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Contents List
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Series I. ILGWU [series]: |
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ILGWU History |
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UNITE, Constitution of a Merged Union
Includes legal opinion allowing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler re preamble, December 9, 1994;
earlier draft with marked-up edits reflecting meeting with ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman, December 7, 1994; related correspondence
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ILGWU/ACTWU Merger Committee
Memo to Mazur re meeting of Merger Committee, April 12, 1994; related
documents
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ILGWU (UNITE), merger, General Executive Board, Adam Klein Study,
February 7
Agenda for General Executive Board meeting, February 1993; topics for
discussion at retreat; report on organizing activities, December 23,
1992; notes for February 7-8, 1993, GEB executive session; memo from
Adam Klein re next steps of strategic review of ILGWU, October 30, 1991;
Klein proposed work plan through June 1992; notes on Ross Perot;
material from the Triangle Civic Association, Melville, NY
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ILGWU (UNITE), merger, General Executive Board, Adam Klein Study,
July 20
Memo from Mazur re retreat to discuss strategic planning outlined in
Klein study, April 10, 1992; personal and confidential memo to Mazur
from exec asst James Parrott outlining issues for GEB executive session,
January 20, 1992, with outline of remarks
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ILGWU Convention, 1986 and 1989
Copy of Convention Daily for 39th Convention, May 30, 1986; letter of
retirement from Henoch Mendelsund, director of ILGWU archives, March 20,
1986; "On the Move" publication at 1989 convention re staff; outline re
AIM, Associate ILGWU Members (former and potential members), described
at founding convention, December 14, 1988
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ILGWU Convention
Booklet, Signature of 450,000, pictorial history of ILGWU, for 65th
Anniversary Convention, May 1965; report of the Health & Welfare
Retirement and Supplementary Unemployment-Severance Funds, January 1,
1965 - December 31, 1965
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ILGWU General Executive Board |
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ILGWU, General Advisory Council
Minutes of GAC meeting of December 7 - 9, 1994, with attached analysis of
Dunlop Commission recommendations, report, "Worker Rights and Trade:
Democracy's Next Frontier"; meeting notice; memo to Mazur from Carl
Proper recommending comments re Leslie Fay; talking points for Mazur re
need to rebuild progressive base and revitalized agenda for defeated
Democratic Party, Leslie Fay strike, merger with ACTWU
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ILGWU General Advisory Council
See also Speeches - General Advisory Council 1993 Handwritten notes by
Mazur, January 22, 1994; printed outline of notes for meeting, January
5, 1994; agenda for February 16, 1994, GAC meeting; agenda, summary of
reports re health care from October 26-27, 1993, meeting, with cover
letter to ILGWU vice presidents from Mazur, November 29, 1993; outline
of remarks by Mazur for March 14 dinner re opportunities with Clinton
administration, difficulty influencing trade policy; notecards for March
15, 1993, dinner remarks; agenda for GAC meeting of March 14-16,
1993
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ILGWU General Advisory Council
Outlines of Mazur remarks for November 13, 1990, GAC meeting, in memos
from exec asst James Parrott; agenda of meeting; outline of remarks for
September 24, 1991, meeting, focusing on health care; reports from
workshops and committees at GAC meeting of September 25, 1991; minutes
of November 11-14, 1990, GAC meeting re major market negotiations, with
cover memo to General Executive Board from Mazur, calling meeting "most
successful and productive this group has ever had"
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ILGWU General Advisory Council
Meeting agendas; memo re creation of General Advisory Council, with
racial and gender composition in 1985 and 1986, January 1985; memo re
purpose of establishing GAC in 1984 to expand participation by
middle-level officers, January 30, 1987; list of members, 1986; letter
to Mazur from Pacific Northwest District Council business agent Frank D.
Monti, reminding him that he would like to be considered for Advisory
Council, with attached resume, May 11, 1987; confidential memo to Mazur
from Susan Cowell summarizing discussions at GAC meeting, June 15, 1987;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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ILGWU General Advisory Council |
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations |
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
List of task forces with descriptions of duties and members; memo to
Mazur and others re demands, September 12, 1990; draft report of benefit
fund task force, January 2, 1991; preliminary report, task force on
benefits, January 8, 1991; minutes of the task force on benefits,
October 15, 1990; report of task force on contract language, January 10,
1991; letter to Mazur from American Cloak and Suit Manufacturers
Association re dire conditions in industry, July 23, 1990; chronology
for 1991 outerwear negotiations; minutes of communications task force
meeting, December 3, 1990
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
General Executive Board Executive Committee agenda, February 28, 1991;
proposed two-tier liquidated damages for imports; policy guidelines;
demands, outerwear negotiations, February 28; short list and full
demands, March 7; talking points; National Association of Blouse
Manufacturers Proposals for Modifications of the Collective Bargaining
Agreement; memo to Mazur re coverage of called-up Reservists and
National Guard, February 26; consumer price index, U.S. and NY area;
press releases, "ILGWU Begins Negotiations with Outerwear Employers in
Northeast," March 13, and "ILGWU, Sportswear Employers Agree on
Contracts for 55,000 Workers in Northeast," May 30; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
Memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re staff comments at New York
Joint Board meeting, January 8, 1988; memo from Parrott re discussions
of 35-hour week, January 15, 1988; fact sheet on trends in collective
bargaining settlements; draft fact sheet for negotiations between ILGWU
and the outerwear industry in the northeast, March 4, 1988; chronology
of events in the history of ILGWU (1846-1988), March 3, 1988;
standardized form for interim agreements in the event of an impasse,
developed by ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, May 4; model collective
bargaining agreement, from Zimny, February 25; remarks by Edgar Romney
for opening session of negotiations, March 9; benefit fund fact sheet
and cost of living background information, March 1; report of the task
force on vacations and holidays, February 1988; Q&A sheet; Local 102
demands for 1988 trucking division; agreement between New York Coat and
Suit Association, Inc., and Infants' Children's & Girl's Sportswear
Association, and New York Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied
Workers' Union Local 89-22-1 (sometimes called the Joint Board) and
locals in the New Jersey Region, New England Region, Eastern
Pennsylvania Region, South Jersey Joint Board and New York State
District workers covered by the agreement, June 1, 1988; packet of
newspaper clippings on contract settlement, with cover memo to
communications task force from Susan Cowell, July 15 and April 27, 1988;
ILGWU press releases
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
Minutes of meeting of major market strike task force, May 18, 1988;
agreement between Allied Underwear Association, Inc., and Intimate
Apparel Workers' Union, ILGWU and Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters'
Union, Local 10, ILGWU, July 1, 1984 to June 30, 1987; agreement between
Intimate Apparel Manufacturers Association and Intimate Apparel Workers'
Union, Local 62-32, ILGWU and Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters'
Union, Local 10, ILGWU, July 1, 1984, to June 30, 1987; memo to Mazur
from Northeast, Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Department director Sol
Hoffman re benefits issues discussed at staff meeting, December 11,
1987; letter from Hoffman to executive director of Atlantic Apparel
Contractors' Association asking for early start on negotiations, citing
desperate mutual problems in the industry, December 14, 1987; terms of
clothing settlement, 1987; letter to members of Local 23-25 from manager
Edgar Romney, noting upcoming series of meetings to discuss what members
want in next contract, December 1987
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations, Communications Task
Force
Minutes of meeting January 15, 1988; outline of objectives; letters from
Mazur to appointees, December 30, 1987; memo to Mazur from exec asst
David Melman re preparations for 1991 major market negotiations, listing
task forces, including communications, July 27, 1990
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
see also Agreements - Greater Blouse 1985 Collective agreement, New York
Skirt and Sportswear Association, 1982-1985; with the National Women's
Neckwear and Scarf Association, June 1, 1982-May 31, 1985; demands of
Local 91-105, March 18, 1985; agreement between Fashion Apparel
Manufacturers Association and the Philadelphia Dress Joint Board;
agreement with Associated Garment Industries (Underwear Branch) with the
Missouri-Mississippi River Valley District Council and the Texas-Oklahoma
District Council, 10/13/82 - 10/15/85; handwritten notes by Mazur
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ILGWU Major Market Negotiations, Non-Accessible
Allowances
Memos to Mazur re New York Dress Joint Board
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ILGWU Negotiations, Local 23-25
Remarks by Edgar Romney, opening session, collective bargaining with New
York Skirt and Sportswear Association and guests Greater Blouse, Skirt
and Undergarment Association, April 2, 1985; proposals; memos re
contract negotiation; translation of Chinatown press, week of March
4-11, 1985; handwritten notes
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ILGWU Negotiations, New England Region
List of officers, handwritten notes; list of negotiation meeting
dates
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ILGWU Negotiations,Locals
See also Koret of North America 1985 Demands and proposals of Locals
23-25, 91-105, 132-98, Dressmakers' Joint Council, NY Skirt and
Sportswear Association; memo to Mazur from Muzaffar Chishti re 1982
contract developments, April 30, 1985; financial records; newspaper
clippings
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ILGWU, Appointment Agendas
Daily reminder books for ILGWU president Jay Mazur
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ILGWU, Mazur, New York City Managers Meetings
Talking points, outline of discussion; handwritten notes by exec asst
James Parrott
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ILGWU, Mazur, Regional Staff Meetings
Opening remarks for AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department (IUD) Legislative
Conference March 20, 1991; suggestions by exec asst James Parrott for
Pennsylvania staff meeting, December 5, 1990; suggestions for Atlanta
staff meeting, July 22, 1989; outline of talking points Southeast staff
conference, June 6, 1991; handwritten notes by Parrott, November 11,
1987
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ILGWU, Mazur Staff
Memo re staff changes in president's office, n.d.; resume of Mazur
secretary Rema Sherwood, 1995
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ILGWU, census comparison
Six-month comparisons of ILWGU membership figures by
region/district/local, and percent change
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ILGWU, staff payroll records
Computer printout of names, annual salaries, local affiliations, week
ending 12/31/91
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ILGWU, Health and Safety Department
Minutes of Occupational Health and Safety Forum (also called Occupational
Safety and Health Forum) Meeting, June 7, 1989, with list of attendees,
mission statement, accounting statement; paper submitted to forum re
drug abuse in the workplace by Chrysler Motors' director of Occupational
Safety and Health Services, April 25, 1989; memo from ILGWU Health &
Safety director Betty Plattus asking to distribute information on new
OSHA formaldehyde standards to all regional managers; training contract
with NYS Dept. of Labor and production agreement with Shop Talk
Productions for educational videotape in English, Spanish, and Chinese
re fire hazards and musculoskeletal hazards; materials related to mental
health and stress in the workforce: "New Options for Reducing
Blue-Collar Stress," by Arthur B. Shostak, professor of psychology,
Drexel University, May 1984; brochure, participant list, bibliography
for conference, "Workers and Their Mental Health: Strategic Planning for
the Next Decade," Columbia University School of Social Work, April 1986;
press releases from U.S. Dept. of Labor re OSHA; memo to Mazur from
Plattus re affiliation with Union Health Center, October 1, 1986
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ILGWU, Health Services
see also ILGWU Benefit Funds 1984-1988 ILGWU Health Services Plan Report
to the Board of Trustees, meeting agenda, asset manager's report (for
period ending October 31, 1987); minutes of Board of Trustees meeting
for December 11, 1986, asset manager's report (ending September 30,
1986); agenda for Board of Trustees meeting, December 4, 1984, with
director's report; director's report for November 1, 1983; minutes of
Nov. 30, 1982 trustees meetings; auditor's reports/financial statements;
resolutions by Local 188, re health and safety, equal opportunity for
women within union, March 26, 1986; memos re availability of pharmacy
services; report of presentations at meeting of Committee for National
Health Insurance re statistics on uninsured and underinsured, February
10, 1986; memo re Vision Maintenance Plan, Feb. 3, 1986; Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Greater New York description of Health Education Department
Worksite Programs re blood pressure screening, CPR training, health
workshops, referral services, available publications; AFL-CIO conference
invitation re Negotiating for Improved Health Care, Mar. 11, 1986; ILGWU
Health Service Plan descriptions; handwritten notes by Mazur
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ILGWU, International Relations Department
see also FITITVC; see also ITGLWF Letter from ILGWU International
Relations Department director Michele Briones to counterpart in Italy re
Cygne Designs and subsidiary T.wear S.r.l.; letters in Spanish from
Mazur to counterpart in Chile inquiring about identity of buyer for
worker-abusing Domsey Trading Company (Brooklyn, NY), August 8, 1990,
and contribution to labor organization FITITVC, February 7, 1990
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Economic Policy Council, meeting, March 27
Correspondence re panel meeting, "U.S. Policy toward the Newly Emerging
Industrial Countries"; memo replying to request from Mazur by ILG
researcher Herman Starobin, with attached paper, "Export-Led Economic
Development for Third-World Countries," October/November 1985
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Economic Policy Council
"Work and Family in the United States: A Policy Initiative," by the
Economic Policy Council of UNA-USA, December 1985; memos re release of
report, with newspaper clippings; detailed summaries of January 1986
meetings by ILG exec. asst. James Parrott; address by Mazur, "A Labor
Perspective on U.S. Policy toward Newly Industrialized Countries," May
19, 1986; related draft
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Economic Policy Institute, annual report,
papers/articles
See also NAFTA Principal liberal economic policy think tank in the U.S.,
funded originally by labor unions, later primarily by foundations and
corporations. Letter from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman to Mazur,
urging continued support from UNITE, May 22, 1995; Annual Report, 1990;
Working Papers: "Good Jobs at Good Wages: The Characteristics of Jobs
Created by Lifting Line-of-Business Restrictions in Telecommunications
for Baby Bells," by Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel, November 1993;
"Reconsidering the Benefits and Costs of Trade Protection: The Case of
Textiles and Apparel," by Robert E. Scott and Thea M. Lee, April 1991;
Briefing Papers: "Still a Debtor Nation: Interpreting the New U.S.
