secretary-Treasurer of the ILGWU in 1983, Mazur
served in that capacity until he succeeded Sol C. Chaikin as President of the ILGWU
in 1986. He served as President of the ILGWU until 1995, when it merged with the
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America to form the Union of
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). From 1995 until his
retirement in 2001, Mazur was president of UNITE. In addition to his work for the
ILGWU and UNITE, Mazur served on the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO, as well as
the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO.
Consists of the records of Jay Mazur, during his term as President of the ILGWU until
its merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America to form the
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) in 1995. Included
in Mazur's files are alphabetical subject files which contain correspondence,
memoranda, notes, testimonies, news clippings, and other printed material on
persons, organizations, and topics relating to the work of the ILGWU. Also, these
papers include correspondence files, as well as records documenting Mazur's work on
the AFL-CIO Executive Council and the ILGWU's General Executive Board.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union.
Mazur, Jay
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
--Archives
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
President's Office.--Archives
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile
Employees --Archives
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile
Employees. President's Office--Archives
UNITE HERE (Organization) --Archives
Subjects:
Textile industry--New York (State)
Textile workers--Labor unions--New York
(State)
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York
(State)
Clothing trade--Labor unions--New York
(State)
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.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
ILGWU. Jay Mazur papers. 5780/203. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell
University.
5780. ILGWU records
5780/059. ILGWU. Local 23-25 records
5780/059 P. ILGWU. Local 23-25 photographs
5780/059 PUBS. ILGWU. Local 23-25 publications
5780/095. ILGWU. Local 23-25 records
5780/095 G. ILGWU. Local 23-25 graphics
5780/154. President's Office records
6000/010. UNITE. President's Office (Jay Mazur). Files
6000/010 AV. UNITE. President's Office Videotapes
"Permanent deposit"
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU History
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1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
UNITE, Constitution of a Merged Union
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1995 |
Includes legal opinion allowing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler re preamble, December 9, 1994;
earlier draft with marked-up edits reflecting meeting with ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman, December 7, 1994; related correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU/ACTWU Merger Committee
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1994 |
Memo to Mazur re meeting of Merger Committee, April 12, 1994; related
documents
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU (UNITE), merger, General Executive Board, Adam Klein Study,
February 7
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1993 |
Agenda for General Executive Board meeting, February 1993; topics for
discussion at retreat; report on organizing activities, December 23,
1992; notes for February 7-8, 1993, GEB executive session; memo from
Adam Klein re next steps of strategic review of ILGWU, October 30, 1991;
Klein proposed work plan through June 1992; notes on Ross Perot;
material from the Triangle Civic Association, Melville, NY
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU (UNITE), merger, General Executive Board, Adam Klein Study,
July 20
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1992 |
Memo from Mazur re retreat to discuss strategic planning outlined in
Klein study, April 10, 1992; personal and confidential memo to Mazur
from exec asst James Parrott outlining issues for GEB executive session,
January 20, 1992, with outline of remarks
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU Convention, 1986 and 1989
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1986-1989 |
Copy of Convention Daily for 39th Convention, May 30, 1986; letter of
retirement from Henoch Mendelsund, director of ILGWU archives, March 20,
1986; “On the Move” publication at 1989 convention re staff; outline re
AIM, Associate ILGWU Members (former and potential members), described
at founding convention, December 14, 1988
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU Convention
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1965 |
Booklet, Signature of 450,000, pictorial history of ILGWU, for 65th
Anniversary Convention, May 1965; report of the Health & Welfare
Retirement and Supplementary Unemployment-Severance Funds, January 1,
1965 – December 31, 1965
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU General Executive Board
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, General Advisory Council
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1994-1995 |
Minutes of GAC meeting of December 7 – 9, 1994, with attached analysis of
Dunlop Commission recommendations, report, “Worker Rights and Trade:
Democracy's Next Frontier”; meeting notice; memo to Mazur from Carl
Proper recommending comments re Leslie Fay; talking points for Mazur re
need to rebuild progressive base and revitalized agenda for defeated
Democratic Party, Leslie Fay strike, merger with ACTWU
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1993-1994 |
See also Speeches – General Advisory Council 1993 Handwritten notes by
Mazur, January 22, 1994; printed outline of notes for meeting, January
5, 1994; agenda for February 16, 1994, GAC meeting; agenda, summary of
reports re health care from October 26-27, 1993, meeting, with cover
letter to ILGWU vice presidents from Mazur, November 29, 1993; outline
of remarks by Mazur for March 14 dinner re opportunities with Clinton
administration, difficulty influencing trade policy; notecards for March
15, 1993, dinner remarks; agenda for GAC meeting of March 14-16,
1993
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1990-1991 |
Outlines of Mazur remarks for November 13, 1990, GAC meeting, in memos
from exec asst James Parrott; agenda of meeting; outline of remarks for
September 24, 1991, meeting, focusing on health care; reports from
workshops and committees at GAC meeting of September 25, 1991; minutes
of November 11-14, 1990, GAC meeting re major market negotiations, with
cover memo to General Executive Board from Mazur, calling meeting “most
successful and productive this group has ever had”
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1985-1987 |
Meeting agendas; memo re creation of General Advisory Council, with
racial and gender composition in 1985 and 1986, January 1985; memo re
purpose of establishing GAC in 1984 to expand participation by
middle-level officers, January 30, 1987; list of members, 1986; letter
to Mazur from Pacific Northwest District Council business agent Frank D.
Monti, reminding him that he would like to be considered for Advisory
Council, with attached resume, May 11, 1987; confidential memo to Mazur
from Susan Cowell summarizing discussions at GAC meeting, June 15, 1987;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1984-1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1991-1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1990-1991 |
List of task forces with descriptions of duties and members; memo to
Mazur and others re demands, September 12, 1990; draft report of benefit
fund task force, January 2, 1991; preliminary report, task force on
benefits, January 8, 1991; minutes of the task force on benefits,
October 15, 1990; report of task force on contract language, January 10,
1991; letter to Mazur from American Cloak and Suit Manufacturers
Association re dire conditions in industry, July 23, 1990; chronology
for 1991 outerwear negotiations; minutes of communications task force
meeting, December 3, 1990
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1991 |
General Executive Board Executive Committee agenda, February 28, 1991;
proposed two-tier liquidated damages for imports; policy guidelines;
demands, outerwear negotiations, February 28; short list and full
demands, March 7; talking points; National Association of Blouse
Manufacturers Proposals for Modifications of the Collective Bargaining
Agreement; memo to Mazur re coverage of called-up Reservists and
National Guard, February 26; consumer price index, U.S. and NY area;
press releases, “ILGWU Begins Negotiations with Outerwear Employers in
Northeast,” March 13, and “ILGWU, Sportswear Employers Agree on
Contracts for 55,000 Workers in Northeast,” May 30; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1988 |
Memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re staff comments at New York
Joint Board meeting, January 8, 1988; memo from Parrott re discussions
of 35-hour week, January 15, 1988; fact sheet on trends in collective
bargaining settlements; draft fact sheet for negotiations between ILGWU
and the outerwear industry in the northeast, March 4, 1988; chronology
of events in the history of ILGWU (1846-1988), March 3, 1988;
standardized form for interim agreements in the event of an impasse,
developed by ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, May 4; model collective
bargaining agreement, from Zimny, February 25; remarks by Edgar Romney
for opening session of negotiations, March 9; benefit fund fact sheet
and cost of living background information, March 1; report of the task
force on vacations and holidays, February 1988; Q&A sheet; Local 102
demands for 1988 trucking division; agreement between New York Coat and
Suit Association, Inc., and Infants’ Children's & Girl’s Sportswear
Association, and New York Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied
Workers’ Union Local 89-22-1 (sometimes called the Joint Board) and
locals in the New Jersey Region, New England Region, Eastern
Pennsylvania Region, South Jersey Joint Board and New York State
District workers covered by the agreement, June 1, 1988; packet of
newspaper clippings on contract settlement, with cover memo to
communications task force from Susan Cowell, July 15 and April 27, 1988;
ILGWU press releases
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1987-1988 |
Minutes of meeting of major market strike task force, May 18, 1988;
agreement between Allied Underwear Association, Inc., and Intimate
Apparel Workers’ Union, ILGWU and Amalgamated Ladies’ Garment Cutters’
Union, Local 10, ILGWU, July 1, 1984 to June 30, 1987; agreement between
Intimate Apparel Manufacturers Association and Intimate Apparel Workers’
Union, Local 62-32, ILGWU and Amalgamated Ladies’ Garment Cutters’
Union, Local 10, ILGWU, July 1, 1984, to June 30, 1987; memo to Mazur
from Northeast, Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Department director Sol
Hoffman re benefits issues discussed at staff meeting, December 11,
1987; letter from Hoffman to executive director of Atlantic Apparel
Contractors’ Association asking for early start on negotiations, citing
desperate mutual problems in the industry, December 14, 1987; terms of
clothing settlement, 1987; letter to members of Local 23-25 from manager
Edgar Romney, noting upcoming series of meetings to discuss what members
want in next contract, December 1987
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations, Communications Task
Force
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1987-1990 |
Minutes of meeting January 15, 1988; outline of objectives; letters from
Mazur to appointees, December 30, 1987; memo to Mazur from exec asst
David Melman re preparations for 1991 major market negotiations, listing
task forces, including communications, July 27, 1990
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1985 |
see also Agreements – Greater Blouse 1985 Collective agreement, New York
Skirt and Sportswear Association, 1982-1985; with the National Women's
Neckwear and Scarf Association, June 1, 1982-May 31, 1985; demands of
Local 91-105, March 18, 1985; agreement between Fashion Apparel
Manufacturers Association and the Philadelphia Dress Joint Board;
agreement with Associated Garment Industries (Underwear Branch) with the
Missouri-Mississippi River Valley District Council and the Texas-Oklahoma
District Council, 10/13/82 – 10/15/85; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations, Non-Accessible
Allowances
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1984-1985 |
Memos to Mazur re New York Dress Joint Board
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU Negotiations, Local 23-25
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1985 |
Remarks by Edgar Romney, opening session, collective bargaining with New
York Skirt and Sportswear Association and guests Greater Blouse, Skirt
and Undergarment Association, April 2, 1985; proposals; memos re
contract negotiation; translation of Chinatown press, week of March
4-11, 1985; handwritten notes
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU Negotiations, New England Region
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1985 |
List of officers, handwritten notes; list of negotiation meeting
dates
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU Negotiations,Locals
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1985 |
See also Koret of North America 1985 Demands and proposals of Locals
23-25, 91-105, 132-98, Dressmakers’ Joint Council, NY Skirt and
Sportswear Association; memo to Mazur from Muzaffar Chishti re 1982
contract developments, April 30, 1985; financial records; newspaper
clippings
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU, Appointment Agendas
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1992-1994 |
Daily reminder books for ILGWU president Jay Mazur
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, Mazur, New York City Managers Meetings
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1987-1989 |
Talking points, outline of discussion; handwritten notes by exec asst
James Parrott
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU, Mazur, Regional Staff Meetings
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1987-1991 |
Opening remarks for AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department (IUD) Legislative
Conference March 20, 1991; suggestions by exec asst James Parrott for
Pennsylvania staff meeting, December 5, 1990; suggestions for Atlanta
staff meeting, July 22, 1989; outline of talking points Southeast staff
conference, June 6, 1991; handwritten notes by Parrott, November 11,
1987
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU, Mazur Staff
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1995 |
Memo re staff changes in president’s office, n.d.; resume of Mazur
secretary Rema Sherwood, 1995
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU, census comparison
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1986-1990 |
Six-month comparisons of ILWGU membership figures by
region/district/local, and percent change
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU, staff payroll records
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1991 |
Computer printout of names, annual salaries, local affiliations, week
ending 12/31/91
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU, Health and Safety Department
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1986-1988 |
Minutes of Occupational Health and Safety Forum (also called Occupational
Safety and Health Forum) Meeting, June 7, 1989, with list of attendees,
mission statement, accounting statement; paper submitted to forum re
drug abuse in the workplace by Chrysler Motors’ director of Occupational
Safety and Health Services, April 25, 1989; memo from ILGWU Health &
Safety director Betty Plattus asking to distribute information on new
OSHA formaldehyde standards to all regional managers; training contract
with NYS Dept. of Labor and production agreement with Shop Talk
Productions for educational videotape in English, Spanish, and Chinese
re fire hazards and musculoskeletal hazards; materials related to mental
health and stress in the workforce: “New Options for Reducing
Blue-Collar Stress,” by Arthur B. Shostak, professor of psychology,
Drexel University, May 1984; brochure, participant list, bibliography
for conference, “Workers and Their Mental Health: Strategic Planning for
the Next Decade,” Columbia University School of Social Work, April 1986;
press releases from U.S. Dept. of Labor re OSHA; memo to Mazur from
Plattus re affiliation with Union Health Center, October 1, 1986
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
ILGWU, Health Services
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1981-1987 |
see also ILGWU Benefit Funds 1984-1988 ILGWU Health Services Plan Report
to the Board of Trustees, meeting agenda, asset manager’s report (for
period ending October 31, 1987); minutes of Board of Trustees meeting
for December 11, 1986, asset manager’s report (ending September 30,
1986); agenda for Board of Trustees meeting, December 4, 1984, with
director’s report; director’s report for November 1, 1983; minutes of
Nov. 30, 1982 trustees meetings; auditor’s reports/financial statements;
resolutions by Local 188, re health and safety, equal opportunity for
women within union, March 26, 1986; memos re availability of pharmacy
services; report of presentations at meeting of Committee for National
Health Insurance re statistics on uninsured and underinsured, February
10, 1986; memo re Vision Maintenance Plan, Feb. 3, 1986; Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Greater New York description of Health Education Department
Worksite Programs re blood pressure screening, CPR training, health
workshops, referral services, available publications; AFL-CIO conference
invitation re Negotiating for Improved Health Care, Mar. 11, 1986; ILGWU
Health Service Plan descriptions; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU, International Relations Department
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1990-1994 |
see also FITITVC; see also ITGLWF Letter from ILGWU International
Relations Department director Michele Briones to counterpart in Italy re
Cygne Designs and subsidiary T.wear S.r.l.; letters in Spanish from
Mazur to counterpart in Chile inquiring about identity of buyer for
worker-abusing Domsey Trading Company (Brooklyn, NY), August 8, 1990,
and contribution to labor organization FITITVC, February 7, 1990
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Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Economic Policy Council, meeting, March 27
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1986 |
Correspondence re panel meeting, “U.S. Policy toward the Newly Emerging
Industrial Countries”; memo replying to request from Mazur by ILG
researcher Herman Starobin, with attached paper, “Export-Led Economic
Development for Third-World Countries,” October/November 1985
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Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Economic Policy Council
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1986 |
“Work and Family in the United States: A Policy Initiative,” by the
Economic Policy Council of UNA-USA, December 1985; memos re release of
report, with newspaper clippings; detailed summaries of January 1986
meetings by ILG exec. asst. James Parrott; address by Mazur, “A Labor
Perspective on U.S. Policy toward Newly Industrialized Countries,” May
19, 1986; related draft
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Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Economic Policy Institute, annual report,
papers/articles
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1990-1995 |
See also NAFTA Principal liberal economic policy think tank in the U.S.,
funded originally by labor unions, later primarily by foundations and
corporations. Letter from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman to Mazur,
urging continued support from UNITE, May 22, 1995; Annual Report, 1990;
Working Papers: “Good Jobs at Good Wages: The Characteristics of Jobs
Created by Lifting Line-of-Business Restrictions in Telecommunications
for Baby Bells,” by Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel, November 1993;
“Reconsidering the Benefits and Costs of Trade Protection: The Case of
Textiles and Apparel,” by Robert E. Scott and Thea M. Lee, April 1991;
Briefing Papers: “Still a Debtor Nation: Interpreting the New U.S.
International Investment Data,” by Robert A. Blecker, July 1991; “No
More Bank Bailouts: A Proposal for Deposit Insurance Reform,” by Jane
D’Arista, June 1991; article, “Who’ll Advise the Democrats?” by Paul
West (in The International Economy, The Magazine of International
Economic Policy May/June 1991)
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Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Economic Policy Institute
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1990-1992 |
Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Economic Policy Institute, reports, Keeping Jobs in
Fashion
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1989 |
“Keeping Jobs in Fashion: Alternatives to the Euthanasia of the U.S.
Apparel Industry,” by Richard Rothstein, with press release and letters
from EPI president Jeff Faux to ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
responding in detail to his critical comments about report, October
13-19, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec. Asst. James Parrott
outlining Starobin’s objections to the report, November 16, 1989; letter
from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re report, December 12,
1989; remarks by Mazur to AFL-CIO Executive Council endorsing report,
February 1990; newspaper clippings about report
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Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Economic Policy Institute, reports
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1988-1989 |
Memo to Mazur from exec. Asst. James Parrott describing EPI, January 11,
1989, with attached list of research papers, newspaper clippings; “The
State of Working America,” by Lawrence Mishel and Jacqueline Simon,
1988; “The Consumer Electronics Industry and the Future of American
Manufacturing: How the U.S. Lost the Lead and Why We Must Get Back in
the Game,” by Susan Walsh Sanderson, 1989; “Job Displacement and the
Rural Worker,” by Michael Podgursky, 1989; briefing paper: “Scapegoating
Rent Control: Masking the Causes of Homelessness,” October 1989
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Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Emanuel Weintraub Associates
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1994 |
Letter to industry executives, with attached Weintraub Report, re on-time
delivery logistics, September 6
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Box 11 | Folder 8 |
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs) Study Group
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1985-1991 |
Letter to Mazur from attorneys representing employee-initiated company
purchases, discussing proposed congressional legislation to eliminate
ESOPs, July 7, 1989; attached position paper; memos from the AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Department (IUD) announcing meeting of study group,
1985; newsletters and brochures from the National Center for Employee
Ownership, Inc; Newsday article discussing abuse and manipulation of tax
advantages of ESOPs as a tool for corporate takeovers, leveraged
buyouts; Union Labor Report article discussing ESOPs as positive force
for job protection; reprint of scholarly article, “The Sociology of
Worker Ownership and Participation,” by Joseph Raphael Blasi, Harvard
University (IRRA 37th Annual Proceedings); cartoons depicting owner and
employee interpretations of ESOPs; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 9 |
Evolution of Work Committee
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1993-1994 |
See also Dunlop Commission Summary discussion of alternative
representation models, from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue
to members of the Evolution of Work Committee, February 10, 1994; memos
to Mazur from ILGWU assistant president Gus Tyler critiquing alternative
forms of representation as weakening industrial democracy, February 8
and March 3, 1994; memo to Mazur from ILGWU assistant legislative
director Ann Hoffman, expressing grave concern about each of the models,
March 7, 1994; text of committee report, “The New American Workplace: A
Labor Perspective”; memo to Mazur from CAF director Carl Proper
summarizing “New American Workplace” report, recommending endorsement,
February 10, 1994; memo summarizing first meeting of the Dunlop
Commission, June 7, 1993; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 10 |
Evolution of Work Committee
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1985-1989 |
Meeting reports; report on Canadian representation system, union trends;
challenges to U.S. organizing (by Joe Danahy?); summary of speeches on
labor-management cooperation, given at Williamsburg conference, with
critique to Mazur by Gus Tyler; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell
re original intent of committee, i.e., whether to develop an insurance
package and offer associate membership, September 25, 1985; memo to
Mazur from Cowell discussing concerns of committee members re
assumptions endorsing non-union representation models, January 26, 1989;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 11 |
Media: The Forward
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1987-1993 |
Article on Jewish voting patterns, with cover letter to Mazur from editor
Bernard Bellush December 9, 1986; correspondence re Mazur’s chairing the
Trade Union Committee of the Forward’s 90th anniversary event, 1987;
draft and final article by Mazur on Dinkins mayoral race, September 24,
1993; article by Mazur, “The Courage of Dinkins,” December 11, 1992;
letter to Mazur from Manhattan borough president Ruth Messinger praising
his article, December 31, 1992; article criticizing continued Israeli
occupation of West Bank, with cover letter by author inviting
commentary, January 22, 1988; loan proposal, April 29, 1991, and
acknowledgement of repayment, January 23, 1992; list of comp subscribers
(?)
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Box 11 | Folder 12 |
Freedom Summer
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1994 |
Booklet describing project by Andrew Goodman Foundation, founded by
parents of voting rights activist killed in 1964
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Box 11 | Folder 13 |
Fund for an Open Society
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1986-1991 |
A nonprofit mortgage fund to reduce housing segregation. Letter to Mazur
from fund president nominating new board members, with resumes and copy
of filled-in ballot, August 26, 1988; power of attorney form and
disclosure questionnaires submitted by Mazur as a director of the fund;
record of $5,000 contribution, May 25, 1988; securities offering with
cover letters from fund cofounders James Farmer and Morris Milgram, July
23, 1988; minutes of Executive Committee, April 1, 1987, and Board of
Directors, March 7, 1987; letters from Spring Garden United Neighbors,
Inc., Philadelphia, PA, re “disturbing if not frightening” meeting with
fund board members re low- income housing dispute; letter to Mazur
offering him position on board replacing retired Sol Chaikin, noting
past contributions from ILGWU, expectation of continued financial
support, October 14, 1986; proposal that ILGWU invest $1,000,000 in Open
mortgage loans, September 29, 1987; article from Shelterforce magazine
re penion-financed housing, with cover letter to Mazur, July 15, 1991,
July 15, 1991
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Box 11 | Folder 14 |
Future of American Workplace Conference
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1993 |
Conference agenda, speaker bios, and summaries of presentations;
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Commerce,
July 25-26, 1993; eight pages of handwritten notes by Mazur from
conference; newspaper clipping
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Box 11 | Folder 15 |
Garment Industry Development Corp (GIDC), fashions exports, New
York
|
1989-1995 |
Remarks by Mazur at dedication of GIDC training center, October 24, 1989;
newsletters, GIDC News; Bobbin special report on exporting by New York
manufacturers; article reprints from Women's Wear Daily and Crain’s New
York Business; report, “Keeping New York in Fashion for 10
Years,1984-1994”; report, “Keeping New York in Fashion: A Strategic Plan
for the Future of the New York Fashion Apparel Industry,” March 1992;
clipping from Apparel Industry Magazine, “Keeping New York in Fashion:
Blueprint for a Rebound,” re GIDC, May 1992; resumes of applicants for
president, including Bruce Herman, schedule of interviews; activity
reports, July 7, 1993, May 6, 1994, January 5 and November 1, 1995;
printed attitude survey funded by GIDC and Women’s Wear Daily, “A Study
of Women’s Apparel Buyers: Attitudes Toward Buying Trips to New York vs.
Regional Markets,” 1994; GIDC press release: “Partnerships Will Keep New
York in Fashion: Study Shows NYC Fashion Industry Can Grow Under New
Garment Industry Strategy of Quick Response Partnerships,” March 31,
1992; memo to Mazur from GIDC director Bruce Herman listing points in
response to NYC Deputy Mayor Sullivan’s letter re duplication of
services, alternate funding sources, February 22, 1993, with attached
February 10 letter from Sullivan, rejecting request for funding
increase
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Box 11 | Folder 16 |
GIDC
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1986-1988 |
Letters to NYC government officials
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Box 11 | Folder 17 |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
|
1993-1994 |
See also Globalization; see also Trade; see also NAFTA Policy paper
(probably by ILGWU research director Herman Starobin) re GATT, NAFTA
(North American Free Trade Agreement), MFA (Multifiber Arrangement), and
other trade issues, May 8, 1990; testimony by Herman Starobin (“HS”)
before committee hearing chaired by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D.-MA) re
Uruguay Round, November 23, 1994
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Box 11 | Folder 18 |
Geto and de Milly, INC.
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1993-1995 |
See also Media Projects 1986-1987 Draft of guide by Geto & de Milly
to be sent to media sources, for review by Mazur, listing topics of
possible interest for interviews (fashion industry, trade, worker health
and safety, etc.), February 10, 1993; interview questions for Mazur for
Ruth Jacobs Jewish Home Show, June 10, 1993; analysis by Geto & de
Milly of “defection” of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell from Democratic
Party, with attached article by New York Times
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Box 11 | Folder 19 |
J. Paul Getty Trust
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1992 |
Letter to Mazur from trust president and CEO re importance of arts in
education, attached remarks, December 8
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Box 11 | Folder 20 |
Globalization
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1989-1993 |
See also Speeches – Globalization; see also NAFTA and Speeches – NAFTA;
see also World Trade Organization; see also Textile & Apparel Trade
Legislation; see also Workers’ Rights and Trade; see also Trilateral
Commission 2001; see also General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1993 Comments by ILGWU exec asst Carl Proper on “People-Power: The
Global Human Resource Challenge for the ’90s,” by Frank Doyle, former
CEO, General Electric; article from The Nation by Jeremy Brecher,
“Global Village or Global Pillage?” December 6, 1993
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Box 11 | Folder 21 |
Haiti
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1986 |
see also National Coalition for Haitian Refugees 1986; see also National
Immigration Forum 1994; see also National Labor Committee – Haiti 1996
Letter from church-affiliated Washington Office on Haiti re
government-sponsored abduction of Charlot Jacquelin and Ernest Cadet and
other and human rights abuses, October 7, 1986
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Box 11 | Folder 22 |
Health Care
|
1994 |
Memo from Susan Cowell to ILGWU Health Care Grassroots Task Force
tabulating state-by-state responses to survey of members, with messages
from individuals urging reform, noting “horror stories”; letters from
Mazur to union presidents soliciting financial support for Campaign for
Health Security, January 4, 1994; letter to the editor of NY Times from
Mazur critiquing editorial on health insurance legislation proposed by
Rep. Jim Cooper, comparisons with Clinton plan, January 18, 1994
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Box 11 | Folder 23 |
Health Care
|
1993 |
1993 AFL-CIO Health Care Campaign overview, talking points, and resource
guide, description of importance of talk radio; AFL-CIO talking points,
with transcript of speech by Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) and attached fact sheet, May 28,
1993; white paper on the politics of health care as a campaign issue,
noting Russo bill, problems with “pay or play” insurance; AFL-CIO
Campaign Updates on Clinton health care reform, May 17 and June 3, 1993;
U.S News & World Report article, “Clinton’s Master Plan,” May 24,
1993; opinion poll report to John Sweeney from Target, Inc., “National
Survey on Expectations and Reactions of Middle Class and Working Class
Voters on President Clinton’s Health Care Reform – Union Households
Report,” May 4, 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re
survey, noting that union households were least likely to support the
Clinton plan for fear of losing current good benefits, April 4, 1993;
confidential memo to Mazur from Cowell re health care meetings of
AFL-CIO policy group, March 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from Cowell re
AFL-CIO health care statement, February 12, 1993; statement by AFL-CIO
Executive Council on National Health Care Reform, February 16, 1993;
flyers in English, Spanish, and Chinese by the Metro New York
Mobilization for National Health Insurance, “Special Interests Make Us
Sick”; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 24 |
Health Care
|
1992 |
Memo from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell to ILGWU General Executive Board
recommending book by Paul Starr, The Logic of Health Care Reform, with
attached excerpt and article from In These Times, December 22, 1992;
related correspondence
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Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Health Care, Russo Bill
|
1991 |
Statement in Support, ILGWU, The Russo Health Care Bill, March 6, 1991;
statement of Congressman Marty Russo on the introduction of the
Universal Health Care Act of 1991; news release by Russo, “Russo
Introduces Comprehensive National Health Care Plan; Numerous
Organizations Support Measure,” released March 6, 1991; highlights of
the Russo bill; Description of the Russo Universal Health Care Plan;
list of organizations in support; flyer by New York City Task Force on
National Health for event featuring Rep. Marty Russo (D-Ill.) speaking
about his proposal, HR 1300, with attached list of cosponsors of the
event, October 21, 1991; press release from ASFME, “Nation’s Largest
Health Care Workers Union Supports Congressmen Russo’s ‘SinglePayer’
National Health Care Bill,” March 6, 1991; press releases or letters in
support from ACTWU, UAW, American Postal Workers Union, Public Citizen,
National Association of Social Workers; letter from UAW expressing
concern about a financing provision of the bill, February 28, 1991;
statement by Chrysler Corporation expressing qualified support of bill;
cover letter from the Health Security Action Council to its Board of
Directors, with attached editorial by Joel Cantor and Steven Shroeder,
M.D. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation president), on failure of cost
controls, New England Journal of Medicine, October 10, 1991, and copy of
brochure by the Committee for National Health Insurance, “An Innovative
Approach to Health Care Cost Containment”;
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Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Health Care
|
1989-1994 |
See also Committee for National Health Insurance 1984-1991; see also
AFL-CIO Health Care Memos from Mazur to ILGWU directors urging support
of campaign; letter to Mazur from John Sweeney, chairman, AFL-CIO Health
Care Committee, with attached summary of Senate Labor-Finance Working
Group Proposal on Health Care Reform, May 23, 1991; memo from Mazur to
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland criticizing the Senate Democratic
leadership health care proposal as severely inadequate, June 4, 1991;
analyses of Senate working group proposal; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re Policy and Legislation meeting on
the Single Payer Health Care Campaign, March 11, 1991; agenda of meeting
of AFL-CIO Health Care Committee, with attached fact sheet, February 18,
1991; AFL-CIO statement on health care reform, February 19, 1991;
summaries of proposed legislation, S. 1669, “Improvements to the Health
America Act of 1991,” by Sens. Paul Simon and Brock Abrams, and H.R.
3205, “Health Insurance and Cost Containment Act of 1991,” by Rep. Dan
Rostenkowski; report and recommendations of the AFL-CIO Executive
Council Committee on Health Care: The American Single-Payer National
Health Care Plan, February 18, 1991; white paper, “The Permanent
Replacement of Workers Striking over Health Care Benefits in 1990,”
prepared by the AFL-CIO Department of Employee Benefits, June 1991;
“Additional Views on Health Care Recommendations of the [1991] Social
Security Advisory Council [Commitment to Change: Foundations for
Reform],” submitted by John Sweeney and others; Citizen Action report,
“The Seven Warning Signs: Health Insurance at Risk,” with cover press
release, June 19, 1991; Citizen Action Health Care Alert newsletters,
May and June 1991; remarks by AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to the
American Medical Association National Leadership Conference, February
17, 1991; statement on the National Healthcare Insurance Program Act by
Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU, March 6, 1991; AFL-CIO press releases
calling for reform, 1991; National Planning Association newsletter
Looking Ahead, with lead article, “Reforming the Nation’s Critically Ill
Health Care System,” March 1991; letter to the editor from Warren
Greenberg, professor of health economics, George Washington University,
“National Health Insurance Benefits Everyone,” February 11, 1991 (New
York Times?); letter to Mazur from Coalition of Labor Union Women re
campaign to pass veto-proof legislation reversing gag-rule against
abortion counseling for low-income women, June 13, 1991; summary of
Harris survey of leaders of key stakeholder groups, “Trade-Offs and
Choices: Health Policy Options for the 1990’s”; description of proposed
New Jersey Universal Health Care Plan, October 10, 1990; congressional
resolution recognizing historic significance of the ILGWU Union Health
Center, September 26, 1989; letter to Mazur from Douglas Fraser,
Committee for National Health Insurance, summarizing attached article
from Health Management Quarterly by Dr. Robert Blendon, Harvard School
of Public Health, March 2, 1989
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Box 12 | Folder 3 |
High School of Fashion Industries
|
1990 |
Letter to Mazur from principal, requesting his attendance at the school’s
annual fashion show, at which he would receive a humanitarian award,
February 28, 1990
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Box 12 | Folder 4 |
Hill, Velma
|
1993 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell expressing concern over
conservative positions of newsletter (attached) of New York Coalition of
Center Democrats, endorsing Democratic district leader candidates Velma
Hill and Ed Rothstein, June 1987
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Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Histadrut Board Meeting, June 8
|
1988 |
See also National Committee for Labor Israel Proposed resolutions to the
National Committee for Labor Israel – Histadrut Board of Directors and
National Council, June 8, 1988; report to the board; policy outline for
regional offices re reorganization; brochure for Amal network,
supporting technical education in Israel; Labor in Israel newsletter,
March 1988; Israel 40th anniversary brochure; statement from Histadrut
secretary general condemning cycle of violence, extremism, January 26,
1988; resolution adopted by Histadrut Executive Council, expressing
concern over recent violence, urging political discussion; statement by
AFL-CIO Executive Council condemning both violence by West Bank/Gaza
Palestinians and excessive use of force against Israeli Arab civilians,
urging greater diplomatic efforts by U.S., February 1988; bylaws, May
1988; newsletters “Backdrop Histadrut,” Friends of Amal, spring 1988,
Friends of Mishan, winter 1987
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Box 12 | Folder 6 |
Histadrut--International School
|
1985-1986 |
Correspondence with Mazur and Chaikin regarding the funding by ILGWU of
the Sol C. Chaikin International School in Kiryut Chaim, Israel;
floorplans; newsletter Amal, Winter 1985/6
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Box 12 | Folder 7 |
Home Ownership
|
1992 |
Report re tax policy, “How to Expand Homeownership for More Americans,”
reprinted from Challenge, the magazine of economic affairs, March-April
1992
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Box 12 | Folder 8 |
Homeless Clothing Drive
|
1987 |
Draft statement by Mazur, given to NYC Mayor’s Office for Voluntary
Action for press release, noting overwhelming response to ILGWU clothing
drive for homeless, February 19, 1987
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Box 12 | Folder 9 |
Homework
|
1993 |
Typed notes re position of Clinton administration retaining ban on
homework, status of illegal operations, January 22, 1993; memo from law
firm Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., re monitoring of Department
of Labor enforcement of Fair Labor Standards Act with respect to
homework, January – March, 1993; Washington Post clipping on homework,
with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow,
July 14, 1993; letter from Mazur urgently requesting meeting with Labor
Secretary Robert Reich re homework, June 15, 1993; position paper
prepared by Shea & Gardner, “Why the Ban on Industrial Homework in
the Women’s Apparel Industry Should Remain in Place,” April 28, 1993;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU vice president Susan Cowell with attached list
of firms certified by Department of Labor after homework ban was lifted,
January 16, 1993
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Box 12 | Folder 10 |
Homework
|
1992 |
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Employment Standards
Administration proposed rule allowing homework in women's apparel
industry, July 7, 1992; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 12 | Folder 11 |
Homework
|
1989 |
Two photos of homework in Brooklyn, NY, with cover memo to Mazur (color
originals in Kheel photo archive), January 1989; photo of homework in
Union City, NJ, n.d. (original in Kheel photo archive); memos to Mazur
from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell and general counsel Max Zimny re talking
points for Mazur meeting with Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole, February
15 and 16, 1989; letter to Dole from NYS Commissioner of Labor Thomas
Hartnett expressing opposition to lifting ban on homework, January 16,
1989; notice to Mazur from U.S. Department of Labor advising him of
department’s intent to hold public hearings to lift ban on homework,
with copy of legal notice in Federal Register, published December 30,
1988; Mazur press conference statement denouncing Dole’s move to hold
hearings to lift homework ban, March 29, 1989; notice of public hearing
in New York; memos to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn
Dubrow updating on activities re hearing, January - February, 1989;
correspondence from Mazur with individuals and organizations re
testifying; mailing list of organizations contacted; agenda for public
hearing, Industrial Homework in the Women’s Apparel Industry, March 8-9,
1989, with attached newspaper clippings; statement by M. Patricia
Fernandez Kelly, associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins
University, in Response to Advance Notice of Hearing Respecting
Employment of Homeworkers in the Women’s Apparel Industry, March 9,
1989; statement by Mazur at Labor Department hearing to lift ban, March
29, 1989, with questions for review, March 24; transcript of hearing;
statements of homeworkers about their experiences; testimony by Senator
Daniel Patrick Moynihan at Labor Department hearing to lift ban, March
29, 1989; statement by Jack Otero, national president of AFL-CIO’s
Council for Latin American Advancement, at Labor Department hearing to
lift ban, March 15, 1989; statement by Judith Lichtman, president
Women’s Legal Defense Fund, at Labor Department hearing to lift ban;
industrial homework chronology; fact sheets on homework, describing
Department of Labor response under the Reagan administration; press
release, “California Democrats Oppose the Legalization of Industrial
Homework,” February 23, 1989; press release announcing ILGWU lawsuit
against the Labor Department to keep ban on homework, January 5, 1989;
correspondence re decision by Judge Gesell to uphold lifting ban by
Department of Labor; memo from attorneys Shea & Gardner to Zimny
discussing whether to appeal decision, ILGWU v. Dole, December 14,
1989
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Box 12 | Folder 12 |
Homework
|
1989 |
Yearly account statements by attorneys Shea & Gardner for work on
homework issue, 1981-89; letter signed by Mazur and Jack Sheinkman,
president, ACTWU, urging Sen. Edward Kennedy, as chair of the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources, to vote against amendment to minimum
wage bill by Sens. Nickels and Armstrong authorizing homework in apparel
industries, April 4, 1989; letter to the editor of Wall Street Journal
by Mazur, responding to article re homework, January 11,1989; text of
Mazur column for Justice, January 1989; newsletter for ILGWU staff,
“Memo for Staff” re homework; copy of “Homework: A Return to the
Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No Protections,” reprinted from
the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2, 1986; article in National Journal
and other newspaper clippings, handwritten notes by Mazur
|
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU, International Relations Department
|
1986-1988 |
see also FITITVC; see also ITGLWF Memo from ILGWU International Relations
Department director Michele Briones re meeting of International Rescue
Committee re situation in Afghanistan post Soviet defeat, refugee
problem, perception of Afghans toward U.S., Nov. 16, 1988; report,
“Technological Innovation in Textile and Apparel Industries: Its Impact
on Employment and Labor Situation and the Response of Zensen,” by
Tsuyoshi Takagi, general secretary, Zensen (Japanese labor
organization), September 1988; drafts of resolutions (FITITVC?), “Trade
Union & Democracy” and “The International Debt Problem”; copy of the
Ditchley Newsletter, Autumn 1988; agenda for meeting to discuss
relationship between FITITVC and ITGLWF, August 16, 1988; memo re
seminar in Mexico re worker education, Aug. 2, 1988; memo re Canadian
affiliation; memos and text of cable message supporting striking textile
and garment workers in Mauritius, July 1988; memo re meeting with
British Labour Party delegation, May 20, 1988; press release by the
American Institute for Free Labor development re Nicaraguan labor
unions, Feb. 1988; draft of Mazur speech before South African consulate
calling for sanctions against government crackdown on Congress of South
African Trade Unions, March 3, 1988; letter to TWARO (Japanese labor
organization) updating on organizing activities in Pakistan, Malaysia,
Feb. 23, 1988; mailgrams to Chilean president Pinochet condemning arrest
of labor activist Manuel Bustos, urging restoration of trade union and
human rights, Feb. 17, 1988 and Jan. 15, 1986, with letter to ITGLWF
affiliates calling for solidarity activities; letter from Egyptian
textile union president asking to send delegation, with cover memo from
ILGWU director Briones to Mazur, Feb. 8, 1988; memo from Briones re trip
to Panama Women’s Conference, Jan. 13, 1988; invitation to AFL-CIO
Conference on International Labor Solidarity, with agenda, Nov. 7, 1986;
schedule for visit of general secretary of Nigerian Textile &
Garment Workers Union, Jan. 16, 1986; translation of statement to the
French press by Force Ouvriere re assistance by U.S. trade unions, Jan.
13, 1986; lists of expenses for department for 1985
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
ILGWU, International Relations Department
|
1985 |
Activity reports, November 20 and December 10, 1985; memo to Mazur from
Michele Briones re TWARO seminar in Hong Kong, October 17; letter from
All Indonesia Workers’ Union re actions taken at second national
congress, December 27; newspaper clipping, Women’s Wear Daily, re Mazur,
July 27, 1983
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
ILGWU, Investments
|
1984-1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
ILGWU, Legal Department
|
1986-1994 |
Memo re new tax rules, March 2, 1988; lobbyist annual report, Jan. 4,
1988; memo re union fees paid by nonmembers; memo re indictment against
owner of garment manufacturer, Joseph Lam, for tax fraud and failure to
contribute to union benefit fund, June 22, 1987; memo re federal
investigation of Teamsters for alleged connections with organized crime,
June 15, 1987; letter from general counsel Max Zimny to assistant U.S.
attorney disavowing comments by attorney in Leonardi case re abuse of
union benefit funds, April 23, 1987; ILGWU press release applauding
apprehension and guilty plea by Leonardi, owner of Cinnabar Lane, for
concealment of $3.6 million in payments to apparel contractors, February
6, 1987; notice of discrimination complaint filed with NYS Division of
Human Rights by union organizer James Patterson, July 25, 1986;
transcript of English translation of tape received from French Canadian
Gilles Gauthier re internal dispute brought to the Appeals Committee of
the General Executive Board, April 23, 1986; memo from ILGWU legal
counsel Max Zimny re Chel La Cort case argued before the NLRB re
multi-employer bargaining, December 17, 1994, with attached text of
decision; memo to Mazur from Skadden, Arps firm representing major
women’s clothing manufacturer, asking for information about how best to
trace counterfeit clothing, December 14, 1994
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
ILGWU, Legislative Department
|
1986-1988 |
See also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also Import Task Force; see
also NAFTA; see also Mexico Free Trade Agreement Letters from members of
Congress re textile and apparel trade bill and family leave bill; letter
to Sen. Kent Conrad from North Dakota AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Myron
Yantzer re trade bill, Sept. 12, 1988; memo from ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow re visits with five members of the New York
congressional delegation re trade bill, with recommendations as to
whether to endorse their candidacies, Oct. 1, 1986; agenda for ILGWU
legislative conference addressing national health insurance, trade,
minimum wage, industrial homework, with congressional speakers, held
March 20-21, 1989; memo and announcement of hearings on income-producing
activities of nonprofit organizations, including unions, June 22, 1987;
handwritten note to Mazur re status of IRS reform bill, possibility of
attaching wool tariff bill to it, n.d.
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Box 2 | Folder 22 |
ILGWU, Organization and Field Services
|
1985-1992 |
“Geographic Distribution of Apparel Employment,” 1950-84; discussion
notes re organizing task force recommendations for greater
accountability, Aug. 3, 1988; resumes and letters of recommendation for
organizing positions; detailed letter to Mazur from warehouse organizing
director Ken Dermota re need for better ongoing servicing by business
agents once a shop is organized, to prevent decertification, June 22,
1987; monthly reports from Ken Dermota, Sept. and Nov., 1987; draft of
picket sign and leaflet in Claire Frocks (division of I. Appel) strike,
Thurmond, MD, targeting J.C. Penny stores, May 21, 1987; “Report to the
General Executive Board, Task Force on Organizing and New Directions,”
March 1987; follow-up memos requiring monthly field reports, April 29,
1987; survey results profiling former ILGWU members (non-retirees) and
their interest in associate membership, health plan, October 14, 1985;
statistics on apparel and knitting mill employment by state, 1973-86;
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Advisor (LCLAA) newsletter
(AFL-CIO) re assisting application for legal residence, n.d.; materials
for staff meeting with central states organizers re how to organize a
workplace, August 12, 1987; press release re petition to NLRB for ILGWU
representation by 1,500 workers at 30 Brooklyn factories, January 18,
1990; list of organizing staff as of July 6, 1992
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Box 2 | Folder 23 |
ILGWU, Organization and Field Services
|
1984-1987 |
“AFL-CIO Organizing Survey, 1986-87 NLRB Elections”; “Using Health and
Safety in Organizing”; testimony by Dept. of Field Services director
Joseph Danahy before the General Industry Minimum Wage Board, New York
City, November 12, 1985; memos re status of organizing activities at
Leaseways Distribution Center, Brea, CA, April 29, 1987; at New Bedford
Apparel, MA, April 7, 1987; at Winnipeg Leather in Manitoba, Canada,
March 5, 1987; at Haymons wedding gown manufacturer in Union City, NJ,
February 25, 1987; at Stepping Stone Mfg. Co., Chester, SC, December 19,
1986; report on an organizing training institute by a Chicago-area
Chinese American participant, January 2, 1986; letter from training
participant praising experience, August 14, 1987; five-page letter of
resignation from organizer Rand Wilson, reviewing status of organizing
work among 15 companies in the printed circuitry industry in Nashua and
Lowell, MA, December 11, 1987; letter from International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers re discontinuation of organizing
activities at Union Underwear in Campbellsville, Kentucky, October 30,
1987; letter from National Labor Relations Board to AGF Sportswear and
Liberty House Trading, New York, re posting notice, October 21, 1987;
memo re Calvin Klein Company’s new warehouse in Wayne, NJ, plans for
second one in Mahwah, November 6, 1986; memo proposing salary increases
for organizers, June 11, 1986; list of organizers, dates of hire, and
salaries as of June 10, 1987; notes by Mazur for National Organization
Director’s Meeting, Unity House, June 24, 1984; memo from Joe Danahy re
COHOP merger with “Dues File,” May 30, 1984; memo from Milton Spitz re
dues status of several locals, January 14, 1985
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Box 2 | Folder 24 |
ILGWU, Organization Task Force
|
1986-1988 |
Memos from Mazur re purpose for appointing new task force on organizing,
July 9, 1986; list of subcommittees; minutes of the Subcommittee on
Organizing Methods (recorded by Gus Tyler), July 16, 1986; memo re full
task force meeting for January 22, 1987, with reports of the Changing
Structure, Organizing Methods, and New Directions subcommittees, January
16, 1987; Report to the General Executive Board: Task Force on
Organization and New Directions, March 1987; follow-up memo to report
from Mazur, April 14, 1987; confidential memo from VP Susan Cowell re
concerns over memo by organizer Ken Dermota’s criticism of business
agents, July 1, 1987;
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Box 2 | Folder 25 |
ILGWU, Metro Organizing Department
|
1985-1988 |
Proposal for New York City Metro Organizing Department, May 16, 1987;
meeting minutes, July 9, 1986; revised outlines of department, July 23
and August 10, 1987; agenda and notes for remarks at Metro Organizing
Conference, August 14, 1987
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Box 2 | Folder 26 |
ILGWU, Political Department, Campaign Committee, contributions
from affiliates
|
1986-1994 |
Lists of contributions by locals to campaign fund supporting candidates
for Senate, House, and state and local public office; lists of campaign
committee collections, 1994 compared to 1993
|
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Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Real Estate
|
1986-1987 |
See also ILGWU Unity House Letter of inquiry to Mazur from developer
Landmark Associates re purchasing the Roundabout Theatre building, 44
Union Square, NYC, August 23, 1988; letter to Mazur from Roundabout
Theatre Company thanking him for agreeing to extend their lease another
year, August 17, 1989; letter from anonymous developer offering rental
space at Suite #2349, 175 Fifth Avenue, April 23, 1987; letter to Mazur
from Andover Realty describing potential lease/buyer for property at 218
West 40 St., NY, July 9, 1986; letter to Mazur from Fund for an Open
Society re provision of short-term office space to prepare for a
convocation, January 31, 1986; letter to Mazur from Assemblymember
Deborah Glick, expressing concern re alleged harassment at ILGWU
building at 275 Seventh Ave. of tenants AIDS Resource Center and
Councilman Tom Duane by another tenant, Lanier Worldwide, asking for
ILGWU to look into the matter, April 2, 1992; letter from Huberth &
Peters, Inc., noting continuing interest in the purchase of 1710
Broadway in spite of it being not for sale, July 29, 1986
|
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Box 2 | Folder 28 |
ILGWU, Retiree Services Department, Early Retiree Campaign
(Health Care)
|
1995 |
Survey results and discussion re health care coverage for early retirees,
need to lobby Congress
|
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Box 2 | Folder 29 |
ILGWU, Retiree Services Department
|
1985-1988 |
List of top pension benefits and recipients as of Nov. 1, 1988; letter
from actuary Martin E. Segal Company re potential benefit improvements
of staff retiree fund, Sept. 8, 1988; article by associate director
Judith Wineman, “Age Issues in the Workplace: A Labor Perspective,” with
cover memo from Wineman to Mazur, February 10, 1988; article by Wineman
and Judith True, “Caregiving and Retirement Planning: A New
Partnership,” in Compensation & Benefits Management, summer 1989;
correspondence with retiree clubs for appearances at events; letter from
retired employee of Ishpeming, Mich., H.W. Gossard Co., closed in 1976,
complaining of poor stewardship of retirement fund, Aug. 1987; memo re
NYS-funded prescription drug plan for retirees, March 5, 1987; letter
from Massachusetts Senior Action Council, affiliate of the National
Council of Senior Citizens, urging support for a mailing solicitation
for new members, February 13, 1987; Activities Report of Retiree
Services Dept., January 22, 1987; request by Retiree Services Dept. to
Mazur to give the department observer status at General Executive Board,
National Retirement Fund, Health Service Plan, and other committee
meetings, Dec. 22, 1986; memo to Mazur from associate director Judith
Wineman re invitation that Wineman join board of International Society
of Preretirement Planners, with OK from Mazur, Nov. 12, 1986; schedule
of contributions from ILGWU retired members, by local/region, 8/1 –
10/31/86; memo from department to Mazur re endorsing boycott of TWA by
Independent Federation of Flight Attendants, Sept. 8, 1986; letters from
Mazur to retirees re campaign to regulate imports; minutes of General
Executive Board Committee for Retiree Services, June 6, 1985
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU. Unity House
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1978-1995 |
Recommendations of Subcommittee on Unity House, re decline in utilization
due to decline in membership and change in composition of membership,
March 16, 1978; luncheon menu, June 4, 1989; ILGWU Real Estate Committee
meeting minutes, August 4, 1988, and February 28, 1989; list of
developers as potential buyers, n.d.; confidential correspondence with
attorneys Arnold & Porter and consultant ENVIRON re groundwater
pollution problem, 1990; article about history of Unity House, “A
Workers’ Shangri-La,” c. 1995; letters from Mazur to retiree leaders and
other members re closing of Unity House, 1988-1990; draft and printed
column in Justice re closing, February 1990; financial statement for
Unity House outstanding mortgage bonds and loans, March 10, 1986;
solicitation for donation to Pocono Hospital by Unity House, April 17,
1986
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Arnold and Porter/APCO
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1985-1991 |
Letter from Arnold & Porter re “golf course idea” for disposal of
Unity House, May 1991; minutes, ILGWU Real Estate Meeting, March 30,
1988, and February 28, 1989; proposals from consultants APCO Associates
and MPC & Associates (affiliated with APCO), detailing
recommendations for developing various ILGWU properties; invoice from
APCO; memo from ILGWU general secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon to Mazur
recommending what to do with several ILGWU properties, recommending
against doing another expensive study, July 31,1986
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Muss Development Company
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1987-1994 |
Correspondence with Arnold & Porter re litigation over Unity House
(Pike County Hotels Corp. v Muss Development Co, and Joshua L. Muss),
dispute over litigation fees; proposed agreements; handwritten notes by
Mazur; ILGWU Real Estate Meeting minutes December 22 and September 23,
1987; newspaper clippings as part of marketing materials for Muss
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Muss Development Company
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1987-1994 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Davis R. Chant Realtors
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1986-1994 |
Correspondence re sale of Unity House; marketing material re realtor DRC
Group
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU, Vacation/Holiday Pay Task Force
|
1985-1986 |
Memos to Mazur/Chaikin: Report and Recommendations of the Task Force on
Holiday Pay, March 21, 1985; memo re Holiday Pay Task Force, November
24, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU, Welfare Funds Control Department (Donald
Fischer)
|
1986-1988 |
Agenda of Board of Trustees meeting of the Puerto Rican Health &
Welfare Fund, April 30, 1988, with minutes of meeting of April 25, 1987,
and Financial Statements at December 21, 1987; description of funds;
memos re pursuing accounts receivable, need to increase auditing staff;
subpoena from U.S. District Court to turn over information re Robyn
Scott Fashions and Lim Shun Fashions, with cover memo to Mazur, Feb. 24,
1987; printout of liquidated damages accounts receivables report, August
4, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU, Local 10
|
1986-1989 |
Background for Local 10 meeting, with fact cards about membership as of
May 12, 1988 (percent cutters vs markers and graders, percent working
inside shops vs contractors, average pay, utilization of health services
and other benefits, etc); Report of the Amalgamated Ladies’ Garment
Cutters’ Union Local 10 to the June 20, 1988, Meeting of the General
Executive Board; Proposals of Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association,
Inc., March 16, 1988 (40-hour work week, new wage structure, etc.);
union proposals; description of status of ILGWU Health Services Plan
1986 vs 1987; Health Services Plan Fact Sheet; Wage and Price
Developments under 1985-88 Industry Agreement, January 7, 1988; outline
of remarks for staff meeting (Mazur?) preparing for 1988 contract
negotiations; letter to Israel Mechlowicz, manager, Local 10, from
employees of Metzger Group, asking about the company and union actions,
February 16, 1987; urgent letter from Mazur to Mechlowicz requesting
meeting re impending lift on ban against industrial homework, August 1,
1986; letter from Mechlowicz to members re special meeting to vote on
dues increase, August 29, 1986; copy of President’s Column re 1988
outerwear talks; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25
|
1986-1988 |
See also ILGWU – Negotiations – Local 23-25 1985; see also ILGWU Major
Market Negotiations 1994; see also Chinatown Letter from Mazur to Edgar
Romney, manager of Local 23-25, with handwritten note thanking local for
“great,” “outstanding” contribution to 1988 campaign committee, December
28, 1988; letter to Mazur listing ACTWU jobbers giving work to Chinatown
contractors, November 7, 1988; copies of checks, vouchers, and invoices;
letter from Edgar Romney to members re status of negotiations, calling
management proposals “outrageous,” April 18, 1988; meeting notices for
Major Market Negotiations Strike Task Force and Metro Organizing
Committee, May 6, 1988; letter to Mazur from Edgar Romney re major
conflicts with the A. Philip Randolph Institute about the executive
composition of the newly established Bayard Rustin Fund; correspondence
between Edgar Romney and the president of Carmelton Sportswear, Inc., re
intention to outsource one-third of production to non-union shops in
order to keep prices competitive and retain Sears as a client, September
23 and October 31, 1987; memo re free pre-natal health education
available from the March of Dimes, based on program started by Local
23-25, August 18, 1987; Complaint of Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear
Workers Union, Local 23-25, against American Thunder Ltd. For failing to
pay into benefit funds, March 23, 1987; letter to Mazur from Romney re
non-union jobber Walnut Sportswear, relationship with ACTWU, and
agreement reached, March 11, 1987; subpoena to Local 23-25 for
information about business agents from 1982 through 1986; legal brief
against jobber Cinnabar Lane (Armand Leonardi) charging failure to make
payments to Local 23-25 benefit fund, creation of shell corporations to
defraud union, February 5, 1987; press release re guilty plea by
Leonardi, industry-wide investigation into tax and labor violations of
NYC garment manufacturers; letter from Gus Tyler commending member of
Local 23-25 for union-building children’s event, January 5, 1987; urgent
letter from Mazur to Romney requesting meeting re impending lift on ban
against industrial homework, August 1, 1986; letter to Mazur from Romney
requesting $250 contribution to candidate for Civil Court Judge, August
4, 1986; letter to Mazur from member of 23-25 congratulating him on
promotion to presidency of the union, noting that he designed a banner
in honor of the occasion for Chinatown English class; letter to ILGWU
general counsel Max Zimny from attorney re questions to be discussed at
meeting with Justice Department Antitrust Division lawyer re various
provisions of union-employer agreements with contractors and jobbers,
June 16, 1986; report to Romney from director of the Management
Engineering Department re inspection of floor set-up of L.C. Garment
Manufacturing, May 8, 1986; letter from the deputy inspector general of
the U.S. Department of Labor to the editor of Centre Daily News
correcting misquote implying that ILGWU was guilty of bribery, with
cover letter to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, and cover letter from
Zimny to Edgar Romney noting plan to demand retraction, February 3,
1986; press release to Chinatown press from Local 23-25 denying
accusations by owner of Graceful Sportswear, asserting that union staff
were attacked by owner, February 6, 1986; correspondence between ILGWU
president Sol Chaikin, Edgar Romney, the executive vice president of
Inter Pacific Tours International, and a retired member of Local 22 re
member’s dissatisfaction with local’s tour of China, January-February
1986; memorandum of agreement between Local 10, Local 23-25, and the
National Association of Blouse Manufacturers, with cover letter from
ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny to Edgar Romney, January 28, 1986;
letter to Chaikin from Edgar Romney re hardship caused by sharp cuts in
benefit funds, need to restore some, noting improved financial
situation, with attached financial statement, January 22, 1986;
financial statement, comparing 1985 with 1983; special event permit
application, City of New York Parks & Recreation for concert/picnic
in Chinatown, July 27, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25
|
1972-1983 |
Collective agreement, June 1, 1979 to May 31, 1982, National Association
of Blouse Manufacturers, Inc., with the Blouse, Skirt, and Sportswear
Workers’ Union, Local 23-25, ILGWU, and Amalgamated Ladies’ Garment
Cutters’ Union Local 10, ILGWU; collective agreement, New York Skirt and
Sportswear Association, Inc., with ILGWU and Amalgamated Ladies’ Garment
Cutters’ Union Local 10, ILGWU, and Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear
Workers’ Union Local 23-25, ILGWU, 1979-1982; letter to Mazur re
problems with laboratory services at the Chinatown Health Clinic, April
25, 1979; flyers for Garment Center Rally, featuring vice president
Hubert H. Humphrey, ILGWU president Louis Stulberg, and “stars of TV
& Hollywood,” Oct. 30, 1968; poster for rally; flyer for Garment
Center rally, featuring Sen. George McGovern and Sen. Edward Kennedy,
November 1; copy of photo of 1972 rally (original in Kheel Center photo
archives); flyer for Carter-Mondale, in Chinese and English; New York
Post newspaper clipping about impending decline, “Garment Center, N.Y.”
