Impartial Chairman, Decisions. Coat and Suit Industry., 1924-1962
Collection Number: 6036/015
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Impartial Chairman, Decisions. Coat and Suit Industry., 1924-1962
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6036/015
Abstract:
This collection consists of decisions by the Impartial Chairman of the Coat and Suit
Industry from 1924 to 1962, as well as some transcripts, memoranda, and other files
related to hearings before the chairman.
Creator:
Impartial Chairman of the Coat and Suit Industry
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet
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).
Important disputes in the garment industry were submitted to a permanent Board of
Arbitration who would hand down final decisions. On January 24, 1914, the Board of
Arbitration created a Committee on Immediate Action that consisted of chief clerks
as well as an Impartial Chairman, whose job was to arbitrate all disputes that the
clerks were unable to settle and supervise labor conditions. This collection contains
the decisions of the Impartial Chairman of the Coat and Suit Industry in New York
City. The collection consists of the bound summaries of decisions and complaints that
came before the Impartial Chairman and include the case name, brief descriptions,
and the board decision. The cases are individually numbered and arranged by year beginning
in 1924 and ending in 1962. Also included is a complete transcript of a hearing. The
bound decisions in the later years are particularly helpful as they contain an index
for the cases according to subject. Through the years there were a number of Impartial
Chairmen who are identified on the cases and include (along with the dates of their
decisions in the collection): Raymond V. Ingersoll (1924-1931), George W. Alger (1932-1935),
Sol A. Rosenblatt (1931-1962), James J. Walker (1940-1945), Harry L. Hopkins (1945-1946),
and Charles Poletti (1946).
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Impartial Chairman, Decisions. Coat and Suit Industry. #6036/015. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records 5780/081: ILGWU. Legal Department records 6036/017: Impartial Chairman, Decisions, Dress Industry NYC Harry Uviller.
Names:
Ingersoll, Raymond V.
Alger, George W. -- (George William), -- b.1872.
Rosenblatt, Sol A., -- b.1900.
Walker, James J.
Hopkins, Harry L.
Poletti, Charles.
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Protective Association (New York, N.Y.)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union -- Archives.
Subjects:
Clothing trade -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York.
Collective labor agreements -- Clothing industry -- New York (State) -- New York.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Records of cases before Raymond Ingersoll
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1924-1929 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Decisions by Raymond Ingersoll
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1924-1931 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Records of cases before George Alger and Sol Rosenblatt
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1932-1938 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Decisions by George Alger
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1931-1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1935-1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1937-1938 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1940 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Decisions by James Walker
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1940-1941 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Decisions by James Walker and Harry Hopkins
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1942-1946 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Memorandum submitted to Harry Hopkins
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1945 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Transcript of hearings before Charles Poletti
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1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1947-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. May 4, 1947-May 31, 1948.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1948-1949 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1948-May 31, 1949.
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1949-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1949-May 31, 1950.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1950-1951 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1950-May 31, 1951.
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1951-1952 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1951-May 31, 1952.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1952-1953 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1952-May 31, 1953.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1953-1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1953-May 31, 1954.
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1954-1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume, part 1. June 1, 1954-May 31, 1955.
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1954-1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume, part 2. June 1, 1954-May 31, 1955.
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1955-1956 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume, part 1. June 1, 1955-May 31, 1956.
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1955-1956 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume, part 2. June 1, 1955-May 31, 1956.
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1956-1957 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1956-May 31, 1957.
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1957-1958 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1957-May 31, 1958.
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1958-1959 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1958-May 31, 1959.
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1959-1960 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1959-May 31, 1960.
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1960-1961 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1960-May 31, 1961.
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Decisions by Sol Rosenblatt
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1961-1962 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume. June 1, 1961-May 31, 1962.
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