ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council Audio-Visual Materials
Collection Number: 5780/207 AV
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council Audio-Visual Materials,
Collection Number:
5780/207 AV
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
0.1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Audio-visual materials, audio cassette tapes.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
An undated audio cassette of a San Francisco Council Meeting.
Language:
Collection material in English
Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States, the
ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in
American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve
working and living conditions of its members through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care
facilities, cooperative housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. In 1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
(UNITE).
Formed in 1979, the Pacific Northwest District Council included local unions that had previously been part of the San Francisco
Joint Board, and Local 184 of Seattle, Washington.
Mattie Jackson, former Manager of the San Francisco Joint Board, served as the first Manager of the Pacific Northwest District
Council. Upon Jackson's retirement in 1990, Katie Quan was appointed manager. Quan managed the district through the
ILGWU's merger with ACTWU in 1995, and headed the new UNITE district until 1998.
The collection consists of one undated audio cassette of a San Francisco Council Meeting.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. -- Pacific Northwest District Council -- Audio- visual materials.
Form and Genre Terms:
Audio-visual materials.
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
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Cite As:
ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council Audio-Visual Materials #5780/207 AV. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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