November 18, 1974; report to the G.E.B. (General Executive Board)
Meeting, December 15, 1977, by Jay Mazur, manager, Local 23-25; letter
to the editor (of unnamed newspaper) from Mazur criticizing
“irresponsible attack” on Local 23-25 by Asian Americans for Equality
(AAFE), March 2, 1983; articles from United Journal, World Journal, and
China Post, July-August 1982
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25, Education program
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See also Labor Movement Local 23 Report on Education Program, January
1959 to December 1961; related materials
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25, Garment Center Rally
|
1962-1972 |
List of staff for 1968 rally; copies of Justice, November 15, 1972; Local
23-25 News, January 1964
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU, Local 341 (New England)
|
1986 |
Letter to Mazur from member at Concord Manufacturing, Morrisville, VT, re
problems with district manager and business agent, perception that union
is for the company, August 4, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU, Midwest Region
|
1986-1988 |
Letter from several members of Local 188 in Milwaukee asking Mazur to
look into failure to elect the manager of the district council, with
letter from Mazur to Lou Montenegro, director of the Midwest region,
October 27 and November 9, 1988; letter from Mazur to Montenegro, noting
resignation of assistant regional director, September 2, 1988; company
profile of Wicker Park L.P., Chicago (Prattville Apparel/Smoler Bros.),
notes for meeting with Lou Montenegro and Nick Bonanno, July 14, 1988;
memo to Mazur from Montenegro re Henry Lee Mfg. Co., Chicago,
litigation, with attached memo from attorneys, January 15, 1988; copy of
check with thank-you letter to Mazur from Montenegro for financial
support of Midwest Region’s School for Workers Seminar at the University
of Illinois, January 4, 1988; letter from Montenegro to Junior House
Mfg. Co. asking for meeting, November 17, 1987; letter to ILGWU
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow from Montenegro asking for
contribution to fundraiser for congressman Lane Evans, November 5, 1987;
letter from Montenegro to ILGWU general auditor asking for reinstatement
of Midwest District Council #2, with attached letter from district
manager, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur from Montenegro re
organizing campaign of Hispanic workers at Advanced Engineering Corp.,
unfair labor practices filing, strike fund support, July 10, 1987;
petitions for charter by workers at Monterey Knitting Mills in
Janesville, WI, to both ILGWU and ACTWU, with cover letter to Mazur from
Montenegro recommending assigning the same local number as ACTWU
assigns, June 25, 1987; memo from Montenegro re proposed salary
increases for staff in Immigration Program, noting the program
supervisor’s salary should be at least as much as the man she
supervises, May 1987; letter to Mazur from Montenegro re staff
appointment of organizer, with attached resume, April 10, 1987; letter
to Mazur from Montenegro noting reluctance to accept position as Chicago
mayor Harold Washington’s labor committee chairman on his re-election
campaign because another contribution would be expected from the union,
pressure to eventually accept because of “explosive” racial situation,
request for $5,000, December 11, 1986; letter from Montenegro asking for
additional $2,500 campaign contribution to re-elect Washington, March
10, 1987; press release, Statement by Lou Montenegro, Chairman of Labor
Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Washington, November 20, 1986; letter to
Montenegro, copied to Mazur, from member of Local 444, employed by
Columbus Sportswear, noting problems with union business agent, November
24, 1986; correspondence between Mazur, Montenegro, exec. Asst Susan
Cowell, and a member of Local 499 who quit Prattville Apparel (Herrin,
IL) after 20 years over a proposed contract clause and filed a grievance
seeking reinstatement, September-October 1986; memo re public liability
insurance, July 25, 1986; newspaper clippings
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
ILGWU, NY Joint Board/Dress Joint Board
|
1983-1984 |
Financial statement, November 15, 1983; audit records of hand-knit
jobbers, August 1, 1983; list of Joint Board officers, salaries, ages,
dates of hire; correspondence from organizer Joe Danahy re activities of
firms within Joint Board purview, August 31, 1983; resolution dissolving
the Joint Board and reconstituting it into Local 1- 35, renamed Local
89-22-1, c. September 1984; memo to Mazur from Arthur Silverstein re
non-assessable allowances, August 15, 1984
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU, Northeast, Western Pennsylvania, and Ohio
Department
|
1986-1988 |
Anonymous letter to Mazur from members noting problems with union
business agent, November 14, 1988; memo to Mazur summarizing issues
discussed at staff meeting of department, such as going from a 35 to a
40 hour week, benefits, etc., December 11, 1987; appeal from decision on
welfare benefits (involuntary separation, shop closed), June 30, 1987;
newspaper clipping from Scranton Times re working poor, older female
ex-factory worker, with cover letter to Mazur from district director Sol
Hoffman, April 14, 1987; request for purchase of tickets to a Luzerne
County Democratic fundraiser, February 11, 1987; letter to ILGWU
secretary treasurer Irwin Solomon from Local 111 president and other
officers in Allentown, PA, endorsing the appointment of assistant
manager to manager, noting good rapport with both workers and employers,
November 6, 1986, forwarded to Mazur; official complaint forms from
members of Shamokin-Sunbury District Council, Locals 185- 306, working
at Model Garment (Frackville, PA) on non-union contracted work, re
insufficient pay for complexity of garments, piece work vs time pay,
with responses from management and time studies, cover letter to Sol
Hoffman from district manager Thomas Mathews, about whom some complaints
were made, with point-by-point response to petition (attached) sent by
workers to Mazur, September 5, 1986; photocopies of photos (originals
held in Kheel photo archives) of large American flag hand-sewn by the
president of the Shamokin-Sunbury-Pottsville District Council, with
Mazur and other members, marching on U.S. Capitol in demonstration
against imports, August 6, 1986; letter to Mazur from Sol Hoffman re
need to consolidate district offices in view of declining membership,
July 23, 1986; memo to Mazur from Solomon suggesting cost-cutting
measures, staff reduction, March 18, 1986; letter to Sol Chaikin as
president of ILGWU from district manager Thomas Mathews responding to
anonymous letters (attached) to Chaikin from members re Alma Dress
Company and Christina Dress Company, both in Shenandoah, which closed
down and reopened as non-union shops, January 31, 1986; report on
problem of union shops closing and reopening as non-union shops in the
Northeast department, including Katos Sportswear and Berks Franklin in
Kutztown, PA; Lynden Mfg., Coopersburgh, PA; P.&F., Bath, PA; Pan
Sportswear, Weisport, PA; Zukin Fashions, Allentown, PA; MIB,
Benneville, PA; Tiempo Fashions, Lewistown, PA; Sew and Sew, Waymart,
PA; Windsor Casuals, TJRM, and G&J Fabrics in Minersville, PA;
Marvin Reichman’s Shops, and many others, n.d.; confidential memo to
Mazur from ILGWU exec asst Susan Cowell re his remarks to staff at
upcoming Philadelphia meeting: “be upbeat,” n.d.; handwritten outline of
remarks to staff, by Mazur
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU, Pacific Northwest District Council
|
1987-1991 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council manager Katie
Quan expressing concern about plans for combining all Asians into one
category in 1990 census, dated January 5, 1987 (stamped received January
8, 1988); newspaper clipping from Bay News, February 8, 1988, re
harassment of Asians in Brooklyn, with cover note to Mazur from Quan
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Puerto Rico District Council-section 936
|
1993 |
Financial statements; ILGWU statement supporting reform of Section 936, a
regulation adopted 70 years earlier, providing income tax exemption to
domestic corporations operating in U.S. possessions, primarily Puerto
Rico, now being abused, June 28, 1993; statement by ACTWU supporting 936
reform, March 8, 1993; statement by Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU on
the Administration's Tax Proposal Regarding Section 936 of the Internal
Revenue Code, to the Committee on Finance of the U.S. Senate, Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, Chairman, May 13, 1993, with cover letter to Moynihan
from Sheinkman, May 12; letter to Moynihan from Mazur re 936, June 14,
1993
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Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Puerto Rico District Council
|
1993-1994 |
Memo to Mazur re “critical situation” of apparel industry in Puerto Rico,
particularly re firms moving to the Dominican Republic, December 23, 1993; letter
notifying of pending termination of Health & Welfare Fund agreement
with Ryder Memorial Hospital, October 19, 1994; testimony by ILGWU
organizing director before the Labor, Veterans and Human Resources
Commission of the Puerto Rico Senate re plant closings, April 25, 1994;
statement of Efraim Ortiz re internal union management problem with Jose
Torres, April 5, 1994; decision of complaint against Torres, dismissing
sexual harassment and sex discrimination charges, decided by Irwin
Solomon, ILGWU secretary-treasurer, March 1994; letters re other
infighting, January 13, 1994; memo re organizing efforts at Barranquitas
Knitting Mills, August 10, 1993; related report on activities, with
booklet in Spanish, October 21, 1993; organizing report to General
Executive Board Special Organizing Committee, September 15, 1993;
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Puerto Rico District Council
|
1989-1992 |
Correspondence; demands of Local 600 ILGWU to the Puerto Rican Corset
& Brassiere Association, November 1991; settlement agreement with S.
Klein of Puerto Rico, Inc., for failure to make payments to health and
welfare fund, July 1991; report on trip to Dominican Republic, April 17,
1990; memo to Mazur re apparel companies under contract in Puerto Rico
and the mainland, June 28, 1990; decision by appeals court in Ines
Torres-Matos v. St. Lawrence Garment Co., Inc., upholding dismissal of
lawsuit against the union, April 25, 1990; text of speech by regional
director Jose Torres to fifth annual banquet of Puerto Rican Congress in
New Jersey, April 30, 1990; biography of regional director Clifford
Depin, April 25, 1989; speech by Mazur at Clifford Depin’s retirement
party, June 16, 1989
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU, Puerto Rico District Council
|
1986-1988 |
Letter to Mazur from Cliff Depin, regional director of Puerto Rico, re
preparations for negotiations with the Corset & Brassiere
Association, October 18, 1988; letters to Mazur from Depin about the
necessity of severing relationship with Dr. Echegaray for medical
services in the Ponce area, October 14 and November 1, 1988; letter to
Depin from administrators of Puerto Rican Health & Welfare Fund re
Echegaray issue, October 27, 1988; letter from Mazur to HUD
representative re ILGWU sponsorship of public housing for union retirees
in Puerto Rico funded under the National Housing Act, August 18, 1988;
handwritten note to Mazur from Depin re organizing efforts, training of
organizers, increase in rates from Lilly Kids, July 30, 1987; letter
from Mazur responding to letter of support for Depin from the president
of Puerto Rico District Council, with original letter in Spanish with
English translation, and signatures of several members, August 11, 1988;
letter to Mazur from Depin giving background for expression of support,
anonymous accusations, opposition to assistant director as apparent
successor, July 12, 1988; letter from assistant regional director Jose
Torres to Sen. Orrin Hatch re anti-minimum wage response to letter from
Torres in support of raising the minimum wage. May 18, 1988; letter to
Mazur from assistant director Torres re anti-union tactics of
Japanese-owned Wacoal General Fashions (Corozal, Puerto Rico), where
low-key organizing efforts were being undertaken, July 5, 1988; letter
to Mazur from Depin re wage dispute with Tejidos de Coamo, with attached
letter to arbitrator and list of workers affected by mass layoff, August
17, 1988; handwritten letter to Mazur from Jose Torres thanking him for
appointment as assistant regional director, noting adverse publicity
received prior to appointment, December 15, 1987; handwritten letter to
Mazur from Depin re closing of St. Lawrence Garment, Pantimatic, owned
by Isaac Zacharias, plan to go before arbitrator, unhappiness of workers
over union’s failure to obtain severance pay, with attached company
profile, noting major clients JC Penney, Sears, and Kmart, loss of
hundreds of jobs, likelihood that Zacharias would reopen as non-union
shop, December 15, 1987; letter to ILGWU secretary treasurer Irwin
Solomon re staff attrition, July 30, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur
from Depin re supporting documentation for federal minimum wage for
Puerto Rico, with attached newspaper clipping from San Juan Star, August
20, 1987; handwritten notes re Lilly Kids, formerly Animal Crackers,
list of company demands for give-backs, May 1, 1987; handwritten note to
Mazur from Depin listing vacation benefit distribution, December 15,
1986; letter to Irwin Solomon from Depin asking for funds to equip the
Alturas de San Juan housing project, November 13, 1986; report to the
General Executive Board, October 7, 1987; letter to Despin, copied to
Mazur, from the editor of Justicia, protesting the lack of photographs
of the Puerto Rican delegation at the 39th convention, July 1, 1986;
copy of check from Puerto Rico District Council to ILGWU for Statue of
Liberty fund, March 31, 1986; note to Mazur from Depin re assistance
being given to the United Industrial Workers to organize tuna workers,
with attached letter from U.I.W. representative thanking Depin for help,
March 31, 1986; briefing letter to Mazur from Depin re agenda for
dedication ceremony for low-income member (retiree?) housing project,
suggested talking points for speech, March 18, 1986; handwritten notes
by Mazur for speech in Puerto Rico; letter to ILGWU general counsel Max
Zimny from Depin re reduction of workers at Bali facility, with attached
memo re meeting with company officials, noting client Kmart is having
the same styles made in China, March 10, 1986; letter from Depin to
company attorney re violation of collective bargaining agreement by
Exquisite Form Industries by performing work in Mexico when the Puerto
Rico facility was not fully employed from 1983 to 1985, noting claim of
one million dollars, March 13, 1986; handwritten note to Mazur from
Depin discussing Jose Torres as choice for assistant, with typed
transcript, March 13, 1986; handwritten note to Mazur from Depin re
success of event with congressman Charles Rangel, February 24, 1986;
correspondence between Mazur and Depin re Depin’s nomination to the
Executive Committee of the Inter-American Textile Garment and Leather
Workers Federation (FITITVC), February 1986; letter from Depin to Mazur
and Sol Chaikin re trustee’s meeting scheduled for April 1986, noting
likely speaking opportunity at housing dedication event, January 31,
1986; handwritten draft of speech by Mazur
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU, Western States Region
|
1986-1988 |
Letter to Mazur from regional director Steve Nutter re organizing victory
at Realite Optical/Younger Mfg, with attached NLRB tally of ballots,
December 22, 1988; letter to Mazur from Nutter re close election victory
at Sawyer of Napa, Inc., challenged ballots, with attached NLRB tally of
ballots, December 12, 1988; report to Mazur on Southwest District
Council re financial status, November 17, 1988; letter to Mazur from
Nutter re Far West (water bed manufacturer) strike benefits and food
allowance, notes union won, asks for financial support from
International, with attached financial statement and NLRB certification,
November 7, 1988; letter to Mazur asking to add an organizer to payroll
for Pick Your Part campaign, involving 90 workers in a wrecking yard,
going well, October 3, 1988; memo from Nutter re visit by South African
labor delegation, September 22, 1988; letter to Mazur from Nutter re
victory at Far West, possible plans to close down, with attached NLRB
tally of ballots and letter to company from Nutter, September 19, 1988;
letter from Nutter to presidential candidate Michael Dukakis describing
anti-union activities by Dukakis supporter, owner of Somma Mattress Co.,
July 81, 1988; memo to Mazur from Joe Danahy re successful organizing
campaign at Mutual Industries (Los Angeles, CA), successful conclusion
of contract at Young on Headwear Corp. (Winslow, AZ), June 15, 1988;
draft statement by the Coalition for Human Immigration Rights of Los
Angeles (CHIRLA) opposing employer sanctions for hiring illegal aliens,
with cover letter to Mazur from Nutter analyzing how ILG should vote on
issue, May 17, 1988; remarks read at the memorial service of Isidore
Stenzor, giving a history of cloakmakers as founders of the ILGWU, March
29, 1988; memo to Mazur from Nutter re structure and staffing
responsibilities of Western States Region Organizing Department, January
19, 1988; letter of resignation from member Edgar Zayas, noting move to
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union local 11, January 5, 1988; letter
from Nutter to Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony thanking him for
support on minimum wage issue, December 24, 1987; discussion paper, “H-2
Visas and the Urban Bracero Threat,” refuting claim of labor shortage,
noting thousands of garment workers on unemployment in California, with
newspaper clipping from California Apparel News, November 6-12, 1987,
outlining industry arguments against the minimum wage; letter to Mazur
from Nutter summarizing conversation with Dept. of Labor re H-2 Urban
Bracero program, implications for Los Angeles and national garment
industries, September 18, 1987; Final Offer of City of Hope National
Medical Center, Research Institute, and National Office, to Office and
Professional Employees International Union, Local 30, AFL-CIO, May 10,
1987, with amendment, August 31, 1987, and Informal Non-Binding
Arbitration Fact Finding Recommendation, July 16, 1987, with cover
letter to Nutter from OPEIU Local 30 general counsel, December 14, 1987;
letter to Mazur from Nutter re attached invitation, signed by Cesar
Chavez, to United Farm Workers 25th anniversary event, May 19, 1997;
memos to Mazur from Nutter re staffing appointments, promotions, and
salary increases, May 1987
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU, Canada, Ontario District (Toronto)
|
1985-1998 |
Financial statement, Ontario Cloakmakers, Dress and Sportswear District
Council, for the year ended December 31, 1988; invoices and expense
reports; correspondence re name change from Toronto Cloakmakers, Dress
and Sportswear Union, May 1987; profile of business manager Herman
Stewart in Our Times, March 1987; Globe and Mail newspaper clipping re
contested election for business manager between Stewart and Tom
Abrahams, n.d.; letter from district council to Gerald Roy, Canadian
Director, expressing disappointment at his failure to attend meeting,
opposition to appointment of Canadian organizing director because of
lack of funds, December 5, 1986; memorandum of agreement between the
Toronto Cloak Manufacturers’ Association and the Toronto District
Council, with cover letter to Mazur from Stewart noting tentative
agreement with Phil Carry Sportswear, September 26, 1986; letter to
Mazur from Stewart on status of negotiations, specific demands, with
attached 1984 agreement between Toronto Cloak Manufacturers and union,
July 29, 1986; letter to Mazur from manager William Villano re hours of
work at various plants, January 27, 1986; report on ILGWU Training
Institute for organizers, December 22, 1985; memo to Mazur from Theodore
Bernstein re retirement benefits for union’s Toronto clericals, December
26, 1985; handwritten notes by Mazur re benefits, census; financial
statements, 1983-85; letter from Mazur to Alexandra Dagg, manager,
Ontario Cloak Dress Sportswear District Council, remarking on her
“bizarre and self-serving” letter re merger with ACTWU, April 3, 1995;
related correspondence; letter from Mazur to Dagg and Celestino
Ciampanelli, president, Quebec Joint Council, re conference call in
violation of UNITE constitution, October 26, 1998
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU, Canada, Western Canada Region District Council
|
1986-1988 |
List of Nygard ILGWU shops in Winnipeg, March 22, 1993; letter from
Winnipeg Local 286 co-manager Phyllis Webb to Canadian director Gerald
Roy re co-manager Leslie Spillett’s violent opposition to resolution
calling for one manager, December 2, 1988; letter to Roy from Spillett
with attached resolutions re dues, establishment of newsletter, payment
for meeting attendance, December 15, 1988; memo re Tan Jay
Inkster/McDermot contract and others, removal of definition of part-time
employee, disqualification from bargaining unit, December 15, 1988;
auditor’s financial statements re income and losses for Western Canadian
Region District Council, subsidies to Canadian affiliates, November
9-10, 1987; letter to Mazur from Spillett re arrears owed to ILGWU by
district council, January 12, 1987; financial statements and auditor’s
report, Western Canadian Region Consolidated Health & Welfare Fund,
for the year ended December 31, 1986; letter to Mazur from Roy re
accusations by Spillett against Winnipeg member Joy Santos, August 17,
1987; letter from Manitoba Labour Board exonerating Santos, November 4,
1987; formal letter of complaint to the president of the district
council against Spillett for Santos matter by members of Local 288,
October 8, 1987; letter of resignation by Marlene Hill as manager of
Vancouver and Edmonton locals 287 and 568, with cover letter to Mazur
from Roy, August 29, 1986, and May 12, 1986, noting co-manager
arrangement has not worked; ten-page letter to Mazur from Roy re
organization of Western Canadian Region, constant confrontation between
Spillett (Winnipeg) and Hill (Vancouver), fiscal instability, status of
benefit plans, need for drastic action, August 27, 1986; letter to Roy
from Vancouver/Edmonton manager Marlene Hill recommending ethnically
diverse organizing teams, discussing difficulty recruiting organizers
from Asian membership (language barrier, cultural perception of role of
women), August 18, 1986; proposal for dental, extended health and weekly
indemnity benefits, July 2, 1986; draft of booklet from actuaries to
Quebec Fashion Industries Retirement Fund describing restructured
pension plan, August 14, 1986; letter to Mazur from Hill re her
appointment to the Review Board of the Workers Compensation Board, July
25, 1986; letter to Mazur from Spillett, congratulating him on election
as president, June 11, 1986; resolution by Western Canadian Region
District Council authorizing officers to execute documents accepting
loans from ILGWU, May 12, 1986; letter of resignation by Marlene Hill as
co-manager of Western Canadian Region District Council and local
manager, noting co-manager arrangement has not worked, May 12, 1986;
loan agreement between ILGWU and Western Canadian Region District
Council, March 26, 1986; memo to Mazur from Theodore Bernstein noting
problems cited in auditor’s reports for Western Canadian Region’s
Retirement and Health and Welfare Funds, noting lack of professional
investment management, significant amounts not being remitted, high
administrative costs, February 13, 1986; increasingly strident
correspondence between Marlene Hill and Nina Gribble, director of
organizing, over a $20 reimbursement for clerical staff member, copied
up to Mazur, January 1985; resolutions by Western Canada District
Council to authorize loans from ILGWU, May 20,1986; letter from ILGWU
Canadian director Gerald Roy to Canadian Labour Congress re dispute
between Local 286 ILGWU, and Local 459 ACTWU over bargaining rights at
365 Valentine Ave., Winnipeg, May 13, 1986; extensive handwritten notes
by Mazur
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
|
1989-1990 |
Memo to Mazur from PACE director Ann Hoffman re PACE organizing
activities at Johnny Appleseed’s (Beverly, MA), The Company Store (La
Crosse, WI), Milton Hershey School (Hershey, PA), Teximpor (North
Bergen, NJ), Bestform (Johnstown, PA), Deb Shops (Philadelphia, PA), Bon
Ton-Pomeroys (York, PA), Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse (Burlington,
NJ), Charming Shoppes (Bensalem, PA), Conston Corp. (Philadelphia),
Casual Male (Boston, MA), Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia),
March 30, 1990; meeting agenda re organizing activities, January 19,
1989; press release, “Workers Set to Rally at New York’s ‘Other Daily
News’” re Chosun Daily News (New York’s first Korean-language newspaper)
abuses during organization drive, October 17, 1990; new member fact
sheet, signed by Mazur, Hoffman, other union officials, May 15, 1990;
memo to Mazur from Hoffman detailing Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education
(NJ) tentative agreement, February 1, 1990; letter to Mazur from Hoffman
informing him of possible lawsuit by Matawan Regional Teachers
Association against teachers who invited organizing by PACE, June 12,
1989; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re PACE organizing and research staff,
with attached agenda for training conference, March 22, 1990; draft
letter from Mazur to Barry Liebowitz, M.D., president, Doctors Council,
noting desire to expand union to include white- and pink-collar workers,
proposing meeting to explore affiliating, with cover memo to Mazur from
Hoffman, September 15, 1989; correspondence between Mazur and AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland re establishing an office of work and family
within the federation, June-July 1989; letter to Hoffman from the
Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, re invitation from
Histadrut to trip to Israel, March 17, 1989; PACE press release, “Study
Calls for Action to Boost Child Care Workers’ Wages Above Poverty
Level,” March 6, 1989; letter to Mazur from Hoffman re endorsement by
ILGWU of March for Women’s Equality/Women’s Lives (April 9, 1989,
Washington, D.C.) and amicus brief for Center for Constitutional Rights
in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, with attached statement by
ILGWU supporting women’s right to choose abortion, February 27, 1989;
PACE organizing plan, August 1, 1989; confidential memo to Mazur from
Hoffman re first draft of master plan for PACE, c. 1987; reply from
Mazur noting no problems, June 26, 1987; correspondence re personnel
matters; flyers; newspaper clipping
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
|
1988 |
Letter from Hunter College Development Office soliciting funds to
establish the Paul DuBrul Fellowship, December 12, 1988, with cover note
to Mazur from director of PACE Ann Hoffman; note from Hoffman re her
inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women, December 14, 1988; memo from
Hoffman to Sal Giardina re organizing Matawan, NJ, support staff unit,
with newspaper clippings, November 3; press release, “Major Campaign Set
To Bolster First-Ever VDT Health Safety Law” re information hotline by
PACE to assist office workers in learning about rights under the new
Suffolk (Long Island, NY) law protecting users of computer monitors
(video display terminals), with PACE/ILGWU Health & Safety
Department brochure, “Do You Know What the VDT in Your Office Is Doing
To You?” October 19; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re establishing the hot
line, July 30; urgent memo from Hoffman to Mazur re imminent wildcat
strike of Borg Textiles workers in Rossville, GA, (local 550), asking
him to call local president, September 29; memos to Mazur from Hoffman
re several hiring recommendations (organizers, field directors, interns,
and temps); memo to Mazur from Hoffman urging that the union sign on to
an amicus brief in the drug testing case before the Supreme Court, June
10; memo to Mazur from Hoffman asking approval for purchase of $2,816
worth of paperclips, buttons, and bumper stickers as giveaway items,
with OK notation from Mazur, June 10; memo to Mazur from Hoffman urging
him to sign letter to Suffolk County Executive in support of VDT
legislation, June 17, 1988; memo passing on suggestion by AFL-CIO
National Organizing Committee that ILGWU use actual workers in
organizing campaign ads, June 6; draft AFL-CIO National Organizing
Committee Proposals for Labor Law Reform Agenda, with cover memo to
Mazur from Hoffman noting that it is an alternative to Donahue proposal,
June 6; memo to Mazur from Hoffman expressing extreme concern about Tom
Donahue’s labor law reform proposal as making unions look weak,
suggesting alternatives, May 24; policy paper by Institute for Women’s
Policy Research, “Unnecessary Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack of
Family and Medical Leave,” with press release, “Lack of Parental Leave
Costs $715 Million Annually,” with cover letter to Mazur from Hoffman,
April 7; agenda on conference by the AFL-CIO Department for Professional
Employees on organizing professional, technical, and salaried women,
with memo from Hoffman, April 5; memo to Mazur that PACE has opened an
office in Barre, Vermont, to facilitate organizing at National Life,
February 17; PACE Report to the General Executive Board, February 1988;
memo from Hoffman to ILGWU regional directors discussing relationship of
PACE to ILGWU, October 23, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur from Hoffman
that union obtained ratified agreement covering K Mart Dallas
distribution center, February 24, 1988; memo to Mazur from Hoffman that
contracts were obtained for three elusive companies, January 7; letter
of invitation to Hoffman from People to People International, inviting
her to join a delegation to China, with cover memo to Mazur noting that
she declined, January 22; booklet re ILGWU benefits; newspaper
clippings
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
|
1987 |
Memos to Mazur from Hoffman re several hiring recommendations; memo to
Mazur from Hoffman re losing another organizer for financial reasons, to
ACTWU, November 25; memos re clerical organizing efforts targeting
insurance industry by Connecticut State AFL-CIO, with OPEIU, SEIU, and
AFSCME participating, suggesting PACE/ILGWU also participate, with OK
notation by Mazur, November 17; memo re potential organizing interest by
clericals at Cornell ILR extension center in New York, with notation by
Mazur to proceed, November 16; memo to Mazur from Hoffman suggesting
adding scholarships for members’ child care and adult dependent care
expenses, possible foundation support, November 5; letters from Hoffman
to NJ Gov. Kean and to chair of Task Force on Equitable Compensation
urging support of pay equity legislation, October 29; memo to Mazur from
Hoffman re future advertising plans for ILGWU, need for market research
before embarking on ad campaigns, noting last one sent wrong message,
October 15; PACE Report to General Executive Board, noting reactivation
in June 1987 after being dormant since its creation in 1984, discusses
organizing activity, October 1987; voucher for $1000 plus correspondence
re contribution to National Institute for Women of Color as agent for
Institute for Women’s Policy research for study of wages of child care
workers, September 21; galley proof of Executive Council Report on
Working Women, with editing suggestions from Hoffman, September 9;
letter to Mazur from Hoffman asking for approval of her joining the
board of New Jersey Citizen Action, with OK by Mazur, September 1;
letter asking permission to attend Graves, W.VA., union organizer
retreat, August 27; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re newly created
Institute for American Values, and organization with “an admittedly
horrible but useful name,” designed to take away the issue of the family
from the Right in a productive way, with attached prospectus for
developing a national family agenda supporting child care, pro-family
workplace, pay equity, stronger child support enforcement, with
newspaper clippings, August 20; memo from Hoffman to ILGWU Midwest
Region director Lou Montenegro re possible meeting with Spiegel re
catalog sales and telemarketing, organizing Hispanic workers and Midwest
region generally, August 7; memo to Mazur from Hoffman suggesting
greater use of members of Graphic Artists Guild for graphic needs, with
attached letter from AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees,
which notes efforts to persuade Guild to affiliate, August 7; memo to
Mazur from Hoffman listing her “outside” board memberships, asking for
approval to continue, with OK from Mazur, July 20; memo to Mazur from
Hoffman re proposed supplemental agreement for 1988 negotiations giving
union the right to represent office workers based on a card majority,
November 5; letter to NY Gov. Mario Cuomo from Hoffman, with separate
explanatory note to Mazur, opposing state’s proposed pay-equity plan for
state workers, July 8, and letter to Hoffman from Public Employees
Federation president Rand Condell thanking her, August 4; PACE Advisory
Committee meeting agenda, July 27, with cover FYI memo to Mazur; memo
from Mazur to ILGWU officials and regional directors re reactivation of
PACE to become a major player in the organization of white collar
workers, appointment of Ann Hoffman as director, June 26 and 24; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU general secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon noting that
PACE will be treated as separate department, July 20; letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO Department of Professional Employees informing him that
affiliation has been accepted, May 13; outline of strategy for
organizing white collar workers, n.d., possibly presented as speech by
Mazur at meeting; meeting agenda, n.d.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
|
1986 |
Memo re union representation election results at New Horizons for the
Retarded, Inc., in Ellenville, NY, February 11, 1986; related
materials
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU, Benefit Funds
|
1984-1988 |
see also Benefit Funds – Financial Responsibilities 1994; see also ILGWU
Health Services 1981-1987 Retirement Fund plan amendments, Dec. 4, 1988;
transcript of ABC Evening News broadcast of Dec. 29, 1986, re union
pension plan fraud; letter from dental plan provider, Feb. 27. 1987;
memos re well baby coverage, memo from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re
importance of liberal maternity/paternity leave policies, Dec. 2, 1986;
policy manual covering medical, life insurance, retirement, and other
benefits, April 1986; letter to NYS legislative staff supporting
mail-order pharmacy services, May 23, 1986; agenda for Workers’ Benefits
Committee, June 13, 1984; list of retirees with medical coverage, April
16, 1997; schedule of sick benefit increases, June 14, 1988; Forbes
article with cover note to Mazur, Dec. 12, 1988; balance of accounts in
Upper South Department Health & Welfare Fund, 1986
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU, Benefit Retirement Fund
|
1986-1988 |
Draft report, “Union Retirees: Enriching Their Lives, Enhancing Their
Contribution,” by National Institute for Work and Learning, May 1998;
Director’s Report to the Retirement Committee of the ILGWU Retirement
Fund, December 6, 1988; letter re investment policy for staff retirement
fund, September 17, 1987; letters from Retired Officers of the ILGWU re
health insurance premiums, February 19 and October 15, 1986, with reply
from Mazur; notification of settlement of claim re Petro-Lewis
Securities Litigation, copy of check, October 20
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU, Death Benefit Fund, Investment Performance
Review
|
1995 |
Towers Perrin performance report on first quarter 1995
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Box 4 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU, Staff Benefit Fund, Investment Performance
Review
|
1995 |
Towers Perrin performance report on first quarter 1995
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Box 4 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund-Arnold and Porter
|
1977-1994 |
Financial statements; letter to Mazur from Arnold & Porter re demand
for change in contribution assessment by employer group in current
collective bargaining negotiations, May 27, 1994; letter to Mazur re
fund contribution negotiations with Rain or Shine and Jainard, July 25,
1990
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Box 4 | Folder 15 |
UNITE Retiree Health Benefits
|
1994 |
Box 4 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU, Benefits, National Retirement Fund
|
1989-1990 |
Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees, ILGWU National
Retirement Fund, December 11, 1990; agenda of December 11, 1990,
meeting; Investment Report, ILGWU – National Retirement Fund through
September 30, 1990, by Pacific Investment Management Company; ILGWU
National Retirement Fund Actuarial Valuation and Review as of January 1,
1990, by Martin E. Segal Company; printout, ILGWU Staff Retirement Fund
Retirees Birthdate Sequence, May 30, 1990; minutes of joint meeting,
Executive Committee and Finance Committee, August 29, 1990; minutes of
Finance Committee meetings, January 24, March 21, and June 19, 1990;
minutes of Executive Committee meeting, May 15, 1990; minutes of
Executive Committee meeting and of Board of Trustees meetings, December
13, 1989; minutes of the Finance Committees of the Death Benefit Fund
and Staff Retirement Fund, August 29, 1990; minutes of General Fund
Pooled Investment Committee meeting, August 30, 1990; meeting agendas;
correspondence from Buck Consultants re Death Benefit Fund, Staff
Retirement Fund, and General Fund performance, third quarter, November
12, 1990; correspondence from Towers Perrin recommending replacing
Wertheim Asset Management Services as the fund’s fixed asset manager,
April 1989; report by Towers Perrin, “Analysis of Fixed Income Managers
Sanford C. Bernstein & Company and Pacific Investment Management
Company”; letter to Mazur from Wertheim Asset Management Services
expressing regret at decision to replace them, May 23, 1989; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Box 4 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU, Benefits, National Retirement Fund
|
1989-1990 |
Investment Report and Accounting Report, ILGWU – National Retirement Fund
through September 30, 1989, by Pacific Investment Management Company;
ILGWU National Retirement Fund Actuarial Valuation and Review as of
January 1, 1989, by Martin E. Segal Company; ILGWU National Retirement
Fund Report of Withdrawal Liability as of December 31, 1989, by Martin
E. Segal Company; summary of fund management companies with annual rates
of return, prepared by Buck Consultants, March 26, 1986; total of all
funds, asset breakdown as of June 30, 1989, with rates of return for all
funds; printout, ILGWU Staff Retirement Fund Retirees Benefit Sequence,
May 29, 1990; meeting agendas; minutes of joint meeting of
Executive/Finance Committees, April 11, 1989; minutes of Finance
Committee, May 16 and October 6, 1989; minutes of Executive Committee,
December 12, 1988; minutes of Board of Trustees, December 6 and 12,
1988; proposed amendments; memo to Mazur from director of the National
Retirement Fund requesting approval of a temporary, part-time return to
work by a recently retired clerk in the Nassau-Suffolk District office,
August 9, 1989; Southern District court opinion and order re Anita
Foundations and pension plan withdrawal liability of 12 defunct apparel
companies, April 1989; correspondence with attorneys re conflict of
interest of a trustee representing a withdrawn firm, August-December
1989; memo re reallocation of funds from equities to fixed-income to
rebalance portfolio, April 25, 1990; routine correspondence
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund
|
1977-1980 |
Financial statements
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, Western Asset Management
Company
|
1991 |
Memos to Mazur re bankruptcy of Bank of New England, impact on bond
holdings for the National Retirement Fund, February 1 and April 15,
1991
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Box 5 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, Executive Committee
|
1987-1988 |
Annual Meeting proposed agendas for Executive Committee and Board of
Trustees, December 12, 1988; Report of the Director to the Board of
Trustees, ILGWU National Retirement Funds, December 12, 1988; Pension
Plan Rules and Regulations as Amended through December 16, 1987; Finance
Committee minutes; Report of Withdrawal Liability as of December 31,
1987; Actuarial Valuation and Review as of January 1, 1988; accountants
statements; revised and additional plan amendments, December 7, 1988;
agenda of December 1991 meeting; status of withdrawal liability as of
December 31, 1990; memo re withdrawal liability, September 30, 1991;
spreadsheet of statement of assets available for benefits, December 31,
1990; handwritten notes
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Box 5 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund
|
1982-1985 |
Minutes of Executive Committee and Finance Committee meetings, summary
plan descriptions
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, reports
|
1984-1985 |
Reports on withdrawal liability; valuation and review; report of the
director to the Board of Trustees; description of Amivest Capital
Management; Executive Committee meeting agenda, November 12, 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 6 |
A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
|
1989-1990 |
Budget summary and details, 1990, with cover memo to officers from
administrative director re financial crisis, noting that APRI finances
were never based on a proper budgeting formula; letter to Mazur from
APRI president Norman Hill asking fro assistance in obtaining
contributions; letter to Mazur inviting ILGWU to send a prominent black
female representative to APRI 20th national conference for tribute
dinner to black trade union women, with reply from Mazur identifying
vice president Mattie Jackson, April 13, 1989; letter from APRI urging
boycott of Harvey Industries in Athens, TX, over striking Local 376 of
the Furniture Workers Division of the International Union of Electronic,
Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, February 22, 1989;
letter to Mazur from Hill asking him to write to Chemical Bank of New
York asking that it cease making loans to South African Minorco, with
attached fact sheet, February 6, 1989
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Box 5 | Folder 7 |
A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
|
1983-1988 |
Letter to Mazur informing him of his election to the National Board of
the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Feb. 3, 1987; Annual Report 1986;
conference program, “Turning Back the Tide: Blacks and Labor in the 1984
Elections,” annual conference of APRI, May 11-13, 1984; report of the
eighteenth national conference, May 7-10, 1987; speech by Mazur, May 8,
1987; memo reporting second part of conference, with list of ILGWU
delegates; reminder to Mazur from APRI president re list of
contributions by ILGWU locals, May 25, 1984; draft of APRI pamphlet re
the changing condition of workers, black workers, and the black-labor
alliance, soliciting comments by Mazur, August 19, 1987; proposal for
Africa Watch, to monitor human rights abuses by black African
governments, February 29, 1988; article by ILGWU assist. Pres. Gus Tyler
about A. Philip Randolph, n.d.
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Box 5 | Folder 8 |
A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) Conference
|
1987 |
Text of speech by Mazur, April 13, 1987; conference announcement for
“Work in ’87: Win in ’88,” eighteenth national conference at San
Francisco Hilton, A. Philip Randolph Institute
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Box 5 | Folder 9 |
AT&T
|
1987-1988 |
Letter to Mazur from AT&T re new administrative software developed in
cooperation with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
(IBEW) and installed and maintained by the Communication Workers of
America (CWA), May 20, 1987; letter to New York Telephone Company about
a billing error, March 23, 1988
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Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Abeles Schwartz Associates
|
1983-1984 |
See also NYC Garment District; see also New York City – 42nd St.
Redevelopment Project 1984 Letters from planning and development
consultants re NYC’s industrial retention program; activity reports for
October and November 1983 re Chinatown Garment Industry; ideas for
discussion with Carol Ballamy re GIDC, Chinatown
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Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Abrams, Robert
|
1991-1992 |
ILGWU campaign literature for Robert Abrams for U.S. Senator, in English,
Spanish, and Chinese, with list of polling places and cover letter to
Mazur, April 9, 1992; handwritten letter to Mazur from union member
thanking him for guidance in voting, with attached letter sent to
members from Mazur endorsing Abrams and local candidates, September 17,
1992; letters from Mazur to presidents of several other unions asking
them to sign a letter endorsing Abrams, with faxed reply from
Communication Workers of America president Morton Bahr suggesting a
change, July 1, 1991; letter signed by presidents of several unions
endorsing Abrams; proposed field organization for senor citizen vote,
June 23, 1992; letters from Abrams to Mazur thanking him for his
support, June 1991-September 1992; two drafts of Abrams speech to be
delivered before the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE),
written by Gus Tyler, with cover note from Tyler to Mazur, February 4
and 5, 1991; letter from Robert Abrams asking for early support, June
24, 1991; report of statewide poll for Senate race conducted by COPE,
July 8-14, 1991; copy of State of New York 1989 Election Law; memo to
Mazur from political consultant Ethan Geto summarizing strategy
discussed at meeting, need to form ad hoc labor committee for Abrams,
encourage public endorsement by Carol Bellamy to discourage run by
Geraldine Ferraro and Elizabeth Holtzman, February 1, 1991; list of
labor leaders supporting Abrams, with handwritten additions by Mazur;
letter from Abrams to Mazur thanking him for support in re-election as
Attorney General, December 11, 1990
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Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Africa
|
1986-1994 |
See also South Africa; see also Nigeria; see also Zimbabwe Letter to
Mazur from executive director of A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund
with draft outline and proposed budget for establishment of Africa Watch
to monitor the human rights situation in targeted African countries,
February 29, 1988; letter confirming scheduled meeting between Mazur and
Jean Michael Bokambo Yangouma, general secretary of the Congolese Labor
Confederation, first vice president of the Superior Council of the
Republic, and favorite to win election as prime minister or president,
January 9, 1992; Ditchley Foundation conference outline and subsequent
report, “Africa: Problems and Prospects. What Is Required in Terms of
Political Management, Development Policies and Relief Aid?” January
26-28, 1990; draft code of conduct for investment in South Africa in a
post-apartheid non-sanction environment, with cover letter to ILGWU
Director of International Affairs Michele Briones from the deputy
executive director of the AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, July
17, 1992; handwritten notes re men’s/boy’s and women’s/girl’s clothing
manufacturers in South Africa, and number employed, n.d.; note from
Mazur to deputy executive director of the African-American Labor Center
assenting to extension of stay of Fisseha Tekie in Ethiopia, June 3,
1992; memo from African-American Labor Center noting that Sayed Mohamed
Rashid, president of the General Trade Union for Textiles, had been
elected president of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, May 7, 1992;
letter to Michele Briones from national general secretary of free trade
unions of Burkina Faso (Organisation Nationale des Syndicats Libres),
thanking her and ILGWU for support of African trade unionists (English
translation and French original), November 30, 1994; memo to Mazur from
Briones re Norman Lewis’s trip to Africa, October 27, 1986
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Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Agreements, Greater Blouse
|
1985 |
see also ILGWU – Major Market Negotiations 1985 Supplemental agreement
between New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, Inc., Greater Blouse,
Skirt and Undergarment Association, Inc., and the Blouse Skirt and
Sportswear Workers Union, Local 23-25, ILGWU, Amalgamated Ladies’
Garment Cutters’ Union, Local 10, ILGWU, and the ILGWU; press release re
groundbreaking agreement between NY undergarment industry and Local
62-32, providing for unpaid parental leave, 1987
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Box 5 | Folder 14 |
AIDS
|
1986 |
Letter and flyer for emergency conference, “AIDS and Drugs in Manhattan,”
October 29
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Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Air Filters, INC.
|
1990 |
Correspondence over jurisdictional organizing dispute at Air Filters
Inc., Lawn and Garden Division (formerly Superior Dust Bag Company),
Brooklyn, NY, between the ILGWU and the Hotel Employees & Restaurant
Employees International Union
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Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Albright, Madeline, Center for National Policy
|
1991 |
Invitation to Mazur from Albright to join the Center for National Policy
Board, September 23, 1991, with note from Evelyn Dubrow endorsing the
group, October 1991; invitation to Mazur from Albright to attend
Newsmaker luncheon, November 21, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Amalgamated Bank of New York
|
1989-1993 |
“America’s Labor Bank.” Letter to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman as chairman of the board re federal charges of embezzlement
against former assistant vice president of bank, December 4, 1990;
routine correspondence
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Box 5 | Folder 18 |
ACTWU
|
1989-1995 |
See also Speeches – Sheinkman, Jack 1992 Letter from Mazur to Sheinkman
re proposed merger of the two unions, January 13, 1995; agreement
between ACTWU and C. F. Hathaway Company with respect to the Waterville
facility, January 10, 1985; agreement between ACTWU and Hygiene
Industries of California, June 30, 1987; agreement between ACTWU and
Clothing Manufacturers Association, October 19, 1989, with cover letter
to Mazur, March 21, 1990; stipulation of settlement between ACTWU and
Clothing Manufacturers Association, October 1, 1990, with cover letter
to Mazur, October 22, 1990; settlement agreement between ILGWU and the
Jobbers Association of the Dress Industry, March 9, 1988, with cover
letter from Mazur to ACTWU, February 9, 1990; list of ACTWU contractors
and ILGWU manufacturers, with cover note to Mazur from Sheinkman asking
for discussion, June 28, 1989; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman re
decertified former ILGWU firm City Girl, Lodi, NJ, doing work
exclusively for ACTWU jobber Andiamo, asking to rectify, January 5,
1989; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman with draft agenda for 6th Joint
Conference with Zensen (Japanese trade organization) and suggestion by
Mazur for a roundtable discussion on the future of the global textile
and apparel industry, August 2, 1989; letter from Mazur and Sheinkman on
joint ILGWU/ACTWU stationery to the president of the Associated Actors
& Artists of America, asking for support of the Textile, Apparel and
Footwear Trade Act, August 16, 1990; memo to Mazur from exec asst James
Parrot outlining suggestions for speech at ACTWU June 4-8, 1990,
convention, including note that 1980s was decade of “Cowboy Capitalism,”
February 14, 1990; related correspondence; memo to Mazur from Parrott to
discuss with Sheinkman that unions should exchange information of
respective labor-management committees, January 24, 1990; letters from
Mazur to Sheinkman re production for Alfred Dunner through ILGWU shops,
asking for assistance in resolving work done for Dunner through
non-union shops, February 14, 1990 – April 1, 1991; press release,
“Statement on the National Healthcare Insurance Program Act by Jack
Sheinkman, president, ACTWU,” March 6, 1991; Statement of ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on
Extension of Fast-Track Authority, April 18, 1991; letter from Mazur to
Sheinkman suggesting meeting to discuss GATT and trade bill, May 30,
1991; suggesting meeting to discuss FITITVCC matters, June 18, 1991; re
representation on ITGLWF, January 29, 1991; joint letter from Sheinkman
and Mazur to John Kelley, president of SEIU, inviting participation on a
Labor Advisory Committee to establish a United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum, September 10, 1991; correspondence between Mazur and ACTWU
secretary-treasurer Arthur Loevy re dispute between ILGWU and Rainfair,
Racine, WI, with letter from ACTWU employer Fox Point Sportswear
refusing to accept work from Rainfair while dispute continues, October
1991; list of ACTWU General Executive Board members, March 1, 1993;
letter to Mazur from Sheinkman reminding him to make ILGWU’s annual
$1,000 contribution to Economic Policy Council, March 31, 1992; letter
from NYC Central Labor Council to labor leaders re meeting on impact of
NAFTA and what labor can do about it, March 12, 1993; “partnership
vision” between ACTWU and Levi Strauss & Co., October 1993;
newspaper clippings re trade bill, etc.
