Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union. Unity. March 25, 1927-April 27, 1928 (weekly).
Collection Number: 6036/074
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Joint Board Cloakmakers and
Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union. Unity. March 25, 1927-April 27,
1928 (weekly)., 1927-1928
Collection Number:
6036/074
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union
Joint Board Cloakmakers and
Dressmakers Union
Joint Board Furriers
Union
Quantity:
0.67 linear
ft.
Forms of Material:
Periodical.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection consists of a Yiddish weekly published by the
Joing Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and the Joint Board Furriers
Union.
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).
"Unity" was a Jewish labor weekly published every Friday by the Unity Committee of
the Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and the Joint Furriers Union. This
collection is composed of of volume 1 and a portion of volume 2. Volume 1, No. 1
begins on March 25, 1927 and ends with No. 35 from December 16, 1927. Volume 2, No.
1 begins on February 24, 1928 and ends with No. 6 from April 27, 1928. The
publication is written in Yiddish.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
-- Local 22 (New York, N.Y.) -- Archives.
Furriers Joint Council of New York -- Archives.
Subjects:
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- New York
(State) -- New York.
Textile workers -- Labor unions -- New York
(State) -- New York.
Form and Genre Terms:
Periodicals.
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:
Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union.
Unity. March 25, 1927-April 27, 1928 (weekly). #6036/074. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
5780: ILGWU records
5780 PUBS: ILGWU. Publications
5780/125: ILGWU. Newspapers
5780/169: ILGWU. Local publications
5780: ILGWU records
5780 PUBS: ILGWU. Publications
5780/125: ILGWU. Newspapers
5780/169: ILGWU. Local publications
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1927-1928 |