International Investment Data," by Robert A. Blecker, July 1991; "No
More Bank Bailouts: A Proposal for Deposit Insurance Reform," by Jane
D'Arista, June 1991; article, "Who'll Advise the Democrats?" by Paul
West (in The International Economy, The Magazine of International
Economic Policy May/June 1991)
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Economic Policy Institute |
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Economic Policy Institute, reports, Keeping Jobs in
Fashion
"Keeping Jobs in Fashion: Alternatives to the Euthanasia of the U.S.
Apparel Industry," by Richard Rothstein, with press release and letters
from EPI president Jeff Faux to ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
responding in detail to his critical comments about report, October
13-19, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec. Asst. James Parrott
outlining Starobin's objections to the report, November 16, 1989; letter
from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re report, December 12,
1989; remarks by Mazur to AFL-CIO Executive Council endorsing report,
February 1990; newspaper clippings about report
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Economic Policy Institute, reports
Memo to Mazur from exec. Asst. James Parrott describing EPI, January 11,
1989, with attached list of research papers, newspaper clippings; "The
State of Working America," by Lawrence Mishel and Jacqueline Simon,
1988; "The Consumer Electronics Industry and the Future of American
Manufacturing: How the U.S. Lost the Lead and Why We Must Get Back in
the Game," by Susan Walsh Sanderson, 1989; "Job Displacement and the
Rural Worker," by Michael Podgursky, 1989; briefing paper: "Scapegoating
Rent Control: Masking the Causes of Homelessness," October 1989
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Emanuel Weintraub Associates
Letter to industry executives, with attached Weintraub Report, re on-time
delivery logistics, September 6
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Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs) Study Group
Letter to Mazur from attorneys representing employee-initiated company
purchases, discussing proposed congressional legislation to eliminate
ESOPs, July 7, 1989; attached position paper; memos from the AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Department (IUD) announcing meeting of study group,
1985; newsletters and brochures from the National Center for Employee
Ownership, Inc; Newsday article discussing abuse and manipulation of tax
advantages of ESOPs as a tool for corporate takeovers, leveraged
buyouts; Union Labor Report article discussing ESOPs as positive force
for job protection; reprint of scholarly article, "The Sociology of
Worker Ownership and Participation," by Joseph Raphael Blasi, Harvard
University (IRRA 37th Annual Proceedings); cartoons depicting owner and
employee interpretations of ESOPs; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Evolution of Work Committee
See also Dunlop Commission Summary discussion of alternative
representation models, from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue
to members of the Evolution of Work Committee, February 10, 1994; memos
to Mazur from ILGWU assistant president Gus Tyler critiquing alternative
forms of representation as weakening industrial democracy, February 8
and March 3, 1994; memo to Mazur from ILGWU assistant legislative
director Ann Hoffman, expressing grave concern about each of the models,
March 7, 1994; text of committee report, "The New American Workplace: A
Labor Perspective"; memo to Mazur from CAF director Carl Proper
summarizing "New American Workplace" report, recommending endorsement,
February 10, 1994; memo summarizing first meeting of the Dunlop
Commission, June 7, 1993; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Evolution of Work Committee
Meeting reports; report on Canadian representation system, union trends;
challenges to U.S. organizing (by Joe Danahy?); summary of speeches on
labor-management cooperation, given at Williamsburg conference, with
critique to Mazur by Gus Tyler; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell
re original intent of committee, i.e., whether to develop an insurance
package and offer associate membership, September 25, 1985; memo to
Mazur from Cowell discussing concerns of committee members re
assumptions endorsing non-union representation models, January 26, 1989;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Media: The Forward
Article on Jewish voting patterns, with cover letter to Mazur from editor
Bernard Bellush December 9, 1986; correspondence re Mazur's chairing the
Trade Union Committee of the Forward's 90th anniversary event, 1987;
draft and final article by Mazur on Dinkins mayoral race, September 24,
1993; article by Mazur, "The Courage of Dinkins," December 11, 1992;
letter to Mazur from Manhattan borough president Ruth Messinger praising
his article, December 31, 1992; article criticizing continued Israeli
occupation of West Bank, with cover letter by author inviting
commentary, January 22, 1988; loan proposal, April 29, 1991, and
acknowledgement of repayment, January 23, 1992; list of comp subscribers
(?)
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Freedom Summer
Booklet describing project by Andrew Goodman Foundation, founded by
parents of voting rights activist killed in 1964
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Fund for an Open Society
A nonprofit mortgage fund to reduce housing segregation. Letter to Mazur
from fund president nominating new board members, with resumes and copy
of filled-in ballot, August 26, 1988; power of attorney form and
disclosure questionnaires submitted by Mazur as a director of the fund;
record of $5,000 contribution, May 25, 1988; securities offering with
cover letters from fund cofounders James Farmer and Morris Milgram, July
23, 1988; minutes of Executive Committee, April 1, 1987, and Board of
Directors, March 7, 1987; letters from Spring Garden United Neighbors,
Inc., Philadelphia, PA, re "disturbing if not frightening" meeting with
fund board members re low- income housing dispute; letter to Mazur
offering him position on board replacing retired Sol Chaikin, noting
past contributions from ILGWU, expectation of continued financial
support, October 14, 1986; proposal that ILGWU invest $1,000,000 in Open
mortgage loans, September 29, 1987; article from Shelterforce magazine
re penion-financed housing, with cover letter to Mazur, July 15, 1991,
July 15, 1991
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Future of American Workplace Conference
Conference agenda, speaker bios, and summaries of presentations;
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Commerce,
July 25-26, 1993; eight pages of handwritten notes by Mazur from
conference; newspaper clipping
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Garment Industry Development Corp (GIDC), fashions exports, New
York
Remarks by Mazur at dedication of GIDC training center, October 24, 1989;
newsletters, GIDC News; Bobbin special report on exporting by New York
manufacturers; article reprints from Women's Wear Daily and Crain's New
York Business; report, "Keeping New York in Fashion for 10
Years,1984-1994"; report, "Keeping New York in Fashion: A Strategic Plan
for the Future of the New York Fashion Apparel Industry," March 1992;
clipping from Apparel Industry Magazine, "Keeping New York in Fashion:
Blueprint for a Rebound," re GIDC, May 1992; resumes of applicants for
president, including Bruce Herman, schedule of interviews; activity
reports, July 7, 1993, May 6, 1994, January 5 and November 1, 1995;
printed attitude survey funded by GIDC and Women's Wear Daily, "A Study
of Women's Apparel Buyers: Attitudes Toward Buying Trips to New York vs.
Regional Markets," 1994; GIDC press release: "Partnerships Will Keep New
York in Fashion: Study Shows NYC Fashion Industry Can Grow Under New
Garment Industry Strategy of Quick Response Partnerships," March 31,
1992; memo to Mazur from GIDC director Bruce Herman listing points in
response to NYC Deputy Mayor Sullivan's letter re duplication of
services, alternate funding sources, February 22, 1993, with attached
February 10 letter from Sullivan, rejecting request for funding
increase
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GIDC
Letters to NYC government officials
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
See also Globalization; see also Trade; see also NAFTA Policy paper
(probably by ILGWU research director Herman Starobin) re GATT, NAFTA
(North American Free Trade Agreement), MFA (Multifiber Arrangement), and
other trade issues, May 8, 1990; testimony by Herman Starobin ("HS")
before committee hearing chaired by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D.-MA) re
Uruguay Round, November 23, 1994
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Geto and de Milly, INC.