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Box 5 | Folder 19 |
ACTWU
|
1987-1988 |
Memo from ILGWU president Mazur to ACTWU president Sheinkman re
Riverview/South Jersey contract work from Dunner, subcontracted to
non-union shops, November 3, 1988; letter to Mazur and Sheinkman from
John B. Hanley, senior economist at Wharton Economics, urging “Buy
American” public relations campaign against Japanese car imports, May
25, 1987; memo from Sheinkman re Dukakis presidential campaign meeting,
September 1988; letter from Sheinkman to Mazur re expenses pursuing
joint appeal of OSHA formaldehyde standard, requesting reimbursement for
half, May 13, 1988; memo to ILGWU exec asst Parrott with summary of
expenses incurred by ACTWU at Zensen (Japanese trade organization)
meeting, with attached memo from Parrott to Mazur, January 7, 1988;
clipping of articled from Journal of Commerce, August 22, 1988, re Bush
intention of following Reagan trade policies, with transmittal slip from
Sheinkman to Mazur
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Box 5 | Folder 20 |
ACTWU
|
1986-1988 |
Letter to Sheinkman from ILGWU general secretary treasurer Irwin Solomon
re success of recent pooling of both unions’ general funds for
investments, proposing pooling of health and welfare funds, with
attached financial documents, July 27, 1987; letter asking for support
for strikers, boycott of Juvenile Shoe, Aurora and Carthage, MO,
November 20, 1987; letter from recruitment firm soliciting applications
for organizers for ACTWU in California, Southeast, and Southwest, with
cover note to Mazur from ILGWU official, June 24, 1988; letters from
Sheinkman to president of ITGLWF re appointments of replacements to
Presidium and Executive Committee, questioning dues levy policy,
1987-88; press release announcing joint request by ACTWU and ILGWU for
review of OSHA formaldehyde regulations, December 2, 1987, with attached
press clippings and ILGWU brochure; In These Times article on organizing
success of ACTWU in Southeast, May 4-10, 1988; correspondence between
National Endowment for the Humanities, Public Television Playhouse,
producers, and Sheinkman re need to raise funds for production of film
about women in the early textile industry, “Lowell Fever,” August
1986-April 1987; letter of recommendation from Sheinkman to Cornell ILR
admissions office, February 10, 1987; letter from Sheinkman to John T.
Joyce, president of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied
Craftsmen, declining invitation to join the Central America Peace and
Democracy Watch, explaining that Central Americans have the monitoring
of Arias Plan well in hand, noting affiliation of Watch with Contra
supporters, November 17, 1987; letters to Mazur from Sheinkman re
attached label on importer of men’s tailored clothing, James Edmonds,
claiming inspection by ILGWU Local 102 employees, July 30 and August 3,
1987; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman re knitting vs. dying and finishing
operations at TPD plant in New Jersey, question of union jurisdiction,
February 2, 1988; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman re overseas work for
Ellen Tracy, potential to bring tailored jacket production back to the
U.S. in Twinmore or other ACTWU shops, January 12, 1987; letter to
Sheinkman from Australian apparel producer Dunlop Clothing, Footwear
& Textiles re Australian government deregulation policy, with
attached press release from the Ministry of Industry, Technology and
Commerce, December 15, 1986; newspaper clipping from Labor Unity, “ACTWU
Supports ILGWU Strike,” December 1986; newspaper clipping from Women’s
Wear Daily re Curon dispute, March 10, 1987; memo re strategy on textile
bill, December 1, 1986; correspondence and related material re Labor
Committee of Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission, November
1986-May 1988; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman noting that dispute with
Tahari, Ltd., has been resolved, need for planned strike obviated,
thanking him for support, September 24, 1986; letter from Sheinkman to
Edward Cleary, president, New York State AFL-CIO, supporting Mazur’s
position that labor endorsement of congressional candidates be based
heavily on their vote on Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act,
August 20, 1986; memo to ACTWU vice presidents from president Murray H.
Finley and Sheinkman, urging final lobbying effort to override Reagan
veto of Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, with two attached
statements in case of victory or defeat, July 25, 1986; brochure, “ACTWU
Social Services: At Work and in the Community”; financial statement
showing dues payments of ILGWU and ACTWU to the Inter-American
Federation of Textile & Garment Workers, March 1, 1984- Sept. 30,
1985, with cover letter to Mazur from Sheinkman urging that the ILGWU
pay the same amount as the ACTWU, June 18, 1986; letter from Sheinkman
to NYC labor leaders in support of likely Democratic candidate for the
15th Congressional District, George Hirsch, challenging incumbent
Republican Bill Green, June 2, 1986; letter from Sheinkman to new
president of ITGLWF (?) re need for broader representation for North
America on Presidium, March 28, 1988; letter to Mazur from ILGWU
director of the New York State District re competitive organizing
efforts by ACTWU at Sanyo Fashion House, Oneonta, NY, with cover note
from Mazur to Sheinkman, requesting that he contact Mazur immediately,
April 20, 1987; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman asking for support for
Labor Resources Service being organized by Frontlash, n.d.; sample of
Political Action Committee deduction authorization form, with cover note
from Sheinkman to Mazur, September 17, 1986
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Box 5 | Folder 21 |
ACTWU, Cirel Fashions
|
1983 |
Legal memos and other materials re Cirel Fashions, Inc. (141 W. 36th St.,
New York, NY), which had a collective bargaining agreement with ACTWU
Local 169, in Union City, NJ, and an agreement with ILGWU Local 105 in
Hazantown, arbitration issue; copies of financial audits, handwritten
notes
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Box 5 | Folder 22 |
ACTWU
|
1982-1983 |
Copies of ledgers detailing audits of apparel contractors in Chinatown
(NY); note re evidence needed to support case before impartial chairman,
method of concealment, method of billing; statements by several
Chinatown contractors releasing J.N. Apparel from obligation to pay
union percentage to Local 23-25
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Box 5 | Folder 23 |
Amalgamated Life Insurance (ALICO)
|
1987-1991 |
See also ALICO; see also United Housing Foundation 1995 Original draft of
article re universal health insurance submitted to New York Times,
printed copy, and cover letter to Mazur from author Harvey Sigelbaum
(president, Amalgamated Life Insurance) noting Times edited article
without opportunity for review, September 22, 1988; personal and
confidential letter to Mazur from Sigelbaum comparing rates of life
insurance plans offered by AFL-CIO and Amalgamated Life Insurance, March
15, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell commenting on plan,
April 1, 1988
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Box 5 | Folder 24 |
American Arbitration Association
|
1989-1994 |
Annual reports, minutes, and financial statements; summary of arbitration
awards, August 15, 1992; letter to Mazur acknowledging renewal of
membership, March 15, 1991; curriculum vitae of arbitrator Jesse Simons,
July 1989; letter from Mazur to AAA president expressing disappointment
that ILGWU was dropped from Board of Directors and Executive Committee,
March 30, 1988; letter to Mazur from AAA president informing him of his
nomination to Board of Directors, March 9, 1988; packet of press
clippings, with cover letter to Mazur; minutes of Executive Committee,
October 6, 1992
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Box 5 | Folder 25 |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
|
1989-1991 |
Report, “Liberty at Work: Expanding the Rights of Employees in America,”
1989, with distribution list; letter to Mazur re formation of National
Task Force on Civil Liberties in the Workplace, March 13, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 26 |
American Committees on Italian Migration
|
1984 |
Invitation to Mazur to attend seminar on immigration, re pending
legislation (Simpson-Mazzoli bill) and the position of labor and
management on penalties for employers of illegal aliens, February 24,
1984; notice of San Remo Holiday Ball, honoring Jay Mazur as recipient
of 1988 Humanitarian Award
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Box 5 | Folder 27 |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME)
|
1986-1992 |
Correspondence re Child Care Action Campaign, Textile and Apparel Trade
Act, list of major speakers at 20th convention
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Box 5 | Folder 28 |
American Federation of Teachers
|
1986-1990 |
See also Speeches – Shanker, Albert, Memorial Service 1997 Letter to New
Hampshire Sen. John Durkin from AFT political director Rachelle Horowitz
expressing disgust at his pledge not to accept PAC money, pointing out
that he won his seat mainly through the support of the pooled resources
of working people, June 11, 1990; program for a Labor Salute to Amnesty
International, February 24, 1987, with attached statement by Sen. Paul
Sarbanes in Congressional Record of March 6, 1987, and cover letter from
AFT International Affairs Department director Joanne McFarland, March
24, 1987; correspondence and statement, “Education for Democracy,” by
the Education for Democracy Project, asserting that democratic values
should be taught in schools, March 1987; letter to Mazur from AFT
president Albert Shanker asking for ILGWU to contribute to a public
relations campaign to dispel misperceptions about AFL-CIO’s National
Endowment for Democracy and its assistance to trade unionists struggling
to create democratic systems in other countries, July 22, 1986; letter
to Mazur from Shanker re literacy project, January 27, 1987; letter from
Mazur to Shanker thanking him for support by AFT in trying to pass the
Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988
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Box 5 | Folder 29 |
American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC)
|
1986 |
See also Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act Letter from AFTAC to
Treasury Secretary James Baker III re failure to involve U.S. industry
and labor in the advisory process in international textile and apparel
trade negotiations, particularly recent agreements with Hong Kong and
Turkey, July 2, 1986; copy of check and correspondence re payment of
assessment toward AFTAC legal expenses against importer Yuri Fashions,
July 1986; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 5 | Folder 30 |
American Friends of Haifa University
|
1987 |
Letter to Mazur from American Friends of Haifa University re partnership
with Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York and its special new VISA
credit card that donates a percentage of every purchase to the
organization, August 17, 1987
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Box 5 | Folder 31 |
American Israel Corporation (AMPAL)
|
1987 |
AMPAL Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of AMPAL – American Israel
Corporation, “Israel labor economy’s investment arm around the world.”
Letter to controller of AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department from AMPAL,
July 9, 1987; list of ILGWU 12% notes by local
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Box 5 | Folder 32 |
American ORT
|
1989-1993 |
Letters notifying Mazur of his renomination and reelection to Board of
Directors and Executive Committee; notices re national conference;
directory of officers; copies of checks from ILGWU to ORT; luncheon
agenda of American Labor ORT honoring ILGWU vice president Evelyn
Dubrow, with text of remarks by Mazur, September 23, 1992; related
correspondence; text of remarks by Mazur at Community Achievement Award
event honoring ILGWU secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon, June 17,
1993
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Box 5 | Folder 33 |
American ORT
|
1985-1988 |
Correspondence re events with executives of ORT; fact sheet on
organization; letters to Mazur informing him of renomination and
reelection to AOF Board of Directors and Executive Committee, January 6,
1986, December 4, 1987, and January 29, 1988; minutes of annual luncheon
of American Labor ORT, April 7, 1988; memo re lease crisis at Bramson
ORT Technical Institute in New York; constitution and bylaws of World
ORT Union, with proposed changes, April 29, 1986; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU manager Sam Fine re proposal for Ed Schneider Memorial Fund,
questioning whether attached brochure was the honor they had in mind
(Edward Schneider Seminar Room at the ORT School of Engineering, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem); report on the upgrading of ORT’s educational
program, 1985
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Box 5 | Folder 34 |
American ORT, Israel Trip
|
1986 |
Correspondence relating to attendance by Mazur and ILGWU delegation at
World ORT Union Congress in Jerusalem; briefing letters from the
director general re recent trip to Latin America, plans for congress in
Jerusalem
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Box 5 | Folder 35 |
American Income Life Insurance
|
1986-1993 |
Letter to Mazur from Bernard Rapoport, CEO of American Income Life
Insurance (AIL), inviting him to join its Labor Advisory Board, with
attached annual report, February 26, 1987; routine correspondence
between American Income Life and Sol Chaikin as president of ILGWU,
1986; registration form for Mazur and wife for AIL- sponsored Alaskan
cruise, June 27-July 4, 1987; remarks of American Life CEO Rapoport as
Executive of the Year at the 20th anniversary luncheon of Joint Action
in Community Service, Inc., asserting that a strong labor movement is
essential to the free market system, April 28, 1987; remarks by Rapoport
to International Union of Chemical Workers, October 17, 1990, re
benefits of unionization; letter to Mazur from Rapoport agreeing to
contribute $5,000 to the Histadrut-Kupat Holim Emergency Fund, March 6,
1991; letter from Mazur thanking Rapoport for his public support of
legislation to ban permanent replacement of striking workers, February
27, 1991; correspondence between Mazur and Rapoport re conducting
weekend seminars for the Labor Advisory Board on labor issues,
April-May, 1988; letters to Mazur from AIL executive asking him to
facilitate selling product to ILGWU membership, August-November,
1987
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Box 5 | Folder 36 |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
|
1993 |
Correspondence re executive director Tom Dine, resigning over
controversial remarks
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Box 5 | Folder 37 |
American Jewish Congress
|
1983-1985 |
Memo to Chaikin criticizing AJC draft economic development plan for New
York City, noting lack of mention of apparel manufacturing sector, March
27, 1984; expanded critical comments; press release, “AJCongress Says No
Aid to Contras,” March 125, 1986; list of pending social service
legislation endorsed by AJC, December 23, 1985; notice of Democratic
Heritage Award to president of American Federation of Musicians, August
15, 1983
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Box 5 | Folder 38 |
American Swiss Foundation
|
1993-1994 |
Letter listing U.S. Senators who participated in Young Leaders Conference
in last three years, soliciting nominations, n.d.
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Box 5 | Folder 39 |
American Value Initiative
|
1990-1991 |
Letter to Mazur from UAW president Owen Bieber discussing results of
consumer attitude research conducted by Peter Hart Associates for
UAW-Big Three auto company committee, the Detroit Working Group of the
American Value Initiative, showing strong rejection of “Buy American”
messages based simply on patriotism; suggests forming coalition to
improve both image of American-made goods and actual quality, asks for
strict confidentiality until group is organized, December 4, 1990; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re briefing with Big Three auto
makers on Hart research, focus of ad campaign that would reinforce
public perception that quality is a problem and workers are to blame,
February 3, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 40 |
American Veterans Committee
|
1984 |
Letter to Mazur inviting him to attend the 40th Anniversary National
Convention at Unity House, May 1, 1984
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Box 5 | Folder 41 |
Apparel Industry Partnership
|
1997 |
see also International Labor Rights Education and Research Fund 1994-1999
Report of the Apparel Industry Partnership, with cover letter from Mazur
to the Washington Post, May 21, 1997
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Box 5 | Folder 42 |
Appel, Art
|
1991 |
See also Hotels, Convention Letter from Mazur to Robert Georgine,
president, Union Labor Life Insurance Company, re dismissal of Diplomat
Hotel convention manager Art Appel, July 1, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 43 |
Arnold and Porter
|
1989-1993 |
See also ILGWU – Unity House; see also ILGWU – National Retirement Fund –
Arnold & Porter; Legal consultants for ILGWU; memo re effect of
changes in taxation of lobbying activities, August 11, 1993; routine
correspondence
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Box 5 | Folder 44 |
Asia
|
1994-1995 |
See also China; see also under AFL-CIO: Asian-American Free Labor
Institute (AAFLI) and Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Letters to Mazur from Kenneth R. Hutchison, executive director, AAFLI,
thanking him for sending labor representatives to founding convention of
Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union, summarizing successful
attendance despite harassment, January 6, 1995; re communication from
Histadrut re need to improve treatment of foreign workers in Israel,
November 15, 1995; cover letter with attached packet of articles from
Boston Globe on how American multinational corporations conduct business
in developing countries, July 25, 1994; summer 1994 issue of newsletter
APALA News with headline, “Politicians Step up Attack on Immigrant
Rights”; letter from Steven W. Mosher, director, Asian Studies,
Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political
Philosophy, to Ambassador Winston Lord, asst. secretary of state for
East Asia and the Pacific, asking for assistance in expediting visa for
Lu Jinghua, Chinese refugee, working in New York for ILGWU, July 13,
1994
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Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Asian American Caucus
|
1989 |
Letter to Mazur from Asian American Caucus asking for contribution to
voter video project, March 15, 1989
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Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association
|
1994 |
Letters to Mazur and others from Arnold Delin, executive director,
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association, September 12, 1994, re closure
of Pennsylvania firms Maurice Fashions, Inc.; re consolidation of Mared
Manufacturing Co. and Blue Ridge Sportswear, Inc.; re closure of Mary
Fashion Mfg. Co., Inc.; re closure of Avenue West Sportswear, Inc.; re
withdrawal of membership of Plains T-Shirt Co., Inc.
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Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association
|
1986 |
Notices from union-shop Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association that the
following firms were no longer in business: Anmar, Atlantic Dress
Manufacturing (Williamstown, NJ), Beverly Blouse Co., Connie Blouse Co.
(Roseto, PA), Debbie Lee’s, Kathy Fashions (Nuremberg, PA), Kelly
Sportswear (Mt. Pocono, PA), Mikero Fashions (Bangor, PA? October 21;
reinstated October 29), Northampton Fashions, Pennsylvania Garment Co.,
Iron Head (Coplay, PA); Samco Manufacturing Co (Wind Gap, PA), Sandra Jo
Sportswear; Josette Manufacturing Co. (Bethlehem, PA), Mar-Kris
Sportswear, All Seasons Sportswear; New Star Sportswear (Edwardsville,
PA), ILEX (Myerstown, PA); Lopiano Corporation t/a Quality
Manufacturing; H.B.I. Incorporated (Burlington, NJ), Seipstown
Manufacturing (Allentown, PA); Nazareth Manufacturing (Nazareth, PA),
Gaye Sportswear; Ashland Sportswear, Elisa Styles, In Transit Warehouse
Corp., Jans Sportswear Co., Scotty’s Fashions Cutting, inc. (Ideal) (Pen
Argyl, PA); that Susan Fashions was dissolving and Alyssa Fashions
(Philadelphia) would be takings its place; that Winmar Fashions, Jim
Thorpe Casuals, B&R Sportswear (Laureldale, PA), Sparrow Cutting,
and Quality Sewing (Brownstown, PA) had resigned from the association;
that new firm, Ellajo Corp. (Nuremberg, PA), was joining the
association; letter from executive director Arnold Delin asking Mazur to
call a meeting of industry leaders to discuss “what is our future, if
any?” in light of defeat of override of Textile and Apparel Trade
Enforcement Act, position of administration allowing homework, etc.,
August 22; letter from Delin to Subcommittee on Labor Standards,
Committee on Education and Labor, opposing Labor Department relaxation
of ban on homework, September 30; letter from Delin re engineering
issue, December 22, 1986
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Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Atlantic Council of the United States
|
1988-1992 |
United States’ member committee on the Atlantic Treaty Association,
formed in 1954 to promote solidarity among the nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Letter to Mazur from the president
and chairman of the Atlantic Council outlining its history and purpose,
inviting him to attend the 1991 General Assembly of the Council, March
14, 1991; agenda of Board of Directors meeting, September 8, 1988;
letter to Mazur urging attendance at December 6, 1990, board meeting,
discussion of projects, October 1, 1990; notice of National Conference,
with agenda, April 23, 1990; letter from Mazur to president of council,
tendering resignation for inability to participate fully and also
because of disagreement with council’s support for fast-track trade
negotiation authority, April 19, 1991; occasional papers
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Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers International
Union
|
1990 |
Letter from Bakery Workers president to Council on Economic Priorities,
protesting its “outstanding performance” rating for Sara Lee in its
publication, “Shopping for a Better World,” March 21, 1990, with cover
letter to Mazur, May 2; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
with attached Bakery Workers report re leadership development, youth
involvement, and technological change in the workplace, “Meeting
Tomorrow’s Challenges Today,” Toronto, Canada, September 19
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Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Bankruptcy Code
|
1990 |
Long memo by Marcus Montgomery Wolfson, P.C., re recent amendments to
bankruptcy code, October 24, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Baron Abramson Company
|
1986 |
Mailgram from Mazur requesting that work by union firm Baron Abramson be
removed from nonunion Willow Glen Sportswear (Amsterdam, NY)
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Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Benefit Funds, financial reponsibilities
|
1994 |
see also ILGWU Benefit Funds Speeches, “Trustee’s Financial
Responsibilities in the New Economic Order,” by Dr. Thomas J. Mackell,
Jr., senior vice president, Trust Company of the West, Long Island
Industrial Research Association, March 15, 1994; “The State of the
Unions and Their Benefit Porgrams,” by Mackell, before the Educational
Conference of Health, Welfare and Pension Plans, April 12, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Berinsky, Bert
|
1991 |
Fax to Mazur re death of ILGWU photographer, with attached (New York
Times?) obituary, October 3, 1991
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Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Black Economic Project
|
1986-1988 |
Memo proposing study by prominent economist, preferably black, to define
effect of recent national policies on black community, 1986; memo to
Mazur from assistant president Gus Tyler that half the funding for the
$25,000 project will come from the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the
NAACP, the National Urban League, and the National Council of Negro
Women, with the ILGWU responsible for shouldering the other half,
September 2, 1987; memo to Mazur and other sponsors from Columbia
University researcher John Jeffries re scope of research and tentative
timetable, January 27, 1987; four-paged, single-spaced letter from Gus
Tyler in response to Jeffries’ request for outline of issues, asking
Jeffries to contact him when he receives the letter, copied to Mazur and
other sponsors, April 6, 1987; memo to Mazur from Tyler re unhappiness
about long delay in progress on the project, request to Jeffries for
action, to produce an introductory chapter, outline, and timetable,
March 23, 1988
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Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Bradley, Senator Bill
|
1988 |
Letter from Mazur to Bradley re Textile, Apparel and Footwear bill,
discussing trade, GATT, MFA, December 28, 1988
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Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Brooklyn Army Terminal Day Care Center
|
1990-1991 |
“A Day Care Center in the Brooklyn Army Terminal: Current and Potential
Demand,” prepared by the ILGWU with the cooperation of the Public
Development Corporation, December 6, 1990; memo to Mazur from Susan
Cowell re Brooklyn Army Terminal Day Care Center, noting that the newly
renovated building is well suited and would serve many ILGWU members in
an area with a severe shortage of child care, February 6, 1991; similar
memo to Mazur from Cowell, December 16, 1990; letter from Mazur to NYC
mayor Dinkins asking for support from the Public Development Corporation
and cooperation by other city agencies to facilitate child care project,
October 29, 1990; letter from NYC mayor Dinkins noting that agencies
will meet with ILGWU, November 29, 1990;
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Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Bronx Economic Development Task Force Report
|
1989-1992 |
“Walker Street Site: Use Report Prepared for the Civic Centre Committee
City of New York Community Board #1 by Anschuetz, Christidis &
Lauster,” 1983, with cover letter to Mazur from the architects offering
similar services in the Bronx, May 20, 1992; memo from ILGWU exec asst
James Parrott commenting on Bronx Economic Development Task Force Draft
Recommendations, December 11, 1989; fact sheet on apparel manufacturing
employment in the Bronx
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Box 6 | Folder 14 |
CCNY Interns
|
1994 |
Memo to Mazur re interns for ILGWU from City College of the City
University of New York (CCNY) under the Sol C. Chaikin Fund for Labor
Studies at CCNY, September 14, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Calvin Klein
|
1994 |
Clipping from NY Newsday re sale of jeans division, 2/11/94; list of
bills issued as result of audit, December 9, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Campaign for New Priorities
|
1992 |
Letter to Mazur inviting him to join organization dedicated to reordering
federal budget away from defense assistance to Europe and Japan and
reinvestment of money on domestic programs, signed by mayor of Boston
and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the president of the
National Education Association, and Donna Shalala, March 16, 1992; list
of endorsing organizations
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Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Capriotti, Dan
|
1990 |
Materials re ILGWU job applicant: letters of recommendation from Rep.
Frank Pallone, Jr. (3rd CD, NJ), New Jersey Environmental Federation,
resume
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Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Carey, Hugh L.
|
1990 |
Biography of the 51st governor of New York State; letter to former NY
Governor Carey expressing shock at association with Frank Lorenzo, March
15, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Caribbean Offshoring Subsidies
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1992 |
see also Trade ILGWU press release condemning U.S. government subsidies
of American firms relocating to Caribbean nations, exporting U.S. jobs,
September 30, 1992; column by Mazur, “The Trade AID Fiasco,” condemning
giving $1 billion in taxpayer money to firms to move production out of
U.S., October 21, 1992
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Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Catholic Community Services
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1987 |
Letter to Mazur from executive director of Catholic Community Services
Central Office, Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, re meeting with Joe Danahy
director, ILGWU Department of Organization & Field Services, January
7, 1987
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Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Census Enumeration
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1990 |
Memo from ILGWU exec asst Parrott to Mazur re comparison of census
figures for 1980 vs 1988 showing increase in number of Americans living
below the poverty level, January 18, 1990; memo to Mazur expressing
concern about plans for combining all Asians into one category in 1990
census, dated January 5, 1987 (stamped received January 8, 1988); Daily
News article re Commerce Dept. report on number of Asian-owned
businesses in Manhattan in 1987, likely overcount of American Indian
(Native American)-owned businesses, with cover note to Mazur from exec
asst James Parrott observing likely significant undercount of
Asian-owned businesses, need to challenge methodology, August 2, 1991;
newspaper clippings from New York Times re growth of Asian population
nationally, February 24, 1991, re diversity of Asian population
hindering influence, June 25, 1989
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Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Center for Labor and Industrial Relations (New York Institute of
Technology)
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1989-1990 |
Article by Jay Mazur, “Labor Relations: Will We Survive the 1990’s?” in
spring 1990 Bulletin of the Center for Labor and Industrial Relations,
School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, based on speech
delivered at conference of same name; conference agenda, held February
15-20, 1990
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Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Center for Labor Management Policy Studies (CUNY)
|
1989-1992 |
Proposal for Funding the Gompers Union Leadership Award Program of the
Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies at the City University (of
New York) Graduate School, describing history of the award, memo asking
for contribution by AFL-CIO in funding the Samuel Gompers Award,
threatened with elimination through budget cut by the City University of
New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY), July 26, 1991;
letter from Mazur to UFT president Sandra Feldman urging contribution to
Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies, January 29, 1991; related
correspondence; annual reports and meeting agendas; book proposals by
deputy director Stephen Sleigh, American Workers in the World Economy,
February 25, 1992, and On Deadline: Labor Relations in Newspaper
Publishing, April 1991; letter to Mazur from center director Victor
Gotbaum asking for reference for award nominee, March 20, 1991; detailed
announcement of center’s conference, “Skill Based Automation – Work
Technology and Competitiveness in American and European Organizations,”
May 23, 1991; announcement of center’s conference on South African
Labor-Management Relations, with cover letters to Mazur from Gotbaum
asking him to chair a panel and reply from Mazur, with notation,
“cancelled,” December 19, 1989, and March 23, 1990; copy of article from
Harvard Educational Review, “So We Can Use Our Own Names, and Write the
Laws by Which We Live: Educating the New U.S. Labor Force,” by Collins,
Balmuth, and Jean, CUNY, November 1989; report for the Center for
Labor-Management Policy Studies, “Reaching for Their Rights: Asian
Workers in New York City,” by May Ying Chen, assistant education
director, ILGWU Local 23-25, October 17, 1989; agenda, Advisory Board
meeting, October 19, 1989; letters to Mazur from Gotbaum updating him
center activities, August 31-Sept.13, 1989
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Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Center for Migration Studies
|
1979-1989 |
See also Trilateral Commission 1993 Speech by Mazur before the CMS Silver
Anniversary Gala upon his receipt of the CMS Immigration Achievement
Award, October 28, 1989; fax of program; printed program; letter
informing Mazur of his award, July 18, 1989; CMS publications list;
invoices for program ads; copy of International Migration Review 1979,
Center for Migration Studies
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Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Center for Public Integrity
|
1990-1993 |
Nonprofit watchdog organization researching ethics in government. Senate
testimony by center executive director Charles Lewis, December 15, 1992,
re conflict of interest among presidential appointees, how
human-rights-abusing nations hire former U.S. government officials to
serve as lobbyists for them in Washington; Senate testimony by Lewis,
March 28, 1991, re how excess campaign funds are spent by members of
Congress; Senate testimony by Lewis, September 27, 1990, re
revolving-door phenomenon at the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative; letter noting project, “The Selling of NAFTA,” examining
the manipulation of the decision-making process in Washington, December
9, 1992; letter from Mazur with copy of contribution check, January 15,
1993; report, “For Their Eyes Only: How Presidential Appointees Treat
Public Documents as Personal Property,” with attached article by
Associated Press about the report, and cover letter to Mazur, June 18,
1992; letter to Mazur updating activities, noting that the center has
become a source of background information for news organizations,
December 30, 1993; newspaper clippings
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Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Central America
|
1985-1990 |
see also Kamberis, Harry Newspaper clippings compiled into “Press
Commentaries on Central American Peace Accord,” #1 and #2, with cover
letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO director of international affairs noting
initiation of clipping service; copy of Foreign Affairs article, “The
Choice in Central America,” Fall 1987; Statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Central America and Panama, February 1990; letter
to Mazur from Sen. Edward Kennedy re Salvadoran refugees, legislation
blocking deportation, February 12, 1988; flyer for rally and march on
Washington for justice and peace in Central America and Southern Africa,
April 25, 1987; newsletter by Central American Peace and Democracy
Watch, with summary report of delegation to Nicaragua and El Salvador,
“Observations on the Implementation of the Central American Peace
Process,” Gov. Charles S. Robb, January 4, 1988; newsletter, American
Institute for Free Labor Development Briefs re El Salvador, April 15,
1986; letter from the New York Area Labor Committee in Support of
Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador, with list of Steering
Committee, August 19, 1985
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Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Central Labor Union
|
1987 |
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the president of the
Freeport, Illinois, Central Labor Union, expressing opposition to merger
with other AFL-CIO central labor unions, October 14, 1987
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Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Chaikin and Chaikin
|
1983-1988 |
List of annual retainer fees, 1988-89; analysis of legal fees for 1988
and 1989; invoices; minutes of meeting of stockholders and board of
directors of Local 91 Realty Corporation, August 19, 1986 and July 21,
1987; letters re Dino Manufacturing Company, April 28, 1986; Mutual
Development Houses, December 6, 1986; proposal to act as collection
attorney for ILGWU National Retirement Fund, Health Services Plan and
Health and Welfare Funds, October 24, 1983; legal memorandum to Eric B.
Chaikin from Gary C. Cooke re rejection of collective bargaining
agreements under bankruptcy code, with copy of relevant section of the
code, n.d.
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Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Chaikin, Rosalind
|
1992 |
Holiday greeting card to Mazur and wife noting invitation to presidential
inaugural, decision not to go, December 27, 1992
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Box 6 | Folder 30 |
Child Care
|
1987-1990 |
See also Chinatown Day Care Center Letter from Rep. Mario Biaggi
(D.-N.Y.) asking for support for his On-Site Child Care Privatization
Act (H.R. 541), providing a tax credit to businesses undertaking child
care operations for their employees, with copy of bill and Congressional
Record transcript of introduction, February 13, 1987; press release by
ILGWU Local 23-25 (Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers Union), “Union
Concerned about Children in Shops, Pushes for Child Care,” June 12, 1990
(with handwritten note: for Doris Wooten)
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Box 6 | Folder 31 |
Child Care Action Campaign
|
1993-1994 |
Letters from Gerald W. McEntee, international president, AFSCME, to other
union leaders and congressmen inviting them to a fundraising event in
Washington, D.C., August 9, 1993; notice and proposed agenda for May 10,
1993 board meeting, attached policy statement and action plan, “Child
Care and Education: The Critical Connection”; minutes of board meeting,
November 18, 1993; background materials from recent Executive Committee
meetings, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 32 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
|
1992 |
Agendas, minutes, and related documents for Executive Committee meetings,
including memos from executive director re status of programs, staffing,
budget, financial statements
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Box 6 | Folder 33 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
|
1991 |
Minutes of Executive Committee and board meetings; memo re Child Care Tax
Credit Outreach Campaign; letter to Mazur from new president Stolley
asking him to co-chair the Development Committee, with descriptions of
all committees, December 17, 1991
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Box 6 | Folder 34 |
Child Care Action Campaign, Spring Board Meeting,
April
|
1991 |
Agenda and related materials of April 26 meeting; memo re cancellation of
buffet supper due to citywide strike of apartment building personnel,
April 22, 1991
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Box 6 | Folder 35 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
|
1990 |
Draft mission statements, January 18, 1990; newsletter, ChildCare
ActioNews, re Family Support Act, May – June 1990; report of CCAC State
Financing Alternatives Project, July 24, 1990; packet of materials for
board meetings, including 1991 budget and program plans, with attached
minutes of December 11, 1990, Executive Committee meeting
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Box 6 | Folder 36 |
Child Care Action Campaign
|
1989 |
Family Matters Survey results, including summary analysis, questionnaire,
and extensive handwritten comments by participants, with attached memo,
May 17, 1989; trends report sent to Secy. of Labor Elizabeth Dole, March
1989; draft of letter from president of CCAC to NY Sen. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan thanking him for support, requesting meeting, January 1989,
with cover letter to Mazur asking him to attend; final letter to
Moynihan, February 1989; newsletter, ChildCare ActioNews, featuring
cover article by Mazur, “I’m Stickin’ to the Union,” January-February
1989; newsletter, AFL-CIO Reviews the Issues, “Child Care for Working
Families,” excerpted from testimony before Senate Finance Committee by
AFSCME president Gerald W. McEntee; newspaper clippings
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Box 6 | Folder 37 |
Child Care Action Campaign, Annual Board Meeting,
September
|
1989 |
Directory of board members; memo re annual benefit, to honor media
supporters, and annual board meeting, May 19, 1989; awards program with
list of auction items, benefactors, board members, and media honorees,
September 17, 1989; list of fundraiser honoree list since 1985; memo to
Mazur re points to raise at development committee and board meetings,
September 14, 1989; list of ILGWU contributions to CCAC from September
1988; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 6 | Folder 38 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC), Board Meeting,
Spring
|
1989 |
Agenda and related materials; newspaper clippings
|
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Box 6 | Folder 39 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC), Finance and Development
Committee
|
1989-1991 |
Finance & Development Committee minutes, January 30, 1989; proposal
and budget for National Advisory Panel; list of major contributors in
1988; operating budget, 1989; letter to Mazur from chair of finance and
development committee re personal background as working person, not
socialite fundraiser, March 27, 1989; letter from Mazur and Gerald W.
McEntee, president AFSCME, to president of United Brotherhood of
Carpenters, asking for contribution, June 26, 1989, with attached list
of other labor leader recipients, noting responses; memo from CCAC
president re 1989 spring board meeting and supper at her home for
informal discussion the evening before, with list of committee
assignments, March 10, 1989; agenda, August 24, 1990; union solicitation
letters, November 2, 1990; memo from Mazur and co-chair to CCAC board
members re development efforts, September 4, 1990; agenda of April 23,
1991, meeting; financial statements and independent auditor’s report,
December 31, 1990 and 1989; Management Report, December 31, 1990;
minutes of April 22, 1991, meeting, with attached list of 1989 and 1990
union contributions; agenda of January 22, 1992, meeting with attached
list of 1990 and 1991 corporate and foundations contributions, financial
statement ending December 31, 1991, and draft FY92 operating budget;
memo from Mazur and co-chair to Executive Committee reporting on
development committee meeting of January 22, 1992; memo from Mazur and
co-chair to board re fiscal year 1991 fundraising, November 4, 1992;
proposal by Mal Warwick & Associates for direct mail membership
campaign, with cover letter to Development Committee, January 16, 1992;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 6 | Folder 40 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
|
1987-1988 |
Agenda for annual meeting, Nov. 7, 1988; minutes of board meeting, March
16, 1988; proposed program plan and budget for 1989; financial report
for the month ending September 30, 1988; letter to Mazur from president
Elinor Guggenheimer thanking him for contribution, May 21, 1987
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Box 6 | Folder 41 |
Child Labor
|
1998 |
Letter to Mazur from Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, founder of the Robert Kennedy
Memorial Center for Human Rights, re Global March Against Child Labor,
May 12, 1998; memo to Mazur from UNITE international relations director
Michele Briones re march, May 19
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Box 6 | Folder 42 |
Child Labor
|
1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 43 |
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
|
1986-1989 |
Letter to Mazur acknowledging ILGWU as supporting advocate member of the
Child Welfare League of America, January 9, 1986; summary and
evaluations of first biennial assembly, with letter discussing
resolutions adopted, April 1, 1987; letter from Rep. Mario Biaggi
(D.-N.Y.) asking for support for his On-Site Child Care Privatization
Act (H.R. 541), providing a tax credit to businesses undertaking child
care operations for their employees, with copy of bill and Congressional
Record transcript of introduction, February 13, 1987; booklet for 1989
National Conference, “Children ’89: The First 100 Days: A Children’s
Initiative for President Bush and the 101st Congress”
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Box 7 | Folder 1 |
China
|
1994-1995 |
Invitation to Mazur to be part of a business management delegation to
visit the People’s Republic of China, sponsored by the Citizen
Ambassador Program of People to People International, April 4, 1995;
memo from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones
suggesting that U.S. firms doing business in China, such as Liz
Claiborne, exert pressure on government to release dissident Harry Wu,
August 21, 1995; letter from AFL-CIO international affairs director
Charles D. Grey to trade unionists urging boycott of United Nations
World Women’s Conference, to be held in Beijing, to protest China’s
abuses against women workers, October 31, 1994; letter to Mazur from the
U.S.-Asia Law Institute asking if he would be interested in joining a
delegation to help draft new labor law for China, with cover memo to
Mazur from vp Susan Cowell, noting decline of invitation under current
status of nonrecognition of labor unioins, December 8, 1994; China
Labour Bulletin by Han Dong-fang stating position against the ACFTU,
December 1994; China Labor Notes (AFL-CIO newsletter), February/March
issue; memo from the assistant U.S. Trade Representative to Advisory
Committee members re public comments on China accession to the GATT and
WTO (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, World Trade Organization),
June 23, 1994, with attached Federal Register notice and request for
comments; statement on the labor movement in China, by Jay Mazur, Voice
of America, September 5, 1994; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 2 |
China
|
1992-1993 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re
observations on trip to PRC and Hong Kong, noting loss of central
control by government, September 9, 1993; draft of letter by ILGWU vp
and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow to members of the Senate Foreign
Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations (list attached) urging
establishment of a Radio Free Asia, March 23, 1993; letters from Dubrow
to members of Senate and House urging support for United States-China
Act of 1992, establishing stricter requirements for renewal of Most
Favored Nation status, July 1992; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive
Council on U.S. China Policy, urging revocation of Most Favored Nation
status and other trade sanctions and asserting that capitalism is not
the sole precondition of democracy, February 1993; similar statement by
AFL-CIO Executive Council, August 1992; report of RENGO (Japanese Trade
Union Confederation) mission to China, December 27, 1990, related
correspondence re AFL-CIO position, attached clippings from Hong Kong
newspapers re Chinese repression of trade unions; letter to Mazur from
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars inviting him
to speak at rally during visit by Li Peng to U.N., January 24, 1992;
invitation from Democratic Socialists for rally at U.N. protesting
repression in China, January 24, 1992, with attached memo to Mazur re
his speech at rally and Chinese-language flyer from the Church of New
York; AFL-CIO Subcommittee on China agenda, January 23, 1992; letter
from former president Jimmy Carter welcoming Chinese dissidents Li Lin
and Li Zhi to U.S., January 8, 1992; Statement of Li Lin and Li Zhi,
Former Chinese Political Prisoners before congressional committee, n.d.,
with attached biographies; resolution submitted by ILGWU at AFL-CIO
convention, October 1993; “Incident in Beijing Airport,” by Lu Jinghua,
June 28, 1993; National Affairs articles and newspaper clippings re
worker rights, official unions, prison labor, child labor, “toycott,”
Hong Kong, December 1992-January 1992; AFL-CIO Asian-American Free Labor
Institute Chinese Labor Notes newsletters, January 1992-August 1993;
ILGWU press release, “Chinese-Born Medical Student and North Carolina MS
Candidate Receive First-Ever ‘Dubrow Post-Graduate Scholarships’ for
Public Service: Awards Aid Two Garment Workers’ Daughters Who Plan
Careers Helping Those in Need,” September 8, 1993; correspondence
between ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones, staff,
and creator of video “Project for Tiananmen Square,” including script,
June-July 1992; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 3 |
China
|
1991 |
Letter from Mazur to President Bush expressing concern for imprisoned
dissident Wang Juntao, August 28, with cover letter to director of
Committee to End the Chinese Gulag; letter to Mazur from the director of
the U.S. Department of State Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs
assuring him that the Bush administration shares his concern for Wang
Juntao, with attached statement by assistant secretary/deputy spokesman
Richard Boucher expressing said concern, September 18, 1991; letter from
United Steelworkers of America to members of House and Senate, opposing
Most Favored Nation status, noting mistreatment of U.S. workers by new
Chinese owners of Phoenix Steel in Claymont, Delaware, with cover letter
to Mazur, July 8 and August 14; first annual report of the U.S – Japan
Structural Impediments Initiative, May 22, with cover letter from the
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to the Policy Advisory
Committee; material related to Solidarity Day
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Box 7 | Folder 4 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1997 |
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of China Article by Han
Dongfang, “The Plight of China’s Workers,” in Freedom Review, vol 27,
nos 5/6; U.S Apparel Industry Partnership code of conduct, Nike Company
code of conduct, in English and Chinese; related e-mail correspondence;
article from the Far Eastern Economic Review, June 16, 1997; transcript
of Jim Lehrer NewsHour interview with Han Dongfang at Hong Kong
commemoration of Tiananmen Square massacre, noting that dissidents in
Hong Kong must prepare to go back to jail for offending government, June
4, 1997; interview with Han by Multinational Monitor, June; other
downloaded articles
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Box 7 | Folder 5 |
China, Han Dong Fang, Jingyun Chen
|
1996-1998 |
Correspondence re Han Dongfang’s wife, Jungyun Chen, and efforts to
reunite her with him
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Box 7 | Folder 6 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1994-1995 |
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of China
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Box 7 | Folder 7 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1993 |
Copies of checks from ILGWU to pay for medical treatment for Han Dongfang
and telephone and travel expenses of supporters; letters to Chinese
government officials protesting treatment of Han Dongfang; related
correspondence; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 8 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1993 |
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of China China Labor Notes
newsletters re “China’s Lech Walesa,” July 1990, continuing protest,
October 1992; “Urgent Appeal from Han Dongfang: Chinese Government
Forces its Lawful Citizen out of China,” August 14, 1993, with attached
faxed appeal from Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions to help Han
Dongfang return to China, August 16, 1993, memo to Mazur re Han
Dongfang, November 16, 1993; handwritten note “Rush” by Mazur, with
attached newspaper clippings, South China Morning Post, August 15 and
16, 1993; personal thank-you cards handwritten from Han Dongfang to
Mazur and Michele Briones, June 25, 1993; press release from Asia Watch,
“Han Dongfang Freed from Prison,” April 30, 1991; AFL-CIO News press
release, “AFL-CIO Denounces China’s Expulsion of Labor Activist and
Calls on U.S. Government to Oppose Beijing Olympic Bid,” August 18,
1993; New York Times clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 9 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1992 |
See also China – Joy Lewis 1990-1994 Transcript of article from World
Journal, December 8, 1992; copies of checks from ILGWU to pay for
medical treatment and furniture rentals for Han Dongfang; drafts of
leaflet supporting Han Dongfang; letters to Mazur and other ILGWU
officials from Joy Lewis updating re Han Dongfang; copy of Tom Kahn
Labor and Human Rights Award certificate from Social Democrats, USA, to
Han Dongfang, May 5, 1992; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 10 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1989-1991 |
Press releases from Asia Watch we Han Dongfang’s release from prison,
April 30, 1991; World Journal description of Han’s medical condition,
June 9, 1991; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland need
to link renewal of Most Favored Nation status with treatment of Han and
other dissidents, May 10, 1991; mermo to Mazur from ILGWU international
relations director Michele Briones re harsh (possibly death) sentences
for WAF workers, as compared to light sentences for students, need for
unions to build public opinion to save Han Dongfang’s life, December 18,
1990; letter from Briones to Trini Leung, Hong Kong Trade Education
Centre re situation in China, December 12, 1990; related memo for files;
newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 11 |
China, Lu Jinghua
|
1993-1994 |
Box 7 | Folder 12 |
China, Lu Jinghua
|
1993-1994 |
Box 7 | Folder 13 |
China, Toycott
|
1991-1993 |
Correspondence and flyers related to boycott of toys made in China;
sponsored by AFL-CIO and Frontlash, Youth and Labor Working Together
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Box 7 | Folder 14 |
China, U.N. Conference on Women
|
1993-1995 |
Materials related to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women,
held in Beijing; report of official U.S Preparatory Meeting for the U.N.
