Impartial Chairman, Decisions. Coat and Suit Industry.
Collection Number: 6036/015
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Impartial Chairman, Decisions. Coat and
Suit Industry., 1924-1962
Collection Number:
6036/015
Creator:
Impartial Chairman of the Coat and Suit
Industry
Quantity:
4 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Articles, reprints, pamphlets, correspondence,
photographs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library
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.
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).
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.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records
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:
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.
5780: ILGWU records
5780/081: ILGWU. Legal Department records
6036/017: Impartial Chairman, Decisions, Dress Industry NYC Harry Uviller.
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1924-1929 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1924-1931 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1932-1938 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1931-1935 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1935-1937 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1937-1938 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1939 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1940 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1940-1941 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1942-1946 | |
Bound volume
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1945 | |
Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1946 | |
Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1947-1948 | |
Bound volume. May 4, 1947-May 31, 1948.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1948-1949 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1948-May 31, 1949.
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Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1949-1950 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1949-May 31, 1950.
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Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1950-1951 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1950-May 31, 1951.
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Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1951-1952 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1951-May 31, 1952.
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Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1952-1953 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1952-May 31, 1953.
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Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1953-1954 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1953-May 31, 1954.
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Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1954-1955 | |
Bound volume, part 1. June 1, 1954-May 31, 1955.
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Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1954-1955 | |
Bound volume, part 2. June 1, 1954-May 31, 1955.
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Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1955-1956 | |
Bound volume, part 1. June 1, 1955-May 31, 1956.
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Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1955-1956 | |
Bound volume, part 2. June 1, 1955-May 31, 1956.
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Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1956-1957 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1956-May 31, 1957.
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Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1957-1958 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1957-May 31, 1958.
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Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1958-1959 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1958-May 31, 1959.
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Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1959-1960 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1959-May 31, 1960.
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Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1960-1961 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1960-May 31, 1961.
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Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1961-1962 | |
Bound volume. June 1, 1961-May 31, 1962.
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