See also Media Projects 1986-1987 Draft of guide by Geto & de Milly
to be sent to media sources, for review by Mazur, listing topics of
possible interest for interviews (fashion industry, trade, worker health
and safety, etc.), February 10, 1993; interview questions for Mazur for
Ruth Jacobs Jewish Home Show, June 10, 1993; analysis by Geto & de
Milly of "defection" of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell from Democratic
Party, with attached article by New York Times
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J. Paul Getty Trust
Letter to Mazur from trust president and CEO re importance of arts in
education, attached remarks, December 8
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Globalization
See also Speeches - Globalization; see also NAFTA and Speeches - NAFTA;
see also World Trade Organization; see also Textile & Apparel Trade
Legislation; see also Workers' Rights and Trade; see also Trilateral
Commission 2001; see also General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1993 Comments by ILGWU exec asst Carl Proper on "People-Power: The
Global Human Resource Challenge for the '90s," by Frank Doyle, former
CEO, General Electric; article from The Nation by Jeremy Brecher,
"Global Village or Global Pillage?" December 6, 1993
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Haiti
see also National Coalition for Haitian Refugees 1986; see also National
Immigration Forum 1994; see also National Labor Committee - Haiti 1996
Letter from church-affiliated Washington Office on Haiti re
government-sponsored abduction of Charlot Jacquelin and Ernest Cadet and
other and human rights abuses, October 7, 1986
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Health Care
Memo from Susan Cowell to ILGWU Health Care Grassroots Task Force
tabulating state-by-state responses to survey of members, with messages
from individuals urging reform, noting "horror stories"; letters from
Mazur to union presidents soliciting financial support for Campaign for
Health Security, January 4, 1994; letter to the editor of NY Times from
Mazur critiquing editorial on health insurance legislation proposed by
Rep. Jim Cooper, comparisons with Clinton plan, January 18, 1994
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Health Care
1993 AFL-CIO Health Care Campaign overview, talking points, and resource
guide, description of importance of talk radio; AFL-CIO talking points,
with transcript of speech by Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) and attached fact sheet, May 28,
1993; white paper on the politics of health care as a campaign issue,
noting Russo bill, problems with "pay or play" insurance; AFL-CIO
Campaign Updates on Clinton health care reform, May 17 and June 3, 1993;
U.S News & World Report article, "Clinton's Master Plan," May 24,
1993; opinion poll report to John Sweeney from Target, Inc., "National
Survey on Expectations and Reactions of Middle Class and Working Class
Voters on President Clinton's Health Care Reform - Union Households
Report," May 4, 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re
survey, noting that union households were least likely to support the
Clinton plan for fear of losing current good benefits, April 4, 1993;
confidential memo to Mazur from Cowell re health care meetings of
AFL-CIO policy group, March 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from Cowell re
AFL-CIO health care statement, February 12, 1993; statement by AFL-CIO
Executive Council on National Health Care Reform, February 16, 1993;
flyers in English, Spanish, and Chinese by the Metro New York
Mobilization for National Health Insurance, "Special Interests Make Us
Sick"; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Health Care
Memo from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell to ILGWU General Executive Board
recommending book by Paul Starr, The Logic of Health Care Reform, with
attached excerpt and article from In These Times, December 22, 1992;
related correspondence
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Health Care, Russo Bill
Statement in Support, ILGWU, The Russo Health Care Bill, March 6, 1991;
statement of Congressman Marty Russo on the introduction of the
Universal Health Care Act of 1991; news release by Russo, "Russo
Introduces Comprehensive National Health Care Plan; Numerous
Organizations Support Measure," released March 6, 1991; highlights of
the Russo bill; Description of the Russo Universal Health Care Plan;
list of organizations in support; flyer by New York City Task Force on
National Health for event featuring Rep. Marty Russo (D-Ill.) speaking
about his proposal, HR 1300, with attached list of cosponsors of the
event, October 21, 1991; press release from ASFME, "Nation's Largest
Health Care Workers Union Supports Congressmen Russo's 'SinglePayer'
National Health Care Bill," March 6, 1991; press releases or letters in
support from ACTWU, UAW, American Postal Workers Union, Public Citizen,
National Association of Social Workers; letter from UAW expressing
concern about a financing provision of the bill, February 28, 1991;
statement by Chrysler Corporation expressing qualified support of bill;
cover letter from the Health Security Action Council to its Board of
Directors, with attached editorial by Joel Cantor and Steven Shroeder,
M.D. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation president), on failure of cost
controls, New England Journal of Medicine, October 10, 1991, and copy of
brochure by the Committee for National Health Insurance, "An Innovative
Approach to Health Care Cost Containment";
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Health Care
See also Committee for National Health Insurance 1984-1991; see also
AFL-CIO Health Care Memos from Mazur to ILGWU directors urging support
of campaign; letter to Mazur from John Sweeney, chairman, AFL-CIO Health
Care Committee, with attached summary of Senate Labor-Finance Working
Group Proposal on Health Care Reform, May 23, 1991; memo from Mazur to
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland criticizing the Senate Democratic
leadership health care proposal as severely inadequate, June 4, 1991;
analyses of Senate working group proposal; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re Policy and Legislation meeting on
the Single Payer Health Care Campaign, March 11, 1991; agenda of meeting
of AFL-CIO Health Care Committee, with attached fact sheet, February 18,
1991; AFL-CIO statement on health care reform, February 19, 1991;
summaries of proposed legislation, S. 1669, "Improvements to the Health
America Act of 1991," by Sens. Paul Simon and Brock Abrams, and H.R.
3205, "Health Insurance and Cost Containment Act of 1991," by Rep. Dan
Rostenkowski; report and recommendations of the AFL-CIO Executive
Council Committee on Health Care: The American Single-Payer National
Health Care Plan, February 18, 1991; white paper, "The Permanent
Replacement of Workers Striking over Health Care Benefits in 1990,"
prepared by the AFL-CIO Department of Employee Benefits, June 1991;
"Additional Views on Health Care Recommendations of the [1991] Social
Security Advisory Council [Commitment to Change: Foundations for
Reform]," submitted by John Sweeney and others; Citizen Action report,
"The Seven Warning Signs: Health Insurance at Risk," with cover press
release, June 19, 1991; Citizen Action Health Care Alert newsletters,
May and June 1991; remarks by AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to the
American Medical Association National Leadership Conference, February
17, 1991; statement on the National Healthcare Insurance Program Act by
Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU, March 6, 1991; AFL-CIO press releases
calling for reform, 1991; National Planning Association newsletter
Looking Ahead, with lead article, "Reforming the Nation's Critically Ill
Health Care System," March 1991; letter to the editor from Warren
Greenberg, professor of health economics, George Washington University,
"National Health Insurance Benefits Everyone," February 11, 1991 (New
York Times?); letter to Mazur from Coalition of Labor Union Women re
campaign to pass veto-proof legislation reversing gag-rule against
abortion counseling for low-income women, June 13, 1991; summary of
Harris survey of leaders of key stakeholder groups, "Trade-Offs and
Choices: Health Policy Options for the 1990's"; description of proposed
New Jersey Universal Health Care Plan, October 10, 1990; congressional
resolution recognizing historic significance of the ILGWU Union Health
Center, September 26, 1989; letter to Mazur from Douglas Fraser,
Committee for National Health Insurance, summarizing attached article
from Health Management Quarterly by Dr. Robert Blendon, Harvard School
of Public Health, March 2, 1989
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High School of Fashion Industries
Letter to Mazur from principal, requesting his attendance at the school's
annual fashion show, at which he would receive a humanitarian award,
February 28, 1990
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Hill, Velma
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell expressing concern over
conservative positions of newsletter (attached) of New York Coalition of
Center Democrats, endorsing Democratic district leader candidates Velma
Hill and Ed Rothstein, June 1987
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Histadrut Board Meeting, June 8
See also National Committee for Labor Israel Proposed resolutions to the
National Committee for Labor Israel - Histadrut Board of Directors and
National Council, June 8, 1988; report to the board; policy outline for
regional offices re reorganization; brochure for Amal network,
supporting technical education in Israel; Labor in Israel newsletter,
March 1988; Israel 40th anniversary brochure; statement from Histadrut
secretary general condemning cycle of violence, extremism, January 26,
1988; resolution adopted by Histadrut Executive Council, expressing
concern over recent violence, urging political discussion; statement by
AFL-CIO Executive Council condemning both violence by West Bank/Gaza
Palestinians and excessive use of force against Israeli Arab civilians,
urging greater diplomatic efforts by U.S., February 1988; bylaws, May
1988; newsletters "Backdrop Histadrut," Friends of Amal, spring 1988,
Friends of Mishan, winter 1987
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Histadrut--International School
Correspondence with Mazur and Chaikin regarding the funding by ILGWU of
the Sol C. Chaikin International School in Kiryut Chaim, Israel;
floorplans; newsletter Amal, Winter 1985/6
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Home Ownership
Report re tax policy, "How to Expand Homeownership for More Americans,"
reprinted from Challenge, the magazine of economic affairs, March-April
1992
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Homeless Clothing Drive
Draft statement by Mazur, given to NYC Mayor's Office for Voluntary
Action for press release, noting overwhelming response to ILGWU clothing
drive for homeless, February 19, 1987
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Homework
Typed notes re position of Clinton administration retaining ban on
homework, status of illegal operations, January 22, 1993; memo from law
firm Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., re monitoring of Department
of Labor enforcement of Fair Labor Standards Act with respect to
homework, January - March, 1993; Washington Post clipping on homework,
with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow,
July 14, 1993; letter from Mazur urgently requesting meeting with Labor
Secretary Robert Reich re homework, June 15, 1993; position paper
prepared by Shea & Gardner, "Why the Ban on Industrial Homework in
the Women's Apparel Industry Should Remain in Place," April 28, 1993;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU vice president Susan Cowell with attached list
of firms certified by Department of Labor after homework ban was lifted,
January 16, 1993
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Homework
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Employment Standards
Administration proposed rule allowing homework in women's apparel
industry, July 7, 1992; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Homework
Two photos of homework in Brooklyn, NY, with cover memo to Mazur (color
originals in Kheel photo archive), January 1989; photo of homework in
Union City, NJ, n.d. (original in Kheel photo archive); memos to Mazur
from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell and general counsel Max Zimny re talking
points for Mazur meeting with Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole, February
15 and 16, 1989; letter to Dole from NYS Commissioner of Labor Thomas
Hartnett expressing opposition to lifting ban on homework, January 16,
1989; notice to Mazur from U.S. Department of Labor advising him of
department's intent to hold public hearings to lift ban on homework,
with copy of legal notice in Federal Register, published December 30,
1988; Mazur press conference statement denouncing Dole's move to hold
hearings to lift homework ban, March 29, 1989; notice of public hearing
in New York; memos to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn
Dubrow updating on activities re hearing, January - February, 1989;
correspondence from Mazur with individuals and organizations re
testifying; mailing list of organizations contacted; agenda for public
hearing, Industrial Homework in the Women's Apparel Industry, March 8-9,
1989, with attached newspaper clippings; statement by M. Patricia
Fernandez Kelly, associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins
University, in Response to Advance Notice of Hearing Respecting
Employment of Homeworkers in the Women's Apparel Industry, March 9,
1989; statement by Mazur at Labor Department hearing to lift ban, March
29, 1989, with questions for review, March 24; transcript of hearing;
statements of homeworkers about their experiences; testimony by Senator
Daniel Patrick Moynihan at Labor Department hearing to lift ban, March
29, 1989; statement by Jack Otero, national president of AFL-CIO's
Council for Latin American Advancement, at Labor Department hearing to
lift ban, March 15, 1989; statement by Judith Lichtman, president
Women's Legal Defense Fund, at Labor Department hearing to lift ban;
industrial homework chronology; fact sheets on homework, describing
Department of Labor response under the Reagan administration; press
release, "California Democrats Oppose the Legalization of Industrial
Homework," February 23, 1989; press release announcing ILGWU lawsuit
against the Labor Department to keep ban on homework, January 5, 1989;
correspondence re decision by Judge Gesell to uphold lifting ban by
Department of Labor; memo from attorneys Shea & Gardner to Zimny
discussing whether to appeal decision, ILGWU v. Dole, December 14,
1989
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Homework
Yearly account statements by attorneys Shea & Gardner for work on
homework issue, 1981-89; letter signed by Mazur and Jack Sheinkman,
president, ACTWU, urging Sen. Edward Kennedy, as chair of the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources, to vote against amendment to minimum
wage bill by Sens. Nickels and Armstrong authorizing homework in apparel
industries, April 4, 1989; letter to the editor of Wall Street Journal
by Mazur, responding to article re homework, January 11,1989; text of
Mazur column for Justice, January 1989; newsletter for ILGWU staff,
"Memo for Staff" re homework; copy of "Homework: A Return to the
Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No Protections," reprinted from
the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2, 1986; article in National Journal
and other newspaper clippings, handwritten notes by Mazur
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ILGWU, International Relations Department
see also FITITVC; see also ITGLWF Memo from ILGWU International Relations
Department director Michele Briones re meeting of International Rescue
Committee re situation in Afghanistan post Soviet defeat, refugee
problem, perception of Afghans toward U.S., Nov. 16, 1988; report,
"Technological Innovation in Textile and Apparel Industries: Its Impact
on Employment and Labor Situation and the Response of Zensen," by
Tsuyoshi Takagi, general secretary, Zensen (Japanese labor
organization), September 1988; drafts of resolutions (FITITVC?), "Trade
Union & Democracy" and "The International Debt Problem"; copy of the
Ditchley Newsletter, Autumn 1988; agenda for meeting to discuss
relationship between FITITVC and ITGLWF, August 16, 1988; memo re
seminar in Mexico re worker education, Aug. 2, 1988; memo re Canadian
affiliation; memos and text of cable message supporting striking textile
and garment workers in Mauritius, July 1988; memo re meeting with
British Labour Party delegation, May 20, 1988; press release by the
American Institute for Free Labor development re Nicaraguan labor
unions, Feb. 1988; draft of Mazur speech before South African consulate
calling for sanctions against government crackdown on Congress of South
African Trade Unions, March 3, 1988; letter to TWARO (Japanese labor
organization) updating on organizing activities in Pakistan, Malaysia,
Feb. 23, 1988; mailgrams to Chilean president Pinochet condemning arrest
of labor activist Manuel Bustos, urging restoration of trade union and
human rights, Feb. 17, 1988 and Jan. 15, 1986, with letter to ITGLWF
affiliates calling for solidarity activities; letter from Egyptian
textile union president asking to send delegation, with cover memo from
ILGWU director Briones to Mazur, Feb. 8, 1988; memo from Briones re trip
to Panama Women's Conference, Jan. 13, 1988; invitation to AFL-CIO
Conference on International Labor Solidarity, with agenda, Nov. 7, 1986;
schedule for visit of general secretary of Nigerian Textile &
Garment Workers Union, Jan. 16, 1986; translation of statement to the
French press by Force Ouvriere re assistance by U.S. trade unions, Jan.