Fourth World Conference (convened by the U.S. Department of State and
others), April 22, 1994; related materials: conference program; “A
Working Women’s Guide to Her Job Rights,” U.S. Department of Labor
Women’s Bureau, August 1992; Women’s Bureau fact sheets, Facts on
Working Women, 1993; printed U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women (1989, reprinted 1993); letter
from Mazur to U.N. secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali expressing
dismay over the resistance against the NGO Forum on Women in obtaining
facilities in Beijing for their participation in the U.N. conference;
reply from U.N. chief of staff Jean-Claude Ame noting quiet diplomatic
efforts to resolve the issue, May 22-31, 1995; correspondence with the
International Textile, Garment & Leather Worker’s Federation and the
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) re boycott of
the conference, May 1995; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 15 |
China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO)
|
1992 |
Agenda, minutes, and related materials for meeting of January 23, 1992,
re forced labor; biographical description and statement of brothers Li
Lin and Li Zhi; letter from President Carter welcoming the Li borthers
to the U.S., January 8, 1992; AFL-CIO Committee on China “Report on
China since Tiananmen Square,” delivered to the Executive Council on
February 20, 1990; handwritten notes
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Box 7 | Folder 16 |
China Committee
|
1991 |
See also Committee on China – Report 1990 Urgent memo to Mazur and vp
Susan Cowell from ILGWU International Relations Director Michele Briones
re AFL-CIO Committee Report on China noting that she disagreed with
draft, recommending inclusion of an alternative writeup of presentation
by representative from Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation; first and
second draft reports of October 18, 1990, meeting and report to the
AFL-CIO Executive Council; final draft (?) of Subcommittee on China
Report to the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO, February 1991; draft
statements by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on China, February 1991;
Statement on United States-China Trade Relations Submitted by Jay Mazur,
President, ILGWU, June 19, 1991, before the Subcommittee on Trade,
Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives; statement by
Mark A. Anderson, assistant director, Department of Economic Research,
AFL-CIO, before the House subcommittee on trade, on Most Favored Nation
Status for the People’s Republic of China, June 12, 1991, with attached
AFL-CIO special report, “Forced Labor in China,” October 1990; statement
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on “Toycott”: Opposing China’s Export
of Prison-Made Goods, May 8, 1991; letter from Mazur to Chinese
government official, expressing dismay at fire at Zing Ye Raincoat
Factory in Guangdong province, in which 80 workers were burned to death
because of the management’s practice of locking all the exits, comparing
it to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire that killed workers under similar
circumstances but led to government-mandated industrial safety reforms,
urging Chinese government do the same, July 29, 1991; letter from Mazur
to Sir David Wilson, governor of Hong Kong, opposing proposed new law,
the Trade Description Bill, which would allow partially knitted items
from Hong Kong to be linked and finished elsewhere and still retain the
“Made in Hong Kong” label, warning that since these would most likely be
finished by prison labor in China, the ILGWU would oppose imports of
these products to the U.S., July 11, 1991; letter to Mazur from
secretary-treasurer of Food and Allied Service Trades re Democracy for
China Fund, July 3, 1991, with attached fact sheets; article, “Prospects
and Dilemmas of Chinese Workers,” by Ivan D. London, Miriam London, and
Ta-ling Lee, in Workers under Communism, July 19, 1991; letter from the
Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, inviting
Jinghua Lu of the Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation to appear as
guest, June 20, 1991; copies of newsletter, China Labor Notes, an update
on events In the PRC by the Asian-American Free Labor Institute/AFL-CIO;
clipping from Newsweek
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Box 7 | Folder 17 |
China, Committee to End the Chinese Gulag
|
1991 |
Cover letter to Mazur from director of the Gulag Committee, welcoming him
as a member, noting effectiveness of raising issue of prisoners when
traveling to China, noting enclosed materials: report by the Gulag
Committee, “Workers and Peasants Imprisoned by the Chinese Government,”
profiling individual prisoners, July 8, 1991; report, “Rough Justice in
Beijing: Punishing the ‘Black Hands’ of Tiananmen Square,” by Asia
Watch, a committee of Human Rights Watch, January 27, 1991; New York
Times clipping, “The Prisoner,” profiling Wei Jingsheng, March 15, 1991;
list of members of the Gulag Committee as of July 18, 1991
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Box 7 | Folder 18 |
China, Lewis, Joy
|
1990-1994 |
See also Chnia – Han Dongfang 1992 Resume of Joy Chen Yu Lewis of Asia
Watch (Human Rights Watch); notes by Lewis from a meeting with AFFLI
(AFL-CIO Asian-American Free Labor Institute?) representative Mark
Hankin re projects documenting repression of Chinese workers, September
4, 1991; related correspondence
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Box 7 | Folder 19 |
China, Correspondence
|
1990 |
Letter to N.Y. Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, from
Rep. Gerald Solomon noting that House of Representatives approved his
resolution denying Most Favored Nation status to China, with attached
newspaper clipping, October 22, 1990; letter and materials from Hong
Kong Trade Union Education Centre, July 21, 1990; letter from
Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS), formed
in reponse to the Tiananmen Square killings, July 18; draft of letter by
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to PRC ambassador to the U.N. on first
anniversary of Tienanmen Square, calling for release of Han Dongfang and
all other imprisoned unionists, with cover letter from ILGWU
international relations director Michele Briones, May 23; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and others re Workers Autonomous Federation
of China, with background sheet, May 12, 16 and 17; correspondence re
commemoration activities for first anniversary of Tiananmen Square
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
China Committee
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1990 |
Letter from Mazur to premier of China urging fair trials for detained
trade unionists, December 14, 1990; letter from AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland to Chinese ambassador to U.S., decrying “slaughter” at
Tienanmen Square, urging release of pro-democracy prisoners, June 4,
1990; faxed memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director
Michele Briones noting attached AAFLI report is not to be presented to
the AFL-CIO Committee on China but rather ILG’s report should be, with
copy of report prepared for the AFL-CIO Subcommittee on China by the
Asian-American Free Labor Institute, “Foreign Investment in the People’s
Republic of China – the U.S. Connection,” and list of leading U.S.
companies investing in China, February 1990, with AAFLI resolution to be
presented to AFL-CIO Committee on China, February 7; AFL-CIO Committee
on China “Report on China since Tiananmen Square,” to the AFL-CIO
Executive Council, February 1990; memo from Mazur to Bill Deery of the
Deery Group noting authorship of Committee on China report; statement by
the AFL-CIO Executive Council re China, condemning Bush policy, February
1990; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, “A New China Policy,”
May 1990; “Statement on United States-China Relations,” submitted by Jay
Mazur, president, ILGWU, June 25, 1990, before the Subcommittee on
Trade, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, with
attached article from the Nation, “Who Died in Beijing, and Why?” by
Robin Munro, June 11, 1990; agenda for October 18, 1990, meeting of
AFL-CIO Committee on China; list of attendees, including Li Jinghua and
Zhao Hongliang, refugees from Tiananmen Square and Beijing Workers
Autonomous Federation, and Winston Lord, U.S. ambassador to China;
biographical sketches/resumes of Li, Zhao, and Lord; “Repression in
China Since June 4, 1989,” an Asia Watch Report, September 28, 1990;
cover memo from Asian-American Free Labor Institute (AFL-CIO) announcing
launch of China Labor Notes newsletter, with several issues; letter from
AFL-CIO president Kirkland to all affiliate union presidents noting
plans to commemorate first anniversary of Tiananmen Square, with
prospectus for Democracy for China Fund and cover memo, April 12, 1990;
memo to Mazur from Michele Briones re contribution to China Fund, with
attached memo from AFL-CIO re error in accounting, list of contributions
by unions, July 1990; agenda of activities for Washington, D.C., rally
commemorating first anniversary of Tiananmen Square, and sponsors, with
list of Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associations in major U.S.
cities; faxed memo to Mazur from Briones re AFL-CIO meeting on China,
planned demonstrations, with attached postcard to be sent to the
government in Beijing protesting detention of pre-democracy workers,
April 11, 1990; faxed memo to Brones from Hong Kong Clothing Industry
Workers General Union with button designs, February 14, 1990; press
release, “Democracy Tour to be Announced on Eve of Visit to
Czechoslovakia by Chinese Democracy Leaders,” March 1, 1990, faxed to
Mazur from the Deery Group; faxed memo to Mazur from the Asian-American
Free Labor Institute with list of U.S. companies attempting to import
temporary workers from China, March 27, 1990; Current History article,
“Deteriorating Human Rights in China,” by James V. Feinerman, associate
professor of law, Georgetown University, September 1990, with note by
Mazur to send copy to China Committee; Political Science Quarterly
article, “Contradictions in Communist Reform: China before 4 June 1989,”
by Benedict Stavis, 1990; article from Libertarian Labor Review, summer
1991; newsletter of the Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies,
Across the Table, featuring article, “Hong Kong Labor Leader Speaks at
ILGWU on Labor Activism in China,” Fall 1989 New York Times clipping re
China one year after Tiananmen Square, April 15, 1990; other newspaper
clippings
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Box 8 | Folder 2 |
China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO) Report
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1990 |
See also China – Committee on China 1991 First draft of report of the
China Committee to the AFL-CIO Executive Council; related
correspondence; minutes of meeting, April 11
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Box 8 | Folder 3 |
China
|
1989 |
Letter from Mazur to the American Ditchley Foundation, pointing out
deficiency in Ditchley essay (attached) in failing to mention the role
of workers, not only students, in the demonstrations at Tiananmen
Square, with reply, September-October; memo to Mazur from vp Susan
Cowell, “ILGWU Response to China Situation,” recommending pressure for
economic and trade sanctions, with attached interview by Cowell of
Chinese organizer and letter from philanthropist giving grants to
Chinese students, July 15, 1989; memos to Cowell from ILGWU
international relations director Michele Briones re visit of Hong Kong
trade unionist Lee Cheuk Yan and other China matters, July 6 and 19,
1989; ILGWU and CUNY Center for Labor- Management Studies flyer
invitation to talk by Lee Cheuk Yan, general secretary, Clothing
Industry Workers General Union, Hong Kong, “The Condition of Workers in
China Today: An Eyewitness Account,” August 31, 1989; biography of Lee
Cheuk Yan; memo to Mazur and Cowell re liberalized immigration policy
for Chinese (PRC) nationals wishing to extend stay in U.S., July 7,
1989; copy of cartoon and letter sent by Rep. George Miller to
congressional colleagues soliciting co-signers of letter to the
president of the United States-China Business Council urging pressure by
U.S. business community on Chinese government for reform, June 26, 1989;
copy of bill in House of Representatives revoking most-favored-nation
status for PRC, June 13, 1989; letter from Asia Watch to ILGWU vp Susan
Cowell urging sending telegrams to Chinese premier on behalf of arrested
workers at Tiananmen Square, July 9, 1989, with attached report,” New
Information on Arrests in China,” June 24, 1989; letter from Asia Watch
suggesting actions on behalf of imprisoned Chinese workers, with
profiles of several, August 10, 1989; Asia Watch briefing paper,
“Chinese Labor Issues in Light of June 4,” July 26, 1989; ILGWU press
release, “10,000 Chinatown Workers Join ‘Day of Mourning’ to Protest
Violence by Chinese Government,” June 9, 1989; translations of news
accounts fromChinese-language newspapers, July 6, 1989; International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) telegram to president of
People’s Republic of China general secretary calling for end to martial
law, refraining from use of force against pro-democracy demonstrators,
May 24, 1989; telegram on June 19, 1989, from ICFTU president expressing
horror at death sentences against leaders of the democracy movement;
press release by ICFTU condemning military attack and “appalling
brutality” against peaceful demonstrators; statement by international
trade union leaders on the opening day of the International Labor
Organisation annual conference, expressing “horror and disgust over the
barbarous massacre” since June 4 of thousands of students and workers
taking part in peaceful pro-democracy protests, June 17, 1989; letter
from ICFTU general secretary noting that he had written to World Bank
president Barber Conable urging suspension of financial assistance to
China, June 22, 1989, with attached copy of letter and ICFTU Report on
Violations of Trade Union Rights in China (May-June 1989); report of
fact-finding mission to China by TWARO April 28-May 7, 1989, with cover
letter to Mazur from CWA president Morton Bahr, July 14, 1989;
article/speech by Harold C. Hinton, “The Chinese Student Uprising: What
Is Next?” May 31, 1989, American Heritage Foundation; letter to Mazur
from China Institute in America, inviting him to art exhibit, August 10,
1989; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 8 | Folder 4 |
China Committee (AFL-CIO)
|
1989 |
Notice of organizational meeting, March 7, 1989; letter from
Communications Workers of America (CWA) president Morton Bahr to AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland noting that he’d asked Mazur to co-chair the
AFL-CIO China Committee with him, and that he’d accepted, September 13,
1989; memos from Michele Briones to Mazur and Susan Cowell re AFL-CIO
Committee on China meeting of July 11, 1989; talking points for meeting,
July 6, 1989; memo from Mort Bahr re meeting, noting invitation to
Tiananmen survivor Liang Heng, June 8, 1989; AFC-CIO News press release,
ICFTU Report on Violations of Trade Union Rights in China (May-June
1989); ALF-CIO News press release, “Kirkland Calls for Actions Against
China,” June 26, 1989; AFL-CIO News press release, “Remarks of Jim
Baker, U.S. Workers’ Delegate to the ILO Conference,” June 26, 1989;
AFL-CIO Statement on China by president Lane Kirkland, with cover letter
to Mazur and other labor leaders from CWA president Morton Bahr, June
16, 1989; memos between Mazur and Bahr with drafts of statement on
Tiananmen Square, “Tragedy in China,” October 1989; memos to Mazur from
ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re labor’s
response to China’s human rights abuses, with minutes of August 31
AFL-CIO Committee on China meeting and summary of Lee Cheuk Yan’s
(Clothing Workers Union of Hong Kong general secretary) visit to the
United States; notices of August 31 and November 2 China Committee
meeting; AFL-CIO Committee on China Report to the AFL-CIO Executive
Council, August 8, 1989; AFL-CIO Committee on China Suggested Speakers,
19 April 1989, with attached newspaper clippings, 1988; newspaper
clippings compiled by the AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs re
Tiananmen Square and related developments, including report by ICFTU,
with cover letter to Mazur, June 30, 1989; “Testimonial to History:
Tiananmen Square 1989, April 15 – June 4,” photo documentation with
captions in English and Chinese, compiled by Hong Kong Alliance in
Support of Patriotic and Democratic Movements of China; “Echoes from
Tiananmen,” Issue No. 1, June 15, 1989, compilation of press reports and
original articles, published by Friends of Chinese Minzhu, Hong Kong
Trade Union Education Centre, Hong Kong; program for Council on Foreign
Relations luncheon, June 13, 1989, featuring Winston Lord, U.S.
Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China 1985-May 1989, “China and
America: Great Walls and Open Doors,” with attached handwritten notes by
Mazur; Statement on China by Postal, Telegraph and Telephone
International, June 8, 1989; Postal, Telegraph and Telephone
International Report of IFFTU mission to China, October 16-26, 1988,
with newspaper clippings from South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Standard, Asiaweek, Far Eastern Economic Review, Financial Times,
1987-88
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Box 8 | Folder 5 |
China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO), Lee Cheuk Yan
|
1989 |
Travel itinerary of U.S. visit of Hong Kong trade unionist Lee Cheuk Yan,
August 21, 1989; copies of reimbursement checks; minutes of meeting of
Committee on China with Lee Cheuk Yan, August 31, 1989
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Box 8 | Folder 6 |
China, Tianamen Square
|
1989 |
See also China Committee (above) Los Angeles Times Special Report, “The
Shattered Dream,” re Tiananmen Square repression, June 25, 1989; special
report, U.S News & World Report, June 5, 1989; New York Times
Magazine, “Human Rights in China,” April 16, 1989;” New York Times
profile of regime leaders, June 25, 1989; other newspaper clippings
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Box 8 | Folder 7 |
China, Workers' Autonomous Federation of China
|
1990 |
See also China – Han Dongfang “China’s Independent Labour Movement,”
dossier prepared by Hong Kong Trade Union Education Centre and Asia
Monitor Resource Center, both in Hong Kong, June 15, 1989; faxed letter
to ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones from Hong Kong
Trade Union Education Centre expressing concern over establishment of
overseas Workers Autonomous Federation of China without consultation
with WAF members in exile, December 13, 1990; background description of
WAF as it originated in China during and after Tiananmen Square, exiled
members, with cover letter from Mazur, May 17, 1990; confidential memo
to Mazur from Susan Cowell re overseas WAF preparatory committee, May
16, 1990; memo to Mazur from Briones re stalemate in forming a WAF in
exile, July 26, 1990; faxes from Asia Watch with letters from Trini
Leung re preparatory committee of WAFOC; IUF News Bulletin, “The
Workers’ Struggle in China,” re Trini Leung, 1989; related
correspondence
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Box 8 | Folder 8 |
China, Workers' Autonomous Federation of China
|
1989-1991 |
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of Chin; see also China –
Han Dongfang Project description and drafts of booklet of translated
excerpts of program broadcasts by WAF in Tiananmen Square between May 24
and June 3, 1989; book proposal, “The Black Hands of Beijing,” by Robin
Munro and George Black, re human rights abuses, Tiananmen Square, and
dissidents Han Dongfang, Wang Juntao, and Chen Ziming; financial
records; paper, “Den Xiaoping’s Reform and the Chinese Workers’
Participation in the Protest Movement of 1989,” by Shaoguang Wang,
assistant professor of politics, Yale University
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Box 8 | Folder 9 |
China, Taiwan
|
1986 |
Letter to Mazur from attorney Jerome M. Garchik re trade with the
Republic of China (Taiwan) and alleged murder of Henry Liu, June 9, with
attached letter from Garchik to Rep. Robert Matsui; report for Hofstra
University Labor Law Journal, “Power in the Eighties: an analysis of the
management of pension funds for the attainment of union and public
interest goals,” by Jerome H. Siegal; report by Asian Center (an
independent affiliate of Clergy and Laity Concerned), “’Made in Taiwan’:
A Human Rights Investigation,” by Becky Cantwell, Don Luce, Leonard
Weinglass; human rights report from Asia Resource Center and Formosan
Association for Human Rights, “Martial Law in Taiwan”; testimony before
the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs re implementation of
the Taiwan Relations Act, including opening statement by Rep. Stephen
Solarz, chairman, and statement by David Dean, chairman, American
Institute in Taiwan
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Box 8 | Folder 10 |
China, Trade (exports)
|
1985 |
Fact sheet, “Agricultural Exports in the World Market,” focused on China,
based on U.S. Department of Agriculture publications
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Box 8 | Folder 11 |
China, labor (Brandeis)
|
1985 |
Material related to the Brandeis University Program of Labor in China:
list of Board of Advisors; notice of board meeting, October 30, 1985;
workshop agenda; draft report of trip to China, “A Social Revolution:
Labor and Welfare Reform in China,” by Leonard J. Hausman; memo from
Hausman re trip, June 17, 1985; import growth rate from People’s
Republic of China from 1983 to 1987; book excerpt, “Trade-Linked Labor
Standards,” by Ray Marshall, c. 1990
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Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Chinatown
|
1988-1994 |
See also ILGWU Local 23-25 “Growth and Development of the Chinatown
Garment Industry,” by Jay Mazur, n.d.; Garment Industry Development
Corporation (GIDC) Chinatown Garment Industry Bulletin re new capital
equipment loan program for contractors, in English and Chinese, January
1986, with attached brochures, one in English, one in Chinese, “Help for
the Chinatown Garment Industry”; letter to Mazur from the Chinese
American Medical Society re managed care, December 20, 1993; memo to
Mazur from manager of Local 23-25 Edgar Romney re meeting with Paul Yee,
president of CCBA (business association?), outlining talking points,
including history of union’s involvement with Chinatown, January 17,
1991; letter to Mazur from Romney re decision by Local 23-25 to resign
from planning committee for 1989 Chinatown Labor Fair, citing hostility
of organizers, June 29, 1989; press release from New York Chinatown
History Project re exhibition on Chinese American women in the NYC
garment industry, September 8, 1989; “From the Chinatown Press,”
compilation of English translations of newspaper articles re Graceful
Sportswear, Local 23-25, February 1986; New Yorker Reporter at Large
article: “Chinatown,” June 10, 1991; Women’s Wear Daily (1993), Newsday
profiles (1990) on Chinatown; booklets, in Korean, describing Union
Health Center and history of ILGWU, with cover letter from Mazur to
Francisco Chang, Department of Organizing and Field Services, Garment
Workers Justice Center, NY, May 18, 1994
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Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Chinatown Day Care Center
|
1986-1988 |
See also Speeches – Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center of
Chinatown) 1998; see also Speeches – Chinatown Day Care Center 1989; see
also Speeches – Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening 1993 Copy of check for
$250 contribution to fundraising dinner for Garment Industry Day Care
Center of Chinatown, with cover letter from president of Cornish
Knitgoods Manufacturing Corp., Brooklyn, February 12, 1988; list of
contributors and amounts, March 12, 1986; list of locals and
contributions to 1984 and 1986 dinners; copy of $2500 check from Liz
Claiborne Foundation; copy of check from Biderman Industries for $1240;
letter to Mazur from Gov. Cuomo’s office declining fundraising dinner
invitation to Mrs. Cuomo, January 31, 1986; Wall St. Journal newspaper
clipping mentioning local 23-25’s prenatal education classes, June 24,
1988; brochure
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Box 8 | Folder 14 |
Chinatown Day Care Center, Chung Pak
|
1990-1993 |
See also Speeches – Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center,
Chinatown) 1998; see also Speeches – Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening
1993 Proposal for a Day Care Center in the Chung Pak Project, under
construction as a mixed-use facility, also housing a health center and
subsidized senior housing, n.d.; remarks by Mazur at press conference
kicking off fundraising campaign for day care center, September 26,
1991; outline of background re center; memo from architects re center,
March 29, 1991; floorplan; outline for fundraising event, February 25,
1992; fundraising letter from Mazur; January 29, 1992; fundraising flyer
in English and Chinese; memo to Mazur from architects re Citibank delay
in closing on the mortgage, November 15, 1993; letter to Housing
Secretary Henry Cisneros inviting him to opening of center, with cover
letter to Mazur, June 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec vp and manager
of Local 23-25 Edgar Romney with attachments re Citibank request that
ILGWU guarantee $1.8 million in case of construction cost overruns,
March 30, 1990
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Box 8 | Folder 15 |
Chinatown Health Clinic
|
1989 |
See also Speeches – Union Health Center 1998 and 1999; see also Chinatown
1988-1994 Letter to Mazur thanking him for fundraising effort, May 19,
1989
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Box 8 | Folder 16 |
Chinatown (Brooklyn), Metropolitan Fashion Center of Greater New
York
|
1989-1990 |
See also Coalition against Anti-Asian Violence 1988 Project proposals:
“New Chinese Apparel Marketplace 1989: A New Beginning for the Chinese
Apparel Industry,” in English and Chinese; “Metropolitan Fashion Center
of Greater New York: A Project for the Apparel Industry for the 1990s: A
Brief Description – Background and Economic Benefits,” June 1989;
newsletter of the Garment Industry Development Corporation, GIDC News,
with cover story, “GIDC Sets Up Training Program for New Brooklyn
Consortium,” Winter 1990; flyer for skills training classes by
Metropolitan Fashion Center, touting center as worker-friendly; press
releases, December 13 and 14, 1990: from GIDC announcing skills training
project with Metropolitan Fashion Center; from ILGWU Local 23-25,
“Metropolitan Fashion Center to Open, ILGWU Helps Chinatown Garment
Industry Expand,” in English and Chinese; from Office of the Mayor, in
English and Chinese; from Greater Blouse, Skirt & Undergarment
Ass’n., Inc., in English and Chinese; from the Continental Garment
Manufacturers Ass’n of Greater New York, Inc., in English and Chinese;
from Juki America, Inc., “Juki Contributes High Technology to the
Metropolitan Fashion Center”; letter from Metropolitan Fashion Center
reporting on progress of planning, in English and Chinese, n.d.
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Box 8 | Folder 17 |
Citizen Action
|
1987-1993 |
See also Speeches – Dubrow, Evelyn 1989 Letter to Mazur from Citizen
Action vice president and political director inviting him to dinner
honoring ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow with Lifetime
Achievement Award, March 15,1993; invitations and related materials for
dinner honoring William Winpisinger, held January 27, 1988; list of
quotes by leading public figures about Citizen Action; newsletter,
Citizen Action News, year-end 1987; 1986 Election Report, with
state-by-state analysis; newspaper clippings
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Box 8 | Folder 18 |
City of Hope-Office and Professional Employees International
Union (OPEIU) Boycott
|
1986-1989 |
Letter from Local 30, Office and Professional Employees International
Union (OPEIU) describing two-year-old impasse with medical center,
fundraising boycott, January 17, 1989; letter from City of Hope CEO
giving management’s account of situation, October 11, 1988; letter from
Mazur to City of Hope CEO, urging resolution of dispute, October 7,
1988; letter to Mazur from City of Hope thanking him for contribution,
June 16, 1987; letters to AFL-CIO officials from City of Hope CEO
warning that OPEIU’s attempt to “interfere” with fundraising efforts by
presenting resolution to AFL-CIO to sanction a national boycott would
destroy the center’s relationship with organized labor, jeopardize jobs,
February 2 and 11, 1987
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Box 8 | Folder 19 |
Civil Rights
|
1991 |
Article from the National Journal, March 2, 1991, discussing conflict
between blacks (Leadership Conference on Civil Rights), Hispanics
(National Council of La Raza), and the AFL-CIO over employer sanctions
in hiring illegal immigrants and how the issue was emblematic of
divisions in a civil rights movement including minorities beyond African
Americans
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Box 8 | Folder 20 |
Civil Rights Act of 1990
|
1990 |
Article from Women’s Wear Daily discussing bill to put discrimination
based on sex, religion, or national origin on the same footin race-based
discrimination, quiet opposition by retailers, July 31, 1990
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Box 8 | Folder 21 |
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988
|
1988 |
Correspondence from congressmen, Mazur, religious, pro-choice, and
pro-life advocates and others favoring or opposing the Danforth
amendment, allowing institutions objecting to abortion to receive
federal funds
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Box 8 | Folder 22 |
Cliffhanger Apparel
|
1981-1984 |
Complaint filed against Cliffhanger Apparel Company, 265 W. 37th St., New
York, for nonpayment of contributions to welfare fund of Local 23-25;
notification of award by impartial chairmen, June 14, 1983; audit
reports; arbitration award, October 22, 1982; related correspondence
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Box 8 | Folder 23 |
Clinton/Gore Campaign
|
1992-1995 |
Box 8 | Folder 24 |
Clothe America
|
1990 |
Ad in Women’s Wear Daily listing contributors to Clothe America, which
raised $3 million in clothing donations for the homeless, March 20,
1990; letter to Mazur from Clothe American chairman Ken Sitomer , CEO of
Russ Togs, Inc., thanking him for referral of contributor, April 6,
1990
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Box 8 | Folder 25 |
Clothing Bank/J.M. Kaplan Fund
|
1988 |
Letters to Mazur and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman from Suzanne Davis,
co-chairman of the Clothing Bank/New Clothes for the Homeless,
soliciting contributions for program in which manufacturers and
retailers donated $4 million in two years in surplus new clothes for
distribution to NYC homeless shelters, part of Mayor’s Voluntary Action
Center; letter from NYC Mayor Ed Koch, thanking Mazur for support,
August 18, 1988; letter to Leslie Fay president John Pomerantz,
soliciting contribution, noting referral by Mazur, May 19, 1988; list of
inventory from manufacturers, December 1987
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Box 8 | Folder 26 |
Clothing Manufacturers Association
|
1995 |
National agreement between CMA and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
Workers Union, as of May 1, 1995, with cover memo from UNITE general
counsel’s office
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Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Coalition Against Anti-Asian Violence
|
1988 |
Newspaper clipping from Bay News, February 8, 1988, re harassment of
Asians in Brooklyn, with cover note to Mazur from Pacific Northwest
District Council manager Katie Quan
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Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Coalition for Democratic Values
|
1991 |
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from Sen. Howard Metzenbaum
seeking contribution to organization promoting liberal, progressive
national agenda and counter drift toward right within the Demoratic
Party, February 4, 1991
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Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
|
1986-1993 |
Meeting notice of New York City Chapter for December 13, 1993, noting
caucus of ILGWU members, memo to Mazur re ILGWU hosting of CLUW National
Executive Board meeting of December 16, 1993; letter to Mazur re new
CLUW publication re workplace safety, April 24, 1991; draft of letter
urging ILGWU members to join CLUW, March 28, 1991; letter to Mazur from
president of Cleveland Chapter of CLUW thanking him for his support of
the reproductive choice resolution that was submitted to the AFL-CIO
Executive Council, July 26, 1990; correspondence between Mazur and CLUW
national president re participation in the American Family Celebration,
April-August, 1988; conference call for CLUW convention, held November
17, 1988; memo from Mazur to ILGWU regional directors and NYC managers
urging that they join CLUW, noting recent decline in ILGWU
representation, danger of losing seat on national board, November 17,
1987; memo to Mazur re second annual Working Women’s Awareness Week,
March 18, 1987; memo from Mazur urging that locals support the NYC
chapter of CLUW’s International Women’s Day event with donation of $50,
February 25, 1987, with attached letter from CLUW chapter president
describing the event, theme of dependent care; letter to Mazur thanking
him for contribution to CLUW Center for Education & Research,
January 29, 1987; invoice for reimbursement for travel to CLUW
conference, November 24, 1986; invitation to Sol Chaikin to Working
Women’s Awareness Week, February 10, 1986, with notation by Mazur
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Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Code of Conduct (Overseas outsourcing)
|
1993-1994 |
Memo to Mazur calling Sportswear Code of Conduct “totally unenforceable,”
October 10, 1994; Code of Conduct for Overseas Vendors, with handwritten
note; “Signed by Dress Association with ILGWU”; “ILGWU Commitment to
Apparel Industry Competitiveness,” and description of ILGWU’s federal
agenda, April 22, 1993; Levi Strauss & Co. Business Partner Terms of
Engagement and Guidelines for Country Selection, 1992; Liz Claiborne,
Inc., and Its Subsidiaries Standards of Engagement; 1994 Outerwear
Negotiations Demands, including code of conduct for overseas vendors,
marked “ILG Proposal”; contract agreement re outsourcing, labeled
“ACTWU,” September 30, 1993; code of conduct by Phillips-Van Heusen: A
Shared Commitment: Requirements for Suppliers, Contractors, Business
Partners,” with cover note to Mazur, August 19, 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Coelho, Tony
|
1989-1991 |
Letter from Mazur to Majority Whip, Rep. Tony Coelho, expressing regret
at his decision to resign from Congress, citing malicious innuendo and
diatribe, June 20, 1989; letter to Mazur from Coelho, thanking him for
support
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Box 9 | Folder 6 |
Commentary (magazine), January
|
1991 |
Copy of magazine
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Box 9 | Folder 7 |
Commission on Migration
|
1989 |
see also Migration Letter to Mazur from the Commission for the Study of
International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development confirming
his scheduled testimony re Caribbean migration issues at hearing on July
14, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
outlining points for testimony before the commission, June 26, 1989
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Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Commission for the Study of International Migration and
Cooperative Economic Development
|
1989 |
Testimony by Congressman James Scheuer before the Commission for the
Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development,
July 14, 1989
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Box 9 | Folder 9 |
Committee for National Health Insurance
|
1984-1991 |
see also Health Care 1989-1991; see also Health Care – National Coalition
on Health Care; see also Health Care – National Leadership Coalition on
Health Care Letter from director of Committee for National Health
Insurance to Rep. John Conyers praising report by General Accounting
Office on Canadian health insurance system, June 24, 1991; memo to
committee Board of Directors re Gallup Poll of California residents
showing support for national health insurance, May 7, 1990; letters re
views of presidential candidates, May-July, 1988; letter re proposed
legislation for Medicare catastrophic health insurance, April 9, 1987;
statements of UAW and AFL-CIO officials re Medicare catastrophic health
insurance before the House Ways and Means Committee, March 10, 1987;
minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee for National Health
Insurance and Health Security Action Council, October 28, 1986 & 87;
letter re pain disability claimants under Social Security, improving
Medicaid in NY, May 20, 1987; press release from Brooklyn D.A. Elizabeth
Holtzman re program for workplace safety, January 27, 1987; letter to
ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from Coalition for a National Health System
re nonbonding referendum in Massachusetts overwhelmingly supporting
national health care, February 13, 1987; press release announcing
national conference planned for May 1987; brochure, “America’s Babies –
Love ’em or Lose ’em,” comparing U.S. infant mortality rates with other
countries, with cover letter, January 30, 1987; brochure, “Health Care
in the United States: An Action Agenda for the 100th Congress,” Health
Security Action Council and Save Our Security Coalition, with cover
letter to newly elected congressmen, January 8, 1987, and letter to
Mazur, January 9, 1987; correspondence between committee chair Douglas
Fraser and Mazur re appointment to Board of Directors, and press release
announcing appointment, October-November 1986; Statement on USHealth Act
of 1986 by Douglas A. Fraser, chairman, Health Security Action Council,
before the House Select Committee on Aging, September 12, 1986, with
cover letter; agenda and material for Board of Directors meeting,
October 28, 1986; letter from chairman re effect of tax reform on health
and other social benefits, June 11, 1985; requests to Mazur for
contributions; report to Mazur on meetings of November 5, 1986, and
September 13, 1985; minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee
for National Health Insurance and Health Security Action Council,
February 8, 1984; letters re newspaper articles
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Box 9 | Folder 10 |
Communication Workers of America (CWA)
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1989-1992 |
See also Speeches – Bahr, Morty Letter from Mazur to Morton Bahr,
president, CWA, thanking him for support of the Textile and Apparel
Trade Act, October 7, 1988; letter from Mazur to Bahr re AFL-CIO China
Committee meeting, suggesting discussion of future direction, September
5, 1989; letter from Mazur to Bahr re address to ILGWU breakfast by Lu
Jing-hua, successful press conference, less successful preparatory
meeting of Workers Autonomous Federation, June 18, 1990; letter from
Mazur to Bahr with attached redrafted AFL-CIO statement, “Tragedy in
China,” calling for change in U.S. policy toward China after Tiananmen
Square, October 27, 1989; memo to Mazur from exec asst David Melman re
meeting with ACTWU in support of CWA and IBEW strike against NYNEX,
outlining issues, with attached copy of flyer urging withholding payment
of telephone bill until resolution of strike, September 11, 1989; letter
to Mazur from CWA secretary-treasurer James B. Booe, thanking him for
support in strike against NYNEX and contribution to union Defense Fund,
November 3, 1989; letter to Mazur from CWA Local 1180 re emergency
meeting of Electoral Coalition to promote progressive tax structure,
oppose cuts in NYC services, May 23, 1991; letter from Mazur to CWA
District One vice president inviting participation in Triangle Fire
commemorative rally, February 25, 1992; resume of CWA director of
international affairs Louis E. Moore, with cover note to Mazur, November
25, 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 11 |
Confecciones Trancontinentals, SA/Liz Claiborne
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1988-1989 |
Fax to Mazur from the general secretary of the International Textile,
Garment & Leather Workers’ Federation re Play Knits, New York,
invested in Guatemalan firm Confecciones Transcontinentales to produce
for Liz Claiborne label, with attached article, “A Run-Away Shop Runs
Away From Guatemala Leaving 500+ Jobless” and interview with leaders of
union in formation, requesting Mazur contact Liz Claiborne, January 20,
1989; copy of fax forwarded to Liz Claiborne from Mazur, January 23,
1989
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Box 9 | Folder 12 |
Consortium for Worker Education, INC.
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1993-1994 |
Financial statement for the year ending December 31, 1993; minutes of
annual meeting of Board of Directors of April 16, 1993; agenda and
related materials; memo to Mazur reporting on consortium meeting of
March 8; memo to Mazur from ILGWU education director Kitty Krupat
recommending policy and procedure changes to promote accountability,
October 14; outline of meeting with chairman of finance & audit
committee, October 19; personal and confidential memo from Mazur to
executive director, expressing concern about learning for the first time
about actions taken, declining chairmanship of finance committee, with
attached outline of suggestions for strengthening procedures, October
20; agreement between consortium and United Federation of Teachers, July
1, 1993 through June 30, 1995; letter to Mazur noting copies of checks
and supporting documentation for pension payments, August 11, 1994
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Box 9 | Folder 13 |
Consortium for Worker Education, INC.
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1988-1992 |
See also NYS – School and Business Alliance Task Force Memo to Mazur as
chair of CWE re need for alternative to current funding by Urban
Development Corporation (UDC), entailing “submitting a complicated
proposal then waiting nearly six months for approval and another six
months for a contract and another six months for a check,” November 6,
1992; “Building Union/Business Partnerships for New York’s Economic
Development: A Proposal of The Consortium for Worker Education,”
December 29, 1992; testimony by Mazur before the NYS Assembly Commission
on Skills Development and Vocational Education, January 27, 1992, with
attached notice of public hearing; unanimous written consent of the
directors re by-law amendments; memo from Mazur and chairman Barry
Feinstein re efforts to qualify to receive direct adult education
formula aid, March 15, 1991, with attached list of major funding sources
for CWE; list of grants received, 1987-1990; list of services from the
City University of New York (CUNY), NYC Board of Education, NYS
Department of Education, list of participating unions; New York Private
Industry Council Dislocated Worker Participants Demographic Report,
August 30, 1990; agenda of May 3, 1990, Board of Directors meeting;
agenda of September 30, 1990, board meeting; Report to the Consortium
Board; consortium brochure and fact sheet (in English and Spanish) re
Worker Opportunity Reemployment Center, a free service to dislocated
workers; letter from Mazur to incoming First Lady Barbara Bush re
consortium’s programs, including English as a Second Language (ESL),
basic literacy, and vocational training, January 18, 1989; Harvard
Education Review article, “So We Can Use Our Own Names, and Write the
Laws by Which We Live: Educating the New U.S. Labor Force,” by Sheila D.
Collins, Miriam Balmouth, and Priscilla Jean, November 1989; consortium
by-laws; correspondence re incorporation of consortium, October-November
1988; Teamsters Local 237 memo describing consortium programs, possible
funding cut by NYS Education Department, with cover note to Mazur, May
22, 1988
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Box 9 | Folder 14 |
Consortium for Worker Education, INC., December 14
|
1988 |
Hand-delivered letter to Mazur from consortium attorneys Strook &
Strook & Lavan with “for your eyes only” script for meeting the next
day, certificate of incorporation and by-laws for consortium, December
13, 1988; agenda and list of attendees of December 14 meeting, with fact
sheet on consortium; letter from Mazur, to Mazur, outlining rationale
for incorporation, noting need to reduce fiduciary responsibility borne
solely by Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, November
22, 1988; “Arguments in Support of the Consortium for Worker
Literacy”
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Box 9 | Folder 15 |
Constitution Magazine
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1989 |
Spring 1989 issue of the quarterly journal of the Foundation for the U.S.
Constitution
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Box 9 | Folder 16 |
Consumer Assembly of New York
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1986 |
Affiliated with the Consumer Federation of America. Letter from the
president of the New York Consumer Assembly to the administrator of the
Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, opposing change in
federal law to allow industrial homework, December 2, 1986; letter to
board of directors re meeting, March 30, 1987; text of speech (by
Mazur?) endorsing Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, noting
effect of imports on consumers, June 10, 1986
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Box 9 | Folder 17 |
Coordinating Council of Cooperatives (United Housing
Federation)
|
1990 |
Letter from Mazur praising the 25-year-old coordinating council of the
United Housing Federation, sponsor of affordable cooperative housing for
low and moderate income people, November 30, 1990
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Box 9 | Folder 18 |
Coors Beer
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1987 |
Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland re settlement of longstanding
labor dispute with the Adolph Coors Company and end of boycott, thanking
Mazur for unflaggingsupport, August 20, 1987, with attached joint and
separate statements and transcript of news conference
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Box 9 | Folder 19 |
Cornell University- School of Industrial and Labor
Relations
|
1986-1994 |
Minutes of board meeting of Institute for Women and Work, December 12,
1986; invitation to Mazur to attend conference sponsored by Cornell
Institute for Collective Bargaining, “The Next American Revolution:
Crisis in Employment,” February 12, 1987; invitation to demonstration of
software prototype designed for collective bargaining cost calculations,
July 9, 1986; invitation to workshop, “Strategic Planning for Union
Locals in a Changing Environment,” April 7, 1987; letter requesting
documents relating to commemoration of bicentennial of U.S.
constitution, May 13, 1987; letter requesting copies of ILGWU position
on raising the minimum wage, July 22, 1987; letter from Ed Cleary,
president, NYS AFL-CIO, to Lane Kirkland, president, AFL-CIO, re plans
by the State University Construction Fund to use nonunion labor to build
Catherwood Library at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor
Relations, calling it an outrage, warning of it becoming a national
issue, urging Kirkland to contract Gov. Cuomo to personally intervene,
May 6, 1994
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Box 9 | Folder 20 |
Cornell-Kheel Records Management Project
|
1989-1998 |
Correspondence between ILGWU officials and Kheel Center director Richard
Strassberg, proposing archiving ILGWU files;list of records retention
and disposal schedule, July 13, 1989; list of files, June 30, 1998
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Box 9 | Folder 21 |
Corporate Takeovers
|
1988 |
AFL-CIO News article, December 11, 1988, “The Stark Bottom Line of
Corporate Takeovers”
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Box 9 | Folder 22 |
Costa Rica
|
1993 |
Letter from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin to U.S. Trade
Representative’s Chief Textile Negotiator re ongoing denial of worker
rights in countries with which we are involved in bilateral trade
negotiations, this time Costa Rica, October 28, 1993; mentions El
Salvador also
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Box 9 | Folder 23 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
|
1993-1994 |
see also NYS Department of Economic Development see also NYC Office of
Business Development Labor-management committee to promote industry
cooperation, modernization, image; first called Fashion Industries
Economic Development Council. Letter from Mazur to U.S. Secretary of
Labor Robert Reich in support of CAF application for an Employment and
Training Administration JTPA “Learning Consortia Project” grant to
strengthen job retention at the plant floor level, May 11, 1994;
employer survey of ILGWU firms re age and ethnicity of principals and
workforce, relationship of contractors with jobbers, etc.; cover letter
sent to elected officials that accompanied brochure re CAF, list of
recipients, May 24, 1993; memo to Mazur from CAF director Carl Proper,
summarizing “overly optimistic” NYC job creation report for apparel
industry, written by exec asst James Parrott for Mayor Dinkins’s “Job
Creation Program,” September 8, 1993; memo to Mazur from Proper re uses
for Cupid Modular Manufacturing video, including PBS special on labor’s
role in modernizing the apparel industry, March 11, 1993; memo to Mazur
from Carl proper re discussion points for upcoming meeting with FIT
(Fashion Institute of Technology) President Allan Hirshfield re
developing cooperative partnerships, incubator, March 5, 1993; letter
from Mazur to Hirshfield suggesting collaboration between ILGWU retirees
and FIT in mending clothing for homeless and psychiatric patients,
February 12, 1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield supporting Mazur
proposal to establish a technology extension service (NY-FAME), with
attached proposal for a Center of Apparel Science and Technology between
FIT and Cornell University, February 24, 1993; memo to Mazur from Proper
re New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) receipt of a federal
economic development grant for apparel manufacturing apparel industry,
February 9, 1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield re FIT’s plans t go
forward with incubator for FIT students, graduates, and other to start
their own businesses, with attached description, January 21, 1993;
speech by Mazur at NY Labor Commissioner’s Awards Luncheon, September
23, 1993
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Box 9 | Folder 24 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
|
1992 |
CAF Steering Committee agenda, November 17, 1992, with attached excerpts
from Clinton/Gore campaign release re manufacturing for the 21st
century; Bylaws of the Council for American Fashion, a Labor-Management
Industry Development Fund; description of the CAF Fund; memo to Mazur
from exec asst James Parrott re industry co-chair Eli Elias’ concerns
about CAF Fund bylaws; CAF newsletter, Fashion Forward, April 1992;
report, “Keeping New York in Fashion: A Strategic Plan for the Future of
the New York Fashion Apparel Industry,” prepared for the Garment
Industry Development Corporation by Kurt Salmon Associates, March 1992;
letter from Mazur to New Jersey governor Florio re new $200 million New
Jersey Economy Recovery Fund and how best this might be utilized for the
apparel industry, related correspondence, 1999-92; letter to Mazur from
CAF’s funding agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, re
tour of NY garment center, July 21, 1992; letter from NYC Mayor Dinkins
in support of application of Textile/Clothing Manufacturing Corporation
(TC)2 for funding as Manufacturing Technology Center, April 28; list of
appointees to Enterprise Zone Commission; clipping from Journal of
Commerce re Guatemalan knitting for Liz Claiborne, April 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 25 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
|
1991 |
Annual Report of CAF, 1991; agenda, CAF Steering Committee, March 28,
1991, with Mazur introductory comments; finance report for Oct.1, 1989 –
March 31, 1990; “Preliminary Assessment of the Council for American
Fashion: A Labor/Management Partnership for the Apparel Industry,” by
Norman Eiger, Professor of Labor Studies, Institute of Management and
Labor Relations, Rutgers University, March 1, 1991; letter to Mazur from
ad agency Launey, Hachmann & Harris, New York, offering to organize
public relations campaign for CAF, May 14, 1991; list of suggested
contractor shops for site visits, April 19, 1991; memo to Mazur from
exec asst James Parrott re establishment of CAF Labor- Management Fund
to promote cooperative approaches to improving the women’s apparel
industry and the position of its workers, c. 1991; list of money owed to
CAF by manufacturers’ associations; request for Mazur signature on grant
application for continuing funding to the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service; newspaper clippings from ILGWU Justice, January
1991
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Box 9 | Folder 26 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
|
1989 |
Memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re possible members of CAF
steering committee, December 14, 1989; reports of marketing and
technology committees, November 20, 1989; agenda for steering committee,
October 26, 1989; agenda for first meeting of public relations
committee, consideration of possible names, with opening remarks by
Mazur re purpose of council, describing state of the industry, October
24, 1989; report of first meeting of public relations committee; list of
committees and members as of September 22, 1989; memo to Mazur from
Proper informing him that he is co-chair of CAF Executive Committee,
with industry representative Eli Elias, October 2, 1989; minutes of
technology committee, October 4, 1989
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Box 9 | Folder 27 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)-Labor Management Committee,
April
|
1989 |
Originally called the Women’s and Children’s Apparel Labor-Management
Committee. Outline for meeting establishing committee, April 18, 1989;
agenda, tentative budget, membership list; draft proposal, March 31,
1989; related memos including analysis of ILGWU membership in
northeast
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Box 9 | Folder 28 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)--Grant Application to Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
|
1989 |
Women’s and Children’s Apparel Labor Management Committee Proposal
Submitted to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service May 1989;
letters from Mazur describing initiative
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Box 9 | Folder 29 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF), June
|
1989 |
Agenda, detailed outline of second meeting
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Box 9 | Folder 30 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF), September
|
1989 |
Agenda, outline, list of committees and members, description of role of
committees, outline of role of CAF with relation to other, local,
labor-management committees; employer questionnaire
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Box 9 | Folder 31 |
Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council
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1985-1993 |
See also Economic Policy Institute Letter from Sammy Davis, Jr., to
executive director of Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council noting
pleasure in working on campaign, September 29, 1986; press release re
Economic Policy Institute study on importance of manufacturing jobs to
the U.S. economy, May 20, 1993; press release, “Textile and Apparel
Job-Loss Commercials Demonstrate Staying Power with Consumers,”
September 9, 1992; list of questions for consumer research, June 14,
1991; reports on “Made in U.S.A.” promotions by retailers Castner,
Knotts Dry Goods (Nashville, TN) and Younkers (Des Moines, IA), August 9
and 11, 1990; press releases from American Textile Manufacturers
Institute, “Textile and Apparel 17.3 Percent of U.S. Trade Deficit,”
August 16, 1988; “Textile and Apparel Imports Now 15 Percent of U.S.
Trade Deficit,” September 11, 1987; steering committee minutes, May 11,
1988, December 2, 1987, October 28, 1987; results of attitude survey re
predisposition of men and women toward buying U.S.-made goods, July 17,
1987; clipping from Washington Post re phony “made in U.S.A.” label scam
by Taiwanese manufacturer of U.S. flags, February 17, 1989; other
newspaper clippings; update summary report: The State of Working America
1994-95, October 1994; report by Management Horizons re retailing
industry by year 2000, with cover letter to Crafted with Pride steering
committee, July 27, 1990; Update, “Summary report: The State of Working
America,” October 1994
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Box 9 | Folder 32 |
Daily News strike
|
1990-1991 |
Letter from Mazur to all ILGWU members in the New York City area, urging
boycott of Daily News in support of striking union workers, noting that
if management succeeds in breaking the union at a newspaper read by
working class people in the nation’s greatest union town, it will send a
signal to managements everywhere to follow their lead, November 7, 1990,
with attached messages in Spanish and Chinese, with cover letter to
president of Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York; draft
of letter from Mazur to Crain’s New York Business replying to opinion
piece on Daily News strike, January 4, 1991, and final printed copy,
January 21, 1991; draft of Open Letter to Charles Brumback, Chief
Executive Officer, and Stanton Cooke, Chairman, the Tribune Company,
urging them not to close the paper that is a vital part of New York
culture, from the Committee to Save the Daily News, with list of members
including Mayer Dinkins; letter to Mazur from NYC mayor David Dinkins,
thanking him for efforts resulting in settlement with Daily News, April
11, 1991; press release, News from the Daily News Strike Front, “’Save
the News – Settle or Sell’ to be Theme of Ad Drive by Union,” January
24, 1991; copy of ad; memo from Mazur re ILGWU ads in support of
strikers, January 7, 1991; list of unions supporting ILGWU ad; memo to
Mazur outlining talking points for press conference re strike, with
handwritten notes by Mazur, January 23, 1991; press releases by Tribune
Company re decision to close or sell the Daily News, January 16, 1991;
agenda of ILGWU NYC managers’ meeting, November 19, 1990, outlining
campaign of support for Daily News workers, targeting newsstands,
leafleting; memo from Mazur to ILGWU NYC managers re distribution of
strike paper produced by striking Daily News workers, November 21, 1990;
copy of strike paper, Real News; request to AFL-CIO Executive Council
members for approval of $25,000 strike fund for Daily News striking
workers, November 5, 1990, with attached copies of checks from
affiliated unions; notice to Mazur of meeting of the Committee to
Boycott for Justice at the Daily News, September 14, 1990, list of
members, and related correspondence; report, Subcommittee on Strategic
Approaches February 1991 Meeting, noting progress in strike, widespread
support; letter to Mazur from the Workers Defense League re educational
campaign against strikebreaking, designed to carry message of solidarity
to unorganized, potential replacement workers, coordinating it with
lobbying for anti-replacement legislation, September 7, 1990; letter
from Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York to unionists,
seeking support for efforts to settle with Daily News, possible strike,
August 6, 1990, with cover letter from New York City Central Labor
Council calling for meeting to discuss situation, August 9, 1990,
attached bumper sticker, reader’s boycott pledge, article from Chicago
Lawyer re union-busting firm hired by Daily News, September 1985; press
release from the Kamber Group, “Statement by George McDonald, president
of the Allied Printing Trades Council,” July 26, 1990; NYS Department of
Labor press release announcing establishment of Board of Inquiry to
investigate ongoing labor dispute at Daily News, noting certification by
State Board of Mediation of failure to reach a voluntary settlement,
July 26, 1990; open letter to Daily News carriers, asking that they stop
delivering the paper; list of Daily News advertisers “good guys” and
“bad guys,” November 19, 1990; mailgram from Mazur to Empire Blue Cross
Blue Shield urging it cease advertising in Daily News, November 15,
1990; flyers for December 10, 1990, rally; list of union speakers and
pledged contributions at November 14, 1990, rally; handbills and
stickers calling for boycott; description of handbill legalities;
newspaper clippings
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Box 9 | Folder 33 |
Media: Daily News Record
|
1992 |
Draft of letter to the editor from Mazur re inaccuracies of newspaper’s
report on Congressional Budget Office study of U.S. apparel industry,
January 13, 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 34 |
Dalton Industries
|
1987 |
Memos to ILGWU legal counsel re closure of Dalton Industries, failure to
make weekly payments, decision to take firm to federal court
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Box 9 | Folder 35 |
Day Care Survey
|
1984 |
Day Care Council of New York, Inc., “The Garment Industry Advisory
Committee Child Daycare Needs Assessment Report and Recommendations,”
April 1984; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell discussing flaws in
the survey, May 15, 1984
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Box 9 | Folder 36 |
Deborah Hospital Foundation
|
1984-1993 |
Correspondence with Mazur from New York hospital foundation re
contributions from ILGWU health and welfare funds; computer printout of
ILGWU patients, July 6, 1988; newsletter, 1984
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Box 9 | Folder 37 |
Democratic National Convention/ NY '92
|
1991-1992 |
See also NYS Democratic Committee 1987-1992; see also Speeches – Village
Independent Democrats (NYC) 1996; see also Gang Meeting; see also
Massachusetts Democratic State Party Letter to Mazur, signed by NYC
mayor Dinkins, inviting him to a meeting to prepare for 1992 Democratic
National Convention, to be held in NYC, and to serve on executive
committee of New York ’92 Host Committee, December 6, 1991, with pencil
notation, “NO”; fact sheets, newsletter, news clippings relating to
NY92, including list of fashion designers featured at fashion show
event
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Box 9 | Folder 38 |
Democratic National Committee
|
1987-1988 |
See also NYS Democratic Committee 1987-1992 New York delegation, 1988
Democratic National Convention Delegation Rules; 1984 rules; 1988
Delegate Selection Rules; preliminary lists, “final list” and “revised
final list” of ILGWU delegates to Democratic National Convention; list
of NYS delegates to national convention; position paper by Jesse Jackson
’88 presidential campaign, “Paying for Our Jobs: A Budget Plan for Jobs,
Peace, and Justice”; letter from Jesse Jackson to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow, June 13, 1988; urgent notice of strategy meeting
of Brooklyn Dukakis presidential campaign, August 12, 1988; AFL-CIO
agenda re meeting to select delegates to convention, with list of
delegates and union affiliations; letter from AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland to Paul Kirk, president of the Democratic National Committee,
in support of a nonspecific party platform, December 18, 1987; statement
by the president of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied
Craftsmen and co-chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Labor
Council in support of a nonspecific party platform, May 19, 1988; note
from Sen. Edward Kennedy thanking Mazur for support of Fund for a
Democratic Majority, notes Dukakis is “best chance since F.D.R.” for
achieving goals for workers, June 28, 1988; letter from Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee chair to Mazur re House Speaker Jim
Wright, attached article from National Journal, June 5, 1987; memo from
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with analysis of key races
and newspaper clippings, May 20, 1986; letter from Queens County
Democratic chair Tom Manton saying that he agreed to serve as state
chair of the Dick Gephardt for President Campaign, discusses candidate,
December 30, 1987; letter to Mazur from DNC soliciting contribution,
April 30, 1987; letter from Mazur noting $50,000 contribution by ILGWU
to DNC for non-federal accounts, September 29, 1987; invitation/program
to DNC New York dinner, April 27, 1987; letter from DNC chair Paul Kirk
to Mazur thanking him for agreeing to serve as co-chair of New York
dinner, March 5, 1987; copies of contribution checks from ILGWU
($15,000) and Leslie Fay president John Pomerantz
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Box 9 | Folder 39 |
Democratic National Convention--Primary Debate
Selection
|
1988 |
Lists showing status of potential ILGWU Democratic Convention Delegates
as of January 26, 1988, as of February 23, 1988, and as of December 10,
1987; memo to Mazur re DNC delegate selection rules, including specific
quotas for minorities and women, and difficulty of Mazur himself
becoming a delegate because he is a white male, May 1, 1987; memo from
local 23-25 manager-secretary Edgar Romney to members urging political
participation in order to reverse Reagan anti-labor policies (in English
and Chinese), March 30, 1988; memo from ILGWU exec asst Susan Cowell to
Coro Foundation about issues poll of union members, c. 1987, with
attached Newsday newspaper clipping re divisions within labor over
foreign policy; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re ILGWU delegate selection
process, suggests involving retirees, March 4, 1987, with attached text
of press conference by ALF-CIO president Lane Kirkland re candidate
interview and endorsement process; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re
strategic criteria for primary endorsement, March 1, 1987; draft of
AFL-CIO written questions to be submitted to presidential candidates,
March 4, 1987, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow, and cover memo from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas
Donahue; responses of candidates to questions, with highlighted comments
on trade, printed in AFL-CIO Federationist, May 9, 1987; transcript of
responses to video question; letter to Mazur from Al Gore, soliciting
support, April 7, 1988; schedule of key events of the 1988 presidential
election; letter to Mazur from Jesse Jackson delegate Ed Vargas, local
23-25, thanking him for support, May 6, 1988; handwritten notes by
Mazur
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Box 9 | Folder 40 |
Democratic Policy Commission--Dukakis
|
1986 |
Letter from Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis as chair of Democratic
Policy Commission’s Committee on Industrial and Entrepreneurial Economy,
noting committee’s report, “Opportunity for Every American,” with
attached cover memos to Mazur by ILGWU officials Evelyn Dubrow and
Herman Starobin criticizing report’s statement on trade policy,
suggesting that the union meet with Dukakis to challenge assertion, in
light of heavy campaign support, December 17, 1986
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Box 9 | Folder 41 |
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee--U.S. Senate Leadership
Circle
|
1986-1988 |
See also Massachusetts Democratic State Party Letter to Mazur from Sen.
