Fabio Schettini ILGWU Photographs
Collection Number: 6036/102 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Fabio Schettini ILGWU Photographs,
1944-1971
Collection Number:
6036/102 P
Creator:
Schettini, Fabio, :International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
0.7 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of photographs documenting Fabio
Schettini's involvment in the ILGWU, the AFL-CIO, the Liberal Party of New York, and
his work on the mayoral campaign of John Lindsay.
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.
Fabio Schettini was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 26, 1909. He earned his
Bachelor of Science fron City College in 1943. Mr. Schettini joined ILGWU Local 48
in May 1944, where his mother-in-law was already a member. He worked as a business
agent, price adjuster, and union organizer for the ILGWU. Mr. Schettini participated
in the Mirror Coat Strike in 1949 and organized for the ILGWU in Bensonhurst
neighborhood in Brooklyn.
According to his ILGWU autobiography (see Collection 5087/177, Box 2, Folder 30), he
"learned [his] trade in Italy for four years and had [his] entire education in the
evening schools of New York City. [He] was for 16 years a member of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America."
In 1964, he ran for New York State Assembly as the Liberal Party candidate, loosing
to Democrat Noah Goldstein. In 1965, he ran for New York City Council as a Liberal
Party candidate and campaigned for Republican John Lindsay's mayoral campaign.
Mr. Schettini was married to Antoinette Schettini. Together they had five children:
Roland, Elaine, Linda, Nicholas, and Terry. His widow and children donated the
materials in this collection.
Local 48 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), also known as
the Italian Cloakmakers' Union, was chartered by members of Local 1 and Local 35 in
1916 and based in New York, New York. As membership and industry declined in the
1970s, the local became Local 48 United Coat, Suit and Allied Garment Workers' Union
of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island (coat and suit workers in all crafts in
Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island), and later Local 48 Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear
and Allied Workers Union of North Brooklyn. In late 1981, the Joint Board approved a
measure to dissolve Local 48, and Local 89 was renamed Local 89-48 to honor the
historic significance of the Italian cloakmakers.
This collection consists of photographs documenting Mr. Schettini's participation in
various ILGWU conferences and conventions, his support of John Lindsay during his
run for mayor of New York City, and his attendence at other union events. Of note
are the panoramic pictures documenting the attendees of ILGWU conventions in
Atlantic City, New Jersey and Miami Beach, Florida.
Names:
Schettini, Fabio
Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Local 48 (New York, N.Y.)
Liberal Party of New York State.
Subjects:
Clothing workers > Labor unions >United States.
Clothing workers > Labor unions > New York
(State) > New York.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs
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:
Fabio Schettini ILGWU Photographs #6036/102 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
6036/102 PUBS: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Publications
6036/102 MB: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Memorabilia
6036/102m: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Files
5780/040: ILGWU Local 48 Records
5780/177: ILGWU Communications Department Biography Files
6036/102 PUBS: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Publications
6036/102 MB: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Memorabilia
6036/102m: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Files
5780/040: ILGWU Local 48 Records
5780/177: ILGWU Communications Department Biography Files
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