13, 1986; lists of expenses for department for 1985
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ILGWU, International Relations Department
Activity reports, November 20 and December 10, 1985; memo to Mazur from
Michele Briones re TWARO seminar in Hong Kong, October 17; letter from
All Indonesia Workers' Union re actions taken at second national
congress, December 27; newspaper clipping, Women's Wear Daily, re Mazur,
July 27, 1983
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ILGWU, Legal Department
Memo re new tax rules, March 2, 1988; lobbyist annual report, Jan. 4,
1988; memo re union fees paid by nonmembers; memo re indictment against
owner of garment manufacturer, Joseph Lam, for tax fraud and failure to
contribute to union benefit fund, June 22, 1987; memo re federal
investigation of Teamsters for alleged connections with organized crime,
June 15, 1987; letter from general counsel Max Zimny to assistant U.S.
attorney disavowing comments by attorney in Leonardi case re abuse of
union benefit funds, April 23, 1987; ILGWU press release applauding
apprehension and guilty plea by Leonardi, owner of Cinnabar Lane, for
concealment of $3.6 million in payments to apparel contractors, February
6, 1987; notice of discrimination complaint filed with NYS Division of
Human Rights by union organizer James Patterson, July 25, 1986;
transcript of English translation of tape received from French Canadian
Gilles Gauthier re internal dispute brought to the Appeals Committee of
the General Executive Board, April 23, 1986; memo from ILGWU legal
counsel Max Zimny re Chel La Cort case argued before the NLRB re
multi-employer bargaining, December 17, 1994, with attached text of
decision; memo to Mazur from Skadden, Arps firm representing major
women's clothing manufacturer, asking for information about how best to
trace counterfeit clothing, December 14, 1994
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ILGWU, Legislative Department
See also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also Import Task Force; see
also NAFTA; see also Mexico Free Trade Agreement Letters from members of
Congress re textile and apparel trade bill and family leave bill; letter
to Sen. Kent Conrad from North Dakota AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Myron
Yantzer re trade bill, Sept. 12, 1988; memo from ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow re visits with five members of the New York
congressional delegation re trade bill, with recommendations as to
whether to endorse their candidacies, Oct. 1, 1986; agenda for ILGWU
legislative conference addressing national health insurance, trade,
minimum wage, industrial homework, with congressional speakers, held
March 20-21, 1989; memo and announcement of hearings on income-producing
activities of nonprofit organizations, including unions, June 22, 1987;
handwritten note to Mazur re status of IRS reform bill, possibility of
attaching wool tariff bill to it, n.d.
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ILGWU, Organization and Field Services
"Geographic Distribution of Apparel Employment," 1950-84; discussion
notes re organizing task force recommendations for greater
accountability, Aug. 3, 1988; resumes and letters of recommendation for
organizing positions; detailed letter to Mazur from warehouse organizing
director Ken Dermota re need for better ongoing servicing by business
agents once a shop is organized, to prevent decertification, June 22,
1987; monthly reports from Ken Dermota, Sept. and Nov., 1987; draft of
picket sign and leaflet in Claire Frocks (division of I. Appel) strike,
Thurmond, MD, targeting J.C. Penny stores, May 21, 1987; "Report to the
General Executive Board, Task Force on Organizing and New Directions,"
March 1987; follow-up memos requiring monthly field reports, April 29,
1987; survey results profiling former ILGWU members (non-retirees) and
their interest in associate membership, health plan, October 14, 1985;
statistics on apparel and knitting mill employment by state, 1973-86;
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Advisor (LCLAA) newsletter
(AFL-CIO) re assisting application for legal residence, n.d.; materials
for staff meeting with central states organizers re how to organize a
workplace, August 12, 1987; press release re petition to NLRB for ILGWU
representation by 1,500 workers at 30 Brooklyn factories, January 18,
1990; list of organizing staff as of July 6, 1992
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ILGWU, Organization and Field Services
"AFL-CIO Organizing Survey, 1986-87 NLRB Elections"; "Using Health and
Safety in Organizing"; testimony by Dept. of Field Services director
Joseph Danahy before the General Industry Minimum Wage Board, New York
City, November 12, 1985; memos re status of organizing activities at
Leaseways Distribution Center, Brea, CA, April 29, 1987; at New Bedford
Apparel, MA, April 7, 1987; at Winnipeg Leather in Manitoba, Canada,
March 5, 1987; at Haymons wedding gown manufacturer in Union City, NJ,
February 25, 1987; at Stepping Stone Mfg. Co., Chester, SC, December 19,
1986; report on an organizing training institute by a Chicago-area
Chinese American participant, January 2, 1986; letter from training
participant praising experience, August 14, 1987; five-page letter of
resignation from organizer Rand Wilson, reviewing status of organizing
work among 15 companies in the printed circuitry industry in Nashua and
Lowell, MA, December 11, 1987; letter from International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers re discontinuation of organizing
activities at Union Underwear in Campbellsville, Kentucky, October 30,
1987; letter from National Labor Relations Board to AGF Sportswear and
Liberty House Trading, New York, re posting notice, October 21, 1987;
memo re Calvin Klein Company's new warehouse in Wayne, NJ, plans for
second one in Mahwah, November 6, 1986; memo proposing salary increases
for organizers, June 11, 1986; list of organizers, dates of hire, and
salaries as of June 10, 1987; notes by Mazur for National Organization
Director's Meeting, Unity House, June 24, 1984; memo from Joe Danahy re
COHOP merger with "Dues File," May 30, 1984; memo from Milton Spitz re
dues status of several locals, January 14, 1985
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ILGWU, Organization Task Force
Memos from Mazur re purpose for appointing new task force on organizing,
July 9, 1986; list of subcommittees; minutes of the Subcommittee on
Organizing Methods (recorded by Gus Tyler), July 16, 1986; memo re full
task force meeting for January 22, 1987, with reports of the Changing
Structure, Organizing Methods, and New Directions subcommittees, January
16, 1987; Report to the General Executive Board: Task Force on
Organization and New Directions, March 1987; follow-up memo to report
from Mazur, April 14, 1987; confidential memo from VP Susan Cowell re
concerns over memo by organizer Ken Dermota's criticism of business
agents, July 1, 1987;
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ILGWU, Metro Organizing Department
Proposal for New York City Metro Organizing Department, May 16, 1987;
meeting minutes, July 9, 1986; revised outlines of department, July 23
and August 10, 1987; agenda and notes for remarks at Metro Organizing
Conference, August 14, 1987
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ILGWU, Political Department, Campaign Committee, contributions
from affiliates
Lists of contributions by locals to campaign fund supporting candidates
for Senate, House, and state and local public office; lists of campaign
committee collections, 1994 compared to 1993
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Real Estate
See also ILGWU Unity House Letter of inquiry to Mazur from developer
Landmark Associates re purchasing the Roundabout Theatre building, 44
Union Square, NYC, August 23, 1988; letter to Mazur from Roundabout
Theatre Company thanking him for agreeing to extend their lease another
year, August 17, 1989; letter from anonymous developer offering rental
space at Suite #2349, 175 Fifth Avenue, April 23, 1987; letter to Mazur
from Andover Realty describing potential lease/buyer for property at 218
West 40 St., NY, July 9, 1986; letter to Mazur from Fund for an Open
Society re provision of short-term office space to prepare for a
convocation, January 31, 1986; letter to Mazur from Assemblymember
Deborah Glick, expressing concern re alleged harassment at ILGWU
building at 275 Seventh Ave. of tenants AIDS Resource Center and
Councilman Tom Duane by another tenant, Lanier Worldwide, asking for
ILGWU to look into the matter, April 2, 1992; letter from Huberth &
Peters, Inc., noting continuing interest in the purchase of 1710
Broadway in spite of it being not for sale, July 29, 1986
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ILGWU, Retiree Services Department, Early Retiree Campaign
(Health Care)
Survey results and discussion re health care coverage for early retirees,
need to lobby Congress
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ILGWU, Retiree Services Department
List of top pension benefits and recipients as of Nov. 1, 1988; letter
from actuary Martin E. Segal Company re potential benefit improvements
of staff retiree fund, Sept. 8, 1988; article by associate director
Judith Wineman, "Age Issues in the Workplace: A Labor Perspective," with
cover memo from Wineman to Mazur, February 10, 1988; article by Wineman
and Judith True, "Caregiving and Retirement Planning: A New
Partnership," in Compensation & Benefits Management, summer 1989;
correspondence with retiree clubs for appearances at events; letter from
retired employee of Ishpeming, Mich., H.W. Gossard Co., closed in 1976,
complaining of poor stewardship of retirement fund, Aug. 1987; memo re
NYS-funded prescription drug plan for retirees, March 5, 1987; letter
from Massachusetts Senior Action Council, affiliate of the National
Council of Senior Citizens, urging support for a mailing solicitation
for new members, February 13, 1987; Activities Report of Retiree
Services Dept., January 22, 1987; request by Retiree Services Dept. to
Mazur to give the department observer status at General Executive Board,
National Retirement Fund, Health Service Plan, and other committee
meetings, Dec. 22, 1986; memo to Mazur from associate director Judith
Wineman re invitation that Wineman join board of International Society
of Preretirement Planners, with OK from Mazur, Nov. 12, 1986; schedule
of contributions from ILGWU retired members, by local/region, 8/1 -
10/31/86; memo from department to Mazur re endorsing boycott of TWA by
Independent Federation of Flight Attendants, Sept. 8, 1986; letters from
Mazur to retirees re campaign to regulate imports; minutes of General
Executive Board Committee for Retiree Services, June 6, 1985
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ILGWU. Unity House
Recommendations of Subcommittee on Unity House, re decline in utilization
due to decline in membership and change in composition of membership,
March 16, 1978; luncheon menu, June 4, 1989; ILGWU Real Estate Committee
meeting minutes, August 4, 1988, and February 28, 1989; list of
developers as potential buyers, n.d.; confidential correspondence with
attorneys Arnold & Porter and consultant ENVIRON re groundwater
pollution problem, 1990; article about history of Unity House, "A
Workers' Shangri-La," c. 1995; letters from Mazur to retiree leaders and
other members re closing of Unity House, 1988-1990; draft and printed
column in Justice re closing, February 1990; financial statement for
Unity House outstanding mortgage bonds and loans, March 10, 1986;
solicitation for donation to Pocono Hospital by Unity House, April 17,
1986
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ILGWU, Unity House, Arnold and Porter/APCO
Letter from Arnold & Porter re "golf course idea" for disposal of
Unity House, May 1991; minutes, ILGWU Real Estate Meeting, March 30,
1988, and February 28, 1989; proposals from consultants APCO Associates
and MPC & Associates (affiliated with APCO), detailing
recommendations for developing various ILGWU properties; invoice from
APCO; memo from ILGWU general secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon to Mazur
recommending what to do with several ILGWU properties, recommending
against doing another expensive study, July 31,1986
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ILGWU, Unity House, Muss Development Company
Correspondence with Arnold & Porter re litigation over Unity House
(Pike County Hotels Corp. v Muss Development Co, and Joshua L. Muss),
dispute over litigation fees; proposed agreements; handwritten notes by
Mazur; ILGWU Real Estate Meeting minutes December 22 and September 23,
1987; newspaper clippings as part of marketing materials for Muss
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ILGWU, Unity House, Davis R. Chant Realtors
Correspondence re sale of Unity House; marketing material re realtor DRC
Group
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ILGWU, Vacation/Holiday Pay Task Force
Memos to Mazur/Chaikin: Report and Recommendations of the Task Force on
Holiday Pay, March 21, 1985; memo re Holiday Pay Task Force, November
24, 1986
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ILGWU, Welfare Funds Control Department (Donald
Fischer)
Agenda of Board of Trustees meeting of the Puerto Rican Health &
Welfare Fund, April 30, 1988, with minutes of meeting of April 25, 1987,
and Financial Statements at December 21, 1987; description of funds;
memos re pursuing accounts receivable, need to increase auditing staff;
subpoena from U.S. District Court to turn over information re Robyn
Scott Fashions and Lim Shun Fashions, with cover memo to Mazur, Feb. 24,