John Kerry (Mass.) urging him to renew his $15,000 membership in the
Leadership Circle, the “premiere program” of the Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee, with attached list of events, March 8, 1988; letter
to Mazur from Kerry noting recent electoral success, with attached
clipping from the Washington Post, noting quiet bonuses given to
Republican campaign committee staffers after defeat despite outspending
Democrats, January 13, 1987; letter to Mazur from Kerry, urging prompt
renewal of membership, December 19, 1986
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Box 9 | Folder 42 |
Democratic Socialists of America
|
1987-1988 |
Letters to Mazur from DSA chair Michael Harrington asking to place a DSA
intern with ILGWU, 1988; letters to Mazur re his speech at DSA Labor
Forum re increasing minimum wage, March-April 1987; Labor Voice,
newsletter of DSA Labor Commission, November-December 1986;
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Box 9 | Folder 43 |
Dinkins, David, NYC Mayor
|
1993-1994 |
see also NYC Mayoral Race 1993 – NY1 Newspoll Letter from Ed Koch
endorsing Herman Badillo for mayor, February 16, 1993; statement by
Mazur endorsing Dinkins, March 15, 1993; memo to Mazur from David Wells
advising on campaign tactics for Dinkins, in advance of meeting with
deputy major Bill Lynch, March 5, 1993; outline of topics for discussion
with Dinkins, handwritten by Mazur and typed; list of additional points
to raise with Dinkins, including Chung Pak Child Care Center and Fashion
Center BID; letter to Dinkins from Mazur re Chung Pak center, February
23, 1993; related campaign strategy memos; correspondence with deputy
mayor Barry Sullivan re Garment Industry Development Association (GIDC)
and Workforce Development Commission, 1993; correspondence re On the
Mend Project, which repaired donated clothing for the indigent released
from Bellevue Hospital, with New York Times clipping, February 1993;
wish list, ILGWU’s New York City Agenda, calling for creation of Mayor’s
Office of Fashion and Design Industries; memo with polling questions
from deputy mayor Bill Lynch, to Mazur, May 27, 1993; memo from Mazur to
Dinkins re re-election strategy ideas, August 5, 1992; letter to Mazur
from Doris Ling-Cohan, seeking endorsement for Civil Court judge in New
York County, January 11, 1993
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Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Dinkins Mayoral Campaign
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1989-1993 |
see also NYC Mayoral Race 1993 – NY1 Newspoll; see also NYC Mayoral Race,
1997; see also Liberal Party; see also NYC – Lynch, Bill; see also Voter
Registration Statement by Theodore W. Kheel on Why I’ve Joined
“Democrats for Guiliani If Koch Wins the Democratic Primary,” April 28,
1989; David Dinkins’ record on housing, education, health care, child
welfare, drugs, economic development; “Record of David Dinkins on Issues
of Concern to the Jewish Community”; campaign flyer, “David Dinkins and
the Jewish Community: A Record of Friendship and Commitment; newspaper
clipping, “Rabbi Rouses Jews to Vote for Dinkins,” NY Newsday, faxed to
Mazur by Rabbi Jacob Bronner, August 3, 1990, with letter of opposition
from Jewish voter and notation, “This is amongst the many hate mail I
have received”; AFL-CIO NYC Poll results, February 27-March 6 (no year);
Johnson/Singer poll results, July 7, 1989; letter from Mazur to New York
Newsday questioning “city insider” poll results, defending Dinkins in
Crown Heights controversy, July 9, 1993; speech by Mazur introducing
Dinkins at concert for ILGWU retiree “On the Mend” program, October 27,
1993; transcript of MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour Oct. 13, 1984, and May 14,
1986, broadcasts; handwritten notes by Mazur; drafts of speeches by Jay
Mazur (written by Gus Tyler) and David Dinkins re endorsement; union
local 89-22-1 and 23-25 newsletters headlining Dinkins endorsement; memo
and list, Issues to Discuss with Mayor Dinkins; news release from NYC
Commission on Human Rights re racially motivated bombing, letter from
Mazur to Dinkins re bombing of Happy Land Social Club; postcard for
Dinkins volunteer kick-off rally, April 14, 1989; article by Gus Tyler
re Dinkins-Guiliani mayoral race, Newsday, Oct. 11, 1989, other
newspaper clippings
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Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Dinkins Mayoral Campaign
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1989 |
see also Labor Day Parade 1989 Lists of ILGWU and other union members who
volunteered in the Dinkins campaign; memos detailing results of
telephone calling; phone scripts; invitation from Mazur to mayor-elect
Dinkins re meeting with British Labour Party head Neil Kinnock, Sens.
Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden, and Canadian New Democratic Party leader Ed
Broadbent; draft of endorsement editorial from the Jewish Forward, faxed
to Mazur; internal ILGWU strategy memo from exec. VP. Susan Cowell
agreeing with memo faxed to Mazur from campaign consultant
Hickman-Maslin Research re racial politics, need to appeal to various
ethnic voter segments; other strategy memos; letters to undecided union
members, retirees, other segments urging support for Dinkins; memo re
need for ad answering tax charges, TV ad script for Dinkins; memos re
poll results from PR consultants Geto & deMilly; Ed Koch direct-mail
campaign letter; letter from Liberal Party of New York State endorsing
Rudy Giuliani; Dinkins position on the Middle East; statement by Mazur
endorsing Dinkins, Dinkins speech accepting ILGWU endorsement
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Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Ditchley Foundation (England)
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1976-1993 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re invitation
to Starobin to participate in Ditchley meeting on exchange rates,
January 15, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU staffer Michael Hirsch asking
permission to attend Ditchley conference on health care systems, May 11,
1993; memo to Mazur from Starobin re role of Eastern Europe as a
low-cost source of labor for the European Economic Community, June 18,
1990; satirical article about Ditchley and other high-level conferences,
by Lord Chalfont, November 8, 1989, summaries of conference themes;
copies of the Ditchley Journal, with articles highlighted, “The Roots of
Urban Change,” by Peter Hall, Spring 1978, and “The City: Whose Problem,
Whose Job?” by Simon Jenkins, Autumn 1976; copies of the Ditchley
Newsletter
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Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Ditchley Foundation, Mazur presentation
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1990 |
Letter of invitation to Mazur from American Ditchley Foundation to
participate in conference, “Elements of Change in International
Relations: A Foreign Policy Agenda for the 1990s,” to be held June
21-24, 1990, with attached outline of topics, November 15, 1989; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU vp Gus Tyler warning of being stereotyped, outlining
talking points re protectionism, June 4, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin with attached analysis and drafts for
presentation on economic issues for conference, June 4, 1990; follow-up
analysis by Starobin, June 18, 1990
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Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Ditchley Foundation, American Ditchley Foundation
|
1989-1990 |
Agendas and minutes of annual meetings of the board of directors, April
27, 1989, and April 5, 1990; minutes of the special meeting, September
28, 1988, which notes a resolution that Ditchley conferences are not for
probing or negotiation on issues, but are to be gatherings of
like-minded individuals; agenda and minutes of special meeting September
26, 1989; financial statements as of December 31, 1988 and 1987, and
list of contributors; letters to Mazur from American Ditchley Foundation
soliciting contributions from AFL-CIO and ILGWU, with replies noting
that contributions had already been made, October 2 and 4, 1990;
calendars of conferences and topics January 1988 to December 1991; list
of other subjects for possible inclusion in programs; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU exec asst James Parrott summarizing Ditchley conference on urban
regeneration, February 7, 1989; drafts of discussion topics for upcoming
conference, “Security at a Lower Level of Armaments: Conventional Arms
Control Issues Confronting the North Atlantic Alliance,” February 16,
1989, and “The Oversight of and the Limits on Intelligence Work in a
Democracy,” October 7-9, 1989; letter from Mazur to administrative
director of American Ditchley Foundation re conference report on
military crackdown on Tiananmen Square rally and lack of mention of
execution of organized workers by Chinese government, possible fear of
strikes as precipitating factor in crushing the democracy movement,
September 28, 1989
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Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Ditchley Foundation, American Ditchley Foundation
|
1990-1992 |
List of members of the Ditchley Foundations, including the American
Ditchley Foundation, as of September 1, 1993; agenda for annual meeting
of directors, March 25, 1992; agenda for special meeting of the
directors, October 10, 1990; schedule of conferences from September 1990
to December 1991; minutes of annual meetings of April 5, 1990, April 18,
1991, and March 30, 1993; agenda and minutes of special meeting,
September 26, 1991; agenda of special meeting, September 29, 1993;
auditor’s statement, March 1, 1990; minutes of the joint meeting of
program committees, July 6, 1991; correspondence from Mazur re upcoming
conferences; letter from Mazur suggesting topic on nongovernmental
forces undermining the nation state, threatening quality of life,
January 5, 1993; minutes of the British Programme Committee, October 19,
1993; handwritten notes by Mazur; solicitations for financial
contributions; summary of contributions as of November 10, 1993
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Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Ditchley Foundation, ancillary publications
|
1990 |
Printed reports by non-Ditchley think-tanks and press sources on issues
related to those discussed at Ditchley conferences: “Man and His
Environment,” occasional paper by the British-North American Committee,
June 1990; “World Policy: Targeting National Needs,” reprinted from
World Policy Journal, spring 1990; “Changing Sources of U.S. Economic
Growth, 1950-2010: A Chartbook of Trends and Projections,” National
Planning Association, 1990; “Social Policy: Looking Backward, Looking
Forward,” National Academy of Social Insurance summary of seminar on the
Ford Foundation Report, The Common Good, November 1, 1989; occasional
paper of the Atlantic Council of the United States, “Saving Perestroika:
Gorbachev’s Next Steps,” by Jan M. Lodal, 1990; Bulletin of the
Department of International Affairs, AFL-CIO, January 1990; Freedom
House magazine, Freedom at Issue, March/April 1990; magazines, The New
Leader, February 5-19 and March 19, 1990; newsletter, News from the
Center for National Policy, volume 1, 1990; U.S. News & World Report
cover story, “Back to the Future in China,” March 12, 1990; Europe
article, “Lending a Helping Hand: The E.C. Takes the Leading Role in
Assisting Eastern Europe,” March 1990; summary of international press
reports re Eastern Europe, forwarded by the general secretary of the
International Trade, Garment & Leather Workers’ Federation ,
February 16, 1990
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Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Dominican Republic
|
1987-1993 |
“Foreign Labor Trends: Dominican Republic,” prepared by the American
Embassy, Santo Domingo, released by the U.S. Department of Labor,
1990-91, describing political and economic overview, labor history;
labor relations with U.S. and other companies, wage statistics,
directory of labor organizations; unsigned “Report on the Visit to the
Dominican Republic, April 3-7, 1990,” re participation in seminar by
FITITVC on free trade zones and contacts with labor activists; letter to
Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re invitation to observe
elections in Dominican Republic, March 22, 1990; memo from AFL-CIO
American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) re follow-up
activities in organizing drive, list of Dominican companies by industry,
November 7, 1990; printed official guide to XI Congress of the
Confederacion Nacional de Trabajadores Dominicanos, December 5-6, 1992;
Export-Free Zones National Council: Law 8-90 Encouraging the
Establishment of New Free Zones and the Growth of Existing New Ones,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; AFL-CIO AIFLD memo re two-week
seminar, Organizing in the Export Production Zones, to be held in the
Dominican Republic, cosponsored by ILGWU, ACTWU, and FITITVC, February
5, 1993; AIFLD Special Report: Worker Rights in the Dominican Republic
Free Trade Zones, November 1, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
international relations director Michele Briones re Strategies for
International Solidarity: Case in Point: Dominican Republic,” with
attached resolution, “International Labor Solidarity,” adopted by ILGWU
International Affairs Committee, endorsing strengthening links with
ITGLWF, August 5, 1992; letter to Mazur from U.S. Dept. of Labor re
Inter-American Symposium on Emerging Frameworks for Labor-Management
Cooperation, to be held in the Dominican Republic, January 27, 1993;
confidential memos to Mazur re Dominican Republic trip to assist in
organizing efforts, May-June, 1993; memo to Mazur re Caribbean
Organizing Seminar, with attached list of Caribbean plants of U.S. firms
and seminar draft proposal, January 13, 1993; memos re trip,
January-March 1993; translation and original Spanish letter to Mazur
from National Confederation of Dominican Workers re workers abuses,
particularly by Liz Claiborne contractor, October 11, 1993; letter from
ILGWU Local 23-25 manager and vp Edgar Romney to the chairman of Liz
Claiborne re worker abuses at Liz Claiborne contractor in Dominican
Republic, October 13, 1993; letters to Mazur and ILG organizer from
AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) noting
abuses by Undergarment Fashions, apparent Dominican contractor for
Maidenform and Christian Dior, January 15 and 30, 1991; letters from
Mazur to Maidenform, Christian Dior, and Bestform executives re worker
abuses by their contractor in Dominican Republic, February 4 and 27,
1991; faxes and phone messages from Maidenform and Christian Dior
executives noting error, February 4 and 12, 1991; confidential memo to
Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re
confidential report of trip to Dominican Republic by AIFLD official,
ideological competition within labor movement there, with supporting
attachments, March 14, 1991; Bulletin of the Department of International
Affairs, AFL-CIO, December 12,1992; Spanish-language edition of ILGWU
Justice (Justicia), 1993
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Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Dominican Repubilc--GSP
|
1991-1994 |
Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO director of international affairs re workers
in free trade zones in the Dominican Republic being denied rights to
organize by U.S. firms Westinghouse, GTE, and Hanes, with attached
“Update on Campaign for Worker Rights in the Dominican Republic,”
January 4,1991, and letters to officials re deteriorating situation,
urging withdrawal of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade
status; letter from AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor
Development (AIFLD) updating on events in Dominican Republic, noting
employer counterattack against efforts to revoke GSP status, February
28, 1991, with translations of press accounts; letter to Secretary of
State James Baker from AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland urging suspension of GSP
status for Dominican Republic, March 22, 1991, with cover note to Mazur;
letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO AIFLD) re announcement by U.S. Trade
Representative Carla Hills of continuing GSP status for Dominican
Republic, with attached USTR report, “Generalized System of Preferences
of the Trade Policy Staff Committee: 1990 Annual Reviews: Worker Rights
Review Summary: The Dominican Republic, April 1991”; press release,
“Kantor Announces Results of 1992 GSP Reviews: Emphasis on Worker Rights
is Underscored,” June 25, 1993; memos from Mazur to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow and research director Herman Starobin asking for
advice in lobbying on behalf of AFL-CIO petition for withdrawal of GSP
status of Dominican Republic, reply from Starobin, June 25, 1993;
newspaper clippings from Dominican press, with cover fax from AIFLD
field rep urging full court press by AFL-CIO to bring about historic
change, June 28, 1993; letter from Mazur to the executive director of
Freedom House, with copy to Betty Bao Lord, asking for assistance in
lobbying the State Department on behalf of AFL-CIO petition for
withdrawal of GSP status, July 2, 1993; faxed letter from Mazur to the
U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, urging withdrawal of GSP
status, July 1, 1993; letter to Mazur from the U.S. Ambassador to the
Dominican Republic, clarifying distortions in the Dominican press re
petition to remove the county from GSP, July 2, 1993; letters from Mazur
to Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Secretary of Commerce Ron
Brown, Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and U.S. Trade Representative
Mickey Cantor in support of AFL-CIO petition urging withdrawal of
special trade privileges from the Dominican Republic, July 2, 1993;
letter to Mazur from U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Cantor thanking
him for giving his opinion that GSP status for the Dominican Republic
should be withdrawn, notes AFL-CIO petition is under review, August 2,
1993; letter to Mazur from presidential economic policy advisor Robert
Rubin thanking him for letter re withdrawal of GSP status for Dominican
Republic, July 30, 1993; draft of letter from Mazur to leaders of
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) urging that they
write to Secretary of State Warren Christopher and other Cabinet
officers in support of AFL-CIO petition that GSP trade status be
withdrawn for the Dominican Republic, July 27, 1993; letter from ICCR to
Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown urging withdrawal of special trade
privileges from Dominican Republic, August 12, 1993; letter from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin to AIFLD director asking for
background in advance of meeting with Dominican ambassador to the U.S.,
December 3, 1993; memo to ILGWU vp Edgar Romney re fired Candelaria
union activists brought by AFL-CIO to testify in Congress re petition to
revoke GSP status, March 3, 1994
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Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Drug abuse (conferences)
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1986-1992 |
Letter to Mazur from the Bureau of National Affairs, with attached press
advisory for “National Teleconference on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the
Workplace,” February 13, 1987; letter to Sol Chaikin from the United
Nations Association in the United States of America (UNA-USA) re
conference, “Strategies for Community Action: Conference on Drug Abuse
and Illicit Trafficking,” January 23, 1987; letter to Mazur from the
George Meany Center for Labor Studies re conference, “Substance Abuse:
What Unions Need to Know,” March 10, 1992; Ditchley Conference Report,
“Drugs: The Threat and the Response,” held March 1991; newspaper
clipping re Nicole Miller with note to Mazur, “This is the same firm
that did the drug testing” October 8, 1986
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Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Dunlop Commission
|
1990-1994 |
See also Labor Law Reform; see also Speeches – Donahue – Dunlop
Commission; see also Evolution of Work Committee Memo to Mazur from Gus
Tyler re impact of commission (Commission on the Future of
Worker-Management Relations, aka Dunlop Commission), appointed by Pres.
Clinton and headed by former secretary of Labor John Dunlop, in
examining labor law and practices, warning that corporate destruction of
unions will destroy America, February 8, 1994; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
exec asst James Parrott re meeting with Dunlop, $1.3 million grant from
Sloan Foundation to Dunlop’s Center for Business and Government at
Harvard to study apparel industry, suggesting areas of research,
November 14, 1990; memo to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny and other
staff officers from Carl Proper, director of Council for American
Fashion (CAF), re upcoming testimony of Mazur before Dunlop Commission,
with attached questions for Legal Department, July 11, 1994; memo from
Proper to Zimny and others asking for suggestions for Dunlop Commission
re protecting worker interests in contracting or other contingent worker
situations, April 26, 1994; letter to John Dunlop from Mazur re
contracting out, April 19, 1994; memo to National Planning Association
from AFL-CIO official Markley Roberts, commenting on NPA report, “The
Restructuring of Employment,” relating it to Dunlop Commission findings,
with attached highlights of commission report, June 2, 1994; newspaper
clippings
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Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Economic Policy Council (EPC)
|
1988-1990 |
See also United Nations Association of the United States of America Part
of the United Nations Association of the USA. Draft summary conclusions
of the foreign direct investment panel, November 16, 1989, with list of
members and correspondence with Mazur; letter to Mazur from ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman, co-chairman of EPC, thanking him for
contribution
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Box 10 | Folder 13 |
Economic Policy Council (EPC) meeting, November 20
|
1986 |
Preliminary working draft report, “U.S. Policy toward the Newly Emerging
Industrial Countries,” to be distributed for May 19, 1986, meeting;
draft, “Conclusions and Recommendations” section, with cover letter to
Mazur soliciting comment, July 23, 1986; comments on preliminary working
draft #2, October 30, 1986; draft report for final review, June 22,
1987; paper given by Mazur, “A Labor Perspective on U.S. Policy Toward
Newly Industrialized Countries,” May 19, 1986; comments by Mazur re
recession, trade, “Comments Submitted to the Conference Board Human
Resources Outlook Panel: Responses to Questions Posed by the Conference
Board,” October 1986; letter from ILG official Gus Tyler predicting that
a top-heavy global economy could result in bloody and bestial political
explosions, and the prime victim will be the free enterprise system,
October 8, 1986; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 12 | Folder 13 |
Homework
|
1988 |
See also Triangle Fire Commemoration 1988 “Notes on a Strategy for
Industrial Homework,” by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, December 28, 1988; ILGWU
press release, “Union to Fight Move by Reagan and Bush Administration
Toward Upsetting a Ban on Industrial Homework in Women’s Apparel,”
December 30, 1988; ILGWU press release, “”ILGWU Will Sue to Keep
Prohibition Against Industrial Homework, “ November 9, 1988; note cards,
“Key Dates and Sequence of Industrial Homework Events”; memo to Mazur
and others from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, “What
Congressman Austin Murphy Is Doing on Homework,” April 23, 1988; press
release, “ILGWU Head Assails Administration on Move to Legalize
Industrial Homework; Mazur Says Action ‘Nullifies Minimum Wage’ and
Supports ‘Sweatshop Conditions,” March 25, 1988; newspaper clippings
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Box 12 | Folder 14 |
Homework--Steve Pollack (Shea and Gardner)
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1988 |
See also Speeches – Homework Draft of new rules proposed by Department of
Labor lifting ban on homework, with attached draft ILGWU press release
denouncing move, March 24, 1988; Federal Register Department of Labor
proposed rule, March 30; Notice of Proposed Rule Making re difference
between new Dept. of Labor proposal and 1986 proposal, on Shea &
Gardner stationery, March 31; press release, “ILGWU Head Assails
Administration on Move to Legalize Industrial Homework,” March 25; press
release, “Firefighters Salute Victims of Triangle Disaster as ILGWU
Leader Blasts Reagan Administration for ‘Supporting Sweatshop
Conditions’ in Decision to Allow Industrial Homework,” March 25; article
by Gus Tyler, “Reagan’s Secret War Against the Working Poor,” with
attached cover note from Tyler to Mazur; questions and answers developed
for Mazur re industrial homework, n.d.; profile of homework
investigations, FY 1987, by industry; letter from Mazur to Labor
Secretary Ann McLaughlin protesting failure of department to give
opportunity to review and comment on lifting ban, March 28; letters to
U.S. Department of Labor from NYS Department of Labor commenting on
proposed rulemaking, describing unenforceability of wage and other fair
labor standards, urging retention of ban, with cover letter to Mazur,
May 12; Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report, “ILGWU Seeks
Probe of FLSA [Fair Labor Standards Act] Enforcement,” March 31;
newspaper clippings re industrial homework, with cover memo to Mazur
from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, May 20, 1988; other clippings; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Box 12 | Folder 15 |
Homework
|
1987 |
Letters from Senators and members of Congress responding to flyers mailed
by constituents supporting continued ban on industrial homework or
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987; memos to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow from Rinaldo Panetta, coordinator of Roll Back
Imports campaign, noting mailing of flyers to lawmakers
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Box 12 | Folder 16 |
Homework
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1986 |
Copies of “Homework: A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops
and No Protections,” reprinted from the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2,
1986; written comments by homeworkers, factory owners, and others, and
other documentation, including help-wanted ads, “Illegal Homework
Advertized Blatantly in Newspapers,” submitted to hearings by House
Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Labor Standards;
statement by Mazur before committee, September 16; statement by ACTWU
secretary-treasurer Jack Sheinkman; statement by Leonard Gilberg,
executive director of Fashion Apparel Manufacturers Association;
prepared statement by homeworkers; opening statement by committee
chairman Austin Murphy; ILGWU fact sheet on homework
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Box 12 | Folder 17 |
Homework
|
1986 |
Letters to Department of Labor from unions, nonprofit organizations, and
other parties, objecting to proposed changes lifting ban
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Box 12 | Folder 18 |
Homework
|
1984-1987 |
Letter from ILGWU president Sol Chaikin to Secretary of Labor William
Brock, re need for enforcement of homework ban on knitted outerwear,
March 1986; draft of proposed rule allowing homework, with memo to Mazur
re complaint against Bordeau, Inc., Clarinda, Iowa, and resulting effort
by Iowa congressman Jim Lightfoot to change the rules, July 3, 1986;
strictly confidential memo to Mazur and Chaikin from ILGWU counsel Max
Zimny reporting on meeting with Wage and Hour Administration re its
plans to lift homework ban, June 17, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
attorneys Shea & Gardner reporting on meeting with Labor Secretary
Brock re plans to lift homework ban, July 11, 1986; Shea & Gardner
talking points for meeting with Secretary Brock, July 9, 1986; Shea
& Gardner timeline of key dates in homework ban since 1943, July 6,
1986; statement by ILGWU in Opposition to the Removal of Restrictions on
Industrial Homework in the Knitted Outerwear Industry, before the U.S.
Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour
Division, May 11, 1984; drafts of Mazur’s article, “Homework: Return to
the Industrial Dark Ages”; draft of homework press release by Mazur,
August 1986; National NOW Times article by ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow, “The Case Against Industrial Homework,” April 1987;
speech outline/notes re homework, freedom to work, n.d.; handwritten
notes by Mazur (and Chaikin?); newspaper clippings
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Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Hooks, Benjamin
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1992 |
Introductory speech by Mazur, noting history of ILGWU with NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), of which
Hooks was executive director
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Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Hormel and Company,United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
Strike
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1986 |
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Executive Board
Statement on Local P-9 Strike (Austin, MN) against Hormel, decrying
militancy, February 13, 1986; special report
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Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Hynes, Charles J., campaign
|
1994 |
Draft of letter from Mazur urging ILGWU members to vote for Brooklyn
district attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes for NYS attorney general, 1994,
July 12, 1994; letter from Hynes campaign to Mazur with first draft of
letter, June 20, 1994
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Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Immigration
|
1993-1995 |
Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Immigration-Council on Foreign Relations
|
1995 |
Letter to Mazur from Council on Foreign Relations inviting him to comment
on evolution of labor’s position on immigration at next study group,
February 23, 1995; summaries of papers for discussion; talking points
for Mazur on papers under discussion by Council of Foreign Relations;
copies of papers to be discussed, including “Contemporary American
Attitudes Toward U.S. Immigration,” by Thomas J. Espenshade and
Katherine Hempstead, Office of Population Research, Princeton
University, February 1995; “The Economic Impact of Immigration,” by
George J. Borjas; statements by AFL-CIO Executive Council, “The Attack
on Working Americans” and “Immigration and the American Dream,” February
1995; transcript of National Press Club luncheon with speaker Gov. Mario
Cuomo of New York, December 16, 1994; memo to Mazur from Muzaffar
Chishti with attached letter from American Forum for Global Education,
May 22, 1995; talking points by Mazur; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 13 | Folder 6 |
Immigration, National Immigration Forum
|
1990-1995 |
Memos re pending legislation; materials sent under previous name,
National Immigration, Refugee & Citizenship Forum, 1990-92,
including board of directors meeting agenda, January 26, 1990
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Box 13 | Folder 7 |
Immigration
|
1989 |
Correspondence re legislation to stop deportation of Salvadorans and
Nicaraguans; statement by Mazur re negative effects of Immigration and
Control Act of 1986, need for new law, October 13, 1989
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Box 13 | Folder 8 |
Immigration
|
1986 |
Memo to Mazur from Muzaffar Chishti re status of immigration bill and
Schumer proposal giving permanent status to agricultural workers, July
21, 1986; report to manager of Local 23-25 re Immigration Project for
second quarter 1986; ad for book, Undocumented Aliens in the New York
Metropolitan Area: An Exploration into Their Social and Labor Market
Incorporation, by D. Papademetriois and N. DiMarzio
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Box 13 | Folder 9 |
Immigration-Employer sanctions
|
1984-1990 |
Memos re status of legislation, 1984-1990; letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Tom Donahue expressing concern over discrimination,
March 19, 1990; handwritten notes
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Box 13 | Folder 10 |
Imports
|
1986-1990 |
see also Trade; see also Textile and Apparel Trade Graph projecting
relative change in textile imports and U.S. production through year
2000, from Milliken & Company, August 18, 1989; ILGWU publication,
“The Import Problem,” excerpted from the General Executive Board
meeting, May 30-June 6, 1986; “Import Penetration in the Apparel
Industry: A Technical Study,” prepared for the Fiber, Fabric and Apparel
Coalition for Trade, September 1988; correspondence requesting sharing
expenses for video re Saipan and the Northern Marianas Islands as an
apparel production center to evade import restrictions, produced by the
American Apparel Manufacturers Association, January 1988; press release
from the American Textile Manufacturers Association, “Textile and
Apparel Imports Accelerate,” June 15, 1989; transcript of Associated
Press (AP) wire story re rally at White House by textile workers in
support of bill curbing imports, September 13, 1990; newspaper
clippings
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Box 13 | Folder 11 |
Imports, rollback campaign
|
1985 |
See also Trade; see also Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of
1985 Memos to ILGWU regional directors re lobbying and other strategy
for campaign, 1984-85; memo from Sol Chaikin to President Stulberg
proposing national campaign against imports, August 2, 1971; memo to
Mazur re status of resolution in Congress, December 7, 1984; sample
petitions in English, Spanish, and Chinese, with ad samples targeted to
four ethnic groups; memos re petition campaign, including number of
signatures gathered by local, and how to physically deliver them to
Congress or White House, 1985; handwritten letter to Mazur from members
at Gerard Mills and other Hazletown, PA, firms re their efforts to
publicize need to buy American, November 17, 1986; handwritten notes by
Mazur
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Box 13 | Folder 12 |
Import Task Force
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1987-1988 |
See also ILGWU Legislative Department; see also Textile & Apparel
Trade; see also NAFTA Minutes of Import Task Force meeting of February
29, 1988, with cover note to Mazur by ILGWU vp Gus Tyler; note to Mazur
from Tyler summarizing actions of Import Task Force meeting of April 5,
1988; letter from Tyler convening first meeting, with schedule of
subsequent meetings, attached list of members, June 10, 1987
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Box 13 | Folder 13 |
Industrial Policy
|
1983-1984 |
Announcement by Jeff Faux and Roger Hickey of establishment of Project on
Industrial Policy and Democracy; response by ILGWU assistant president
Gus Tyler, suggesting meeting, September 15, 1983, with attached article
by Tyler, “The Threat of a U.S. Without Factories,” AFL-CIO American
Federationist, April 1976; printed paper by AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department (IUD), “Rebuilding America: A National Industrial Policy,” c.
1984; memo to IUD Reindustrialization Committee, December 24, 1984,
referring to paper by Harvard Business School professors George Lodge
and Bruce Scott; unsigned, undated (c. 1984) policy paper, National
Industrial Policy
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Box 13 | Folder 14 |
Federation Internationale de Trabajadores del Textil, Vestuario y
Cuero (FITITVC), Interamerican Textile, Leather,Garment, and Shoe
Workers Federation, Carcas, Venezuela, August 23
|
1989 |
See also Speeches – FITTVCC 1998 (Earlier name was translated from the
Spanish – Federacion Interamericana de Trabajadores de la Industria
Textil, Vestuario, Cuero y Calzado – as Interamerican Textile, Leather,
Garment & Shoe Workers Federation) Memos from ILGWU International
Relations director Michele Briones re conversations and meetings with
FITITVC officials; report probably by Briones re trip to Venezuela,
August 23-28, 1989; resolution by FITITVC, “The International Debt
Problem,” calling on the International Monetary Fund to stop imposing
policies on debtor countries that promote economic austerity and
inequality
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Box 13 | Folder 15 |
FITITVC Executive Committee, Puerto Rico, April 15-16
|
1989 |
Agenda of Executive Committee meeting, Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico; memos
to Mazur from Michele Briones re meetings with executive committee
members and relationship between the ILGWU, FITITVC, and ITGLWF; outline
of welcoming address by Mazur, drafted by Briones; handwritten notes
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Box 13 | Folder 16 |
FITITVC, Interamerican Textile, Leather,Garment, and Shoe Workers
Federation,
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1987-1988 |
(Note later English name change to Interamerican Textile, Garment,
Leather & Shoe Workers Federation) Memo from Michele Briones,
director of ILGWU International Relations Department, re discussion with
FITITVC re its affiliation with ITGLWF, nonpayment of dues, apparent
disingenuousness, Dec. 15, 1987; text of speech by Mazur to the 20th
anniversary conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, noting decline in
U.S. living standards, opposition to imports, 1987; background
information for conference re labor profiles of Argentina and Brazil,
scholarly articles from Current History re Latin America, list of trade
union officials attending, Feb. 25, 1987
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Box 13 | Folder 17 |
FITITVC
|
1986 |
Report of trip to FITITVC conference in Mexico by Michele Briones,
assistant director of ILGWU International Relations Department, Oct. 28,
1986, with newspaper clippings to Mazur’s attention; nomination of
Clifford Depin to FITITVC Executive Committee, Feb 3, 1986, with
constitution and statutes of FITITVC (1980); memo from Briones re agenda
and preparations for FITITVC Executive Committee meeting in NY, with
estimated budget, May 7-9, 1986; memo from Mazur to Herman Starobin re
meeting; memo from Briones re twentieth anniversary conference, and
agenda (1987, in Spanish); background paper on FITITVC from Briones to
Mazur with list of Executive Committee, Feb. 18, 1986; memo re letter by
ACTWU against aid to Nicaraguan Contras, Mar. 5, 1986
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Box 13 | Folder 18 |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
(ICFTU)
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1986-1993 |
Annual surveys of violations of trade union rights, 1989 and 1990; speech
by ICFTU general secretary Enzo Friso, “Globalizing Economy and
International Labour Standards,” presented to ICFTU economic conference
in Thailand, June 27-18, 1993; invitations to meetings; confidential
executive board agenda items/minutes discussing African and South
American affairs, 1986
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Box 13 | Folder 19 |
International Labor Office (ILO)
|
1987-1995 |
Box 13 | Folder 20 |
International Labor Program (Georgetown University)
|
1983-1985 |
See also Labor Desk 1984 Speech delivered at Lisbon conference,
“Democratic Challenge in Latin America,” by Max Kampelman, June 30,
1984, with cover letter to Mazur from Roy Godson, director,
International Labor Program, Georgetown University; description of
program activities and budget, noting request for contribution,
September 1, 1983; printed booklet, “Serving American Workers: The
International Labor Organization,” c. 1985; newspaper clipping
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Box 13 | Folder 21 |
International Labor Rights Education and Research
Fund
|
1994 |
Box 13 | Folder 22 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF)
|
1994 |
Summary and detailed agenda, financial statements, reports re Uruguay
Round of GATT trade negotiations, industrial homework, child labor,
women, country updates, April 26-27
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Box 13 | Folder 23 |
ITGLWF
|
1994-1995 |
Memos from general secretary Neal Kierney re minimum wage in
industrialized countries, October 27, 1994; China; ILO Convention and
Recommendations on Home Work; printed booklet by China Labor Education
and Information Centre, “Behind the Boom: Working Conditions in the
Textile, Garment and Toy Industries in China,” 1995; testimony of Dr.
Herman Starobin, director of research, ILGWU, before the Committee for
Implementation of Trade Agreements, re proposed list of products for
second and third phase integration of textile and apparel products into
the World trade Organization, March 20, 1995; copies of China Labour
Bulletin, October and November 1995
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Box 13 | Folder 24 |
ITGLWF
|
1993-1994 |
Letter to Mazur from ITGLWF general secretary Neil Kearney inquiring
about which U.S. unions would be appropriate to approach for membership,
June 22, 1993; letter from Mazur to Kearney re ILGWU and ACTWU efforts
to organize workers in Central American Free Trade Zones, March 10,
1993; letter to Mazur from Kearney re declaration of “Month of Action”
for December 1993, in support of inclusion of a social clause in GATT;
draft by Michele Briones for Mazur, “Linking Trade to Worker Rights:
Developing Mechanisms to Enforce Internationally Agreed Standards on
Workers Rights”; related draft (?), “Outline for Discussion of Trade and
Worker Rights”; correspondence re Presidium meetings in Brussels and
Cape Town, South Africa; letters between Mazur, ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman, and Kearney re future funding of FITTVCC, January-March
1994
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Box 13 | Folder 25 |
ITGLWF Presidium Meeting, Brussels
|
1992 |
Detailed minutes; resolutions re Uruguay Round of GATT trade
negotiations
|
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Box 13 | Folder 26 |
ITGLWF 6th World Congress, October
|
1992 |
Correspondence between Mazur and others re proposed resolutions; speech
by Mazur appealing for contributions to solidarity fund
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Box 13 | Folder 27 |
ITGLWF
|
1991-1992 |
Position paper, “No Integration, Without Labor Participation,” First
Summit of the Textile and Apparel Unions of the Americas to Analyze
Social and Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere; letter to
Mazur from ITGLWF general secretary Neil Kearney re difficult organizing
efforts by Sintracostura in Honduras, requesting information about the
Loveable Company in San Pedro Sula, with information from Mazur
attached, June 1991; routine correspondence
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Box 13 | Folder 28 |
ITGLWF, Central and Eastern Europe
|
1991 |
Memo to affiliates in industrialized countries calling for experienced
trade unionists to assist new textile unions in Czechoslovakia, January
16, 1991, with note to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director
Michele Briones
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Box 13 | Folder 29 |
ITGLWF Presidium Meeting, Caracas
|
1990 |
Printed booklet, special report on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary
of the Year of the Child, “Still so far to go: Child labour in the world
today,” International Labour Office, Geneva, 1989; booklet, “Guidelines
for applications for financial support from Nordic Unions to the trade
union movement in developing countries,” by labor councils of Denmark,
Finland, Norway, and Sweden, June 1989; minutes of 1990 Presidium
meeting in Brussels; Caracas, Venezuela, meeting agenda, country and
regional reports, financial reports, related correspondence
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Box 14 | Folder 1 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF), November 27-29
|
1989 |
Memo from ILGWU International Relations director Michele Briones re
likely German presidency of ITGLWF, attached memo to Mazur from Berthold
Keller; memo to Mazur re bomb threat, new security measures, August 6,
1990; extended agenda of Executive Committee meeting held at Cairo,
Egypt, and text of resolutions and reports: minutes of meeting held in
Tokyo, September 25, 1988; election of additional Presidium members;
general secretary’s report; proposed budgets for 1990 and 1991; levies
received from member nations, 1988 and 1989; description of new levy
system; education secretary’s report
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Box 14 | Folder 2 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF), November 27-29
|
1989 |
Continuation of meeting agenda: Solidarity action; Report from the
Interamerican Textile, Leather, Garment and Shoe Workers Federation
(FITITVC); Report on activities of TWARO; Report of the European
Regional Organisation; Report on Trade Union Situation in Selected
Countries (Japan; Portugal); Ratification of Application for Affiliation
(Finland; Bangladesh); consideration of Portugal as venue for 6th World
Congress; health and safety program; child labor; freedom of association
and protection of the right to organize; human and trade union rights;
U.S. approach to trade and worker rights; Remarks by Jay Mazur,
President, ILGWU, before the (AFL-CIO) I.U.D. (Industrial Union
Department) Conference on Health and Safety in Organizing, Atlanta,
Georgia, March 16, 1989
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Box 14 | Folder 3 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF), 5th World Congress, September 26-30
|
1988 |
See also Textile; see also NAFTA; see also Globalization Agenda; changes
to ITGLWF Rules; reports of affiliated member nations; list of new
members of the Presidium and Executive Committee; speeches by Mazur:
remarks on the trade resolution and country report
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Box 14 | Folder 4 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF)
|
1987-1988 |
Letters from Mazur to the executive directors of AFL-CIO international
labor divisions (AIFLD, AAFLI, African-American Labor Center) with
attached description, “Health & Safety: A Programme for the 1990’s,”
Fifth World Congress, Tokyo, 26-30 September 1988, and recommendation by
ILGWU to appoint Eric Bombart as research assistant to the project,
description of duties, request for funds committed to project, December
12, 1988; rules of the organization; nominations for membership on
Presidium and Executive Committee, correspondence re representation of
ILGWU; conference agendas, draft resolutions; memos re proposals to
reorganize Executive Committee and Presidium to represent less developed
countries; correspondence with Zensen (Japanese Federation of Textile,
Garment, Chemical, Mercantile and Allied Industry Workers’ Unions); memo
from ILGWU international relations assistant director Michele Briones to
Mazur re agenda item re dues, political infighting; minutes of the
Presidium, Feb. 26-27, 1987; correspondence and charts listing dues from
member countries
|
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Box 14 | Folder 5 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF)
|
1986-1987 |
Report by the Education Secretary on several African and Asian countries,
noting decision not to develop any new projects with Latin America until
differences with FITITVC have been resolved; agenda for Aug. 30-31,
1987, Presidium meeting and draft minutes of Feb. 26-27, 1987, meeting;
minutes of Aug. 30-31, 1987, meeting; applications for general secretary
from eight members of different nationalities; draft of ITGLWF World
Action Programme re human rights, wages, GATT, etc., Aug. 30-31, 1987;
survey on hourly wages in the textile industry of member nations,
1985-86, comparison since 1980, with narrative analysis; draft protocol
for renewal of the Multifiber Arrangement, sent to all affiliates;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Japan
|
1990-1994 |
Letter to Mazur from the U.S. Counselor for Labor Affairs, U.S. Embassy
in Japan, with enclosed article from Japan Economic Journal (January 28,
1991) about a coat-making robot, January 24, 1991; article from Harvard
Business Review (September-October 1990), “Political Advantage: Japan’s
Campaign for America,” with cover letter from Mazur to Bobbi Sutton,
Vandalia, MO, October 5, 1990; article from Cornell Enterprise (business
school), “How the Game Is Played in Japan,” summer/fall 1990; joint
statement: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, International
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, ZENSEN, 8th Joint Conference, 12-14
December 1994; routine correspondence
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Box 14 | Folder 7 |
Japan imports
|
1987 |
List of estimated apparel production, imports and import penetration
valued in equivalent current U.S. dollars for every year 1968-1986
|
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Box 14 | Folder 8 |
Japan Institute of Labor
|
1993 |
See also Zensen Drafts of address by Richard Rumelt, assistant director,
ILGWU New England Region, to the JIL Prospective Trade Union Leaders
Invitation Program; related correspondence
|
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Box 14 | Folder 9 |
Jewish Labor Committee
|
1986 |
Letter with attached materials identifying affiliates of Lyndon LaRouche,
press releases on several topics, October 1
|
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Box 14 | Folder 10 |
Jobs with Justice
|
1987-1993 |
Letter to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman re initial
organization of Jobs with Justice campaign to educate public on trade
union issues, inviting him to attend planning meeting for rally on Wall
Street against corporate greed, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur from
Morton Bahr, president, Communication Workers of America (CWA), and
Howard Samuel, president, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, updating
him on first year of Jobs with Justice campaign, noting plans for 1988,
anticipated expenditures, December 7, 1987; transcript, telephone news
conference, August 16, 1988, with cover memos to Mazur and others;
United Mine Workers Journal featuring Jobs with Justice rally, May 1988;
guidelines, newsletter, and press release re Labor Day activities, 1988;
letter from CWA re rally in support of newly organized Potomac Graphics
workers, in New York, June 22, 1989; memo re hiring paid staff
coordinator, September 1992; NLRB Action newspaper clippings, May 28,
1993
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Box 14 | Folder 11 |
Jobs with Justice, Health Care Campaign
|
1990-1993 |
See also Speeches – Jobs with Justice Health Care Campaign 1993 Flyers,
instruction sheets, and sample press releases for Jobs with Justice
Health Care Action Day, 1990; newsletter re Jobs with Justice National
Health Care Action Week, 1991; notes re crucial role of New York area
unions, New York rally kickoff of National Health Care Action Week, May
29 (1991?) meeting agenda, health care as Jobs with Justice #1 issue;
memo re conference on universal health care, December 2, 1993; statement
by Mazur at Jobs with Justice Health Care Conference, December 10, 1993;
related correspondence
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Box 14 | Folder 12 |
Job Net Referral System
|
1991 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re union’s JobNet job
counseling and referral procedures; agenda for counselor training
session
|
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Box 14 | Folder 13 |
Kamber Group
|
1986-1994 |
Proposal to ILGWU for public relations services, with descriptive
material re firm, 1986; letter from Victor Kamber to president of
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) re hiring union
labor, June 20, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re Kamber
suggestions for collaborating with ACTWU, March 31, 1986; “Modern Day
Snake Oil: Term Limitations & Why They Must Be Defeated,” a report
by the Kamber Group, October 1991; Statement of George E. McDonald,
President of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York,
January 23, 1990; press release, “Unions on the Move to Save Jobs – And
the Daily News,” January 23, 1990; letter to Mazur from Victor Kamber
offering assistance with boycott of Leslie Fay, June 24, 1994
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Box 14 | Folder 14 |
Kennedy, John F.
|
1960-1963 |
Presidential inauguration program, January 20, 1961; issue of ILGWU
Justice, re assassination, December 1, 1963; issue of ILGWU
Spanish-language Justicia, re campaign, November 1960; memorial program
for Kennedy and Herbert H. Lehman
|
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Box 14 | Folder 15 |
Klein, Adam (Klein and Company)
|
1992-1993 |
See also ILGWU (UNITE) – Merger – GEB Adam Klein Study 7/20/92 and
2/7/93; see also National Committee for Labor Israel Outline of goals
and detailed agenda for ILGWU Special General Executive Board Meeting on
ILGWU’s Strategic Direction, July 20 – 22, 1992, faxed by Klein; outline
of remarks by Mazur for GEB Executive Session, July 20-22, 1992,
summarizing convention, with memo from James Parrott, July 17, 1992;
confidential memo to Mazur from Parrott re internal factions,
preparation for February GEB Executive Session, January 20, 1992; letter
of reference for Klein to Confederation of Health Service Employees,
England, October 16, 1992; letter to Klein from ILGWU general
secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon expressing dismay over his having
missed a strategic planning meeting, asserting that he should be
responsible for cost of meeting and reimbursing union for most of
uncompleted consulting project, February 12, 1993
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Box 14 | Folder 16 |
Koch, Ed (NYC Mayor)
|
1985-1989 |
See also NYC – Industrial Loft Advisory Council; NYC – Commercial Rent
Control; NYC 1984-1986 Outline for Manager’s Meeting, March 8, 1989,
listing reasons for ILGWU support of Dinkins candidacy over Koch;
Statement by Theodore W. Kheel on Why I’ve Joined “Democrats for
Guiliani If Koch Wins the Democratic Primary,” April 2, 1989; letter
from Mazur to Mayor Koch protesting his failure to march in Labor Day
parade, September 6, 1988; Testimony of Edward I. Koch Before the City
Council Committee on Relation and Special Event [sic] re discrimination
against undocumented immigrants, December 22, 1988, with cover letter to
Mazur, February 3, 1989; letter from Mazur to Koch urging support for
Intro. 1088-A, protecting the health of video display terminal (VDT)
users, December 15, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James
Parrott re Koch support for weaker, alternative commercial (retail-only)
rent control bill, August 2, 1989, with attached clipping from Crain’s
New York Business; statement by Koch against commercial rent control,
May 7, 1985; statement from the garment industry on Mayor Koch’s
proposed commission to study commercial rent control, May 9, 1985;
newspaper clipping from Daily News
|
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Box 14 | Folder 17 |
Koret
|
1985 |
Memorandum to Mazur from Mattie Jackson re import proposal, July 23,
1985; proposed language changes to agreement re imports
|
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Box 14 | Folder 18 |
Labor, U.S. Department of
|
1994-1995 |
Remarks by Labor Secretary Robert Reich, “The Revolt of the Anxious
Class,” to the Democratic Leadership Council, November 22, 1994; letters
from the NYS Department of Labor thanking ILGWU associate director of
research Walter Mankoff for serving on Minimum Wage Advisory Panel,
September – December 1994; report to Mazur and Susan Cowell re Reich
press briefing, September 14, 1994; letters to Mazur from U.S. Dept. of
Labor re rulemaking changes re running for union office
|
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Box 14 | Folder 19 |
Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations
|
1988-1992 |
See also AFL-CIO Trade – Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations
1992-1998 Letter from U.S. Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole and U.S.
