ILGWU Local 89-22-1. Records
Collection Number: 5780/213
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Local 89-22-1. Records,
1986-1994
Collection Number:
5780/213
Creator:
ILGWU Local 89-22-1;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU))
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU))
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection consists of records relating to the Health
and Welfare Fund of Local 89-22-1.
Language:
Collection material in English
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor
unions in the United States founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing
about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States. It was one of the
first U.S. Unions to have a membership consisting of mostly females, and it played a
key role in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union is generally
referred to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG". The ILGWU grew in geographical scope,
membership size, and political influence to become one of the most powerful forces
in American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's
garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve working and living conditions of its
members through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care
facilities, cooperative housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. The
ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form
the Union of Needle trades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged
with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a
new union known as UNITE HERE. The two unions that formed UNITE in 1995 represented
only 250,000 workers between them, down from the ILGWU's peak membership of 450,000
in 1969.
Beginning in the 1980s, with the decline of the garment industry and union
membership, the Joint Board of the ILGWU approved a measure to dissolve multiple
locals to create a stronger financial foundation for the organization. Members were
transferred to Locals 22, 1-35 and 89. An October 1984 meeting resulted in more
restructuring of the board and locals into a new Local 89-22-1. Changes in the
garment industry necessitated the dissolution of the Joint Board and Locals 22 and
89-48. The charter of Local 1-35 was amended to create the new Local 89-22-1. With
the consolidation of staff and retirements of managers Samuel Nemaizer, Manuel
Gonzalez and Frank Longo, Samuel Byer, associate general manager of the New York
Coat-Dress-Rainwear Joint Board was elected manager of Local 89-22-1. After the
retirement in 1993 of Samuel Byer, Barbara Laufman was elected manager of Local
89-22-1. Local 89-22-1 was the successor to some of the oldest locals in the union
from the coat, dress, suite and rainwear industries, as well as both the New York
Dress and Cloak Joint Boards. In July 1922, the New York State District merged with
Local 89- 22-1.
The collection consists of two folders relating to the Health and Welfare Fund. It is
the restated and amended by-laws, rules and regulations of the Health and Welfare
Fund of the New York Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers' Union for
1986-1991. Additionally, there is some correspondence, proposals, and information on
the Health and Welfare Fund for the Eastern States.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Local 89 (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York
(State)--New York
Textile workers--Labor unions--New York
(State)--New York
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
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:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
ILGWU Local 89-22-1. Records #5780/213. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1986-1991 | |
Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1994 |