1987; printout of liquidated damages accounts receivables report, August
4, 1986
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ILGWU, Local 10
Background for Local 10 meeting, with fact cards about membership as of
May 12, 1988 (percent cutters vs markers and graders, percent working
inside shops vs contractors, average pay, utilization of health services
and other benefits, etc); Report of the Amalgamated Ladies' Garment
Cutters' Union Local 10 to the June 20, 1988, Meeting of the General
Executive Board; Proposals of Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association,
Inc., March 16, 1988 (40-hour work week, new wage structure, etc.);
union proposals; description of status of ILGWU Health Services Plan
1986 vs 1987; Health Services Plan Fact Sheet; Wage and Price
Developments under 1985-88 Industry Agreement, January 7, 1988; outline
of remarks for staff meeting (Mazur?) preparing for 1988 contract
negotiations; letter to Israel Mechlowicz, manager, Local 10, from
employees of Metzger Group, asking about the company and union actions,
February 16, 1987; urgent letter from Mazur to Mechlowicz requesting
meeting re impending lift on ban against industrial homework, August 1,
1986; letter from Mechlowicz to members re special meeting to vote on
dues increase, August 29, 1986; copy of President's Column re 1988
outerwear talks; handwritten notes by Mazur
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ILGWU, Local 23-25
See also ILGWU - Negotiations - Local 23-25 1985; see also ILGWU Major
Market Negotiations 1994; see also Chinatown Letter from Mazur to Edgar
Romney, manager of Local 23-25, with handwritten note thanking local for
"great," "outstanding" contribution to 1988 campaign committee, December
28, 1988; letter to Mazur listing ACTWU jobbers giving work to Chinatown
contractors, November 7, 1988; copies of checks, vouchers, and invoices;
letter from Edgar Romney to members re status of negotiations, calling
management proposals "outrageous," April 18, 1988; meeting notices for
Major Market Negotiations Strike Task Force and Metro Organizing
Committee, May 6, 1988; letter to Mazur from Edgar Romney re major
conflicts with the A. Philip Randolph Institute about the executive
composition of the newly established Bayard Rustin Fund; correspondence
between Edgar Romney and the president of Carmelton Sportswear, Inc., re
intention to outsource one-third of production to non-union shops in
order to keep prices competitive and retain Sears as a client, September
23 and October 31, 1987; memo re free pre-natal health education
available from the March of Dimes, based on program started by Local
23-25, August 18, 1987; Complaint of Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear
Workers Union, Local 23-25, against American Thunder Ltd. For failing to
pay into benefit funds, March 23, 1987; letter to Mazur from Romney re
non-union jobber Walnut Sportswear, relationship with ACTWU, and
agreement reached, March 11, 1987; subpoena to Local 23-25 for
information about business agents from 1982 through 1986; legal brief
against jobber Cinnabar Lane (Armand Leonardi) charging failure to make
payments to Local 23-25 benefit fund, creation of shell corporations to
defraud union, February 5, 1987; press release re guilty plea by
Leonardi, industry-wide investigation into tax and labor violations of
NYC garment manufacturers; letter from Gus Tyler commending member of
Local 23-25 for union-building children's event, January 5, 1987; urgent
letter from Mazur to Romney requesting meeting re impending lift on ban
against industrial homework, August 1, 1986; letter to Mazur from Romney
requesting $250 contribution to candidate for Civil Court Judge, August
4, 1986; letter to Mazur from member of 23-25 congratulating him on
promotion to presidency of the union, noting that he designed a banner
in honor of the occasion for Chinatown English class; letter to ILGWU
general counsel Max Zimny from attorney re questions to be discussed at
meeting with Justice Department Antitrust Division lawyer re various
provisions of union-employer agreements with contractors and jobbers,
June 16, 1986; report to Romney from director of the Management
Engineering Department re inspection of floor set-up of L.C. Garment
Manufacturing, May 8, 1986; letter from the deputy inspector general of
the U.S. Department of Labor to the editor of Centre Daily News
correcting misquote implying that ILGWU was guilty of bribery, with
cover letter to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, and cover letter from
Zimny to Edgar Romney noting plan to demand retraction, February 3,
1986; press release to Chinatown press from Local 23-25 denying
accusations by owner of Graceful Sportswear, asserting that union staff
were attacked by owner, February 6, 1986; correspondence between ILGWU
president Sol Chaikin, Edgar Romney, the executive vice president of
Inter Pacific Tours International, and a retired member of Local 22 re
member's dissatisfaction with local's tour of China, January-February
1986; memorandum of agreement between Local 10, Local 23-25, and the
National Association of Blouse Manufacturers, with cover letter from
ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny to Edgar Romney, January 28, 1986;
letter to Chaikin from Edgar Romney re hardship caused by sharp cuts in
benefit funds, need to restore some, noting improved financial
situation, with attached financial statement, January 22, 1986;
financial statement, comparing 1985 with 1983; special event permit
application, City of New York Parks & Recreation for concert/picnic
in Chinatown, July 27, 1986
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ILGWU, Local 23-25
Collective agreement, June 1, 1979 to May 31, 1982, National Association
of Blouse Manufacturers, Inc., with the Blouse, Skirt, and Sportswear
Workers' Union, Local 23-25, ILGWU, and Amalgamated Ladies' Garment
Cutters' Union Local 10, ILGWU; collective agreement, New York Skirt and
Sportswear Association, Inc., with ILGWU and Amalgamated Ladies' Garment
Cutters' Union Local 10, ILGWU, and Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear
Workers' Union Local 23-25, ILGWU, 1979-1982; letter to Mazur re
problems with laboratory services at the Chinatown Health Clinic, April
25, 1979; flyers for Garment Center Rally, featuring vice president
Hubert H. Humphrey, ILGWU president Louis Stulberg, and "stars of TV
& Hollywood," Oct. 30, 1968; poster for rally; flyer for Garment
Center rally, featuring Sen. George McGovern and Sen. Edward Kennedy,
November 1; copy of photo of 1972 rally (original in Kheel Center photo
archives); flyer for Carter-Mondale, in Chinese and English; New York
Post newspaper clipping about impending decline, "Garment Center, N.Y."
November 18, 1974; report to the G.E.B. (General Executive Board)
Meeting, December 15, 1977, by Jay Mazur, manager, Local 23-25; letter
to the editor (of unnamed newspaper) from Mazur criticizing
"irresponsible attack" on Local 23-25 by Asian Americans for Equality
(AAFE), March 2, 1983; articles from United Journal, World Journal, and
China Post, July-August 1982
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ILGWU, Local 23-25, Education program
See also Labor Movement Local 23 Report on Education Program, January
1959 to December 1961; related materials
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ILGWU, Local 23-25, Garment Center Rally
List of staff for 1968 rally; copies of Justice, November 15, 1972; Local
23-25 News, January 1964
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ILGWU, Local 341 (New England)
Letter to Mazur from member at Concord Manufacturing, Morrisville, VT, re
problems with district manager and business agent, perception that union
is for the company, August 4, 1986
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ILGWU, Midwest Region
Letter from several members of Local 188 in Milwaukee asking Mazur to
look into failure to elect the manager of the district council, with
letter from Mazur to Lou Montenegro, director of the Midwest region,
October 27 and November 9, 1988; letter from Mazur to Montenegro, noting
resignation of assistant regional director, September 2, 1988; company
profile of Wicker Park L.P., Chicago (Prattville Apparel/Smoler Bros.),
notes for meeting with Lou Montenegro and Nick Bonanno, July 14, 1988;
memo to Mazur from Montenegro re Henry Lee Mfg. Co., Chicago,
litigation, with attached memo from attorneys, January 15, 1988; copy of
check with thank-you letter to Mazur from Montenegro for financial
support of Midwest Region's School for Workers Seminar at the University
of Illinois, January 4, 1988; letter from Montenegro to Junior House
Mfg. Co. asking for meeting, November 17, 1987; letter to ILGWU
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow from Montenegro asking for
contribution to fundraiser for congressman Lane Evans, November 5, 1987;
letter from Montenegro to ILGWU general auditor asking for reinstatement
of Midwest District Council #2, with attached letter from district
manager, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur from Montenegro re
organizing campaign of Hispanic workers at Advanced Engineering Corp.,
unfair labor practices filing, strike fund support, July 10, 1987;
petitions for charter by workers at Monterey Knitting Mills in
Janesville, WI, to both ILGWU and ACTWU, with cover letter to Mazur from
Montenegro recommending assigning the same local number as ACTWU
assigns, June 25, 1987; memo from Montenegro re proposed salary
increases for staff in Immigration Program, noting the program
supervisor's salary should be at least as much as the man she
supervises, May 1987; letter to Mazur from Montenegro re staff
appointment of organizer, with attached resume, April 10, 1987; letter
to Mazur from Montenegro noting reluctance to accept position as Chicago
mayor Harold Washington's labor committee chairman on his re-election
campaign because another contribution would be expected from the union,
pressure to eventually accept because of "explosive" racial situation,
request for $5,000, December 11, 1986; letter from Montenegro asking for
additional $2,500 campaign contribution to re-elect Washington, March
10, 1987; press release, Statement by Lou Montenegro, Chairman of Labor
Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Washington, November 20, 1986; letter to
Montenegro, copied to Mazur, from member of Local 444, employed by
Columbus Sportswear, noting problems with union business agent, November
24, 1986; correspondence between Mazur, Montenegro, exec. Asst Susan
Cowell, and a member of Local 499 who quit Prattville Apparel (Herrin,
IL) after 20 years over a proposed contract clause and filed a grievance
seeking reinstatement, September-October 1986; memo re public liability
insurance, July 25, 1986; newspaper clippings
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ILGWU, NY Joint Board/Dress Joint Board
Financial statement, November 15, 1983; audit records of hand-knit
jobbers, August 1, 1983; list of Joint Board officers, salaries, ages,
dates of hire; correspondence from organizer Joe Danahy re activities of
firms within Joint Board purview, August 31, 1983; resolution dissolving
the Joint Board and reconstituting it into Local 1- 35, renamed Local
89-22-1, c. September 1984; memo to Mazur from Arthur Silverstein re
non-assessable allowances, August 15, 1984
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ILGWU, Northeast, Western Pennsylvania, and Ohio
Department
Anonymous letter to Mazur from members noting problems with union
business agent, November 14, 1988; memo to Mazur summarizing issues
discussed at staff meeting of department, such as going from a 35 to a
40 hour week, benefits, etc., December 11, 1987; appeal from decision on
welfare benefits (involuntary separation, shop closed), June 30, 1987;
newspaper clipping from Scranton Times re working poor, older female
ex-factory worker, with cover letter to Mazur from district director Sol
Hoffman, April 14, 1987; request for purchase of tickets to a Luzerne
County Democratic fundraiser, February 11, 1987; letter to ILGWU
secretary treasurer Irwin Solomon from Local 111 president and other
officers in Allentown, PA, endorsing the appointment of assistant
manager to manager, noting good rapport with both workers and employers,
November 6, 1986, forwarded to Mazur; official complaint forms from
members of Shamokin-Sunbury District Council, Locals 185- 306, working
at Model Garment (Frackville, PA) on non-union contracted work, re
insufficient pay for complexity of garments, piece work vs time pay,
with responses from management and time studies, cover letter to Sol
Hoffman from district manager Thomas Mathews, about whom some complaints
were made, with point-by-point response to petition (attached) sent by
workers to Mazur, September 5, 1986; photocopies of photos (originals
held in Kheel photo archives) of large American flag hand-sewn by the
president of the Shamokin-Sunbury-Pottsville District Council, with
Mazur and other members, marching on U.S. Capitol in demonstration
against imports, August 6, 1986; letter to Mazur from Sol Hoffman re
need to consolidate district offices in view of declining membership,
July 23, 1986; memo to Mazur from Solomon suggesting cost-cutting
measures, staff reduction, March 18, 1986; letter to Sol Chaikin as
president of ILGWU from district manager Thomas Mathews responding to
anonymous letters (attached) to Chaikin from members re Alma Dress
Company and Christina Dress Company, both in Shenandoah, which closed
down and reopened as non-union shops, January 31, 1986; report on
problem of union shops closing and reopening as non-union shops in the