Trade Representative Carla Hills inviting Mazur to serve on the Labor
Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy, providing
advice to the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Labor on
international trade negotiations and U.S. trade policy, August 23, 1990,
with attached description of subcommittee structure of Labor Advisory
Committee; agenda for meeting of September 14, 1988, with cover letter
to Mazur re attached memo “for official use only,” outlining the status
of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations, and press releases, “Fact
Sheet” from White House promoting the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988, and remarks of President Reagan at signing of the bill,
August 23, 1988; background material on oilseed production issues, U.S.
– European Community Agreement on Agriculture and the Uruguay Round,
November 24, 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re strategic
approaches to union’s trade position under the Clinton administration,
November 12, 1992
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Box 14 | Folder 20 |
Labor Committee for Pacific Affairs
|
1983-1984 |
See also Labor Desk – United States Youth Council 1984 Minutes of
inaugural meeting of trade union leaders from Australia, New Zealand,
Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the U.S.; confidential report of planning
team, 1983; Regional Agenda, report by Michael Easson, ACTU Delegate to
the Asian and Pacific Workers’ Education ILO Seminar on the Social and
Economic Services of Trade Unions, 1983; Process, official newsletter of
the New Zealand Food Processing and Chemical Workers Union, September
1983; Australian Foreign Affairs Record, August 1983; correspondence;
newspaper clippings
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Box 15 | Folder 1 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1993 |
Memo to Mazur and others reporting on local Labor Day activities at West
Invitations to Mazur to attend breakfast, march as member of honor guard
in Labor Day Parade, July 12 and 23, 1993; press release by New York
City Central Labor Council re Labor Day Parade, August 1993
|
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Box 15 | Folder 2 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1990 |
Memo from New York City Central Labor Council re 1990 theme, Decent and
Affordable Health Care for All, with line of march of participating
unions, July 25, 1990; News from the UAW press release, with president
Owen Bieber’s Labor Day message, August 24, 1990; 13-page transcript of
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland’s Labor Day Conversation with Reporters,
August 23, 1990
|
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Box 15 | Folder 3 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1988 |
Clipping, front page of IBEW Electrical Union World, “Labor Day Parade:
Jay Mazur Grand Marshal,” with list of participating Local 3 divisions,
August 15, 1988, and clipping covering event, September 21; front page
of New York Observer with photo of Chinatown marchers in ILGWU T-shirts,
September 12, 1988; sample of parade poster, with letter from official
printer soliciting orders, July 14; invitation from New York City
Central Labor Council to Mayor Ed Koch to join officials at parade, with
reply declining invitation, August 18 and 22; Daily News press clipping
re hostile reception for Ed Koch at West Indian Day (local Labor Day)
parade in Brooklyn, September 6; letter from Gov. Michael Dukakis’s
presidential campaign office declining invitation, August 24; lists of
labor and political officials at Labor Day Breakfast, September 8; Mazur
speech at breakfast; list of scheduled dates and times of Labor Day
commercial broadcasts, with thanks to those who contributed, August 23,
1988; memos from Mazur to New York City locals noting contribution
expected from each to offset ILGWU expenses, November 9, 1988; list of
contributions by unions for radio ad campaign, August 31; memo to Mazur
re planning outline; revised schedule for planning meeting, July 12;
list of line of march of participating unions, August 2; memo, press
release, and related materials re Jobs with Justice Labor Day
activities, August 23; routine correspondence
|
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Box 15 | Folder 4 |
Labor Day Activities
|
1989 |
Memo to Mazur re Dinkins campaign update, July 21, 1989, and Labor Rally
for David Dinkins scheduled for September 6, 1989; memo re plans for
Housing Now National March on Washington scheduled for October 7, 1989,
noting plans to participate in Labor Day Parade
|
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Box 15 | Folder 5 |
Labor Day
|
1987 |
Column by Mazur for Justice re new initiatives to increase union
strength, including Associate Membership, for members who lose their
jobs or whose shops have been unable to get a union contract
|
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Box 15 | Folder 6 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1988 |
Speech by Mazur reciting anti-labor actions by major employers across the
country, July 26
|
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Box 15 | Folder 7 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1985 |
Financial records; list of slogans
|
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Box 15 | Folder 8 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1984 |
Agenda of activities; letter from Mazur suggesting new approach; related
correspondence; newspaper clippings
|
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Box 15 | Folder 9 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1983 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re need to draw more crowds as
spectators at Labor Day parades, September 23, 1983; letter to Mazur
from parade coordinator, saying that parade was resounding success,
September 8; minutes of national advisory committee meeting; outline of
video recording of parade by Allen Tobias, Creative Developments; list
of coordinators; related correspondence; financial records
|
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Box 15 | Folder 10 |
Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC)
|
1985 |
See also International Labor Program, Georgetown University 1983-1985;
see also Labor Committee for Pacific Affairs 1983-1984 International
organization supporting democratic labor unions; correspondence
|
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Box 15 | Folder 11 |
Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC)
|
1984 |
Advisory Committee minutes, correspondence
|
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Box 15 | Folder 12 |
Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC), Executive
Committee
|
1984 |
Talking points for meeting of February 5; meeting agendas and minutes;
correspondence
|
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Box 15 | Folder 13 |
Labor Law for Law Enforcement Officers
|
1990 |
Letter from Mazur to NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams calling his
attention to a publication created by the Delaware attorney general for
distribution to law enforcement officers called to the scene of labor
disputes, encouraging neutrality, August 30, 1990 (booklet not
included)
|
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Box 15 | Folder 14 |
Labor Law Reform
|
1993-1994 |
see also Dunlop, John; see also Speeches – Donahue – Dunlop Commission
Executive summary of report by AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department
(IUD), “Democracy on the Job: America’s Path to a Just, High Skill, High
Wage Economy: An Agenda for Labor Law Reform”; draft of full report for
final review, with cover letter from Richard Trumka and Elmer Chatak,
August 19, 1993; draft of memo to Tom Donahue from Mazur, expressing
concern over weakening section 8 (a) 12 of NLRA (prohibition against
company-dominated unions), June 28, 1993; long letter from Mazur to John
Dunlop, chair, Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations
(“Dunlop Commission”) re nature of jobber-contractor relationship,
outsourcing in garment industry as technique for escaping responsibility
for working conditions, April 29, 1994; memo to Mazur from Carl Proper
(former ILG exec asst and director of Council for American Fashion, CAF)
re IUD report, noting areas in need of strengthening, need to reverse
imbalance of power, need for strong unions to maintain middle class and
prevent reproduction of Third World economic and political conditions
here, commenting on reaction of Dunlop to Mazur’s suggestions, listing
specific suggestions from other ILGWU sources, February 18, 1994; long
letter from ILGWU assistant president Gus Tyler to Paula Voos,
Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, re role of commission,
role of organized labor in maintaining standard of living “of that
larger union called the United States,” March 11, 1994; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny re labor law reform (revised),
October 12, 1992; memo from Mazur to IUD president Elmer Chatak
outlining ILGWU recommendations for IUD consideration re NLRB reform,
December 15, 1992; report of the first meeting of the Dunlop Commission,
with cover memo to the AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, June
8, 1993; report of the staff working groups on Organizing and Collective
Bargaining to the AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, May 18,
1993; recommendations of the AFL-CIO to the Commission on the Future of
Worker Management relations: “Changes needed in the National Labor
Relations Act and related laws,” September 8, 1994
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Box 15 | Folder 15 |
Labor Law Reform
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1992 |
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the president of the
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, urging that
labor speak with one voice in advocating for reforms under the new
Clinton administration, warning against claiming a mandate, acting too
quickly, instead establishing nonpartisan commission of labor,
management, and the public to study possible changes in labor law,
December 8, 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny in
advance of his chairing AFL-CIO panel on Labor Law Reform, outlining
critical issues requiring legislative action, need to strengthen NLRA’s
remedies, expedite procedures, October 12, 1992; text of Mazur address
to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department Panel on Labor Law, “Restoring
the Historic Balance,” November 13, 1992; memo to Mazur reporting on
meetings attended at AFL-CIO forums re labor law reform, noting specific
legislative priorities, November 6, 1992; memo from Richard Trumka,
president, United Mine Workers, re his appointment to chair AFL-CIO ad
hoc Committee on Labor Law Reform and Organizing, noting strike
replacement, legislative changes in NLRA and NLRB, highest priorities,
asking for suggestions from affiliates, November 16, 1992; faxed memo
from ILGWU Legal Dept. to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department proposing
labor law reforms, December 11; list of members of ad hoc Committee on
Organizing and Labor Law reform; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp and
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow reporting on meeting of ad hoc
committee, December 9, with agenda; Administrative Changes in the NLRB
Proposed by the National Organizing NLRB Subcommittee of the AFL-CIO,
February 24, 1992; Summary of Proposals Made by the AFL-CIO’s
Subcommittee on the NLRB, December 7, 1992; text of remarks by Prof. Ray
Marshall of the University of Texas at Austin, former Secretary of
Labor, re areas that need strengthening in the National Labor Relations
Act
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Box 15 | Folder 16 |
Labor-Management Committees
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1990-1994 |
see also Council for American Fashion (CAF) Memo to Mazur outlining steps
for the establishment of proposed Local 23-25/Greater Blouse Labor
Management Committee, July 12, 1994; Apparel Industry Magazine article
describing Needle Trades Action Project (NTAP) in Massachusetts, Garment
Industry Development Committee (GIDC) in New York, and other
labor-management committees and development authorities, April 1991;
Remarks of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland to the Ohio Regional
Conference on Labor-Management Cooperation, September 6, 1990; “The
Union’s Call for Cooperation,” by Jay Mazur, re GIDC, CAF, and other
labor-management committees, reprinted from Bobbin, 1990; memo to Mazur
from exec asst James Parrott discussing purpose of meetings between area
labor-management committees (CAF, GIDC, NTAP), September 17, 1990
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Box 21 | Folder 1 |
South Africa, Coplyn, John
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1994 |
Outline and speech by Mazur welcoming visitors from South Africa,
discussing need for labor solidarity and social safety net in the years
following the first multiracial elections, January 11- 12, 1994; agenda
for meeting
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Box 21 | Folder 2 |
South Africa, CUNY Conference on Labor Management Relations in
South Africa, October 13
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1988 |
Letters to Mazur discussing agenda; letter to president of National Union
of Mine Workers, September 9, 1988; list of participants
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Box 21 | Folder 3 |
South Africa
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1988-1991 |
Letter to Mazur from the Lesotho-Haps Development Co. re striking
workers, August 22, 1991; funding proposal for SACTU National Open
School, with cover letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO African-American Labor
Center, March 28, 1991; ILO Washington Focus special edition, “Statement
of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson
Mandela, at the International Labor Congress: Geneva, June 8, 1990”;
flyer for demonstration against apartheid, at South African Consulate in
NY, February 2, 1990; letter to Mazur from Roger Wilkins, national
coordinator of Democracy for South Africa, thanking organized labor for
help in making Nelson Mandela U.S. tour a success, with note to Mazur re
Wilkins from Gus Tyler, July 6, 1990; letters and faxed messages to
Mazur from Garment & Allied Workers’ Union and other South African
trade unions, thanking ILGWU for support in successful strike by Rex
Trueform and Hextex workers, 1988-89; proposal by NY Labor Committee
Against Apartheid for visit by South African trade unionists to New York
to tour U.S. counterparts and attend conference, February 6-10, 1991;
memos to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele
Briones re union activities in South Africa, 1989; letter to Mazur from
the Committee for International Support of Trade Union Rights, with
attached petition to free Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners
in South Africa, September 11, 1989; letter from Mazur to chairman of
Chemical Bank, urging him to withdraw financial support for Minorco, a
company owned by De Beers, March 6, 1989; photocopy of June 1989 South
African Labour Bulletin; statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, on
H.R. 1580, a bill relating to proposed sanctions against South Africa
for submission to the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and
Means, U.S. House of Representatives, June 13, 1988; statement by the
AFL-CIO Executive Council on Southern Africa, August 1988; testimony of
Byron Charlton of the African-American Labor Center on behalf of the
AFL-CIO before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. Policy
Options toward South Africa, June 23, 1988; letter to Mazur from Richard
Trumka, president of the United Mine Workers of America, noting good
progress in Shell boycott, asking assistance in furthering campaign to
pressure Royal Dutch/Shell to leave South Africa, with attached list of
boycott participants, June 24, 1988; article re trade, Third World debt,
hunger, for Food Monitor, with cover memo to Mazur and other ILGWU
officials, June 24, 1988; record of summons for disorderly conduct in
connection with demonstration at South African consulate, with cover
letter addressed to Mazur from attorneys, April 20, 1988; newspaper
clipping from the Daily Nation, Kenya, “Halt this influx of textiles,”
August 15, 1988, circulated to ILGWU executive council and senior staff;
other newspaper clippings
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Box 15 | Folder 17 |
Labor Movement
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1988-1993 |
Testimony of Kirkland before the Commission of the Future of
Worker-Management Relations, November 8, 1993; survey results: synopsis
of the 1988 Gallup study of public knowledge and opinion concerning the
labor movement; newspaper clippings from Women’s Wear Daily, July 12,
1989, and Albany Times-Union, August 23, 1989, re labor shortage and
decline of organized labor; collection of essays for course by
Pennsylvania State University Department of Labor Studies, “The ULA
Course in the Theories of the Labor Movement,” n.d.
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Box 15 | Folder 18 |
Labor Research Association
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1987-1992 |
FBI report, “Soviet Active Measures in the United States, 1986-1987,”
which describes the Labor Research Association as having been founded by
the Communist Party USA in 1927 and as a component of the World
Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), June 1987; survey results, “What
American Voters Think of Worker Rights: Results of a National Poll,” by
the Labor Research Association, conducted November 4-7, 1991
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Box 15 | Folder 19 |
Labor Rights Coalition
|
1987-1988 |
Letter from Ray Marshall, chair of newly created Labor Rights Coalition
and professor at the University of Texas at Austin and former Secretary
of Labor, inviting Mazur to serve on the coalition board, with
description of coalition goals of protecting worker rights in
international trade, January 14, 1987; affirmative rely from Mazur,
January 30, 1986 [1987?]; invitation to Mazur from Marshall to attend
coalition conference, International Workers Rights and Trade, November
1, 1988; letter to senators signed by labor and other leaders in support
of international worker rights as part of trade bill, July 28, 1986;
press release re letter with list of signatories
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Box 15 | Folder 20 |
Labor solidarity, global
|
1989 |
Conference report, “Problems and Perspectives: International Conference
on Strategies for Global Labor Solidarity,” Washington, D.C., July 7-9,
1989
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Box 15 | Folder 21 |
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
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1987-1990 |
Analysis of Bush administration proposal re Civil Rights Act of 1990,
described as “much worse than previous White House proposals,” October
22, 1990; invitation to 1989 annual dinner, commemorating 25th
anniversary of signing of Civil Rights Act of 1964; memo to press
expressing disappointment with nomination for assistant attorney general
for civil rights, with attached press clippings, March 15, 1989; notice
of annual meeting, with list of legislative priorities, January 31,
1989; legislative alert opposing amendments to Civil Rights Restoration
Act, discussing “religious tenet” amendment eliminating protections for
women who have had an abortion, among other measures, January 21, 1988;
statement by chairman Benjamin Hooks in support of Civil Rights
Restoration Act, March 19, 1987; testimony before Senate Judiciary
Committee and other statements by Hooks opposing nomination of Robert
Bork to Supreme Court, October 1987, and related material
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Box 15 | Folder 22 |
League for Industrial Democracy
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1988-1989 |
Notice of seminar, “The Changing Economy: Its Social Impact and Policy
Implications,” January 30, 1989; ballot to raise dues structure,
December 28, 1988
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Box 15 | Folder 23 |
Lee and Family (Lee, Tom)
|
1986-1987 |
Memo to Mazur re strike begun by Local 89-22-1 against non-union leather
glove manufacturer, Lee & Family, at 800 Sixth Ave., NY; handwritten
note by Mazur re Tom Lee, November 3, 1986
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Box 15 | Folder 24 |
Lehman Management Company, INC.
|
1989-1990 |
Letters to and from Mazur re refusal of subsidiary of ILGWU’s investment
firm Shearson, Lehman, Hutton to bargain in good faith with newly
certified union, local 814 of the Hotel Employees & Restaurant
Employees International Union (HERE); summary of contract fight at the
Radisson Plaza Hotel and Golf Course in Manhattan Beach, CA, June 1989;
list of labor clients of Shearson, Lehman, Hutton investment management
firms; letter to Mazur announcing creation of subsidiary, Lehman
Management Co., Inc., June 20, 1989; letter to Mazur from former Lehman
associate, James Manley, re new position with Cashman, Farrell and
Associates, with copy of Nation’s Labor, August 16, 1990
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Box 15 | Folder 25 |
Leslie Fay Companies
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1994 |
See also Usury, Bill 1995 Background information on the planned plant
closing by the Leslie Fay Companies submitted by the ILGWU to the
Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations, Committee on Education and
Labor, for a hearing to the held June 7, 1994, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, including chronology of events, list of union concessions
to keep company in Pennsylvania, legislative issues; Memorandum of
Understanding for the Settlement of Strike Dispute between ILGWU and
Leslie Fay, Inc., Mediator’s Recommendation, July 1, 1994; urgent and
confidential faxed memoranda to Mazur from AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department (Joe Uehlein) re strategic efforts to pressure directors of
Leslie Fay to keep plant open, June-July; urgent faxed request for
assistance from Mazur to Ron Carey, general president, International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, asking truckers to respect ILGWU picket line
at three striking Leslie Fay facilities, June 28, 1994; memo to Mazur
from Theodore Bernstein re pressure by union clients of Bear Sterns re
investment bank’s relationship with Kirk Kerkorian, who was fighting
unionization of Las Vegas MGM Grand property, request for consultation
with someone experienced with Leslie Fay campaign, July 6, 1994;
handwritten notes
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Box 15 | Folder 26 |
Levin, Senator Carl
|
1989 |
Letter to Mazur from Sen. Levin, noting targeting by Republicans and
asking for help in hosting a fundraiser, with attached press clippings
and position papers, February 21; outline and drafts of remarks by Mazur
praising Sen. Levin at reception; list of attendees; lists of invitees;
letter of invitation to reception from Mazur and industry executives;
list of apparel industry contributors to election campaign, and copies
of contribution checks; letter from Levin thanking Mazur for support
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Box 15 | Folder 27 |
Liberal Party-Guiliani-Dinkins Campaign
|
1989-1992 |
see also Dinkins Mayoral Campaign Press release, Statement by Raymond B.
Harding, Vice-Chairman of the Liberal Party of New York State, quoting
Mayor Dinkins, elected as a healer of racial divisions, recently
refusing to attend Ellis Island opening ceremonies, declaring,’” I don’t
want any part of that! Ellis Island is for people who came over on the
ships! My people came over in chains!” November 22, 1992; Statement by
Rev. Donald Harrington, May 24, 1989, announcing candidacy for NYC mayor
as Liberal, denouncing Giuliani as conservative, May 24, 1989; opinion
piece, “Giuliani Is No John Lindsay,” April 20, 1989, condemning Liberal
Party’s endorsement of Giuliani as an abandonment of its historic
function; letter from Mazur to ILGWU Liberal Party members urging
signing only Harrington petitions, n.d., note to Mazur from Harding with
attached analysis of Liberal Party performance on 1986 race, November
6,1986
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Box 15 | Folder 28 |
Literacy-Schiff, Arthur
|
1990 |
Proposal to Mazur for City Family, magazine aimed at low-income,
low-literacy audience
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Box 15 | Folder 29 |
Los Angeles
|
1995 |
Letter from Mayor Richard Riordan to Dr. Edna Bonacich, University of
California, thanking her for participation in New Fashion Industry
Roundtable, with attached summary notes discussing fashion industry in
city, March 2, 1995
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Box 15 | Folder 30 |
Los Angeles Times
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1985 |
Newspaper clippings of articles written by Mazur re imports, some with
cover notes to Mazur
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Box 15 | Folder 31 |
Machinists Rally, March 4
|
1990 |
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)
update on the Eastern Airlines strike, February 16, 1990; invitation to
Mazur to attend rally on first anniversary of start of strike, February
3, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re rally, memo
to Gus Tyler soliciting speech; speech by Mazur at rally, March 4; press
release re rally, March 1, 1990; flyers in support of March 1, 1990,
rally by Greyhound workers (Amalgamated Transit Union local 1202) at
Port Authority Bus Station; flyer in support of Domsey garment workers,
March 9, 1990, rally in Brooklyn, NY; Newsday press clipping, Robert
Reno column, March 2, 1990; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 15 | Folder 32 |
March on Washington
|
1993 |
Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on 30th Anniversary March on
Washington, reaffirming commitment of labor movement to greater civil
and economic rights, May 1993; flyer, media fact sheets, letter to
members of Coalition of Conscience re credentials for march, August 14,
1993; letter from Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU, and chairman, Labor
Committee of Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, re labor
participation in march, April 20, 1993
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Box 16 | Folder 1 |
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
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1992 |
Letter to Mazur and related materials re secession dispute with local,
attempt to obtain AFL-CIO charter
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Box 16 | Folder 2 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
|
1989 |
Materials from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social
Change, Inc., the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, and
the New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission; memo to Mazur re
meeting of the Labor Committee of the Martin Luther King Commission,
financial and political problems at the commission, with list of
contributions by labor unions, September 15, 1989; Annual Report to the
President and Congress of the United States on the National Holiday in
Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 16, 1989; letter from
Mazur and ILGWU vp and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow to senators
urging reauthorization of Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission,
April 11, 1989; letter from ACTWU urging support for Rep. Conyers
(D.-MI) amendment making commission permanent, listing Senate
cosponsors, February 1, 1989
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Box 16 | Folder 3 |
Massachusetts Democratic Party
|
1994 |
Letter to Mazur from Sen. Edward Kennedy thanking him for support for the
state party
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Box 16 | Folder 4 |
Media: interview, CBS, October 10
|
1990 |
Text of CBS interview, October 10, 1990; letter inviting Mazur to appear
on “America’s Challenges: The Quest for Leadership in a Global Economy”
series on public television re imports, retraining the labor force, what
government can do to support business, December 14, 1989; memo from
ILGWU vp Susan Cowell advising Mazur that producer felt show was not
appropriate for Mazur, possibly next series, December 20, 1989
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Box 16 | Folder 5 |
Media: interview, CBS, September 2
|
1988 |
Apparent background material: AFL-CIO issue papers, “The Union Advantage”
and “Homelessness: A Problem We Can Solve,” with cover letter, 1988;
AFL-CIO News promoting Dukakis presidential candidacy, August 27, 1988;
text of Mazur article for Justice, “Why We Say Dukakis Yes,” September
1988; Newsday David Broder article re power of labor in presidential
race, August 29, 1988; text of Mazur remarks at Labor Day parade, July
26, 1988
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Box 16 | Folder 6 |
Media: interview, Crows, Ken
|
1995 |
Memo to Mazur with talking points and partial script re merged unions of
UNITE, position on AFL-CIO election, June 14, 1995
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Box 16 | Folder 7 |
Media: interview, Financial News
|
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Minimum wage fact sheet re need for minimum wage to be livable wage, for
interview with reporter Tom Linden, Financial News, n.d.
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Box 16 | Folder 8 |
Media: interviews, Foreign Press
|
1994 |
Memo to Mazur from exec asst Carl Proper re interview with 20 foreign
journalists, arranged by U.S. Information Agency; outline of talking
points, July 26, 1994
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Box 16 | Folder 9 |
Media: interview, Nippon TV Network, January 22
|
1992 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin noting output
per worker in U.S. and Japan grew at the same rate between 1980 and
1990; handwritten notes by Mazur noting U.S. bashing; business card from
Nippon Television Network Corporation’s Hikari Tokuyama
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Box 16 | Folder 10 |
Media: "We Do the Work" Interview
|
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Outline of interview re ILGWU, n.d.
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Box 16 | Folder 11 |
Media: interview, WMCA radio
|
1986 |
Letter from Mazur to Roy Fox following up on interview, noting incomplete
discussion of union, garment industry, role in overall economy, July 24,
1986; transcript of interview
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Box 16 | Folder 12 |
Media: interview, WWOR-TV Channel 9, November 2
|
1989 |
Background notes and memos for Mazur prepared by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell
and exec asst James Parrott re NYC manufacturing and immigration, for
interview on “People Working for People” interview by Sonny Hall
(president, local 100, TWU) and Barry Feinstein (president, local 237,
IBT), handwritten notes
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Box 16 | Folder 13 |
Media:Newsday
|
1993 |
Box 16 | Folder 14 |
Media:Radio/TV interview material
|
1987-1994 |
Congressional Record re minimum wage, September 8, 1988; Gallup Poll
report indicating support for labor unions, 1988, with AFL-CIO
statement; AFL-CIO American Federationist article by Mazur re industrial
homework, “A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No
Protections,” August 2, 1986; testimony of Mazur before Senate Finance
Committee in support of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, July 30,
1987; Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT) fact
sheets; AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland’s remarks on goal of labor
unions, delivered at Darden Graduate Business School, March 30, 1988;
M.O.R./Hart Research Trade Issue Presentation: opinion poll of 2,812
respondents in 8 states re textile bill, April 29-May 4, 1988;
statement, ILGWU Support for Family and Medical Leave Act; notes on
trade info for CNN; WCBS Radio Interview; Mazur Labor Day Parade
announcement, July 26, 1988; questions to be asked of Mazur on Velma
Hill (APRI) talk show; Mazur notes on growing income disparity, minimum
wage, labor’s future; summary of right-wing news commentators on
Democratic midterm congressional losses, 1994
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Box 16 | Folder 15 |
Media Projects
|
1985-1987 |
See also Geto & de Milly 1993-1995 See also Michael Sheehan
Associates, Inc. 1986 Memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
re compilation of daily major news clippings, and plans to produce a
weekly news summary for Mazur and other ILG executive staff, July 21,
1986, with attached clippings; memo to Mazur from Michael Sheehan
Associates (affiliated with Ogilvy & Mather) proposing media
training, video production, lobbying, and other public relations
services, November 7, 1986; notice to Mazur from author Jan Grabowski,
Winnipeg, Canada, re book draft, Brothers & Sisters All? A
“revealing collection of short stores” re labor organizations, “without
divulging the contents…we felt it is only proper” to give “opportunity
to input,” December 15, 1986; invitation to Mazur to preview of
off-Broadway musical based on the garment trade, The Rise of David
Levinksy, December 10, 1986; letter to Mazur from author Ernest
Lieberman describing favorable reactions to forthcoming book, Unfit to
Manage! How Mismanagement of Big Business and Government Endangers
America, and What Working People Can Do About It, January 10, 1987;
mailgram from Mihajlo Mihajlov, Radio Free Europe, congratulating Mazur
on receipt of Eugene V. Debs Award, June 9, 1987; film proposal and
funding solicitation to Mazur from Francis X. Gannon and Associates for
documentary re labor leader Joe Keenan, May 26, 1987; proposal to Sol
Chaikin by Organizing Media Project, Inc., for unofficial presidential
primary by AFL-CIO locals, January 7, 1987; memo to Mazur re results of
fourth national survey from Money magazine 1986, “Americans and Their
Money,” indicating Americans prefer U.S.-made goods, by Doremus Porter
Novelli, July 29, 1987; minutes of meeting re Statue of Liberty
commemorative event, October 9, 1985
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Box 16 | Folder 16 |
Mental Illness Foundation
|
1994 |
Letter to Mazur thanking him for support for annual dinner, May 11
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Box 16 | Folder 17 |
Merck/Medco
|
1994 |
Articles and newspaper clippings from Business Week and the New York
Times re Martin Wygod, chairman of Medco Containment Services, who sold
the mail-order drug distributor to Merck after making it profitable by
gradually increasing patient copays and requiring generics and limiting
choice of medications; chronology of pricing changes
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Box 16 | Folder 18 |
Mexico Earthquake Relief
|
1985 |
Report, “A Survey of Immigrant Visa Applicants Handled by the Mexico City
Consular District,” April 10, 1985; record of contributions; newspaper
clipping re relief effort, AFL-CIO News, October 19, 1985
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Box 16 | Folder 19 |
Mexico, Sweeny (AFL-CIO/UNITE), trip
|
1997-1998 |
See also Mexico – Maquiladoras Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president
John Sweeney, inviting him to join him on a trip to Mexico as part of an
official delegation, December 19, 1997; Spanish-language documents,
including text of remarks by Sweeney; text in English; memo from Mazur
to Sweeney, “Mexican Labor Movement – Overview and Policy
Considerations,” December 8, 1997, essentially final draft of memo to
Mazur from UNITE organizing director Jeff Hermanson, October 24, 1997;
AFL-CIO media advisory re trip, January 22, 1998; “Mexico Update and
Analysis,” from Schroeder Economics, January 7, 1998; analysis paper by
Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC) criticizing NAFTA as
hurting Mexican economy; Working Plan on the Politics of International
Relations of the Authentic Labor Front (FAT); summary points re Mexico;
newspaper clipping; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 16 | Folder 20 |
Mexico
|
1987-1995 |
Box 16 | Folder 21 |
Mexico Trade: fastrack
|
1991-1995 |
See also Speeches – Fast Track 1997; see also NAFTA – Fast Track Summary
of Testimony of Jay Mazur, President, ILGWU, on Fast Track Procedures,
presented by. Dr. Herman Starobin, Research Director, May 17, 1995;
letter from Mazur to AFC-CIO president Lane Kirkland discussing reasons
for defeat of efforts to stop fast track, defection of Sen. Gephart as
key reason for failure, May 28, 1991; transcript of Associated Press
article, “Moynihan Votes against Fast Track for U.S.-Mexico Free Trade,”
with cover note from Sen. Moynihan to Mazur noting defeat but good
argument, May 14, 1991; press release from Sen. Howard Metzenbaum
criticizing fast-track, April 29, 1991; letter to all members of
Congress from International Union of Operating Engineers, April 16,
1991, opposing fast track, with cover to AFL-CIO Executive Council
members urging similar action, April 16, 1991; letter from Rep. Dan
Rostenkowski to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland informing him of his
support for fast-track trade authority for the president, May 1, 1991;
reply from Kirkland re history of trade legislation, inadequate
protections for U.S. workers, May 2, 1991; letter from Pres. Bush to
members of Congress urging support for fast-track, May 1, 1991; press
release/position statement, “AFL-CIO Comments on the May 1
Administration Response to Congressional Concerns over the Proposed
North American Free Trade Agreement”; Bush administration statement,
“Executive Summary: Response to Issues Raised in Connection with the
Negotiation of a North American Free Trade Agreement”; press advisory by
Mobilization on Development, Trade, Labor and the Environment, “Citizen
Groups Challenge Administration Action Plan on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade
Talks with Call to Democratize and Expand Agenda,” with attached
statement, “A Call to Real Action,” released May 2, 1991; Fast Track
Fact Sheet for Jay Mazur, with list of agriculture groups opposing
measure, May 6, 1991; UAW press release, “Bieber Testifies on Fast Track
Authority for Mexico Free Trade and GATT,” opposing measure, April 11,
1991; AFL- CIO News press release, “Poll Shows 72 Percent Opposition to
Fast Track,” May 1,1991, with statement by AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer
Thomas R. Donahue on poll results and attached summary of findings by
Garin-Hart public opinion survey; ad by UAW opposing fast track, with
cover note to Mazur from ILGWU warehouse employees division suggesting
similar ad and letter-writing campaign, May 22, 1991; letter from
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to union presidents urging lobbying
against fast track, April 12, 191; memos from Mazur to ILGWU directors
urging members lobby Congress, April 30, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin outlining arguments for opposing fast
track, lobbying strategy, with attached list of international treaties
approved without fast track authority since 1960, April 29, 1991; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, April 16, 1991;
list of textile manufacturers opposing fast track, May 6, 1991; list of
Capitol Hill lobbying appointments for union presidents, May 6, 1991;
newspaper clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 22 |
Mexico Trade: fastrack
|
1991-1995 |
Letter to ILGWU exec asst James Parrott from the U.S. General Accounting
Office requesting information on safety hazards relevant to the textile
and apparel industry, with cover memo from Mazur to ILGWU research
director Herman Starobin and others convening meeting to pull together
the information, and meeting agenda, March 19 and 22; AFL-CIO booklet
and paper, “U.S. Mexico Free Trade Negotiations Taking Points,” January
1991; AFL-CIO booklet, “Exploiting Both Sides: U.S.-Mexico ‘Free’
Trade,” February 1991; “Relevant Provisions of U.S. Trade Law Pertaining
to the Possible Establishment of a U.S. – Mexico Free Trade Agreement”;
letter to editor of Roll Call from Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin
criticizing paid advertisement against fast-track; copies of AFL-CIO
Roll Call ads opposing fast-track; press release, statement of Donald
Hughes, president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute,
opposing fast track, March 6, 1991; Statement on Proposed U.S.-Mexico
Free Trade Agreement by Evelyn Dubrow, vice president, ILGWU, before the
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, March 14,
1991; Testimony of Thomas R. Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO, and
chairman, Labor Advisory Committee for U.S. Trade Policy and Trade
Negotiations, before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs,
U.S. Senate, March 22, 1991; Statement of Donahue before the Committee
on Finance, United States Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free Trade
Negotiations, February 6, 1991; Comments of the Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, before the United States
International Trade Commission on the Probable Effects of a Free Trade
Agreement between the United States and Mexico, April 16, 1991;
Statement of Jeff Faux, President, Economic Policy Institute, before the
Committee on Finance, United States Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico
Free Trade Negotiations, February 20, 1991; Economic Policy Institute
report, “The Low-Wage Challenge to Global Growth,” with cover letter to
Mazur from EPI president Jeff Faux, March 6, 1991; press release from
Economic Policy Institute, “Report Projects Loss of 550,000 U.S.
High-Wage Jobs” from free-trade pact with Mexico, with attached briefing
paper, “U.S. Jobs and the Mexico Trade Proposal”; EPI briefing paper:
“Fast Track, Fast Shuffle: The Economic Consequences of the
Administration’s Proposed Trade Agreement with Mexico”; direct-mail
letter from Mexican development firm Finsa Grupo Arguelles to
manufacturers inviting relocation to Mexico to cut labor costs; ad from
Wall Street Journal southwest edition of April 16, 1991, for seminar by
Collectron of Arizona, Inc., on how to start manufacturing in Mexico,
with cover note to Mazur from Communication Workers of America president
Morton Bahr
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Box 16 | Folder 23 |
Mexico Trade: fastrack
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1990-1991 |
Article by John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, “Free Trade for
Whom?” with cover letter to Labor Advisory Board, May 13, 1991; text of
editorial by HOY re Dominican Republic and Caribbean Basin, “Free Trade
Zone Companies to Leave the DR Idling Close to Five Thousand,” with
attached Spanish-language newspaper clipping, August 10, 1993; ITGLWF
Executive Committee policy paper re free trade zones, October 1990;
statement of Jeff Faux, president, Economic Policy Institute, before
Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free
Trade Negotiations, February 20, 1991; list of witnesses to appear
before Committee on Ways and Means on the President’s Request for
Extending of Fast Track Trade Agreement Negotiating Authority, with
attached statement by Joseph Mullaney, vice chairman, Gillette Company
on behalf of the Emergency Committee for American Trade, April 11, 1991;
by Owen Bieber, president, UAW; by Tom Donahue, secretary-treasurer,
AFL-CIO; by Kay Whitmore, chairman, president, and CEO, Eastman Kodak
Company and chairman, Business Roundtable Working Group on U.S.-Mexico
Trade and Investment; newspaper clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 24 |
Mexico free trade
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1990-1995 |
Box 16 | Folder 25 |
Mexico Free Trade Agreement
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1988-1995 |
See also NAFTA; see also Import Task Force; see also ILGWU Legislative
Department Memo re media strategy for NYC NAFTA campaign, October 18,
1993; script of video taping of Mazur for Donahue show, July 20, 1993;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re talking
points for meeting re North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with
Newsday editorial board, June 8, 1993; memo from Mazur to Newsday
editorial board with attached policy papers in advance of meeting, June
16, 1993, including “The NAFTA Illusion,” presented at a congressional
briefing by the Economic Policy Institute on March 25, 1993; letter from
Mazur to editor of Newsday summarizing points made at meeting re NAFTA,
July 23, 1993; report to Mazur and Dubrow re conference on U.S.-Mexico
Free Trade, January 18, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James
Parrott re meeting with Mexican opposition leader Cuauhtemoc Cardenas,
outlining issues to discuss re trade, immigration, labor movement, with
biographical sketch, February 8, 1991; statement on United States-Mexico
Economic Relations submitted by Jay Mazur before the Subcommittee on
Trade, House Ways & Means Committee, June 25, 1990; “The Economic
Effects of a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement on the U.S.
Apparel Industry,” statement by Herman Starobin, research director,
ILGWU, before the International Trade Commission, April 12, 1991; draft
statements by AFL-CIO Executive Council: on U.S.-Mexico Free Trade
Agreement, February 1991; on U.S. Employer Interference in Mexican Law
Enforcement, February 1992; on Free and Fair Elections in Mexico,
February 1994; Remarks by Morton Bahr, President, Communication Workers
of America, Houston Forum Club, Houston, Texas, against trade agreement
with Mexico, January 23, 1991; AFL-CIO News press releases: “Mexican
Loan Terms Stick Workers with Tab,” January 13, 1995, and “AFL-CIO Calls
for Return of Peso ‘Windfall’ to Workers,” January 24, 1995; AFL-CIO
News radio script for secretary-treasurer Donahue against Mexico trade
agreement, February 6, 1991; News UAW press release: “UAW President
Blasts Big Three on U.S.-Mexico Trade Pact,” February 8, 1991;
transcript of remarks by NY Governor Mario Cuomo at National Press Club
in support of Mexico free trade agreement, February 21, 1991; Harvard
Business Review article, “Mexico – Opening Ahead of Eastern Europe,”
September-October 1990; Foreign Labor Trends report for Mexico, 1991-92,
released by the U.S. Department of Labor, prepared by the American
Embassy in Mexico City; report by Council on Foreign Relations, “Debt
and the Restructuring of Mexico,” October 17, 1988; letter to Mazur from
the director of the Latin American Program of the Council on Foreign
Relations inviting him to a panel discussion, “The Chiapas Rebellion and
the Future of Mexico,” February 10, 1994; newspaper clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 26 |
Mexico: Maquiladoras
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1986-1992 |
Confidential proposal for AFL-CIO Border Organizing Project and
Maquiladora Project, October 6, 1989, with cover memo to Mazur from Tom
Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO; confidential draft, Maquiladora
Industry Standards of Conduct; confidential potential targets for
Maquiladora campaign; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
re AFL-CIO Maquiladora Project, January 23, 1990; letters from
corporations (AT&T, Air Products & Chemicals, Allied Signal,
Baxter, Becton Dickinson, Fisher-Price, General Electric, General
Motors, ITT, Johnson & Johnson, Parker Hannifin, Pepsico, Rockwell
International, United Technologies, Zenith) to the Benedictine Health
Resource Center describing their operations in the Maquiladora area,
1990; statement by Gregory Woodhead, Trade Task Force, AFL-CIO, before
the House Committee on Small Business on “Effects of Devaluation of the
Mexican Peso,” May 20, 1993, with cover memo re wages in the
Maquiladoras; special report of IRRC News for Investors, “Criticisms of
Mexican Maquiladora Operations Will Be Reflected in Shareholder
Resolutions,” October 1990; list of labor leaders and affiliations
attending Maquiladora Campaign meeting of December 14, 1990; agenda;
printed booklet, “Doing the Job: A Common Commitment of the Union
Masonry Industry,” International Masonry Institute, c. 1990; statement
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Mexico and the Maquiladora
Twin-Plant Program, February 16, 1988, with cover letter to Mazur
confirming his appointment to the AFL-CIO’s Ad Hoc Twin Plant Committee,
March 10, 1988; agenda of meeting, October 19, 1988, with remarks by
Mazur re purpose of the Twin Plant Committee; letter from the president
and board of the Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers to the vice
president of General Motors Corporation, urging improvement in wages and
benefits for Packard Electric plant in the Mexican state of Chihuahua,
September 23, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re
creation on independent leftist union in the aftermath of September 1985
earthquake, video created by them, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue following up on issues
raised at meeting, including document outlining standards of conduct,
meeting with target corporations, September 12, 1990; memo re convening
US-Mexico Committee for Maquiladora project, July 18, 1990; Coalition
for Justice in the Maquiladoras Kick-Off Press Conference flyer, with
memo from Mazur to vp Susan Cowell requesting that she speak for him,
January 30, 1991; memo to Mazur from exec asst Parrott re highlights of
the second meeting of the organizing committee, September 12, 1990; memo
to Mazur from Parrott re replacement for himself as Mazur’s
representative on the board of the Coalition for Justice in the
Maquiladoras, September 8, 1992; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Tom Donahue re meeting with Mexican Confederation of
Workers, September 20, 1988; Confidential Proposal for AFL-CIO
Maquiladora Industry Project for border organizing, October 6, 1989,
with cover letter to Mazur from Donahue, January 16, 1990; summery of
AFL-CIO/CTM Bilateral Meetings of November 10 and 11, 1988, in San Diego
and Tijuana; report by Mazur as U.S. chair of the AFL-CIO/ CTM
Maquiladora Twin Plant Committee, November 11-12, 1988; brochure/agenda
by U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration for
Expo-Maquila ’86, designed to help firms relocate production to Mexico,
1986; agenda for National Planning Association’s 23rd meeting, “The
Evolving Crisis in Mexico and Its Implications for the United States,”
November 7-8, 1986; newspaper clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 27 |
Mexico: Maquiladoras
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1986-1995 |
AFL-CIO booklet, “The Maquiladoras and Toxics: The Hidden Costs of
Production South of the Border,” by Leslie Kochan, February 1989;
booklet by Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (Interfaith Center
on Corporate Responsibility, New York), “Maquiladora Standards of
Conduct”; annual report, 1990-91; press releases by coalition: “Mexican
Community Leaders Challenge Decision by United Nations to Recognize
President Salinas with International Environmental Award,” June 5, 1991,
“Coalition Releases Documentary Video: Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of
a Mexican Community,” August 6, 1992; statement by AFL-CIO Executive
Council on Cinco de Mayo, May 1992; AFL-CIO press release, “Pressure
from employers results in maquila union leader arrest,” February 7,
1992; text of press conference by Tom Donahue, February 12, 1991;
confidential memo to Mazur from the National Labor Committee updating
him on U.S. tour of maquiladora workers, September 21, 199
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Box 16 | Folder 28 |
Michael Sheehan Associates
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1986 |
See also Media Projects Memo (incomplete) to Mazur from political/media
consultant critiquing Mazur’s CNN interview, n.d.; letter from Michael
Sheehan proposing media training and consulting services, November 7,
1986; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes
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Box 16 | Folder 29 |
Migration
|
1994 |
see also Center for Migration Studies; see also Trilateral Commission
1993 Conference report by the eighty-sixth American Assembly, Columbia
University, New York: “Threatened Peoples, Threatened Borders: World
Migration and U.S. Policy”
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Box 17 | Folder 1 |
Mihajlov, Mihajlo
|
1984-1986 |
Correspondence from anti-communist refugee from Yugoslavia and his
difficulties finding a permanent professional position in the United
States, apparently politically motivated; resume; letters of
recommendation from Mazur; letters from members of search committee at
George Mason University, Virginia, several others; letter from U.S.
Embassy in Yugoslavia to U.S. Information Agency in Washington, noting
Pres. Tito’s speech denouncing Mihajlov, declining hiring Mihajlov’s
sister, July 2, 1968; articles by Mihajlov, “Fascists in Democratic
Society,” “Tito and Waldheim,” etc., n.d., c. 1986; newspaper
clippings
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Box 17 | Folder 2 |
Minimum Wage
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1979-1995 |
Box 17 | Folder 3 |
Minimum Wage
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1987-1989 |
See also Speeches – Minimum Wage 1987 Note cards, fact sheets, and
display charts with statistics on minimum wage workers; draft “Statement
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Minimum Wage,” February 1987; press
release, “Out-of-Date Minimum Wage Threatens U.S. Work Ethic, Family
Stability, ILGWU President Says in House Testimony,” October 14; memo re
distribution of article by Mazur in AFL-CIO Federationist, “It’s Time to
Raise the Minimum Wage,” March 21, 1987; draft statement by AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Minimum Wage, May 1989; report by AFL-CIO Food and
Allied Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, “Help Wanted: To Pass the
Minimum Wage Restoration Act Because All Americans Deserve a Fair Living
Wage,” c. 1987; Statement by Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the
Administration’s Views on the Minimum Wage, March 3, 1989; letter to
Mazur from Sen. Kennedy (D.-MA) thanking him for support of Minimum Wage
Restoration Act of 1987, designed to make the minimum wage a living
wage, July 26, 1988; similar letters to Mazur and Dubrow from members of
Congress in support of bill; legislative alert from ILGWU vice president
Evelyn Dubrow calling for letters to congressional district offices in
support of minimum wage bill, July 8, 1988; letter to Mazur from
Citizens for a Just Minimum Wage, thanking him for ILGWU contribution,
March 23, 1989; “Dear Colleague” letter from six members of Congress,
“Minimum Wage and Working Women,” noting two-thirds of minimum wage
workers are women, March 20, 1989; newspaper clippings; ILGWU resolution
on minimum wage supporting legislation; draft language of Puerto Rico
amendment to wage bill, March 6, 1989; text of Fair Labor Standards
Amendments of 1989; speeches by Mazur; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 17 | Folder 4 |
Minimum Wage Board-Testimony of Danahy, Joseph
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1985 |
Testimony of Joseph Danahy, director, ILGWU Department of Organization
& Field Services, before the General Industry Minimum Wage Board, re
need for enforcement authority for NYS Department of Labor for minimum
wage and overtime laws, so that enforcement does not depend on
inadequate federal Department of Labor, November 12, 1985
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Box 17 | Folder 5 |
Model Agreement
|
1993-1994 |
Correspondence with Department of Labor re manufacturer-contractor model
agreement; statement by Mazur condemning San Francisco voluntary
agreement, January 6, 1994; memos to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel
Max Zimny and legislative director Evy Dubrow re position of Labor
Secretary Robert Reich on enforcement, jobber responsibility;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 17 | Folder 6 |
NAACP
|
1994 |
Letter from Memphis branch to national office refusing to contribute
assessment to offset national deficit until questions of accountability
are answered, September 15
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Box 17 | Folder 7 |
NAFTA
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1993-1994 |
Briefing papers by the Economic Policy Institute: “Setting the Standard:
International Labor and U.S. Trade Policy,” by Richard Rothstein, “The
Parallel Banking System,” by Jane W. D’Arista and Tom Schlesinger, and
“The Impact of Health Care’s Financing on Family Budgets,” by Edith
Rasell et al.; remarks by Mazur at the Governor’s Leadership Conference
on the Future of the Economy Panel: Preparing People for the Future
Economy, October 19, 1994; draft for Mazur on NAFTA, from Gus Tyler;
memo to Newsday editors: A Hard Look at NAFTA, for editorial board
meeting with Mazur, June 16, 1993
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Box 17 | Folder 8 |
NAFTA
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1993 |
Letter to Congressional Black Caucus chairman Kweisi Mfume from ILGWU vp
and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow thanking him for opposing NAFTA,
noting need for president to renegotiate Mexican agreement, June 29,
1993; letter to Mfume from AFL-CIO Department of Legislation director
Robert McGlotten thanking him for opposing NAFTA, June 24, 1993; fact
sheet, “Partial Response to USTR Assertions that ‘NAFTA Creates Jobs and
Improves Our Competitiveness’”; USTR document, with assertions; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re inadequacy of
NAFTA related retraining act, proposed by the Clinton Administration,
October 28; AFL-CIO position papers re NAFTA, March 11; statement by
Starobin to the House Ways and Means Committee subcommittee on trade,
September 15; memo to Mazur and Starobin from ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow, forwarding memo from Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s office with
Congressional Research Service analysis of number of women in
manufacturing jobs to be affected by NAFTA, July 22; Mazur talking
points for Newsday interview re NAFTA, June 8; letters to U.S. Trade
Representative Mickey Kantor from UAW president Owen Bieber and AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue expressing concern over
administration’s failure to protect labor standards under NAFTA, June 15
and 17; confidential memo from Economic Policy Institute, with attached
memo sent to top political aides of the Clinton Administration warning
of political hazards of following Bush NAFTA policy, May 10; EPI Journal
newsletter, August; AFL-CIO fact sheet: “Lies, Damn Lies, and
Statistics: The Economics of NAFTA,” September 13; AFL-CIO analyses of
the NAFTA Side Accord on Labor, August 23 and 26; “NAFTA and New York:
Not Made for Each Other,” by Jay Mazur; Clinton Administration Statement
on the North American Free Trade Agreement, “The NAFTA: Expanding U.S.
Exports, Jobs and Growth,” with cover letter from USTR Mickey Kantor;
letter from UAW president Owen Bieber to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert
Reich rebuking him for stereotyping and attacking organized labor,
September 6; press release from Rep. Dick Gephart with text of speech
outlining why he would vote against NAFTA, delivered to the National
Press Club, September 21; confidential memo to Mazur from Alan Howard re
NAFTA strategy, projects for staying on offensive, September 22; memo
from Dubrow to ILGWU NAFTA Task Force, outlining talking points from an
AFL-CIO briefing and related AFL materials, Q&A list for lobbying
members of Congress, Democratic National Committee resolution (adopted
March 23, 1991) opposing NAFTA, September 21; fact sheets from Canadian
Environmental Law Association on impact of NAFTA on the environment, the
democratic process, and workplace health and safety, September 17;
testimony by Dubrow before Rep. John Spratt’s subcommittee hearing on
Customs operations and transshipments, October 8; preliminary and
recorded roll call vote of Congress on NAFTA, n.d.; letter from
President Clinton to Rep. Spratt, discussing congressman’s concerns re
NAFTA’s impact on textiles and apparel regulations, November 16; ILGWU
statement on international labor solidarity; newspaper clippings
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Box 17 | Folder 9 |
NAFTA, advertisement
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1993 |
List of sponsoring labor organizations; copies of checks from
contributing unions, related correspondence
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Box 17 | Folder 10 |
NAFTA
|
1991-1992 |
See also Atlantic Council Memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland discussing labor’s response to the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), urging activation of Fair Trade Campaign to keep
issue on national election agenda, massive lawsuit against companies
operating in Mexico for environmental and labor rights violations, other
initiatives, August 20, 1992; statement by ILGWU research director
Herman Starobin re economic effects of NAFTA on U.S. apparel industry,
1991
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Box 17 | Folder 11 |
National Association of Women's and Children's Apparel
Salesmen
|
1984 |
Legal brief before the Federal Trade Commission to modify its 1971 final
order restricting certain NAWCAS practices, with cover note to Mazur,
December 4, 1984
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Box 17 | Folder 12 |
National Coalition for Haitian Refugees
|
1986-1993 |
See also National Immigration Forum 1994 Report by the National Coalition
for Haitian Refugees, “The Misguided Use of In-Country Refugee
Processing in Haiti,” September 2, 1993; ILGWU press release, “Statement
by Jay Mazur: Status of Haitian Refugees,” December 20, 1991; “Democracy
through Terror” statement of Michael S. Hooper, executive director of
the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees before the Subcommittee on
Western Hemisphere Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of
Representatives, March 8,1988; Haiti 1997 Election Watch “Democracy
through Terror” chronology of Recent Events in Haiti and the U.S.
