Dedication of David Dubinsky Historic Landmark Plaque Digital Records
Collection Number: 6036/107 (d)
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Dedication of David Dubinsky
Historic Landmark Plaque Digital Records, 2018
Collection Number:
6036/107 (d)
Creator:
Segal, Ryna Appleton;
Historic Landmarks Preservation Committee of New York
Historic Landmarks Preservation Committee of New York
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photograph (digital), speech.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of two digital files documenting
the dedication of the David Dubinsky historic landmark plaque in New York City by
the Historic Landmarks Preservation Committee. One file contains the speech given by
Ryna Appleton Segal, David Dubinsky's granddaughter, at the ceremony; the other is a
digital photograph of the plaque taken by Ryna Appleton Segal.
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.
Names:
Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982
Segal, Ryna Appleton
New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation
Commission
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Subjects:
Historic preservation > New York (State) > New
York
Form and Genre Terms:
Photograph (digital)
Speech
Access Restrictions:
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Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Dedication of David Dubinsky Historic Landmark Plaque Digital Records #6036/107
(d). Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell
University Library.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 2018 | |
Box 1 | Folder 2 | 2018 |