Northeast department, including Katos Sportswear and Berks Franklin in
Kutztown, PA; Lynden Mfg., Coopersburgh, PA; P.&F., Bath, PA; Pan
Sportswear, Weisport, PA; Zukin Fashions, Allentown, PA; MIB,
Benneville, PA; Tiempo Fashions, Lewistown, PA; Sew and Sew, Waymart,
PA; Windsor Casuals, TJRM, and G&J Fabrics in Minersville, PA;
Marvin Reichman's Shops, and many others, n.d.; confidential memo to
Mazur from ILGWU exec asst Susan Cowell re his remarks to staff at
upcoming Philadelphia meeting: "be upbeat," n.d.; handwritten outline of
remarks to staff, by Mazur
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ILGWU, Pacific Northwest District Council
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council manager Katie
Quan expressing concern about plans for combining all Asians into one
category in 1990 census, dated January 5, 1987 (stamped received January
8, 1988); newspaper clipping from Bay News, February 8, 1988, re
harassment of Asians in Brooklyn, with cover note to Mazur from Quan
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Puerto Rico District Council-section 936
Financial statements; ILGWU statement supporting reform of Section 936, a
regulation adopted 70 years earlier, providing income tax exemption to
domestic corporations operating in U.S. possessions, primarily Puerto
Rico, now being abused, June 28, 1993; statement by ACTWU supporting 936
reform, March 8, 1993; statement by Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU on
the Administration's Tax Proposal Regarding Section 936 of the Internal
Revenue Code, to the Committee on Finance of the U.S. Senate, Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, Chairman, May 13, 1993, with cover letter to Moynihan
from Sheinkman, May 12; letter to Moynihan from Mazur re 936, June 14,
1993
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Puerto Rico District Council
Memo to Mazur re "critical situation" of apparel industry in Puerto Rico,
particularly re firms moving to the Dominican Republic, December 23, 1993; letter
notifying of pending termination of Health & Welfare Fund agreement
with Ryder Memorial Hospital, October 19, 1994; testimony by ILGWU
organizing director before the Labor, Veterans and Human Resources
Commission of the Puerto Rico Senate re plant closings, April 25, 1994;
statement of Efraim Ortiz re internal union management problem with Jose
Torres, April 5, 1994; decision of complaint against Torres, dismissing
sexual harassment and sex discrimination charges, decided by Irwin
Solomon, ILGWU secretary-treasurer, March 1994; letters re other
infighting, January 13, 1994; memo re organizing efforts at Barranquitas
Knitting Mills, August 10, 1993; related report on activities, with
booklet in Spanish, October 21, 1993; organizing report to General
Executive Board Special Organizing Committee, September 15, 1993;
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Puerto Rico District Council
Correspondence; demands of Local 600 ILGWU to the Puerto Rican Corset
& Brassiere Association, November 1991; settlement agreement with S.
Klein of Puerto Rico, Inc., for failure to make payments to health and
welfare fund, July 1991; report on trip to Dominican Republic, April 17,
1990; memo to Mazur re apparel companies under contract in Puerto Rico
and the mainland, June 28, 1990; decision by appeals court in Ines
Torres-Matos v. St. Lawrence Garment Co., Inc., upholding dismissal of
lawsuit against the union, April 25, 1990; text of speech by regional
director Jose Torres to fifth annual banquet of Puerto Rican Congress in
New Jersey, April 30, 1990; biography of regional director Clifford
Depin, April 25, 1989; speech by Mazur at Clifford Depin's retirement
party, June 16, 1989
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ILGWU, Puerto Rico District Council
Letter to Mazur from Cliff Depin, regional director of Puerto Rico, re
preparations for negotiations with the Corset & Brassiere
Association, October 18, 1988; letters to Mazur from Depin about the
necessity of severing relationship with Dr. Echegaray for medical
services in the Ponce area, October 14 and November 1, 1988; letter to
Depin from administrators of Puerto Rican Health & Welfare Fund re
Echegaray issue, October 27, 1988; letter from Mazur to HUD
representative re ILGWU sponsorship of public housing for union retirees
in Puerto Rico funded under the National Housing Act, August 18, 1988;
handwritten note to Mazur from Depin re organizing efforts, training of
organizers, increase in rates from Lilly Kids, July 30, 1987; letter
from Mazur responding to letter of support for Depin from the president
of Puerto Rico District Council, with original letter in Spanish with
English translation, and signatures of several members, August 11, 1988;
letter to Mazur from Depin giving background for expression of support,
anonymous accusations, opposition to assistant director as apparent
successor, July 12, 1988; letter from assistant regional director Jose
Torres to Sen. Orrin Hatch re anti-minimum wage response to letter from
Torres in support of raising the minimum wage. May 18, 1988; letter to
Mazur from assistant director Torres re anti-union tactics of
Japanese-owned Wacoal General Fashions (Corozal, Puerto Rico), where
low-key organizing efforts were being undertaken, July 5, 1988; letter
to Mazur from Depin re wage dispute with Tejidos de Coamo, with attached
letter to arbitrator and list of workers affected by mass layoff, August
17, 1988; handwritten letter to Mazur from Jose Torres thanking him for
appointment as assistant regional director, noting adverse publicity
received prior to appointment, December 15, 1987; handwritten letter to
Mazur from Depin re closing of St. Lawrence Garment, Pantimatic, owned
by Isaac Zacharias, plan to go before arbitrator, unhappiness of workers
over union's failure to obtain severance pay, with attached company
profile, noting major clients JC Penney, Sears, and Kmart, loss of
hundreds of jobs, likelihood that Zacharias would reopen as non-union
shop, December 15, 1987; letter to ILGWU secretary treasurer Irwin
Solomon re staff attrition, July 30, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur
from Depin re supporting documentation for federal minimum wage for
Puerto Rico, with attached newspaper clipping from San Juan Star, August
20, 1987; handwritten notes re Lilly Kids, formerly Animal Crackers,
list of company demands for give-backs, May 1, 1987; handwritten note to
Mazur from Depin listing vacation benefit distribution, December 15,
1986; letter to Irwin Solomon from Depin asking for funds to equip the
Alturas de San Juan housing project, November 13, 1986; report to the
General Executive Board, October 7, 1987; letter to Despin, copied to
Mazur, from the editor of Justicia, protesting the lack of photographs
of the Puerto Rican delegation at the 39th convention, July 1, 1986;
copy of check from Puerto Rico District Council to ILGWU for Statue of
Liberty fund, March 31, 1986; note to Mazur from Depin re assistance
being given to the United Industrial Workers to organize tuna workers,
with attached letter from U.I.W. representative thanking Depin for help,
March 31, 1986; briefing letter to Mazur from Depin re agenda for
dedication ceremony for low-income member (retiree?) housing project,
suggested talking points for speech, March 18, 1986; handwritten notes
by Mazur for speech in Puerto Rico; letter to ILGWU general counsel Max
Zimny from Depin re reduction of workers at Bali facility, with attached
memo re meeting with company officials, noting client Kmart is having
the same styles made in China, March 10, 1986; letter from Depin to
company attorney re violation of collective bargaining agreement by
Exquisite Form Industries by performing work in Mexico when the Puerto
Rico facility was not fully employed from 1983 to 1985, noting claim of
one million dollars, March 13, 1986; handwritten note to Mazur from
Depin discussing Jose Torres as choice for assistant, with typed
transcript, March 13, 1986; handwritten note to Mazur from Depin re
success of event with congressman Charles Rangel, February 24, 1986;
correspondence between Mazur and Depin re Depin's nomination to the
Executive Committee of the Inter-American Textile Garment and Leather
Workers Federation (FITITVC), February 1986; letter from Depin to Mazur
and Sol Chaikin re trustee's meeting scheduled for April 1986, noting
likely speaking opportunity at housing dedication event, January 31,
1986; handwritten draft of speech by Mazur
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ILGWU, Western States Region
Letter to Mazur from regional director Steve Nutter re organizing victory
at Realite Optical/Younger Mfg, with attached NLRB tally of ballots,
December 22, 1988; letter to Mazur from Nutter re close election victory
at Sawyer of Napa, Inc., challenged ballots, with attached NLRB tally of
ballots, December 12, 1988; report to Mazur on Southwest District
Council re financial status, November 17, 1988; letter to Mazur from
Nutter re Far West (water bed manufacturer) strike benefits and food
allowance, notes union won, asks for financial support from
International, with attached financial statement and NLRB certification,
November 7, 1988; letter to Mazur asking to add an organizer to payroll
for Pick Your Part campaign, involving 90 workers in a wrecking yard,
going well, October 3, 1988; memo from Nutter re visit by South African
labor delegation, September 22, 1988; letter to Mazur from Nutter re
victory at Far West, possible plans to close down, with attached NLRB
tally of ballots and letter to company from Nutter, September 19, 1988;
letter from Nutter to presidential candidate Michael Dukakis describing
anti-union activities by Dukakis supporter, owner of Somma Mattress Co.,
July 81, 1988; memo to Mazur from Joe Danahy re successful organizing
campaign at Mutual Industries (Los Angeles, CA), successful conclusion
of contract at Young on Headwear Corp. (Winslow, AZ), June 15, 1988;
draft statement by the Coalition for Human Immigration Rights of Los
Angeles (CHIRLA) opposing employer sanctions for hiring illegal aliens,
with cover letter to Mazur from Nutter analyzing how ILG should vote on
issue, May 17, 1988; remarks read at the memorial service of Isidore
Stenzor, giving a history of cloakmakers as founders of the ILGWU, March
29, 1988; memo to Mazur from Nutter re structure and staffing
responsibilities of Western States Region Organizing Department, January
19, 1988; letter of resignation from member Edgar Zayas, noting move to
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union local 11, January 5, 1988; letter
from Nutter to Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony thanking him for
support on minimum wage issue, December 24, 1987; discussion paper, "H-2
Visas and the Urban Bracero Threat," refuting claim of labor shortage,
noting thousands of garment workers on unemployment in California, with
newspaper clipping from California Apparel News, November 6-12, 1987,
outlining industry arguments against the minimum wage; letter to Mazur
from Nutter summarizing conversation with Dept. of Labor re H-2 Urban
Bracero program, implications for Los Angeles and national garment
industries, September 18, 1987; Final Offer of City of Hope National
Medical Center, Research Institute, and National Office, to Office and
Professional Employees International Union, Local 30, AFL-CIO, May 10,
1987, with amendment, August 31, 1987, and Informal Non-Binding
Arbitration Fact Finding Recommendation, July 16, 1987, with cover
letter to Nutter from OPEIU Local 30 general counsel, December 14, 1987;
letter to Mazur from Nutter re attached invitation, signed by Cesar
Chavez, to United Farm Workers 25th anniversary event, May 19, 1997;
memos to Mazur from Nutter re staffing appointments, promotions, and
salary increases, May 1987
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ILGWU, Canada, Ontario District (Toronto)
Financial statement, Ontario Cloakmakers, Dress and Sportswear District
Council, for the year ended December 31, 1988; invoices and expense
reports; correspondence re name change from Toronto Cloakmakers, Dress
and Sportswear Union, May 1987; profile of business manager Herman
Stewart in Our Times, March 1987; Globe and Mail newspaper clipping re
contested election for business manager between Stewart and Tom
Abrahams, n.d.; letter from district council to Gerald Roy, Canadian
Director, expressing disappointment at his failure to attend meeting,
opposition to appointment of Canadian organizing director because of
lack of funds, December 5, 1986; memorandum of agreement between the
Toronto Cloak Manufacturers' Association and the Toronto District
Council, with cover letter to Mazur from Stewart noting tentative
agreement with Phil Carry Sportswear, September 26, 1986; letter to
Mazur from Stewart on status of negotiations, specific demands, with
attached 1984 agreement between Toronto Cloak Manufacturers and union,
July 29, 1986; letter to Mazur from manager William Villano re hours of
work at various plants, January 27, 1986; report on ILGWU Training
Institute for organizers, December 22, 1985; memo to Mazur from Theodore
Bernstein re retirement benefits for union's Toronto clericals, December
26, 1985; handwritten notes by Mazur re benefits, census; financial
statements, 1983-85; letter from Mazur to Alexandra Dagg, manager,
Ontario Cloak Dress Sportswear District Council, remarking on her
"bizarre and self-serving" letter re merger with ACTWU, April 3, 1995;
related correspondence; letter from Mazur to Dagg and Celestino
Ciampanelli, president, Quebec Joint Council, re conference call in
violation of UNITE constitution, October 26, 1998