Response, January 1988; letter of transmission of comments on proposed
interim regulations re adjustment of status of certain Cuban and Haitian
Nationals under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,
submitted to INS by the coalition on behalf of a long list of advocacy
groups, May 1, 1987; fact sheet and training module re rights under the
new immigration law, May 1, 1987; memo from coalition executive director
Hooper re urgent executive committee meeting on victory on Haitian
adjustment provisions, with attached analysis and summary of
Simpson-Rodino Bill (Immigration Reform and Control Act of (1986);
November 19, 1986; newsletters in French/Creole, Haiti Observateur,
1988; book: Haiti: Duvalierism since Duvalier, by the National Coalition
for Haitian Refugees, Americas Watch, October 1986; press release from
coalition urging U.S. to break with military junta in Haiti and promote
real democratization, not just pro forma elections, n.d.; press release
noting persistence of corruption and cronyism in Haitian government
despite ouster of Jean Claude Duvalier, October 9, 1986;
obituary/memorial booklet for Hooper, October 2, 1988; newspaper
clippings
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Box 17 | Folder 13 |
National Coalition for Haitian Refugees
|
1983-1986 |
Letter to Mazur from the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees asking
for support for Cuban-Haitian Adjustment Act of 1985, with model letter
to members of Congress, February 19, 19985; amicus curiae brief of the
National Coalition for Haitian Refugees et al. before the U.S. Supreme
Court in re Marie Lucie Jean et al. vs. Alan C. Nelson et al., October
1984; immigration emergency legislation hearing before the Subcommittee
on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary,
U.S. Senate, October 28, 1983; statement by Michael Hooper, executive
director, on the Immigration Emergency Powers and Procedures Act of
1983, before the subcommittee; report by national coalition, Americas
Watch, and Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights to the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights, “Haiti: Rights Denied,” March
1985; letters to members of Congress from the national coalition; ACLU
National Immigration and Alien Rights Project Report No. 1, Executive
Summary, “Salvadorans in the U.S: The Case for Extended Voluntary
Departure”; statement by John McCarthy, executive director of the Office
of Migration and Refugee Services, United States Catholic Conference re
Salvadorans, November 17, 1983; coalition meeting agendas February 3,
1984, and December 6, 1986; records of contributions from ILGWU;
proposed budgets
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Box 17 | Folder 14 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1992-1995 |
Box 17 | Folder 15 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1992 |
Minutes of National Executive Committee meeting, January 31, 1992,
recommending Jerry Goodman as a successor to outgoing NCLI executive
vice president Yehuda Ebstein; minutes of December 9, 1992, meeting;
memo from Goodman outlining financial terms of employment, February 19,
1992; letter to Mazur from Stanley Lowell (Fink Weinberger attorneys)
praising selection of Goodman, March 31, 1992; correspondence re
contributions to Israel hospital and health centers, April 1992; letter
to Mazur from Sidney Orenstein (Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler &
Leff) noting that Ebstein was demanding interest on his deferred
severance pay, with reply from Mazur opposing, related correspondence,
February 17, 1992; financial projections for current quarter, February
21; memo from Ebstein, “Recommendations for the Future of NCLI,”
February 26
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Box 17 | Folder 16 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1991 |
see also Histadrut; see also Klein, Adam (Klein & Co.) Annual
statement for the year ended December 31, 1990, listing trustees of
National Committee for Labor Israel – Israel Histradrut Campaign; agenda
of National Executive Committee meeting of May 31, 1991, with related
documents brought by Mazur and report from executive vice president
Yehuda Ebstein; projection of NCLI obligations to personnel and others
at hypothetical dissolution date of March 31, 1991; “extremely
confidential” memo to Mazur from Adam Klein, president of Klein &
Co., Cambridge, MA, criticizing NCLI executive vice president Yehuda
Ebstein’s financial management and accounting, noting that the cost of
running NCLI in 1990 was more than had been raised, and that no money
had been sent to Israel so far in 1991 because all of it had been used
for administrative expenses, almost none going to trade union education,
inflated expensing of sale of building, May 30, 1991; related
confidential memos to Mazur from Klein, re efforts to reorganize NCLI,
meeting with Ebstein, with proposed plans, May-June, 1991; profile of
financial resources, prepared by Klein & Co., May 1991; memo from
attorneys Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler & Leff re NCLI
financial obligations to staff, July 8; confidential memo to Mazur and
Ebstein from attorney Sidney Orenstein (Solomon & Rosenbaum,
Drechsler & Leff) commenting on preliminary draft legal opinion by
Jay R. Butterman re ownership of building at 33 E. 67th St., NY,
relationship between NCLI and Histadrut, July 25; proposal from Ebstein
for closing NCLI and replacing it with a new, smaller organization to
maintain appearance of continuity and complete sale of building, August
5; letter to Ebstein from Baruch Tenenbaum, agent for rebuffed potential
buyer, Luis Perelmutter, outlining events, April 25; letter from
potential buyer rejecting purchase of Howell, NJ, property, with cover
memo from Ebstein to Mazur, August 27; letter re zoning questions from
potential buyer of 33 E. 67th St. property, September 4; biographical
sketch of Alec Aylat, c.1991; accountant’s statement to NCLI Board of
Directors by Joel Popkin & Company, noting that donated property
should be assigned fair market value, November 17, 1989, with financial
statement as of September 30, 1989; list of funds raised by regional
offices, 1984-90; list of contractual obligations to Eliezer Rafaeli,
1989-90; “strictly confidential” memo to Mazur from Yehuda Ebstein,
“Reports on Tenure of Eliezer Rafaeli,” noting financial gamesmanship re
salary, chronology of cost-sharing agreement with Histadrut, August 7,
1991; memo from Ebstein to Mazur and NCLI Executive Committee, “The
Future of NCLI,” arguing against the organization having primarily a
fund- raising role, need for professional staff, September 16;
correspondence from Detroit Histadrut chair Alexander Blumenberg re
closure of office, October 25, related letter to Mazur from Ebstein and
draft of reply, October 30-31; letter of resignation from Ebstein,
October 22; draft of press release re Ebstein resignation, called
retirement, October 30; memo from Ebstein to Jacob Lidar, director of
the campaign department, refuting claim of $5.8 million owed to
Histadrut Assistance Fund, November 15, with cover memo to Mazur; memo
to Mazur from Ebstein re his employment contract, citing differences in
pension provisions, December 6; financial statements for Executive
Committee meeting, December 6; memo to Mazur from Ebstein re long
distance telephone charges by Histadrut representative, December 10;
handwritten notes by Mazur re questionable transactions, diversion of
funds, Ebstein’s severance
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Box 17 | Folder 17 |
National Committee for Labor Israel, Klein memos
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1991 |
Confidential memos to Mazur from management consultant Adam Klein,
president of Klein & Co., re reorganization of NCLI, difficulties
with executive vice president Yehuda Ebstein; handwritten notes by
Mazur; memo from Ebstein to Mazur introducing Klein
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Box 17 | Folder 18 |
National Committee for Labor Israel, Mazur's notes
|
1991 |
Draft of letter of resignation by Mazur as president of NCLI, noting
decisions made without his knowledge; personal and confidential memo to
Mazur from Yehuda Ebstein re relationship of president to executive vice
president and organization, noting disagreements re duties and
responsibilities, February 27, 1991; handwritten notes by Mazur
answering points in memo; other memos and notes documenting problems re
working relationship with Ebstein, lack of communication
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Box 17 | Folder 19 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1990-1991 |
Draft of press release announcing appointment of Mazur as president of
National Committee for Labor Israel, December 3, 1990; letters to Mazur
congratulating him on being named president of the National Committee
for Labor Israel, with replies from Mazur, November 1990 – February
1991; correspondence between Mazur and predecessor, Bruce Vladeck,
president United Hospital Fund, expressing dismay at response to inquiry
re payment of salary of Histadrut representative, related correspondence
and meeting minutes, January 7-17, 1991; draft statement by AFL-CIO
Executive Council supporting Histradrut, praising Israel for restraint
in the face of unprovoked attack by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, February
1991; statement by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations supporting U.S. policy in Persian Gulf, January 9, 1991;
correspondence re fundraising during Gulf War, especially for Israel
health services network Kupat Holim; list of contributions received for
Kupit Holim Emergency Fund as of May 28, 1991; description of NCLI
Rogoff Fund for Medical Research for the benefit of Israel hospital, and
financial statement as of September 30, 1990; Executive Committee
minutes, July 25, 1990; memo from Mazur to NCLI executive vice president
Yehuda Ebstein re pension fund, seeking clarification re his status as a
trustee, May 6, 1991, with related correspondence; draft of letter to
board members, composed by Gus Tyler for Mazur, discussing efforts to
restore financial viability, sale of building, need for special board
meeting, c. 1991; memo from outgoing Histadrut representative to North
America re counterproductive parallel fundraising, damage to image, need
for reorganization, c 1990; confidential outline of fundraising and
reorganization plan to recover from period of mismanagement, c. 1991;
financial statements for year ended September 30, 1989, 1990, and 1991;
cost reduction schedule, including closing Cleveland, Los Angeles, and
Detroit regional offices, July 1 – September 30, 1991; letter to
directors of United Steelworkers of America, District 28, replying to
concerns over closure of Cleveland office, August 8, 1991;
correspondence re retirement plan and employment fund, May 6, 1991;
correspondence with attorneys Kaye, Fialkow, Richmond & Rothstein re
New England fundraising, April – December 1991; program highlights of
Jewish Labor Committee, “JLC Support for Issues of Concern to the Trade
Union Movement,” March 1991; newsletter Labor in Israel, August 1990;
Jewish Telegraphic Agency Daily News Bulletin and Daily News Reporter,
January 4 and 9, 1991; Israel Line news dispatches from the Consulate
General of Israel in New York, March 25 – 27, 1991
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Box 18 | Folder 1 |
National Committee for Labor Israel--Sale of Building
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1991 |
Edited and final copies of contract of purchase and sale (of building at
33 East 67th St., New York, NY) by and between National Committee for
Labor Israel – Israel Histradrut Campaign, Inc., and Agnews’s Inc.,
April, May, and June 6, 1991; history of property up to 1968, May 2,
1991; letter from buyer asking to renegotiate price due to zoning
problem, related correspondence, February 14, 1991; memo re zoning
issues relating to transfer from nonprofit to for-profit use, November
28, 1990; property appraisal as of July 30, 1990; letter to Mazur re
holdup with SEIU in signing contract for sale of building, request that
Mazur use his influence with AFL-CIO’s John Sweeney to resolve the
problem, with attached chronology, May 7, 1991, and related
correspondence; agreement with contractor SBJ Management for remodeling
work, May 4, 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 2 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
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1986-1990 |
Fact sheet on Histradut; by-laws of the National Committee for Labor
Israel – Israel Histadrut Campaign, Inc., a corporation organized under
the not-for-profit corporation law of the State of New York, 1984;
letters between Mazur and Uri Agami on Agami’s accomplishments as
chairman of the Amal Schools and election as Histadrut secretary for the
Haifa area, September 25, 1987, and January 1990; solicitation from
National Committee for Labor Israel-Histadrut, Nov. 18, 1988; position
paper re Arab-Israeli relations, June 16, 1988; Financial Report,
Special Activities and Development Transmissions to Histadrut Assistance
Fund, Major Receipts and Disbursements, 18 Months October 1, 1986 –
March 31, 1988; correspondence re possible Histadrut activity in Puerto
Rico, 1986-87; correspondence re Mazur’s appearance at Philadelphia
Trade Union Council luncheon to solidify support for Histadrut, Sept.
23, 1987; letter from Mazur re trip to Israel to dedicate vocational
school named for the ILGWU, June 23, 1987; Labor in Israel Histadrut
newsletters, March 1986 and June 1988; brochure and other materials
describing programs for youth and elderly under Mishan, an arm of
Histadrut; cover letter to Mazur from Bruce Vladeck, president of United
Hospital Fund (New York), noting meeting with National Committee for
Labor Israel – Histadrut, desire for cooperative efforts, November 12,
1987; list of contributions by ILGWU locals for 1987 Histadrut
conference; agenda of Board of Directors meeting, National Committee for
Labor Israel – Histadrut, with special resolution calling for an end to
the Israel Histadrut Foundation’s independent status, April 15, 1986,
and resolution on several other issues; letter from the Israeli embassy
to Histadrut, urging resolution of competing dual organizations, warning
of harm to common cause (translated from Hebrew), April 2, 1986; Report
of the Board of Directors and the Council of the National Committee for
Labor Israel – Histadrut, with list of major projects, April 3, 1986
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Box 18 | Folder 3 |
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
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1987 |
Convention publications, “Equality for Puerto Ricans: A Determined
Movement,” Third National Puerto Rican Convention, Philadelphia, May
31-June 2, 1985; “Closing Ranks; Forward to Justice,” Fourth National
Puerto Rican Convention, Hartford, CT, May 29, 31, 1987; letter of
invitation to Mazur to speak at Hartford convention, February 25, 1987;
memo from ILGWU director of organization Joe Danahy re non-union status
of Holiday Inn convention hotel, February 24, 1987
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Box 18 | Folder 4 |
National Council of Senior Citizens
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1987-1993 |
Conference agenda, “U.S. Competitiveness and the Aging American
Workforce,” June 16, 1993, sponsored by the National Council on the
Aging, Inc., and the National Planning Association, with cover
invitation to Mazur, May 3, 1993; convention call by National Council of
Senior Citizens for Florida conference, with cover letter to Mazur,
December 21, 1987; notice of general board meeting of October 20-21,
1987; letter to Mazur offering one-year membership to retired union
members, September 21, 1988; text of Mazur remarks for William R. Hutton
Testimonial Dinner, March 10, 1988; Statement by Bill Dodds, National
Council of Senior Citizens, before the House Education and Labor
Subcommittee, Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, supporting
Visclosky Amendment re representation on pension plan boards, February
21, 1990; memo to Mazur from the New York State Council of Senior
Citizens re establishment of a union advisory committee to the state
council, December 26, 1990; memos to Mazur re reaffiliation of ILGWU
retiree membership with NCSC, noting nationwide membership is down to
50, September 1990; draft of 1991 annual appeal letter, noting assault
on senior benefits, attempts to pit other advocacy groups against
seniors
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Box 18 | Folder 5 |
National Democratic Institute for International
Affairs
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1989 |
Letter to Mazur from Walter Mondale requesting that he participate as
auction sponsor in fundraising event for nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization est. 1983 to help strengthen democratic institutions in
newly emerging democracies, April 7, 1989
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Box 18 | Folder 6 |
National Immigration Forum
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1994 |
Memo to members re Clinton’s announced intention to stop forced
repatriation of Haitians
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Box 18 | Folder 7 |
National Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Forum
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1983-1985 |
Meeting agendas and related materials re federal legislation,
particularly the Simpson-Mazzoli bill
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Box 18 | Folder 8 |
National Labor Relations Board
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1992 |
Report, “Suggested Administrative Changes in the NLRB Proposed by the
National Organizing NLRB Subcommittee,” February 24, 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 9 |
National Planning Association
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1994 |
Board of Trustees Membership list
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Box 18 | Folder 10 |
National Planning Association
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1986-1991 |
1988 and 1990 Annual Reports; paper, “Changing Sources of U.S. Economic
Growth: 1950- 2010,” October 24, 1989; urgent memo to NPA trustees re
statement on national economic issues, July 11, 1990; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU research director Herman Starobin commenting on economic issues
paper, July 12, 1990; comments by ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re
economic issues paper, July 13, 1990; printed occasional papers, 1990:
“Creating a Strong Post-Cold War Economy,” by Richard Belous; and “Man
and His Environment,” by Harry G. Johnson; membership directory,
Committee on New American Realities, December 1991, with descriptive
agenda for twenty-first meeting of the committee, October 4-5, 1991;
July 1991 issue of Looking Ahead: “Education, Training and Management of
the American Workforce: Will the United States Still Be Competitive in
the 21st Century?”; draft minutes of Board of Trustees meetings of May
4, 1989, and December 11, 1991; memo from Mazur re NPA study, “U.S.
Competitiveness and the Aging Workforce,” September 11, 1991, suggesting
ILGWU involvement in an advisory council; letter from Mazur noting
$1,000 contribution from ILGWU, December 24, 1987; agenda for annual
meeting of Board of Trustees, with report, “The New Opportunity,” re U.S.
and international economic trends, setting guidelines for core program,
October 21, 1986; minutes of meeting of October 29, 1986, with cover
letter to Mazur expressing appreciation for his agreeing to become a
trustee, November 19, 1986
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Box 18 | Folder 11 |
National Planning Association/Committee on New American
Realities
|
1992-1993 |
1992 Annual Report; brochure and membership directory, Committee on New
American Realities, August 1992; descriptive agenda and speaker bios for
twenty-fourth meeting of the committee, April 15-17, 1993; draft minutes
of the Board of Trustees meeting of April 9, 1992; agendas and minutes
of the Board of Trustees meetings of October 27, 1992, and May 26, 1993,
with attached committee reports; memo re proposed research effort on
minorities in the inner city and the suburbs: advances and retreats
since the 1960s, May 13, 1993; drafts of NPA policy statements, “Dealing
with the Deficit Now,” and “A New Economic Initiative for the Former
Soviet Republics,” March and November 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin noting premature nature of NPA drafts,
November 25, 1992; draft of editorial, “Clinton’s Team,” for Justice;
letter welcoming Mazur to membership on Committee on New American
Realities, January 9, 1992, with attached memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp
Gus Tyler analyzing upcoming committee topics re economic issues such as
the fallacy that tax cuts for the rich create jobs (“trickle-down”
Reaganomics), January 9, 1992; minutes of the Labor-Business Relations
Subcommittee of July 20, 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 12 |
National Strategy Information Center
|
1992-1993 |
Letter to Mazur informing him of his election to the Board of Directors
of NSIC, with nomination letter from NSIC founder, June 15, 1993;
memorandum to the Board of Directors re NSIC’s mission re national
security issues in the 1990s, September 24, 1993; list of members of the
Board of Directors with contact information, October 28, 1993, sent to
Mazur; annual meeting of Board of Directors detailed agenda, including
proposed amendments to certificate of incorporation and bylaws,
financial statements, September 9, 1993; correspondence related to the
retirement of president; letter to Mazur re attendance at meeting;
correspondence from members of Congress and the press praising NSIC’s
latest report, “International Organized Crime: Emerging Threat To U.S.
Security,” September 29, 1993; grant application to M. J. Murdock
Charitable Trust for NSIC project, “US Security in the Post-Cold War
Era,” April 6, 1993; NSIC Report of a Research Seminar, “The Gray Area
Phenomenon,” re need for interdisciplinary study of international
religious fundamentalist, ethnic, terrorist, and other nonstate threats
to Western democratic values and the quality of life in the U.S., July
1992, with list of participants; printed newsletter, Political Warfare:
Intelligence, Active Measures, and Terrorism Report, fall 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 13 |
National Strategy Information Center, conference
(Greece)
|
1991 |
Letter to Mazur confirming his attendance at conference, May 6, 1991;
program agenda for “Political Warfare, Terrorism, and the Media,”
conference sponsored by the National Strategy Information Center and
others, October 3-5, 1991; background papers, all same date: “Soviet
Active Measures in Greece,” by Paul Anastasi, foreign correspondent, New
York Times and Daily Telegraph; “Problems of International Terrorism,”
by Vincent Cannistraro, former special assistant to the White House;
“The ‘Gray’ Areas,” by Xavier Raufer, counselor on terrorism, L’Express,
and professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Law, Paris; “The
KGB Today, Terrorism, and Active Measures,” by Victor P. Gundarev,
former senior KGB officer and deputy KGB chief in Greece, 1983-1986;
“Soviet Active Measures in the Gorbachev Era,” by Todd Leventhal, U.S.
Information Agency; “Media and Terrorism,” by Athanase Papandropoulous,
assistant editor, Financial Post; “Terrorism and the Media,” by Paul
Wilkinson, chairman, Dept. of International Relations, University of St.
Andrews; participant list; other papers, by the Atlantic Council of the
United States: “Perestroika Update; The USSR in Transition,” (bulletin)
May 21-August 10, 1991; “The Media: Partners in the Revolution of 1989”
(occasional paper), June 1991; Ditchley Foundation report, “After the
Persian Gulf War: American Politics and Policies in the 1990s,” by House
Speaker Rep. Thomas S. Foley; fax to Mazur re death of ILGWU
photographer Bert Berinsky, with attached (New York Times?) obituary,
October 3, 1991; U.S. News & World Report article, “An Imperfect
Union,” September 16, 1991; New York Times clipping re breakup of Soviet
Union, 1991
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Box 18 | Folder 14 |
National Strategy Information Center, conference(Western
perceptions of Soviet Union)
|
1990 |
Letter to Mazur confirming his attendance at conference, September 7,
1990; cover letter to Mazur with papers on the perception of the Soviet
Union in the United Kingdom (by Gerald Frost, director, Institute for
European Defence and Strategic Studies), France (by Admiral Pierre
Lacoste, former director of the French DGSE), Germany (by Dr. Lother
Ruhl, former state secretary for defense, Federal Republic of Germany),
Southern Europe (by General Luigi Calagris, military correspondent,
Corriere Della Sera) and the United States (by Dr. Uri Ra’anan,
director, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy,
Boston University); the Institute of Directors (Ditchley?) Annual
Lecture, “Europe: Why and How?” by James Goldsmith, London, June 12,
1990; Atlantic Council of the United States bulletins: “Indicators of
Change in Soviet Security Policies,” July 1 – August 1, 1990, and
“Perestroika Update: The USSR in Transition,” June 16 – July 15, 1990;
Washington Post article by Henry Kissinger, “The End of NATO?” July 24,
1990
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Box 18 | Folder 15 |
NYC
|
1984-1986 |
See also Koch, Mayor 1985-1990; see also NYC – Commercial Rent Control
1984-1989; see also NYC Industrial Loft Advisory Council Memo from Mayor
Ed Koch to all agency heads re city policy on undocumented aliens,
noting that for the sake of the common good, they should be encouraged
to use city services such as medical care and education, and that the
city has no obligation to report them to federal authorities, with cover
note to Mazur from ILGWU officer Muzaffar Chishti, October 15, 1985;
agenda of Refugee Employment Project Advisory Board, October 15, 1985,
with agenda for conference, November 1; New York Migration Forum meeting
agendas, June 1984, and bulletin re Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill,
refugee act, December 22, 1983; proposal by mayor’s office to NYS
Science & Technology Foundation for creation of Industrial
Innovation Extension Service, with cover letter to Mazur, July 29, 1986;
memos re commercial rent control, 1984; memo from mayor’s office re
city’s industrial retention program, January 30, 1984; related
correspondence, including from NYC comptroller Harrison J. Goldin,
December 14, 1984; letter to Mazur from Mayor Koch appointing him to the
Industrial Loft Advisory Council, June 28, 1984; position papers by
Dinkins ’85 for Manhattan Borough President campaign re jobs and
economic development, zoning and physical overdevelopment, saving
garment industry jobs, with cover letter to Mazur from ILGWU officer
Susan Cowell; letter to Mazur from City Council president Carol Bellamy
asking for support for Day Care Fund (report attached), program to
assist employers in providing child care services for employees, January
24, 1984; letter from Bellamy to ILGWU local official Edgar Romney re
city-wide after-school program, February 7, 1985; statement by City
Council president Carol Bellamy, in favor of asbestos safety
legislation, November 14, 1985; list of endorsers of asbestos
legislation; correspondence re councilman race in Queens between two
factions of the county Democratic committee, both labor-friendly, July
1985; letter to Mazur from Sal Albanese of Brooklyn, asking for
endorsement in councilman race, June 10, 1985; letter from Mazur to
members of the City Planning Commission in support of banning transient
hotels in the SoHo/Chinatown area to preserve manufacturing use of
district, January 24, 1985
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Box 18 | Folder 16 |
NYC-42nd Street Development Project
|
1984 |
See also NYC Garment Center Special District Testimony 1986-1987; see
also Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984 Statement by Mazur before the
Board of Estimate at hearing on industrial retention and relocation,
opposing grants to firms that leave Manhattan, August 16, 1984; letter
from the Apparel Manufacturers Association to the NYC Office of Business
Development, objecting to the proposed Industrial Retention Program
giving grants to firms leaving Manhattan, August 13, 1984; summary of
Board of Estimate Statement; Testimony by Mazur on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the 42nd St. Redevelopment Project,
March 26, 1984; Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the 42nd St. Redevelopment Project, submitted to the NYS Urban
Development Corp. by the ILGWU, May 1984; testimony by Mazur at the UDC
hearing on the 42nd St. Redevelopment Project, September 6, 1984; index
cards with talking points re economic impact of garment center; press
release, Statement by Mayor Edward I. Koch, Comptroller Harrison J.
Goldin and City Council President Carol Bellamy re Times Square
redevelopment and garment center, November 8, 1984; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes
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Box 18 | Folder 17 |
Board of Education, NYC
|
1988-1991 |
Letter to principal of Norman Thomas High School for Commercial Education
thanking Mazur for contribution of $250 for a scholarship, May 23, 1991;
letter from Mazur to Robert F. (Bobby) Wagner, Jr., on his appointment
as NYC Schools Chancellor, October 3, 1989; list of industrial literacy,
skills training, and English as a Second Language programs conducted by
the ILGWU for presentation to schools chancellor Richard Green, June 17,
1988
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Box 18 | Folder 18 |
NYC Congressional Tour and Fashion Show
|
1987-1991 |
Tour of New York City offered biennially to new members of Congress
featuring an ILGWU-sponsored fashion show of apparel produced in New
York City. Letters from Mazur to NYC mayor Ed Koch and other officials
inviting them to attend the show, April 13, 1987; letter to Mazur from
Rep. Charles Rangel, noting that 68 members of Congress would attend,
May 1, 1989; list of companies represented and fashion items presented;
agenda of all tour events; remarks by Mazur (?); memo to Mazur from
ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re need to put on a less
expensive show, recommending against sponsorship by Philip Morris,
January 8, 1991
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Box 18 | Folder 19 |
NYC Commercial Rent Control
|
1984-1989 |
See also NYC Garment Center Special District; see also NYC Industrial
Loft Advisory Council; see also Speeches – NYC Commercial Rent Hearings
1989; see also Speeches – Garment Center 2001; see also Koch, Mayor
1985-1990; see also NYC 1984-1986 Memo to ILGWU exec. asst. James
Parrott outlining arguments for preserving manufacturing in NYC, April
28, 1988; memo from Mazur to ILGWU NYC managers re union’s support of
Intro. 914, January 15, 1988, with attached fact sheet, flyer for
coalition event, and testimony by Mazur at City Council hearing,
December 1, 1987; summary of commercial rent arbitration bill by sponsor
councilwoman Ruth Messinger: “Statement on Discharge of Intro. #1237,”
June 13, 1989; Memorandum in Opposition to Intro. 2345 and in support of
Intro. 914-A by the Federation of Apparel Manufacturers (Eli Elias,
president), June 14, 1989; City of New York Office of the Mayor
Memorandum in Support of state legislation to amend the Public Service
Law limiting electricity surcharges imposed by landlords to commercial
tenants, May 9, 1989, with cover letter to Mazur urging lobbying
support, sample letter, list of key legislators, May 23, 1989; ILGWU
Testimony, City Council Hearings on Commercial Rent Control, December
11, 1986; memo from Parrott to Mazur re ACTWU contribution to commercial
rent campaign, need to speak to ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman for more,
lack of donations from musicians, printers unions, April 13, 1989;
letter to Mazur from Sheinkman suggesting they work together on
commercial rent problem, June 1, 1984; memo to Mazur from Susan Cowell
re commercial rent control and related legislative efforts, May 23,
1984; newspaper clippings
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Box 18 | Folder 20 |
NYC Commission on the Status of Women
|
1988 |
Letter from the NYC Commission on the Status of Women to ILGWU
secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon seeking financial support for CAW
Fund, Inc., established to raise additional dollars, with description of
programs, list of corporate and foundation contributors, newspaper
clippings, February 1, 1988
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Box 19 | Folder 1 |
NYC Economic Development Corp.
|
1994 |
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation; see also NYC – City
Council – Economic Development Committee 1993; see also Speeches –
Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC – Workforce Development
Commission 1993; see also NYC – Office of Business Development; see also
Speeches – Levine, Randy – Talking Points 1997 Talking points for Mazur
for meetings with Clay Lifflander, president, NYC Economic Development
Corp., August 23 and October 8, 1994; letter to Lifflander, expressing
disappointment over several canceled meetings, noting previous working
relationship with every head of EDC since its creation, September 22,
1994; proposal for Giuliani administration, “A Public/Private
Partnership for the New York Apparel Industry,” describing history of NY
labor partnerships, including the Garment Industry Development
Association (GIDC), Council for American Fashion (CAF), Fashion
Exports/New York (FE/NY), collaborations with the Fashion Institute of
Technology, and others; related correspondence; newspaper clipping
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Box 19 | Folder 2 |
NYC Economy-NAFTA
|
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“NAFTA and New York: Not Made for Each Other,” by Jay Mazur, n.d.
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Box 19 | Folder 3 |
NYC- Fashion Center Annual Report
|
1995 |
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation Annual report, 1994-95,
of the Fashion Center Management Association, Inc., the manager of the
Fashion Center Business Improvement District; includes budget, security
incidents, letters from business owners, newspaper clippings
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Box 19 | Folder 4 |
NYC- Made in NYC Fashion Industry proposal
|
1990 |
See also NYC Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also Garment
Industry Development Corporation Proposals by Mazur for a “Made in New
York City” campaign to promote the fashion industry and for an in-house
city government “think tank” for economic development and related
(housing, education) policy; op-ed piece by Mazur urging greater
financial support by city government of apparel manufacturing sector, c.
1990
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Box 19 | Folder 5 |
NYC Garment Center Special District
|
1986-1987 |
See also NYC – Commercial Rent Control; see also NYC Industrial Loft
Advisory Council; see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984; see
also Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984; see also Local 23-25 –
Garment Center Rally 1962-1972 Letters from Mazur to Gerald Shaw,
president of Oscar de la Renta and others, urging them to testify in
support of creating a Garment Center Special District, which would
preserve manufacturing in perpetuity within the city’s traditional
garment district, March 9; Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, on
the Garment Center Special District, Board of Estimate Hearing, March
26, 1987; garment center fact sheet; letter from Mazur to Assemblyman
Jerrold Nadler re Nadler’s support for zoning to preserve manufacturing
as expressed in his letter to the Village Voice, December 9, 1986
(attached)
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Box 19 | Folder 6 |
NYC-Manufacturing "White Paper"
|
1990 |
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation; see also Council for
American Fashion Second draft and final (?) bound “A Comprehensive
Approach to New York City Apparel Manufacturing Development Policy,”
submitted by the ILGWU, March 1990, with cover memo to Mazur from exec
asst James Parrott
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Box 19 | Folder 7 |
NYC, Mayoral Race 1993, NY1 NewsPoll
|
1993 |
see also Dinkins; see also Giuliani Weekly poll results conducted by Lou
Harris of LH Research for New York 1 News, division of Time Warner
Entertainment (sponsored by NYNEX Corporation) of residents’ attitudes
on a multitude of variables in Giuliani-Dinkins race, other issues,
March-October; questions on survey form for June 15-17; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Box 19 | Folder 8 |
NYC, Deputy Mayor, Lynch, Bill
|
1989-1990 |
Correspondence with Bill Lynch, deputy mayor of New York under David
Dinkins, re exploitation of workers by Williamsburg Trade Association,
February 1, 1990; visit by British Labour Party head Neil Kinnock,
November 9, 1989; meeting with Sanford Garelik, executive director,
Garment Industry Security Council, June 5, 1990; budget for Garment
Industry Development Corp. (GIDC), June 11, 1990; appointment of ILGWU
representative to New York City Loft Board, February 15, 1990;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 19 | Folder 9 |
NYC- Pinero, Sally Hernandez, Deputy Mayor
|
1991 |
Letter to NYC Mayor Dinkins, copied to Deputy Mayor Pinero, re the
Business Relocation Assistance Corporation (BRAC) and the need to change
the policies of the Koch administration, which discouraged retention of
apparel manufacturing in Manhattan, September 20, with attached
statement by Mazur before the NYC Planning Commission, September 11;
letter from Mazur to Pinero suggesting meeting re economic development
policies with Wallace Ford, commissioner, Office of Business Services,
and Paul Marinaccio, executive director, Economic Policy and Marketing
Group, July 12; outline of notes in preparation for September 27 meeting
with Ford and Marinaccio; draft notes from August 16 meeting with Pinero
and David Smith, commissioner, Office of Business Development; letter to
Mayor Dinkins from Rogi Equities & Investors (dba Chop Chop Cutting
Services) threatening to move out of state unless the city provides a
tax rebate, June 17; charts showing New York City apparel employment;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott reporting finding by
Kurt Salmon Associates that out-of-town buyers inject at least $100
million annually into the NYC economy, September 26; outline of notes,
“NYC 1991: World’s Capital in Transition”; letter from Mazur to Pinero
re city’s efforts to save Mademoiselle Knitwear from bankruptcy, urging
that rights of workers be considered, March 26
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Box 19 | Folder 10 |
NYC- Pinero, Sally Hernandez, Deputy Mayor
|
1990 |
see also Garment Industry Development Corporation “A Comprehensive
Approach to New York City Apparel Manufacturing Development Policy,”
submitted by the ILGWU, March 1990; letter to Mazur from Deputy Mayor
Pinero agreeing with his support for relocating Marlene Sportswear to
the Brooklyn Army Terminal, April 17, 1990; letter from Mazur to Pinero
re city’s favorable tax treatment of Domsey Trading Corporation, engaged
in anti-union activity, asserting that public funds should be used to
further quality, not just quantity, of jobs, June 11; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott outlining items for discussion during
meetings with Pinero and Mayor Dinkins, June 11 and August 16; fact
sheets re importance of garment manufacturing industry for NYC; memo
from Mazur to Mayor Dinkins and Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch summarizing
points discussed at June 8 meeting re restoration of funding to Garment
Industry Development Corporation (GIDC), promoting “Made in NY” apparel,
holding a mini-summit on apparel manufacturing policy, exploring a
mixed- use development in the Bronx, and other economic development
issues, June 11; letter from Mazur to Dinkins urging continued funding
of GIDC, May 7; memo to Mazur from Parrot re GIDC budget for FY 1991; “A
Proposal to Promote New York City’s Fashion Industry,” submitted by the
ILGWU, August 14; copy of cover story from Women’s Wear Daily, “SA to
City Hall: Give Us Respect, and a Lot More,” with note from Mazur to
Pinero, asking her to call him, July 17; invitation from Mazur for
Pinero to address the Council for American Fashion (CAF), June 13;
letter from Mazur to Pinero seeking clarification re mayor’s Small
Business Assistance plans, October 17
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Box 19 | Folder 11 |
NYC- City Council, Economic Development Committee
|
1993 |
Statement by Mazur before the New York City Council Committee on Economic
Development endorsing city’s “Strong Economy, Strong City” report,
October 18, 1993
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Box 19 | Folder 12 |
NYC-City Council- Finance Division
|
1994 |
Notice of Executive Budget hearings for fiscal year 1995, with attached
schedule for agency hearings; list of officials of NYC Central Labor
Council, AFL-CIO
|
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Box 19 | Folder 13 |
NYC- City Council Race
|
1991 |
Letters to Mazur from several candidates for NY City Council, asking for
ILGWU endorsement, with campaign literature; schedule of candidate
interviews by ILGWU, August 8, 1991; spreadsheet analysis of races in
all 51 districts, showing status of seat (incumbent strength), names of
candidates, ethnic composition of neighborhoods and ethnic percentage
breakdown of registered voters, concentration of ILGWU members or
retirees, number of petition signatures obtained, amount of money
raised, some positions on issues
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Box 19 | Folder 14 |
NYC-City Planning Commission
|
1988 |
See also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990 Notes to Mazur from
vp Susan Cowell re hearing by City Planning Commission on Garment Center
zoning plan, January 28, 1988; letter from Mazur to chair of City
Planning Commission expressing interest in participating in planning for
the next half-century of NYC, September 13, 1988
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Box 19 | Folder 15 |
New York City Central Labor Council
|
1989-1990 |
Copy of letter (in English, Spanish, and Chinese) from Mazur sent to all
ILGWU members and retirees in NY metropolitan area in support of
striking workers at Daily News, calling for boycott, with cover letter
to New York City Central Labor Council, November 7, 1990; mailgram from
Gus Bevona, president of Local 328-32J, SEIU, to NYC Central Labor
Council president Tommy Van Arsdale urging support of striking doormen,
porters, and other building maintenance members of, April 22, 1991;
Labor Council Alert fact sheet re Campaign for Justice in Brooklyn
supporting ILGWU organizing efforts against Williamsburg Trade
Association, and letter from Mazur offering thanks, January 24, 1990;
letter to Mazur from Victor Gotbaum soliciting financial support for the
Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies, Graduate School, City
University of New York (CUNY), with attached description of center and
major projects, May 31, 1990; letter re second annual Asian Labor
Festival, sponsored by the Asian Labor Committee of the NYC Central
Labor Council, July 19, 1990; letter from Van Arsdale re labor
activities supporting Dinkins mayoral campaign, July 21, 1989; flyer
publicizing march on Washington, D.C. demanding affordable housing,
October 7; memo to AFL-CIO Finance Committee from secretary-treasurer
Thomas Donahue re debt problems with United Labor Agency in Washington,
D.C., April 17, 1989; manuscript, “Rebuilding a Presidential Majority,”
by William A. Galston, University of Maryland, with cover note to Mazur
from Ted H. Jacobsen, secretary of the NYC Central Labor Council, March
31, 1989; letter to Mazur from Van Arsdale re planned discussion at
Executive Board meeting of the changing political situation re
candidates for NYC mayor, January 10, 1989; recommendations of
candidates for congressional and state office, April 23, 1990; appeal to
Mazur for financial support for toys for children of striking
machinists, December 11, 1989; letter to Mazur about providing office
space for the New York chapter of Social Democrats USA, April 17,
1990
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Box 19 | Folder 16 |
New York City Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
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1988 |
Correspondence from Mazur to Tommy Van Arsdale, president, and other
members of the New York City Central Labor Council re Labor Day parade,
testimony in favor of commercial rent binding arbitration bill; draft of
constitution and by-laws; page proof of pamphlet, “Human Rights for
American Workers,” published by the Trade Union Leadership Institute,
New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, February 25
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Box 19 | Folder 17 |
New York City Central Labor Council
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1985-1987 |
List of officers and Executive Board; roster of affiliates and member
census; correspondence re needs assessment survey for workplace literacy
programs, August 31, November 2, 1987; strike support for Federation of
Professional Athletes, September 18, 1987; letters to members of
Congress (Scheuer, Schumer, Solarz, Molinari, Green) re trade
legislation, August 3, 1987, with reply from Molinari opposing
“protectionism,” August 14, 1987; letter withholding endorsement of
Congressmen Schumer and Solarz for their refusal to override
presidential veto of trade bill, October 29, 1986; letters of
endorsement for candidates for Democratic district leaders; alert and
flyer re strike at NBC by National Association of Broadcast Employees
and Technicians; flyers for plant closing legislation; memos opposing
hospital and nursing home ownership by out-of-state corporations;
opposing use of foreign repair stations by U.S. commercial aircraft;
letter to Mazur reporting on efforts to aid the trade bill, April 16,
1987; letter to Mazur re setting up political action committees in each
borough, April 16, 1987; letter to Mazur re challenge by Victor Gotbaum
to Central Labor Council constitution and election of officers, December
1, 1986; excerpt of minutes of Executive Board meeting of September 18,
1986, re purchase of tickets for annual dinner-dance of Black Trade
Unionist Leadership Committee, opposition by Victor Gotbaum to ethnic
caucuses as part of larger council; letter re increase in per capita
dues, May 22, 1985
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Box 19 | Folder 18 |
NYC- Industrial Loft Advisory Council
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1984-1987 |
See also NYC – Commercial Rent Control; see also NYC Garment Center
Special District; see also Speeches – NYC Commercial Rent Hearing 1989;
see also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC
1984-1986; see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984; see also
Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984 Letter to Mayor Ed Koch from James
Gill, chairman of the Industrial Loft Advisory Council, re decline of
manufacturing jobs, need to halt conversion of industrial space into
commercial uses, April 11, 1986, with cover letter to Mazur;
correspondence between Gill and commercial photographer Nancy Lowell
McFarland re letter to Koch, with attached copy of local law imposing
moratorium on rent increases on certain commercial properties, January
22, 1986, and cover letter from McFarland to Mazur, March 19, 1986; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell; minutes of eighth and ninth
meetings, September 25, 1984, and February 6, 1985
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Box 19 | Folder 19 |
NYC- Office of Business Development
|
1990 |
See also Council for American Fashion; see also Garment Industry
Development Corporation; see also NYC Economic Development Corporation
1994; see also NYC – Workforce Development Commission 1993; see also
Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC 42nd St.
Redevelopment Project 1984 Letter from Mazur to commissioner David A.
Smith inviting him to attend meeting of Council for American Fashion
(CAF)
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Box 19 | Folder 20 |
NYC- Outsourcing
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1951 |
Box 19 | Folder 21 |
NYC--Westside Task Force
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1986 |
Memo to community workshop representatives re consensus of meeting about
a number of planning issues, October 31, 1986
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Box 19 | Folder 22 |
NYC-Workforce Development Commission
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1993 |
See also NYC – Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also NYC –
Office of Business Development 1990; see also Garment Industry
Development Corporation Confidential report to Mayor Dinkins from deputy
mayor Barry Sullivan, who chaired the commission, focusing on education
and training, December 28, 1998; includes list of members, including
Mazur; dissenting letter from AFSME Disrict Council 37 executive
director Stanley Hill
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Box 19 | Folder 23 |
New York International Festival of the Arts
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1986-1991 |
Correspondence with Mazur re cultural event held in New York City,
particularly first, held in 1987; newspaper clipping
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Box 19 | Folder 24 |
New York State (NYS)
|
1983-1985 |
Correspondence on a wide range of issues: several updates from state
attorney general Robert Abrams re his priorities; from Coalition for
Progressive NYS Taxation, October 27, 1983; from state senator Franz
Leichter, opposing NYS taxation of Social Security benefits, January 6,
1984; from Abrams, opposing elimination of federal deductibility of
state and local taxes, with attached letter to President Reagan signed
by 21 attorneys general nationwide, August 15, 1985; from governor’s
office re Westway State Park, July 20, 1984; from state Department of
Labor re impact of 1986 federal budget, including closure of two dozen
offices and massive layoffs; from Dept. of Labor re proposal to expand
bonding capacity of Job Development Authority, October 16, 1985; from
Assembly minority leader Clarence Rappleyea re drug assistance program
for low-income elderly, May 7 and August 13, 1985; from assistant
majoritiy leader Dick Gottfried re occupational safety and health bill,
September 3, 1985; Rebuild NY bond issue fact sheet, September 23, 1983;
memo to Mazur from Sal Giardina, director, NYS district ILGWU, listing
proposed craft minimums for major market negotiations, June 3, 1985
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Box 19 | Folder 25 |
NYS Apparel Registration Law
|
1986-1988 |
See also Speeches – Apparel Industry Task Force, NYS Dept of Labor 1992;
see also Speeches – Sweatshops Memo from Mazur to ILGWU New York City
managers re enforcement of NYS Apparel Registration Law, requiring
manufacturers and contractors of women’s or children’s clothing to
register with the state, January 14, 1988; press release, “ILG Backs
Cuomo in Push for Crackdown on Sweatshops,” January 6, 1988; copy of
law; copy of notice; copy for registration form; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU exe asst James Parrott re establishment of New York-New Jersey
interstate enforcement unit to coordinate enforcement of the two states’
apparel registration laws, July 8, 1988; memo to Mazur re changes made
to original garment industry registration bill, February 28, 1986; NYS
Department of Labor statistical statement, Apparel Industry Task Force,
December 19, 1988; newspaper clipping
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Box 19 | Folder 26 |
NYS- Cuomo, Governor Mario
|
1988-1989 |
Correspondence from Mazur
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Box 19 | Folder 27 |
NYS-Cuomo, Mario, reelection campaign
|
1994 |
Cover letter to Mazur from Friends of Mario M. Cuomo Committee, Inc.,
with attached text of announcement of reelection for NYS governor by
Cuomo, January 11, 1994; letter from NYS Democratic Committee with
attached positon paper on the economy and fact sheet for rebuttal of
most frequently made distortions, “The Real New York,” January 24
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Box 19 | Folder 28 |
NYS Democratic Committee
|
1987-1992 |
Letter to Mazur from NYS Democratic Committee chair John Marino inviting
him to be a trustee of the Democratic State Party and raise or
contribute $5,000, February 13, 1992; letter from Mazur to Gov. Michael
Dukakis as presidential candidate, offering to hold pre-election day
rally on Seventh Ave. garment district, as in past campaigns, July 15,
1988, with cover letter to NYS Democratic Committee advising getting
50,000 Dukakis buttons for the Labor Day parade; memo from Mazur to
ILGWU regional directors and NY-NJ-Pennsylvania managers re meeting to
discuss upcoming political campaign, August 12, 1988; letters from Mazur
to NYS Democratic Committee noting $1,000 contribution, copy of check,
March 3 and June 27, 1988; delegate information re Mazur, June 15, 1988;
request to Mazur from NYS Democratic chair Laurence Kirwin for names of
people aged 20-35 to help form a Task Force on Youth, aimed at
attracting new members, July 7, 1987; notice of time change in New York
Democratic Presidential Forum, December 7, 1988; letter to Mazur
inviting him to Annual State Committee Dinner, March , 1987; letter to
Mazur from state chair Kirwin thanking him for support of annual dinner
celebrating record-breaking Democratic victory in 1986, May 29, 1987
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Box 19 | Folder 29 |
NYS Department of Economic Development
|
1990 |
see also Council for American Fashion Letters from Mazur to commissioner
Vince Tese in support of funding or events for Council for American
Fashion (CAF), Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC), skills
training programs by Fairbrooke Enterprises
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Box 19 | Folder 30 |
New York State Festival (Congressional)
|
1987-1993 |
Letter from Rep. Charles Rangel to Edward Cleary, president, New York
State AFL-CIO, expressing disappointment over lack of labor involvement
in the biennial event, noting importance to New York State in dealing
with Congress, requesting co-sponsorship of luncheon with Mazur to get
labor leaders involved, June 23, 1987; letter to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow thanking her for support as a vice chairman of
the New York State Festival, held in Washington, D.C., July 1993
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Box 19 | Folder 31 |
NYS-Garment Industry Advisory Committee (GIAC)
|
1988-1995 |
State agency; NYS Department of Labor press release re establishment of
Interstate Enforcement Team to better enforce labor laws in both states’
apparel industries, with cover note to Mazur, July 22, 1988; minutes of
GIAC meeting of December 1, 1992; November 10, 1987; September 22, 1987;
January 27, 1987; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec. vp Wilbur Daniels re
Federation of Apparel Manufacturers’ objection to NYS Dept. of Labor’s
proposed contractor registration law asking manufacturers to identify
contractors with whom they do business, September 18, 1987; notes by
Parrott re proceedings of May 13, 1986 GIAC meeting; agendas for
September 24, 1992, and February 9, 1993, meetings; outline of
legislation to enhance anti-sweatshop enforcement in the NYS apparel
industry; committee code of conduct, signed by Mazur, February 26, 1989;
correspondence with state legislators and others
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Box 19 | Folder 32 |
NYS-Governor's Labor Roundtable
|
1986 |
Minutes, August 14
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Box 19 | Folder 33 |
NYS-Governor's School and Business Alliance Task
Force
|
1986-1988 |
See also Consortium for Worker Education Meeting notice with attached ad
printed in Olean Times Herald, October 31, 1988; introductory remarks
submitted by Saul Rosen (for Mazur?) re ILGWU’s Consortium for Worker
Education, December 12, 1988; press release announcing creation of task
force, September 9, 1986; letter to Mazur asking him to serve on new
Governor’s School and Business Alliance Task Force, August 7, 1986;
agenda for October 17, 1986, meeting
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Box 19 | Folder 34 |
NYS-Governor's Task Force on Work and Famiily
|
1988 |
Letter to Mazur from J. R. Petty, chairman of Marine Midland Bank, re
first meeting of the Subcommittee on Personnel Policies and Employee
Benefits in the Private Sector, February 17, 1988, with attached agenda
and work plan; notes for meeting with Petty, re need for legislative
mandate for paid family leave; letter to Mazur re meeting, with attached
subcommittee guidelines
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Box 19 | Folder 35 |
NYS Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Abatement
Board
|
1986 |
Letter to Mazur informing him that an ILGWU proposal for a health and
safety training project has been approved for funding, November 13,
1986
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Box 19 | Folder 36 |
NYS-State University of New York (SUNY)
|
1980 |
Memo to presidents of community colleges re pending addition to the
Education Law indemnifying officers and employees of community colleges,
with attached Assembly bill, August 15, 1980
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Box 19 | Folder 37 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, February
18
|
1993 |
Box 19 | Folder 38 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, December
17
|
1992 |
Box 19 | Folder 39 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, December
17
|
1992 |
Box 20 | Folder 1 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Directors Meeting,January
21
|
1993 |
Box 20 | Folder 2 |
Meeting of Directors, January 21 (privileged and
confidential)
|
1993 |
Box 20 | Folder 3 |
Meeting of Directors, February 18, privileged and
confidential
|
1993 |
Box 20 | Folder 4 |
Meeting of Directors, December 17, privileged and
confidential
|
1992 |
Box 20 | Folder 5 |
Media: New York Times
|
1985-1995 |
Letters to the editor from Mazur responding to articles and editorials on
trade and industrial homework, 1986-1993; draft of Op-Ed by Mazur for
NYT or Washington Post re role of unions in preventing further erosion
in real wages, retirement of AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, June 21,
1995; letter to the editor from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
criticizing editorial against Textile and Apparel bill, July 31, 1990;
letter to Mazur from Empire State College (SUNY), complimenting him on
his article in New York Times re industrial homework, October 20, 1986;
letter to Mazur from writer at the New York Times noting his comments in
Women’s Wear Daily indicating a change of opinion from a criticism of
her article a year earlier, asking to discuss in person (all articles
attached), August 25, 1992; newspaper clippings on immigration,
imports/trade
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Box 20 | Folder 6 |
NY Urban Coalition
|
1987-1993 |
Agenda and minutes of Board of Directors meetings, budgets, finance
committee reports, reports of major program areas 1989-91; New York City
Public Schools budget fact sheet, December 10, 1991, and related
materials; printed report on Local School Development Project, n.d.;
letter to Mazur re urgent need for working capital of $2 million,
January 9, 1989; copy of ILGWU contribution check for $500 to coalition,
with cover letter from Mazur, September 12, 1989; “3-Year Strategic
Plan,” June 1987; memo re resignation of president Arthur Barnes, May
25, 1993; list of committee members and meeting dates, January 7
1993
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Box 20 | Folder 7 |
NY Urban League
|
1987 |
Draft of letter to Greater New York Fund/United Way outlining financial
reorganization plan of New York Urban League, December 14, 1987
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Box 20 | Folder 8 |
Nicaragua
|
1986-1993 |
Draft statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Nicaragua, February
1993; letter to Mazur from the Central American Peace and Democracy
Watch, signed by John T. Joyce, president, International Union of
Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, and Charles S. Robb, former governor
of Virginia, re need for observers to promote democracy, April 12, 1988;
“The Central American Peace Accord: An Evaluation,” Report of an AFL-CIO
Delegation to Central America, January 3-11, 1988, with cover sheet,
“Talking Points: Why should Nicaragua be considered the country least in
compliance with the Peace Accord”; memo to ILGWU regional directors and
NYC managers alerting them about labor tours to Central America
sponsored by affiliates of the communist World Federation of Trade
Unions (WFTU), noting that AFL-CIO is affiliated with International
Conferderation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), May 10, 1988, with attached
memo from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland (1985) and statement by
AFL-CIO Executive Council on Relatons with ICFTU Affiliates (1985);
speech by Alvin Guthrie, secretary general of the Nicaraguan
Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CUS), at the League for Industrial
Democracy’s Award Luncheon for John Sweeney, president of the Service
Employees International Union, June 12, 1986; mailgram to Mazur listing
endorsers of Prodemca Statement on Nicaragua, February 24, 1986;
“Nicaragua’s Slow March to Communism,” by Joshua Muravchik, This World,
winter 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 9 |
Nicaragua- report on pre-election visit
|
1990 |
Letter to Mazur from Tom Kahn, director of international affairs,
AFL-CIO, re upcoming trip to Nicaragua, December 18, 1989; confidential
memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell expressing concerns over
political motivation of AIFLD (AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor
Development) trip, ostensibly sponsored as a labor solidarity trip but
actually designed to discredit elections and promote right-wing agenda,
March 10, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU Local 99 education director
Sonia Laracuente, expressing similar concerns as Cowell re politicized
AIFLD trip, April 12, 1990; official report by Laracuente re trip, April
9, 1990; drafts (?) of memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO’s Tom Kahn, noting
concerns about the trip, April 9 and 16, 1990; Report on the 1990
Nicarguan Elections, by Susan Cowell, calling elections a stunning
victory for democracy; Background Notes on Nicaragua, calling elections
a stunning victory for democracy (unsigned, undated); AIFLD Nicaragua
Source Book, 1988, newsletter, clippings, and cover letters from AIFLD
official David Jessup relating to trip and elections, April 16,
1990;
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Box 20 | Folder 10 |
Nicaragua-inauguration
|
1990 |
Official invitation to Mazur from Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega
Saavedra to attend inauguration of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, April
15, 1990; memo to AIFLD official Jesse Friedman from Gordon F. Ellison
re inauguration activities, April 10, 1990; faxed itinerary, Nicaragua
Inauguration AFL-CIO Delegation, April 23, 1990
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Box 20 | Folder 11 |
Nigeria
|
1986-1990 |
Draft resolution by the International Textile, Garment and Leather
Workers Federation Executive Committee noting that Nigeria is in
violation of an International Labor Organization Convention, ratified by
Nigeria, respecting the right of workers to join trade unions, October
1990; letters from the National Union of Textile Garment & Tailoring
Workers of Nigeria to Mazur and other ILGWU officials inviting them to
visit their union, thanking them for hosting a visit to the U.S., July
and October 1986; letter from Adams Oshiomhole, general secretary of the
National Union of Textile Garment & Tailoring Workers of Nigeria,
asking the ILGWU for reimbursement of airfare for upcoming visit and
requesting airfare for another official, April 4, 1986; reply from
ILGWU’s Briones, denying request for additional fare, April 14, 1986;
related correspondence
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Box 20 | Folder 12 |
Nygard International
|
1986 |
Mailgram to ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from P. J. Nygard, chairman of
Nygard International, Marina Del Rey, CA, asking for confirmation about
the official status of Gerald Roy, new ILGWU Canadian director, May 15,
1986
|
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Box 20 | Folder 13 |
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
|
1989-1993 |
Posters and flyers for Workers Memorial Day, with cover letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, February 3, 1992; official
comments of the ILGWU on the Proposal to Initiate Rulemaking on
Ergonomic Safety and Health Management, with cover letter from Mazur to
the Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration,
January 28, 1993; Labor Department press releases: “OSHA Invites
Applications for $1.2 Million in Targeted Training Grants,” June 29,
1993, and “OSHA Saipan Garment Factory Inspections Bring $559,900 in
Penalties,” March 26, 1992; Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO,
Program Report: Health Safety and Environment, August 8, 1993; letter
sent to the Executive Committee of the Council on American Fashion
(CAF), February 25, 1992, urging support for the Comprehensive
Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act (H.R. 3160, S. 1622), the
first significant change in the law since its passage in 1970; ILGWU
press release, “Mazur Urges Passage of OSHA Reform,” February 15, 1994;
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) press release,
December 2, 1988, and comment to Secretary of Labor re revised OSHA
standard for formaldehyde, October 31, 1988; memo to Mazur re
multi-union lawsuit challenging the revision to the formaldehyde
standard, June 21, 1989; letters to Mazur from Department of Labor OSHA
re violations at Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA, facilities, 1989-90;
letter to Howard Samuel, president, Industrial Union Department,
AFL-CIO, from Robert E. Wages, president, Oil, Chemical & Atomic
Workers (OCAW) re toxic tort compensation, January 15, 1992; article in
Democratic Left, “Reinventing OSHA: Reform Requires New, Not Less,
Government Insight,” by George J. Kourpias, September/October 1993; memo
to Mazur re meeting of the Board of Directors of the Occupational Heath
Foundation, November 21, 1990
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Box 20 | Folder 14 |
Occupational Health
|
1988-1989 |
Mailgram to Mazur re meeting of the Occupational Health Forum/IUD
(Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO), December 27, 1988, with attached
list of members from labor and industry; letter to Mazur re meeting of
Mount Sinai Hospital’s Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinic
Advisory Board, April 19, 1989, with attached minutes of March 1
meeting
|
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Box 20 | Folder 15 |
Occupational Health-Human Resources Subcommittee, House
Committee-Mazur testimony
|
1989 |
Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, before the Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Committee on
Governmental Operations, re occupational health and safety hazards in
the garment industry, need for more funding of NIOSH, April 17, 1989
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Box 20 | Folder 16 |
Part-time employment
|
1986 |
Paper by Anne Nelson, Cornell ILR, presented April 10, “Implications of
the Growth of the Temporary Help Workforce,” with cover letter re recent
Supreme Court ruling re sexual harassment, and testimony by NYC Women
Firefighters
|
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Box 20 | Folder 17 |
Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations
|
1989-1990 |
Letter from director Martin J. Morand to Mazur inviting him to conference
on workplace participation, with attached article by Norman Eiger
quoting Gus Tyler, “Organizing for Quality of Working Life,” in Labor
Studies Journal fall 1989 and (unpublished?) paper by Kim Fellner, “In
Search of the Movement: 1960s Activists in Labor”; paper by Morand
presented at 1990 annual conference, Canadian Industrial Relations
Association, “Convergence Yes: But at Whose Expense?” sent to Mazur by
Morand, July 11, 1990
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Box 20 | Folder 18 |
Penn South Cooperative Housing
|
1962-1987 |
Nonprofit cooperative housing in NYC built by ILGWU with partial city,
state, and federal funding for moderate income residents, originally
primarily for garment workers; statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU,
in Support of Application by Penn South for 25 Years Phase-in of Local
Real Estate Taxes, before the NYC Board of Estimate, June 30, 1987, with
note “revised by Walter Mankoff 6/25/87,” with earlier copy, 6/24;
letter to Mazur from Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., re decision to
increase the mortgage to make capital improvements, March 24, 1987;
minutes of co-op Board of Directors meeting, February 17 and March 17,
1987, with cover letters to Mazur; article from New York magazine,
October 27, 1986; copy of Penn South News, March 1987, with photos of
Mazur, mayor Ed Koch, borough president David Dinkins; notes for speech
or interview with New York Times at dedication ceremonies of housing,
“Community-Minded Unionism – New York Times May 19, 1962”; memo noting
that Penn South now generating 100 percent of its electricity, August
27, 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 19 |
Political correspondence
|
1994-1995 |
Letters from candidates thanking Mazur for campaign contributions: Bob
Mendez, for re-election to Congress, September 13, 1995; NYS Friends of
Peter Vallone, May 2, 1994; Peter Vallone, November 3, 1995; from
elected officials re substantive policy issues: House Majority Leader
Dick Gephart, with attached speech, “The Democratic Challenge in the
104th Congress,” re Democratic electoral losses over economic issues,
December 13, 1994; 1994 NYS election analysis by Richard Winsten of
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, noting shift in power to suburbs and
upstate, strategies in a post-Cuomo environment, November 17, 1994;
correspondence from the Center for Public Integrity, reporting on
activities, July – November 1994; executive summary of focus group
findings by Hart Research Associates re union members’ political
attitudes, noting tenuous allegiance to Democrats, cynicism for all
party politics, September 19, 1995; letter from Mazur to Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver re threats by Pataki administration to rescind
funds for apparel industry development projects (GIDC and CAF), March
15, 1995
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Box 20 | Folder 20 |
Political correspondence
|
1986 |
Explanations from Sens. John Chafee (Rhode Island) and John Kerry (Mass.)
re override vote on Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 10,
1986; letter from Sen. Robert Byrd noting support of override of veto of
trade act; solicitation of financial support for the Bobby Hill for
Lieutenant Governor, Georgia, campaign, July 3; letter from Peter
Nadash, director of ILGWU Upper South Dept., recommending contribution
to candidates for Maryland Attorney General (Steve Sachs) and Lt.
Governor (Parren Mitchell) in Democratic primary, July 2; letter from
Paul Winslow, regional director, ILGWU Central States Region, requesting
donation for reelection of Bill Clinton as Governor of Arkansas, June
16; letter to Mazur from Mark Green, asking for endorsement for
candidacy for U.S. Senate, noting other labor endorsements, with
attached letter from AFSCME and CWA discussing why they endorsed him,
June 12; letter from John Dyson campaign, with attachments endorsing him
for U.S. Senate, July 10; letter from Rep. Ed Towns (D.-NY), asking for
support for Mike Espy in Democratic primary in Mississippi, May 9;
letter to Mazur from NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams re establishment
of a state Ethics Commission, proposal to Democratic state chair to
adopt rules against high-ranking party official from doing business with
the state, May 16; letter from Abrams seeking reelection support,
invitation to kick-off rally, May 23; analyses of ethnic/socioeconomic
composition of districts; Kiplinger Washington letter, October 24; many
other requests for contributions from political campaigns, thanks for
support
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Box 20 | Folder 21 |
Ratner, Bruce C. (Forest City Ratner Companies, NY)
|
1993 |
Letter to Mazur thanking him for assistance with gala, asking if any
follow-up is needed by Ratner, the DNC (Democratic National Committee),
or the White House, May 14, 1993
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Box 20 | Folder 22 |
Regional Plan Association
|
1986-1988 |
Letter of resignation from Mazur as director of Regional Plan
Association, citing heavy time demands in position as president of
ILGWU, April 21, 1988; letter from Regional Plan Association, accepting
resignation, May 25, 1988; list of nominations to the board, February
23, 1988; minutes of Executive Committee and Board of Directors
meetings, 1986; press release from association urging “yes” vote on
Environmental Quality Bond Act, October 28, 1986; letter to NYS
legislators urging more support for mass transit, asking Mazur to sign,
November 10, 1986; draft report re access options to Newark Airport,
November 10, 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 23 |
Reich, Robert (Secretary of Labor)
|
1994-1995 |
Letter to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich re relationship between DOL and
INS in enforcement of labor protections for undocumented workers in
sweatshops, September 7, 1995; concern over workers in Saipan, January
16, 1996; statement by Mazur on model agreement between San Francisco
manufacturers and contractors, objecting to wages and hours provisions,
with cover letter to Reich, January 6, 1994; other correspondence
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Box 20 | Folder 24 |
Rehabilitation International
|
1988 |
Newsletters, January 25, 1988; letter to Susan Cowell from the Central
Labor Rehabilitation Council on New York, Inc., informing her of her
election to the Board of Directors, July 14, 1988
|
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Box 20 | Folder 25 |
Republicans
|
1984 |
Washington Post press clipping: letter from Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) to
Reagan budget director David Stockman criticizing slow approach to
dismantling liberal society, and opinion piece from Delaware Gov. Pete
du Pont IV saying that the landslide presidential victory wasn’t enough,
November 11, 1984
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Box 20 | Folder 26 |
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
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1988-1993 |
Letter to Mazur from RWDSU president Lenore Miller thanking him for
writing to Peter Pestillo to recognize the rights of Local 1064,
September 22, 1988; letter from Mazur to Miller soliciting contribution
to the Center for Labor-Management Studies at the City University
Graduate School (CUNY), January 29, 1991; RWDSU constitiution, as
amended June 1990; notice of merger meeting with United Food and
Commercial Workers, April 9, 1993; related correspondence and
newsletters
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Box 20 | Folder 27 |
Retooling New York
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1986 |
Letter inviting Mazur to conference of elected officials, bankers,
developers, journalists, industrialists, and labor leaders re future of
New York City’s manufacturing sector, cosponsored by the Community
Service Society of New York and the Queens Overall Economic Development
Corporation, October 14, 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 28 |
Rohatyn, Felix
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1990 |
Letter from Mazur to Rohatyn inviting him to participate in cultural
project celebrating contribution of immigrant families to history of NYC
and the labor movement, April 10, 1990, with copies of same letter to
Frank Mori, president of Anne Klein, and to Vince Tese and Dr. Ruth
Westheimer
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Box 20 | Folder 29 |
Roll Call
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1986 |
Letters to Mazur soliciting advertising in Roll Call (“The Newspaper of
Capitol Hill”), with memo from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler suggesting
waiting for most appropriate time in congressional activity, August –
September 1986; advertising rates; sample back issues
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Box 20 | Folder 30 |
Roper Public Opinion-perception of labor
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1991 |
Memo re results of Roper Reports attitude survey showing increased
confidence in labor leaders by American public, March 28, 1991
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Box 20 | Folder 31 |
Rosenberg/Humphrey Program in Public Affairs,The City College of
New York (CCNY)/CUNY
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1988- 1989 |
Letter to Mazur inviting him to serve on the Advisory Board of the
Rosenberg/ Humphrey program, September 7, 1988, with affirmative reply,
October 18; letters re meetings; printed copies of lectures: “The Cycles
of American Politics,” by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., December 4, 1985;
“How to Get the Poor Off Our Mind – Formulae Ancient, Modern, and Now,”
by John Kenneth Galbraith, April 21, 1986; “Fiscal Policy, Public
Morality and the Failure of Leadership,” by William H. Grey III, April
27, 1987; and “Race, Affirmative Action and the Constitution,” by
Herbert Hill, April 27, 1988; brochure describing the program
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Box 20 | Folder 32 |
Reid, Rose Marie
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1983 |
Division of Jonathan Logan. Notes re meeting; activity report on firm
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Box 20 | Folder 33 |
Save Our Security (SOS) Coalition (Social Security)
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1986-1989 |
Correspondence between Mazur and the Coalition to Protect Social Security
re contribution; fundraising letter from Mazur to unionists, June
1986
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Box 20 | Folder 34 |
Share Our Strength (SOS)
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1986-1988 |
Letters to Mazur re contributions to events sponsored by network of
restaurants raising money for local food banks, homeless shelters, and
other relief agencies; newspaper article by SOS director Bill Shore in
Nation’s Restaurant News, August 4, 1986, “What the Industry Can Do To
Battle Hunger in America”; other newspaper clipping
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Box 20 | Folder 35 |
Salvation Army/Domsey Trading Corp.
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1990 |
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones
re worldwide campaign against Domsey Trading Corp., Brooklyn, NY, for
its abuse of workers, July 22, 1990; letters from Mazur and from Rev.
Jesse Jackson, National Rainbow Coalition, to Salvation Army official
noting profits made by Domsey from buying clothing contributions from
Salvation Army and reselling them in African and other Third World
nations, describing abuse of workers, asking for meeting, July 19 and
23, 1990; letter from Domsey Fiber Corporation/Domsey International
Sales Corporation president to National Rainbow Coalition expressing
offense at Rev. Jackson’s public remarks, July 17, 1990; letter to Mazur
from the regional representative of the AFL-CIO African-American Labor
Center noting difficulty in tracing clothing shipments in Kenya despite
decree banning import of used clothing, July 26, 1990; newspaper
clippings; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 20 | Folder 36 |
Sanchez, Oscar
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1983 |
Box 20 | Folder 37 |
School of International and Public Affairs (Columbia
University)
|
1987 |
Letter from the dean to AFSCME District Council 37 special advisor Victor
Gotbaum, newly appointed as Samuel Gompers Professor of Labor-Management
Relations at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School,
offering to participate in activities together with New York University,
September 3, 1987, with cover letter from Gotbaum to Mazur, noting
positive development, September 19, 1987
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Box 20 | Folder 38 |
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local
32B-32J
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1987-1988 |
Press release re appointment of top NAACP executive, Joe Madison,
political director for SEIU, May 13, 1986; routine correspondence
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Box 20 | Folder 39 |
Serrano, Assemblyman Jose E.
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1988 |
Letter from Mazur to NYS Assemblyman Jose Serrano inviting him to address
the graduation ceremony of English as a Second Language and other
worker-students from citywide union program established in part through
workplace literacy legislation sponsored by Serrano, May 19, 1988
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Box 20 | Folder 40 |
Smoot-Hawley
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1988 |
Article by ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler re the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of
1930, “Managing Our Trade: The Wrong Shadow of Smoot-Hawley,” in the New
Leader, January 11-25, 1988, arguing that the tariff neither caused nor
exacerbated the Great Depression, with cover letter to Mazur, March 18,
1988
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Box 20 | Folder 41 |
Social Democrats
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1987-1993 |
Position paper, “Why America Needs a Social Democratic Movement,” with
cover letter to Mazur from Social Democrats, USA, asking him to endorse
the statement, April 30, 1993; speeches presented at national
convention, 1990; speech by Mazur and program and seating list of
testimonial dinner for Mazur, given the Eugene V. Debs Award by Social
Democrats, June 10, 1987; related correspondence, including
congratulatory letters and telegrams from NY governor Cuomo and members
of Congress; issues of the Social Democrat newsletter, July 1987 and
Fall 1988; issue papers re the industrial base of the U.S. economy in
the high-tech age, union busting (with cover letters noting that they
were sent to all members of Congress, April 28 and June 15, 1987), the
1988 elections; press release “Socialist International Mission Visits
Chile October 9-12,” 1986; letter from Social Democrats to Department of
Labor, urging that the new rule allowing industrial homework be
recinded, September 9, 1986; confidential report, sent to Mazur, re
Socialist International Latin America Committee meeting in Panama,
disputes with pro- Sandinista representatives, October 20, 1986; letter
from Social Democrats sent to all members of Congress urging approval of
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987
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Box 20 | Folder 42 |
Social functions, parties
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1980-1985 |
List of Christmas gift and card recipients, 1980 and 1982; Christmas and
New Year party invitations; list of regional Plan Association, Inc.,
officers and board of directors, 1985/86; list of members of New York
Skirt & Sportswear Association; list of ILGWU officers and staff for
invitations to various functions
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Box 20 | Folder 43 |
Solidarity Committee
|
1994 |
See also ALF-CIO Organizing and International Solidarity Sub-Committee
(International Organizing and Solidarity Committee) Agenda (outline of
talking points) for AFL-CIO International Organizing and Solidarity
Committee, September 23, 1994
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Box 21 | Folder 4 |
South Africa
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1986-1987 |
Letter from NYS Comptroller Edward Regan to Cleveland Robinson, New York
Anti-Apartheid Coordinating Council, District 65, UAW, discussing
divestment as strategy for promoting change, asserting that selling
stock in corporations doing business in South Africa relinquishes
ability to influence policy, January 15, 1987; letter to ILGWU assistant
president Gus Tyler from Patrick O’Farrell, executive director of the
AFL-CIO affiliated African-American Labor Center, discussing
coordination of union-to-union programs with counterparts in South
Africa, January 12, 1987; letter from O’Farrell to ILGWU international
affairs director Michele Briones, re upcoming seminar on organizing
techniques for black South African trade unionists, request for intern
positions, January 15, 1987, with cover memo to Mazur from Briones,
January 28; correspondence between South African trade unions and the
Southern African Labour Education Project (SALEP), with SALEP newsletter
and flyer announcing visit by founder Nimrod Sejake in New York and
handwritten cover note to Mazur asking for meeting and sponsorship,
January 30, 1987; letter to Mazur from F. L. Swartz, general secretary
of the South African Federation of Textile, Garment & Leather
Workers Unions (SAFTGLWU) , thanking him for good wishes, acknowledging
that establishment of the federation will bring greater unity for labor
in South Africa, February 16, 1987; letters from Briones to
African-American Labor Center program director Byron Charleton
discussing proposal by ITGLWF for organizing and educational programs
for Nigerian trade unions, budget issues, need for stricter accounting
by ITGLWF, February 19 and March 2, 1987; letter from the general
secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to all
affiliated organizations, asking for contributions for famine relief in
Mozambique, March 19, 1987; letter to Mazur from the executive director
of the Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development re financing for
training program for members of Garment Workers Industrial Union of
Natal, March 26, 1987; letter to Mazur from F. L. Swartz, writing as
honorary secretary of the South African Federation of Leather Trade
Unions, noting that he had resigned from SAFTGLWU, hoping to meet with
Mazur, April 17, 1987; letter to Mazur from Patrick O’Farrell thanking
him for contribution to seminar and internships on union organizing,
April 22, 1987; memo to Mazur from ILGWU international affairs director
Briones re union-to-union proposal, changes in the South African union
leadership, April 22, 1987; letter to Mazur from the Hunger Project
asking for nominations for first annual Africa Prize for Leadership for
the Sustainable End of Hunger, April 3, 1987; minutes of meeting of
Africa Support Group, re Mozambique and Angola, written by ILGWU
director Briones, May 29, 1987; urgent memo to Mazur from Briones re
proposal to work with ACTWU on union-to-union program in South Africa,
June 19, 1987; related memos from Briones; letter from Jack Sheinkman,
president of ACTWU, to the secretary of the SAFTGLWU confirming interest
in participation in union-to-union program; “Re-Building South Africa
Beyond Apartheid: Non-Racial Alliances as Agents for Change,” address by
the Hon. Mr. J. H. Steyn, executive chairman, the Urban Foundation
(USA), Inc., to the South Africa Club, London, October 22, 1986; “The
Garment, Textile & Leather Industries in South Africa,” prepared by
the AALC (AFL-CIO affiliated African-American Labor Center), October 1,
1986; urgent memo to Mazur from Briones re disaffiliation of National
Union of Leather Workers, regrouping of affiliates, October 27, 1986;
note from Elliot Hague re South Africa-free S&P 500 universe offered
by SM&M Capital Management Corp., October 7, 1986; memo from Briones
to Mazur with attached Report of Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons
trip to South Africa, outline of strategy of economic sanctions to end
apartheid, July 25, 1986; invitation to Mazur for 25th Anniversary
Tribute to Peter, Paul and Mary at the Kennedy Center to benefit the
Free South Africa movement, January 22, 1986; letter to Mazur from
coalition of organizations opposing apartheid, inviting him to meeting
to plan mass demonstration, January 6, 1986; letter to Mazur from
Patrick O’Farrell, executive director of AFL-CIO affiliated
African-American Labor Center noting attack on AFL-CIO by TransAfrica
Forum, a quarterly journal of opinion, with copy of February-March
issues, June 2, 1986; draft of article re recently formed Congress of
South African Trade Unions (COSATU), with cover note to Mazur, January
28, 1986; handwritten notes by participants in sewing class, with
attached newspaper clippings, 1986; mailgrams from Mazur, Sol Chaikin,
and other ILGWU officials to South African president Botha protesting
detention of Yunus Saik and other trade union leaders, January-July,
1986; full-color anti-apartheid posters, urging boycott and sanctions,
by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; memo to Mazur
from Michele Briones reporting on meeting with AALC, October 13, 1986;
report, “The Garment, Textile & Leather Industries in South Africa,”
prepared by AALC, October 7, 1986; handwritten notes; newspaper
clippings with memos to Mazur
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Box 21 | Folder 5 |
Southern Labor Institute
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1986 |
Report by Southern Labor Institute, “The Climate for Workers in the
United States,” comparing conditions by state, August 19, 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 6 |
Stenzor, Isidor
|
1988 |
Obituary of Isador Stenzor; letter to Mazur from Steve Nutter, regional
director of ILGWU Western States Region, thanking him for statement re
Stenzor, March 31, 1988
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Box 21 | Folder 7 |
Sweatshops
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1995 |
Press release announcing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU to take on sweatshops
and forge new international strategies, February 20; bullet points re
legislation to enhance anti-sweatshop enforcement in NYS apparel
industry; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec vp Susan Cowell re NYS sweatshop
legislation, January 19; analysis of New York Times article of February
6, describing sweatshops throughout NYC; letter from Mazur to Eli Elias,
president of the New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, asking for
united labor-industry support for legislation enhancing enforcement
against sweatshops, January 23; letter from concerned citizens of
Chinatown to firefighters, ILGWU, senators, asking for investigation of
sweatshops, March 29; letter to Mazur from Greater New York
Labor-Religion Coalition, praising ILGWU ad in New York Times against
sweatshops, with attached letter from clothing retailer GAP, September
14; Coalition of Labor Union Women memo, October 8, with attached
information packet including press release, “Secretary Reich Announces
Results of Labor Department’s Sweep of New York Garment Industry
Sweatshops,” November 30, fact sheet on the NYC Garment Sweatshop
Initiative, list of co-sponsors of Stop Sweatshop Act of 1997, “Dear
Colleague” letter from Reps. William Clay and Nydia Velazquez urging
support of act, sample letter to Guess, calling for elimination of
sweatshops; resolutions submitted by UNITE to AFL-CIO Convention, on
sweatshops and other issues, October 1995; remarks by Mazur at sweatshop
rally, October 26; memo from Mazur to UNITE vice presidents re
anti-sweatshop campaign, November 10; report to Mazur by UNITE
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re press conference by Secretary of
Labor Robert Reich on his anti-sweatshop campaign, December 5; newspaper
clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 8 |
Sweatshops, clippings
|
1990-1994 |
Box 21 | Folder 9 |
Sweatshops
|
1987-1989 |
Press release, “ILG Backs Cuomo in Push for Crackdown on Sweatshops,”
January 6; U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) report on sweatshops
in the apparel and other industries throughout the U.S., with cover memo
to Mazur and other ILGWU officials from ILG chief counsel Max Zimny,
September 14; press release, statement by Mazur at press conference with
Rep. Chuck Schumer re GAO report on sweatshops, calling for stricter
federal legislation, June 26, 1989
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Box 21 | Folder 10 |
Tahari
|
1984 |
Memo to file from Mazur re clothing firm Tahari, withdrawing from NLRB
action, willing to discuss damages, meet with Mazur and ACTWU president
Jack Sheinkman; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 21 | Folder 11 |
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990
|
1990 |
See also NAFTA; see also Uruguay Round; see also Globalization; see also
Speeches – Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also Wall Street Journal Press
release by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT),
“FFACT Chairman Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee in Support of
New Textile Bill,” June 7, 1990; transcript of statement; “Mobilize to
Win: How You Can Help Enact the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Act of
1990,” prepared by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade,
June 1990; FFACT fact sheets, “Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act
Offers Real Solutions to Import Problem,” Senate and House cosponsors,
and others, May-June 1990; published scholarly articles, “Trade-Linked
Labor Standards,” by Ray Marshall, May 1990, and “The World Economy
after the Cold War,” by C. Fred Bergsten, Foreign Affairs, 1990
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Box 21 | Folder 12 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Legislation
|
1988-1989 |
See also ILGWU Legislative Department; see also Globalization; see also
Speeches – Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also ITGLWF Fifth World
Congress, Tokyo, September 26-30, 1988 Confidential memos to Mazur from
ILGWU director of research Herman Starobin re Multifiber Arrangement,
GATT lobbying strategies, May 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative
director Eveyln Dubrow re meeting with Starobin, ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman, and others re strategy, October 20, 1989; letter from Mazur
to Daniel Frierson, chairman of FFACT (and Dixie Yarns) re strategy,
July 27, 1989; letter to Mazur from Sen. Bill Bradley outlining reasons
for his opposition to the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Act of 1988,
with cover letter from Mazur to FFACT chairman Frierson; letter from
Mazur to Frierson with attached memo sent to ILGWU staff re new version
of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, August 26, 1988; outline of
trade information for Mazur re impact on jobs, import penetration; fact
sheet on agricultural exports; trade info for CNN, c. 1988
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Box 21 | Folder 13 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987
|
1987 |
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 Letters
from U.S. members of Congress and senators re their position on Textile
and Apparel Trade Act of 1987; letter to Rep. Stephen Solarz from ILGWU
director of research Herman Starobin, providing requested statistical
analysis, March 11, 1987; letter to Mazur from president of Local 100,
Transport Workers Union, with copy of response by Rep. Solarz explaining
opposition to trade act based on possible loss of jobs in trucking and
other industries, December 15, 1987; letter from Mazur to Workmen’s
Circle, urging lobbying on behalf of bill, July 21, 1987; letter from
Rep. Solarz to Walter Kirschenbaum, director of public affairs of
Workmen’s Circle, with cover note to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman, October 14, 1987; letter from International Leather Goods,
Plastics and Novelty Workers’ Union to members of NY congressional
delegation who voted against the bill, urging them to reconsider when
bill is returned after veto, September 29, 1987; unsigned confidential
memos to Mazur re lobbying strategy; handwritten notes by Mazur; memos
from Mazur to ILGWU staff and all regional directors re need to lobby
senators in their district offices, with list of cosponsors, September
21 and November 16, 1987; form letters to members of Congress and
senators from Social Democrats, USA, supporting bill, August 4, 1987;
letter thanking Mazur for information, offering assistance, from United
Mine Workers president Richard Trumka, July 2, 1987; form letters for
union members to congressmen, newspaper editors, etc., with cover letter
to regional directors re Community Action Day for leafleting at shopping
centers, June 24, 1987; local action checklist, sent to all regional
directors, June 15, 1987; German Press Review digest of articles
critical of trade bill, May 12, 1987; memo with description of Omnibus
Trade Bill of 1987, prepared by staff of the Senate Committee on
Finance, proposed by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.), February 3, 1987;
Congressional Record transcript of Sen. Bentsen’s proposal of bill;
letter from Rep. Butler Derrick, chairman of the Congressional Textile
Caucus, updating supporters of HR 1154, noting that omnibus trade bill
does not accomplish enough, March 24, 1987; letter from ILGWU research
director Herman Starobin to secretary of U.S. International Trade
Commission re standardization of rules of origin, January 28, 1987;
letter from Mazur to Lynn Williams, president, United Steelworkers of
America, expressing concern over proposed final report of the Panel on
U.S. Policy Toward the Newly Emerging Industrial Countries of the
Economic Policy Council, suggesting that labor members of panel issue
minority report, February 4, 1987; letter to Mazur from Fight Back
America asking for list of contacts for each ILGWU local, with note from
Mazur to staff asking about the identity of the group; invitation to
ILGWU official Gus Tyler from congressional Office of Technology
Assessment to serve on Advisory Panel on Technology, Innovation, and
U.S. Trade, February 6, 1987; list of unions and other organizations in
coalition to reform the Hatch Act, July 7, 1987; letter from Committee
for International Support of Trade Union Rights to California Labor
Federation re purchase of Korean-made crane by Port of Oakland,
implementation of boycott, April 11, 1987; letters between ILGWU
president emeritus Sol Chaikin and Institute for International Economics
re invitation to meeting of study group on Trade Policy Toward Textiles
and Apparel, with topical agenda, December 8, 1987; the AFL-CIO American
Federationist, “The Roots of the Trade Crisis,” April 18, 1987; letter
from Mazur and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman to International
Longshoremen’s Association Local 824 president John Bowers asking that
NYS AFL-CIO withhold endorsement of state congressional representatives
who voted against the Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987 despite
promising to support it, with attached list of other union leader
recipients, August 11, 1988; statement by Mazur before the Senate
Committee on Finance in support of the act, July 30, 1987; remarks by
Mazur on the Multifiber Arrangement, for presentation at seminar in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1987; newspaper clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 14 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Endorsement Act of 1985
|
1985 |
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986; see
also Speeches – Democratic Policy Commission; see also Imports –
Roll-Back Campaign 1984-1985; see also Political Correspondence 1986
Message from the President of the United States (Ronald Reagan)
transmitting his veto of Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of
1985, with full text of bill, December 17, 1985; memo to all ILGWU
regional directors from Saul Rosen noting Reagan veto as “Christmas
present to America’s 2 million garment workers,” January 7, 1986; memo
to Mazur with notes on legislation and imports in preparation for
congressional meetings in Washington, March 10 and 11 (1987); memo from
the Kamber Group to ACTWU General Executive Board outlining strategy
campaign to override the veto, March 17, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
vp Susan Cowell re Kamber memo, March 31, 1986; memo to Mazur from Saul
Rosen re Kamber memo and Susan Cowell’s critique, April 7, 1986; memo
from vp Cowell to exec vp Wilbur Daniels re coordinating with ACTWU on
override campaign, April 24, 1986; press release from ACTWU, “American
Public Supports Override of Textile Bill Veto, According to New National
Opinion Survey,” July 28, 1986; Statement of Jack Sheinkman,
secretary/treasurer, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union;
Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, calling for veto of veto;
charts showing increase in U.S. textile and apparel imports and
concurrent decline in industry jobs, 1975-85, and related fact sheets;
letter from President Reagan to Sen. Strom Thurmond re concerns over
unemployment and decrease in textile/apparel production caused by
imports, October 4, 1982; letters or press releases from National
Farmers Organization, Oklahoma Farmers Union, National Corn Growers
Association, National Consumers League, and American Textile
Manufacturers Institute in support of bill; Statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Overriding the Veto of the Textile and Apparel
Trade Enforcement Act, August, 1986; material by the Fiber, Fabric &
Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT), including fact sheet on the Textile
and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act and analysis of trade issues, May
1986; Department of State “gist” summary of U.S. foreign relations
policy re textile import control program, March 1986; letters from Mazur
to Benjamin Hooks, NAACP, urging adoption of attached resolution
supporting override of veto of the trade bill, July 15 and 23, 1986;
memo from exec asst James Parrott, “Background Material for Schumer
Meeting,” with arguments countering the congressman’s misgivings about
the trade bill, July 28, 1986; fact sheets on NYC garment industry and
U.S. imports; memo from Parrott re need for fact sheet on why current
legislation is inadequate, to be prepared for congressmen, July 3, 1986;
letters to and from congressmen and Mazur and others re trade bill;
agenda, July 25 Override Meeting, with schedule for lobbying trip to the
Capitol; draft document with handwritten editing and notation “Starobin
for Sen. Hollings,” apparently delivered on floor of Senate, criticizing
office of U.S. Special Trade Representative and trade agreement
increasing imports from Hong Kong and Taiwan, n.d.; letter to Secretary
of the Treasury James Baker III in his capacity of chairman of the
Economic Policy Council re failure of advisory process in not consulting
U.S. labor or industry representatives in negotiated agreement with Hong
Kong, signed by Mazur and industry association executives, July 2, 1986;
confidential memo from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin outlining
need for new trade legislation including a rollback of import
restrictions to 1985 levels, n.d.; unsigned papers, “The Need for the
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act,” and paper on consumption
spending, June 1986; booklet by ILGWU, “The Import Problem,” excerpted
from the General Executive Board Report to the 39th Convention of the
ILGWU, May 30-June 6, 1986; “An Analysis of the Veto Override Vote,”
with note from Mazur to exec. Asst. James Parrott and vp Susan Cowell,
n.d; memos from Mazur to all officers and staff and to all members re
narrow defeat of veto override, August 11 and 12, 1986; Statement by Jay
Mazur, “Failure to Override the President’s Veto of the Textile and
Apparel Trade Enforcement Act,” vowing to continue the fight, August 6,
1986; memo to Mazur from Saul Rosen advising that the ILG should not
make campaign contributions to any legislators who voted against
overriding the veto, even if they are otherwise friends, August 7, 1986;
Outcome of 1986 Congressional Elections, with notations re voting record
on Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985; letter from U.S.
Trade Representative to Mazur following up on dinner meeting, noting
differences in perspectives, November 6, 1986; draft of response by
research director Starobin to 5/5/86 Forbes article by Susan Lee re
trade, May 19, 1986; letter from candidate Stuart Epperson soliciting
campaign contribution in race against N. Carolina congressman Steve
Neal, notes commitment from Sen. Steve Symms to include textiles in
proposed FAIR Act, Oct. 3, 1986; letter from Harvard researcher Gloria
Webster to Mazur soliciting comments on draft of analysis of textile and
apparel trade dispute, October 17, 1986; press release, Text of
Testimony of Howard D. Samuel, President, Industrial Union Department,
AFL-CIO, before the Joint Economic Committee Hearings on the Occasion of
the 40th Anniversary of the Employment Act of 1946; “Meeting the
Challenge of International Competition,” January 17, 1986; Statement of
Carlos Moore on Behalf of the American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S.
House of Representative, in re. the Impact and Effectiveness of the
Caribbean Basin Initiative, February 27, 1986; text of speech by Under
Secretary for Economic Affairs Allan Wallis before the Economic Policy
Council, “Protecting Prosperity from Protectionism,” January 17, 1986;
rebuttal to trade article by Timothy Taylor by Saul Rosen, January 12,
1986; Kiplinger Washington Letter re trade legislation, October 31;
newspaper clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 15 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act- Save American
Jobs
|
1986-1987 |
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 ILGWU
press release, “New York Garment and Textile Workers Fight to Save Their
Jobs,” re rally for Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 18,
1986; list of teleconference sites for Save American Industry and Jobs
Day, June 12, 1986; letters from Mazur to individual union members
thanking them for comments and interest
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Box 21 | Folder 16 |
Trade
|
1993-1995 |
See also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also Imports; see also NAFTA;
see also General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); see also
Globilization; see also Caribbean Offshoring Subsidies Remarks by House
Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, “Building the Future of American
Trade: A New Fusion of America’s Interests,” Economic Strategy Institute
Annual Conference, March 10, 1994; press release, “Gephardt Announces
Introduction of Chile Free Trade Agreement Negotiation Act of 1994,” May
9, 1994; letter to Gephardt from Sierra Club expressing strong support
for Chile free trade act, May 9, 1994; statistics re manufacturing,
trade deficits, and the economy through February 1994, with draft of
column for the Economy and You series, “Silent Bleeding,” re loss of
jobs in textile and apparel industry, by Robert E. Swift, executive
director of Crafted with Pride in the U.S.A. Council, May 3, 1994;
letter to Mazur from U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor re concerns
over Guatemalan workers’ rights under the Generalized System of
Preferences, July 27, 1994; letters from Mazur to Kantor re worker
rights violations in Honduras by Leslie Fay contractor, June 15, 1994;
memo to members of Labor/Industry Committee for International Trade
(LICIT) from executive director Howard Samuel outlining recommendations
for trade policy with Japan, September 16, 1994; policy papers: “U.S.
Japan Trade Relations: 1991 to the Present,” March 31, 1992, and “Worker
Rights and Trade: Democracy’s Next Frontier,” American Institute for
Free Labor Development, October 24, 1994; letter from ILGWU research
director Herman Starobin to U.S. Department of Commerce deputy assistant
secretary for textile, apparel and consumer goods industries, re
certification of manufacturers of women’s woolen coats for trade
adjustment assistance (Lou Levy and Son/Jersey Fashion, Jersey City, NJ,
and Lou Levy and Son, New York, NY), with attached documentation, August
3, 1994; survey from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International
Labor Affairs soliciting views on impact of bureau, with cover memo to
Mazur from ILGWU research director Starobin, November 3, 1994; memo to
Mazur from Starobin re trade: where do we go from here? December 7,
1994; memo from Starobin to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow and
Mazur summarizing high points of Mark Anderson’s CBI parity memo, March
23, 1995; letter to Dubrow from U.S. Department of Commerce deputy
assistant secretary for textiles, apparel and consumer goods industries,
re failure of ILGWU proposal with Microcompatibles, Inc., to qualify for
funding under Advanced Technology Program, with attached press release
describing the program, November 1, 1994; memo from Starobin to Mazur,
Correction to NAFTA, recommending specific policy changes, January 5,
1993
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Box 21 | Folder 17 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1994 |
Text of speech by Mazur; letter from Mazur to Central Labor Council
inviting them to 1994 rally, with the theme of supporting safe working
conditions for workers throughout the world, with attached flyers and
agenda, list of attendees; ILGWU press release press release “Mark 83rd
Anniversary of Triangle Fire with Call for ‘No More’ Industrial
Tragedies Here or Abroad; Leading Chinese Dissident, Others Spotlight
Parallels with Fires That Killed 537 Workers in Thailand and China,”
March 25, 1994; letter to actress/singer Barbra Streisand re her
acquisition of rights to Leon Stein’s The Triangle Fire, describing
significance of the fire, offering assistance, February 24, 1994
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Box 21 | Folder 18 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1993 |
List of speakers and invited dignitaries at 1993 rally; speech by Mazur,
March 25, 1993
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Box 21 | Folder 19 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1992 |
Flyer promoting stronger job safety laws, OSHA reform; letter from Mazur
to ILGWU NYC managers announcing Triangle rally with theme supporting
proposed legislation to strengthen OSHA regulations; letter of
invitation to rally, with list of recipients; program, with order of
speakers; outline of anti-sweatshop remarks by Mazur, text of
introductions of speakers; related correspondence
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Box 21 | Folder 20 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1991 |
Text of speech by Mazur, with introductions for other speakers, including
NYC mayor David Dinkins, NYC fire commissioner Carlos Rivera, NYS labor
commissioner Thomas Hartnett, and relatives of victims of Triangle and
Happy Land Social Club fires; program agenda; list of dignitaries on
stage; press release re event, noting fire drill as part of
commemoration; press release demanding stricter federal workplace safety
laws, “Labor Demands ‘Safe Jobs Now’ on 81st Anniversary of Triangle
Fire,” March 25; press release re Apparel Industry Fire Safety Week,
noting one of largest fire drills in NYC history, March 27; flyer
publicizing the event; publicity material for “The Triangle Project,” an
original play commissioned for the 80th anniversary; related
correspondence; letter from the granddaughter of a garment worker and
poem about the fire; newspaper clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 21 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1990 |
Drafts of letter from Mazur announcing commemoration event, plus start of
a new national Campaign for Justice to organize immigrant workers at
modern-day sweatshops, beginning with the Haitian workers of the Domsey
Trading Company and other factories in Brooklyn, with mailing list,
March 7 and 8; letter to Mazur from Workmen’s Circle president,
accepting invitation to joing Campaign for Justice, March 22; letters
from Mazur inviting guest speakers; program agendas; text of
introductions of speakers; flyer supporting Domsey strikers; newspaper
clippings, copy of ILGWU newspaper, Justice, March 1990, re Triangle
commemoration and Domsey campaign
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Box 21 | Folder 22 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1989 |
Text of remarks by Mazur at Triangle commemoration, March 29, 1989, with
anti-homework theme; draft, “Return of the Sweatshop,” January 12, 1989;
text of introduction of speakers; list of speakers and dignitaries;
letters of invitation to speakers, with attached industrial homework
fact sheet; text of remarks by ILGWU secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon
at dedication of monument to Triangle Fire victims at Workman’s Circle
cemetery, March 23, 1989; memo to Mazur from asst David Melman re plans
for Triangle fire exhibit at Lower East Side Tenement museum, December
28, 1989; poem from the New Yorker, “The Shirt,” by Robert Pinsky, re
Triangle fire, with cover note to Mazur, July 26, 1989
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Box 21 | Folder 23 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1988 |
Press release, “Firefighters Salute Victims of Triangle Disaster as ILGWU
Leader Blasts Reagan Administration for ‘Supporting Sweatshop
Conditions’ in Decision to Allow Industrial Homework,” March 25,
1988
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Box 21 | Folder 24 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1987 |
Letter from historian Joseph Brandes at William Paterson College of New
Jersey, suggesting that the ILGWU reprint his monograph on the history
of American Jewish labor, November 10, 1987; correspondence with the
American Labor Museum Botto House National Landmark (Haledon, NJ)
president re ILGW contribution for refreshments for opening reception of
Triangle Fire exhibit, October 7, 1987; text for plaque at site of
Triangle Fire; text of Mazur speech for Triangle Fire commemoration,
March 25, 1987; memo re AFL-CIO Texas Triangle Organizing Committee,
requesting financial help for ILGWU Central States affiliation, January
13, 1987
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Box 21 | Folder 25 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration, 75th Anniversary
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1984-1986 |
Agenda for event; memos re commemorative postage stamp, exhibit at New
York Public Library, 1984; sketches of monument and graves; Mazur radio
script for Bob and Betty Sanders talk show, Interview WMCA Radio, March
25, 1986; press advisory re interview with Triangle survivor Pauline
Cuoio Pepe before 75th anniversary commemorative ceremonies; background
information on Mrs. Pepe; press release re event, March 25, 1986;
thank-you card from Mrs. Pepe; agenda for commemorative event, March 25,
1986; Statement by Governor Cuomo on the 75th Anniversary of the
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire; list of invited dignitaries; letters of
invitation to Gov. Cuomo, ILGWU directors; list of those confirmed to
attend; speech of Vince Maltese, grandson of three of the victims;
introduction by Mazur to Pepe press conferences; letter from York
College, CUNY, thanking ILGWU for loan of Triangle exhibit, November 10,
1986; letter to exec. vp Wilbur Daniels from ILGWU Archives Department
re need for greater cooperation, October 15, 1986; letter from the son
of Triangle survivor Bessie Grabrilowich Cohen re trip to NY for
commemoration, March 14, 1986; resolution passed by the New York City
Council honoring victims of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, opposing
attempts to lower minimum wage for teenagers, cut Social Security,
reduce inspection of factories, weaken labor unions, and exploit
foreign-born labor, June 21, 1985; letters of thanks to NYC fire and
police officials and others for assistance, April 2, 1986; memo re
availability of print by Ralph Fasanella, Dress Shop, depicting New York
garment factory, in tribute to Triangle workers, August 1, 1986;
newspaper clippings; copy of ILGWU Justice, with account of the fire,
March 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 26 |
Trilateral Commission
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1993 |
See also Speeches – Gray Area Phenomenon 1993; see also Globalization;
see also NAFTA; see also Center for Migration Studies Statement by Mazur
re draft paper on migration and refugee issues, March 27, 1993; paper,
“The International Migration Dilemma,” by Doris Meissner, prepared for
the Trilateral Commission
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Box 21 | Folder 27 |
Tunnel Vision
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1987-1988 |
See also AFL-CIO – American Institute for Free Labor Development
1985-1988 Copy of book, Tunnel Vision: Labor, the World Economy, and
Central America (Dan Cantor and Juliet Shor), criticizing the
anti-communist stance of the AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs
and U.S. trade unions generally; memo from American Institute for Free
Labor Development criticizing book, February 12, 1988; newspaper
clipping, “Labor as Usual,” by William Serrin, Village Voice, February
23, 1988
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Box 21 | Folder 28 |
Tyler, Gus
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1984-1987 |
Assistant president of ILGWU and director of union’s Education
Department. Letter from the executive director of the Louisiana
Endowment for the Humanities to the executive director of the New York
Council for the Humanities, urging him to make Gus Tyler’s acquaintance,
December 20, 1987; report to the Education Committee of the General
Executive Board, October 7-12, 1987; note from Tyler to Mazur re
positive impression of African trade union leaders, September 22, 1987;
nine-page analysis by Tyler to Mazur of Dick Morris report re public
attitude on imports, September 22, 1987; letters from Tyler to
publishers re ILGWU Immigration Project, September 3, 1987; four-page
letter from Tyler re free trade as outmoded doctrine, need for
presidential candidates to address issue, with attached articles by
Tyler, September 14, 1987; memo from Tyler to Mazur re major current
projects of the Political/Educational Department, May 15, 1987; letter
from the Harry Hopkins Public Service Institute asking Mazur to write to
the Postmaster General in support of a stamp honoring Hopkins, with
cover note from Mazur to Tyler asking him to draft a letter, April 4,
1987; text of talk by Tyler, “Our Economy Is a Leaky Bucket,” which he
delivered to the Congressional Labor Roundtable and which was requested
by Rep. Major Owens to be included in the Congressional Record, with
note from Tyler to Mazur, March 22, 1984; article by Tyler, “A Tale of
Two Depressions,” based on talk he gave to National Council of Senior
Citizens, with cover note to Mazur suggesting publication and wide
distribution, July 14, 1986; memo to Mazur re meeting for Black Economic
Prpoject, with attached article by Tyler, October 27, 1986; letter from
Gus Tyler to RCA Corp. re global economy, October 8, 1986; memo to Mazur
from Gus Tyler re Liberal Party, National Planning Association, December
22, 1986; article by Tyler, “Homework: Big Treasury Loss,” December 19,
1984; memo from Tyler to Mazur re several pending projects, December
1986; articles by Tyler forwarded to vp Evy Dubrow re why decline of the
dollar has not helped trade balance, October 27, 1986; article in Mother
Jones by Jeff Faux, head of the Economic Policy Council, with cover memo
from Tyler to vp Susan Cowell and Mazur, January 16, 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 29 |
Unemployment
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1986-1989 |
Newspaper clipping from New York Times, “Job Growth Is Stagnant in
Region,” July 19; letter from National Committee for Full Employment re
First Friday Alerts, calculating “real rate” of joblessness and
underemployment, October 20, 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 30 |
Unemployment Insurance
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1987 |
Box 21 | Folder 31 |
Union General de Trabajadores (UGT)
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1986-1987 |
Letter from Mazur to Angel Navarro, general secretary, Madrid, Spain,
agreeing to contribute $1,000 for election activities, August 22, 1986;
letter in Spanish and translation re death of Navarro in automobile
accident, with attached resolution by Executive Committee of federation,
July 15, 1987; list of newly elected Executive Committee members,
October 30, 1987
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Box 21 | Folder 32 |
Union Labor Report
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1994 |
Weekly newsletters from the Bureau of National Affairs, Washington,
D.C.
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