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ILGWU, Canada, Western Canada Region District Council
List of Nygard ILGWU shops in Winnipeg, March 22, 1993; letter from
Winnipeg Local 286 co-manager Phyllis Webb to Canadian director Gerald
Roy re co-manager Leslie Spillett's violent opposition to resolution
calling for one manager, December 2, 1988; letter to Roy from Spillett
with attached resolutions re dues, establishment of newsletter, payment
for meeting attendance, December 15, 1988; memo re Tan Jay
Inkster/McDermot contract and others, removal of definition of part-time
employee, disqualification from bargaining unit, December 15, 1988;
auditor's financial statements re income and losses for Western Canadian
Region District Council, subsidies to Canadian affiliates, November
9-10, 1987; letter to Mazur from Spillett re arrears owed to ILGWU by
district council, January 12, 1987; financial statements and auditor's
report, Western Canadian Region Consolidated Health & Welfare Fund,
for the year ended December 31, 1986; letter to Mazur from Roy re
accusations by Spillett against Winnipeg member Joy Santos, August 17,
1987; letter from Manitoba Labour Board exonerating Santos, November 4,
1987; formal letter of complaint to the president of the district
council against Spillett for Santos matter by members of Local 288,
October 8, 1987; letter of resignation by Marlene Hill as manager of
Vancouver and Edmonton locals 287 and 568, with cover letter to Mazur
from Roy, August 29, 1986, and May 12, 1986, noting co-manager
arrangement has not worked; ten-page letter to Mazur from Roy re
organization of Western Canadian Region, constant confrontation between
Spillett (Winnipeg) and Hill (Vancouver), fiscal instability, status of
benefit plans, need for drastic action, August 27, 1986; letter to Roy
from Vancouver/Edmonton manager Marlene Hill recommending ethnically
diverse organizing teams, discussing difficulty recruiting organizers
from Asian membership (language barrier, cultural perception of role of
women), August 18, 1986; proposal for dental, extended health and weekly
indemnity benefits, July 2, 1986; draft of booklet from actuaries to
Quebec Fashion Industries Retirement Fund describing restructured
pension plan, August 14, 1986; letter to Mazur from Hill re her
appointment to the Review Board of the Workers Compensation Board, July
25, 1986; letter to Mazur from Spillett, congratulating him on election
as president, June 11, 1986; resolution by Western Canadian Region
District Council authorizing officers to execute documents accepting
loans from ILGWU, May 12, 1986; letter of resignation by Marlene Hill as
co-manager of Western Canadian Region District Council and local
manager, noting co-manager arrangement has not worked, May 12, 1986;
loan agreement between ILGWU and Western Canadian Region District
Council, March 26, 1986; memo to Mazur from Theodore Bernstein noting
problems cited in auditor's reports for Western Canadian Region's
Retirement and Health and Welfare Funds, noting lack of professional
investment management, significant amounts not being remitted, high
administrative costs, February 13, 1986; increasingly strident
correspondence between Marlene Hill and Nina Gribble, director of
organizing, over a $20 reimbursement for clerical staff member, copied
up to Mazur, January 1985; resolutions by Western Canada District
Council to authorize loans from ILGWU, May 20,1986; letter from ILGWU
Canadian director Gerald Roy to Canadian Labour Congress re dispute
between Local 286 ILGWU, and Local 459 ACTWU over bargaining rights at
365 Valentine Ave., Winnipeg, May 13, 1986; extensive handwritten notes
by Mazur
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ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
Memo to Mazur from PACE director Ann Hoffman re PACE organizing
activities at Johnny Appleseed's (Beverly, MA), The Company Store (La
Crosse, WI), Milton Hershey School (Hershey, PA), Teximpor (North
Bergen, NJ), Bestform (Johnstown, PA), Deb Shops (Philadelphia, PA), Bon
Ton-Pomeroys (York, PA), Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse (Burlington,
NJ), Charming Shoppes (Bensalem, PA), Conston Corp. (Philadelphia),
Casual Male (Boston, MA), Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia),
March 30, 1990; meeting agenda re organizing activities, January 19,
1989; press release, "Workers Set to Rally at New York's 'Other Daily
News'" re Chosun Daily News (New York's first Korean-language newspaper)
abuses during organization drive, October 17, 1990; new member fact
sheet, signed by Mazur, Hoffman, other union officials, May 15, 1990;
memo to Mazur from Hoffman detailing Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education
(NJ) tentative agreement, February 1, 1990; letter to Mazur from Hoffman
informing him of possible lawsuit by Matawan Regional Teachers
Association against teachers who invited organizing by PACE, June 12,
1989; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re PACE organizing and research staff,
with attached agenda for training conference, March 22, 1990; draft
letter from Mazur to Barry Liebowitz, M.D., president, Doctors Council,
noting desire to expand union to include white- and pink-collar workers,
proposing meeting to explore affiliating, with cover memo to Mazur from
Hoffman, September 15, 1989; correspondence between Mazur and AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland re establishing an office of work and family
within the federation, June-July 1989; letter to Hoffman from the
Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, re invitation from
Histadrut to trip to Israel, March 17, 1989; PACE press release, "Study
Calls for Action to Boost Child Care Workers' Wages Above Poverty
Level," March 6, 1989; letter to Mazur from Hoffman re endorsement by
ILGWU of March for Women's Equality/Women's Lives (April 9, 1989,
Washington, D.C.) and amicus brief for Center for Constitutional Rights
in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, with attached statement by
ILGWU supporting women's right to choose abortion, February 27, 1989;
PACE organizing plan, August 1, 1989; confidential memo to Mazur from
Hoffman re first draft of master plan for PACE, c. 1987; reply from
Mazur noting no problems, June 26, 1987; correspondence re personnel
matters; flyers; newspaper clipping
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ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
Letter from Hunter College Development Office soliciting funds to
establish the Paul DuBrul Fellowship, December 12, 1988, with cover note
to Mazur from director of PACE Ann Hoffman; note from Hoffman re her
inclusion in Who's Who of American Women, December 14, 1988; memo from
Hoffman to Sal Giardina re organizing Matawan, NJ, support staff unit,
with newspaper clippings, November 3; press release, "Major Campaign Set
To Bolster First-Ever VDT Health Safety Law" re information hotline by
PACE to assist office workers in learning about rights under the new
Suffolk (Long Island, NY) law protecting users of computer monitors
(video display terminals), with PACE/ILGWU Health & Safety
Department brochure, "Do You Know What the VDT in Your Office Is Doing
To You?" October 19; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re establishing the hot
line, July 30; urgent memo from Hoffman to Mazur re imminent wildcat
strike of Borg Textiles workers in Rossville, GA, (local 550), asking
him to call local president, September 29; memos to Mazur from Hoffman
re several hiring recommendations (organizers, field directors, interns,
and temps); memo to Mazur from Hoffman urging that the union sign on to
an amicus brief in the drug testing case before the Supreme Court, June
10; memo to Mazur from Hoffman asking approval for purchase of $2,816
worth of paperclips, buttons, and bumper stickers as giveaway items,
with OK notation from Mazur, June 10; memo to Mazur from Hoffman urging
him to sign letter to Suffolk County Executive in support of VDT
legislation, June 17, 1988; memo passing on suggestion by AFL-CIO
National Organizing Committee that ILGWU use actual workers in
organizing campaign ads, June 6; draft AFL-CIO National Organizing
Committee Proposals for Labor Law Reform Agenda, with cover memo to
Mazur from Hoffman noting that it is an alternative to Donahue proposal,
June 6; memo to Mazur from Hoffman expressing extreme concern about Tom
Donahue's labor law reform proposal as making unions look weak,
suggesting alternatives, May 24; policy paper by Institute for Women's
Policy Research, "Unnecessary Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack of
Family and Medical Leave," with press release, "Lack of Parental Leave
Costs $715 Million Annually," with cover letter to Mazur from Hoffman,
April 7; agenda on conference by the AFL-CIO Department for Professional
Employees on organizing professional, technical, and salaried women,
with memo from Hoffman, April 5; memo to Mazur that PACE has opened an
office in Barre, Vermont, to facilitate organizing at National Life,
February 17; PACE Report to the General Executive Board, February 1988;
memo from Hoffman to ILGWU regional directors discussing relationship of
PACE to ILGWU, October 23, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur from Hoffman
that union obtained ratified agreement covering K Mart Dallas
distribution center, February 24, 1988; memo to Mazur from Hoffman that
contracts were obtained for three elusive companies, January 7; letter
of invitation to Hoffman from People to People International, inviting
her to join a delegation to China, with cover memo to Mazur noting that
she declined, January 22; booklet re ILGWU benefits; newspaper
clippings
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ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
Memos to Mazur from Hoffman re several hiring recommendations; memo to
Mazur from Hoffman re losing another organizer for financial reasons, to
ACTWU, November 25; memos re clerical organizing efforts targeting
insurance industry by Connecticut State AFL-CIO, with OPEIU, SEIU, and
AFSCME participating, suggesting PACE/ILGWU also participate, with OK
notation by Mazur, November 17; memo re potential organizing interest by
clericals at Cornell ILR extension center in New York, with notation by
Mazur to proceed, November 16; memo to Mazur from Hoffman suggesting
adding scholarships for members' child care and adult dependent care
expenses, possible foundation support, November 5; letters from Hoffman
to NJ Gov. Kean and to chair of Task Force on Equitable Compensation
urging support of pay equity legislation, October 29; memo to Mazur from
Hoffman re future advertising plans for ILGWU, need for market research
before embarking on ad campaigns, noting last one sent wrong message,
October 15; PACE Report to General Executive Board, noting reactivation
in June 1987 after being dormant since its creation in 1984, discusses
organizing activity, October 1987; voucher for $1000 plus correspondence
re contribution to National Institute for Women of Color as agent for
Institute for Women's Policy research for study of wages of child care
workers, September 21; galley proof of Executive Council Report on
Working Women, with editing suggestions from Hoffman, September 9;
letter to Mazur from Hoffman asking for approval of her joining the
board of New Jersey Citizen Action, with OK by Mazur, September 1;
letter asking permission to attend Graves, W.VA., union organizer
retreat, August 27; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re newly created
Institute for American Values, and organization with "an admittedly
horrible but useful name," designed to take away the issue of the family
from the Right in a productive way, with attached prospectus for
developing a national family agenda supporting child care, pro-family
workplace, pay equity, stronger child support enforcement, with
newspaper clippings, August 20; memo from Hoffman to ILGWU Midwest
Region director Lou Montenegro re possible meeting with Spiegel re
catalog sales and telemarketing, organizing Hispanic workers and Midwest
region generally, August 7; memo to Mazur from Hoffman suggesting
greater use of members of Graphic Artists Guild for graphic needs, with
attached letter from AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees,
which notes efforts to persuade Guild to affiliate, August 7; memo to
Mazur from Hoffman listing her "outside" board memberships, asking for
approval to continue, with OK from Mazur, July 20; memo to Mazur from
Hoffman re proposed supplemental agreement for 1988 negotiations giving
union the right to represent office workers based on a card majority,
November 5; letter to NY Gov. Mario Cuomo from Hoffman, with separate
explanatory note to Mazur, opposing state's proposed pay-equity plan for
state workers, July 8, and letter to Hoffman from Public Employees
Federation president Rand Condell thanking her, August 4; PACE Advisory
Committee meeting agenda, July 27, with cover FYI memo to Mazur; memo
from Mazur to ILGWU officials and regional directors re reactivation of
PACE to become a major player in the organization of white collar
workers, appointment of Ann Hoffman as director, June 26 and 24; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU general secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon noting that
PACE will be treated as separate department, July 20; letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO Department of Professional Employees informing him that
affiliation has been accepted, May 13; outline of strategy for
organizing white collar workers, n.d., possibly presented as speech by
Mazur at meeting; meeting agenda, n.d.
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ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
Memo re union representation election results at New Horizons for the
Retarded, Inc., in Ellenville, NY, February 11, 1986; related
materials
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ILGWU, Benefit Funds
see also Benefit Funds - Financial Responsibilities 1994; see also ILGWU
Health Services 1981-1987 Retirement Fund plan amendments, Dec. 4, 1988;
transcript of ABC Evening News broadcast of Dec. 29, 1986, re union
pension plan fraud; letter from dental plan provider, Feb. 27. 1987;
memos re well baby coverage, memo from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re
importance of liberal maternity/paternity leave policies, Dec. 2, 1986;
policy manual covering medical, life insurance, retirement, and other
benefits, April 1986; letter to NYS legislative staff supporting
mail-order pharmacy services, May 23, 1986; agenda for Workers' Benefits
Committee, June 13, 1984; list of retirees with medical coverage, April
16, 1997; schedule of sick benefit increases, June 14, 1988; Forbes
article with cover note to Mazur, Dec. 12, 1988; balance of accounts in
Upper South Department Health & Welfare Fund, 1986
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ILGWU, Benefit Retirement Fund
Draft report, "Union Retirees: Enriching Their Lives, Enhancing Their
Contribution," by National Institute for Work and Learning, May 1998;
Director's Report to the Retirement Committee of the ILGWU Retirement
Fund, December 6, 1988; letter re investment policy for staff retirement
fund, September 17, 1987; letters from Retired Officers of the ILGWU re
health insurance premiums, February 19 and October 15, 1986, with reply
from Mazur; notification of settlement of claim re Petro-Lewis
Securities Litigation, copy of check, October 20
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ILGWU, Death Benefit Fund, Investment Performance
Review
Towers Perrin performance report on first quarter 1995
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ILGWU, Staff Benefit Fund, Investment Performance
Review
Towers Perrin performance report on first quarter 1995
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ILGWU, National Retirement Fund-Arnold and Porter
Financial statements; letter to Mazur from Arnold & Porter re demand
for change in contribution assessment by employer group in current
collective bargaining negotiations, May 27, 1994; letter to Mazur re
fund contribution negotiations with Rain or Shine and Jainard, July 25,
1990
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ILGWU, Benefits, National Retirement Fund
Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees, ILGWU National
Retirement Fund, December 11, 1990; agenda of December 11, 1990,
meeting; Investment Report, ILGWU - National Retirement Fund through
September 30, 1990, by Pacific Investment Management Company; ILGWU
National Retirement Fund Actuarial Valuation and Review as of January 1,
1990, by Martin E. Segal Company; printout, ILGWU Staff Retirement Fund
Retirees Birthdate Sequence, May 30, 1990; minutes of joint meeting,
Executive Committee and Finance Committee, August 29, 1990; minutes of
Finance Committee meetings, January 24, March 21, and June 19, 1990;
minutes of Executive Committee meeting, May 15, 1990; minutes of
Executive Committee meeting and of Board of Trustees meetings, December
13, 1989; minutes of the Finance Committees of the Death Benefit Fund
and Staff Retirement Fund, August 29, 1990; minutes of General Fund
Pooled Investment Committee meeting, August 30, 1990; meeting agendas;
correspondence from Buck Consultants re Death Benefit Fund, Staff
Retirement Fund, and General Fund performance, third quarter, November
12, 1990; correspondence from Towers Perrin recommending replacing
Wertheim Asset Management Services as the fund's fixed asset manager,
April 1989; report by Towers Perrin, "Analysis of Fixed Income Managers
Sanford C. Bernstein & Company and Pacific Investment Management
Company"; letter to Mazur from Wertheim Asset Management Services
expressing regret at decision to replace them, May 23, 1989; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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ILGWU, Benefits, National Retirement Fund
Investment Report and Accounting Report, ILGWU - National Retirement Fund
through September 30, 1989, by Pacific Investment Management Company;
ILGWU National Retirement Fund Actuarial Valuation and Review as of
January 1, 1989, by Martin E. Segal Company; ILGWU National Retirement
Fund Report of Withdrawal Liability as of December 31, 1989, by Martin
E. Segal Company; summary of fund management companies with annual rates
of return, prepared by Buck Consultants, March 26, 1986; total of all
funds, asset breakdown as of June 30, 1989, with rates of return for all
funds; printout, ILGWU Staff Retirement Fund Retirees Benefit Sequence,
May 29, 1990; meeting agendas; minutes of joint meeting of
Executive/Finance Committees, April 11, 1989; minutes of Finance
Committee, May 16 and October 6, 1989; minutes of Executive Committee,
December 12, 1988; minutes of Board of Trustees, December 6 and 12,
1988; proposed amendments; memo to Mazur from director of the National
Retirement Fund requesting approval of a temporary, part-time return to
work by a recently retired clerk in the Nassau-Suffolk District office,
August 9, 1989; Southern District court opinion and order re Anita
Foundations and pension plan withdrawal liability of 12 defunct apparel
companies, April 1989; correspondence with attorneys re conflict of
interest of a trustee representing a withdrawn firm, August-December
1989; memo re reallocation of funds from equities to fixed-income to
rebalance portfolio, April 25, 1990; routine correspondence
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ILGWU, National Retirement Fund
Financial statements
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ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, Western Asset Management
Company
Memos to Mazur re bankruptcy of Bank of New England, impact on bond
holdings for the National Retirement Fund, February 1 and April 15,
1991
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ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, Executive Committee
Annual Meeting proposed agendas for Executive Committee and Board of
Trustees, December 12, 1988; Report of the Director to the Board of
Trustees, ILGWU National Retirement Funds, December 12, 1988; Pension
Plan Rules and Regulations as Amended through December 16, 1987; Finance
Committee minutes; Report of Withdrawal Liability as of December 31,
1987; Actuarial Valuation and Review as of January 1, 1988; accountants
statements; revised and additional plan amendments, December 7, 1988;
agenda of December 1991 meeting; status of withdrawal liability as of
December 31, 1990; memo re withdrawal liability, September 30, 1991;
spreadsheet of statement of assets available for benefits, December 31,
1990; handwritten notes
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ILGWU, National Retirement Fund
Minutes of Executive Committee and Finance Committee meetings, summary
plan descriptions
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ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, reports
Reports on withdrawal liability; valuation and review; report of the
director to the Board of Trustees; description of Amivest Capital
Management; Executive Committee meeting agenda, November 12, 1985
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A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
Budget summary and details, 1990, with cover memo to officers from
administrative director re financial crisis, noting that APRI finances
were never based on a proper budgeting formula; letter to Mazur from
APRI president Norman Hill asking fro assistance in obtaining
contributions; letter to Mazur inviting ILGWU to send a prominent black
female representative to APRI 20th national conference for tribute
dinner to black trade union women, with reply from Mazur identifying
vice president Mattie Jackson, April 13, 1989; letter from APRI urging
boycott of Harvey Industries in Athens, TX, over striking Local 376 of
the Furniture Workers Division of the International Union of Electronic,
Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, February 22, 1989;
letter to Mazur from Hill asking him to write to Chemical Bank of New
York asking that it cease making loans to South African Minorco, with
attached fact sheet, February 6, 1989
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A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
Letter to Mazur informing him of his election to the National Board of
the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Feb. 3, 1987; Annual Report 1986;
conference program, "Turning Back the Tide: Blacks and Labor in the 1984
Elections," annual conference of APRI, May 11-13, 1984; report of the
eighteenth national conference, May 7-10, 1987; speech by Mazur, May 8,
1987; memo reporting second part of conference, with list of ILGWU
delegates; reminder to Mazur from APRI president re list of
contributions by ILGWU locals, May 25, 1984; draft of APRI pamphlet re
the changing condition of workers, black workers, and the black-labor
alliance, soliciting comments by Mazur, August 19, 1987; proposal for
Africa Watch, to monitor human rights abuses by black African
governments, February 29, 1988; article by ILGWU assist. Pres. Gus Tyler
about A. Philip Randolph, n.d.
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A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) Conference
Text of speech by Mazur, April 13, 1987; conference announcement for
"Work in '87: Win in '88," eighteenth national conference at San
Francisco Hilton, A. Philip Randolph Institute
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AT&T
Letter to Mazur from AT&T re new administrative software developed in
cooperation with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
(IBEW) and installed and maintained by the Communication Workers of
America (CWA), May 20, 1987; letter to New York Telephone Company about
a billing error, March 23, 1988
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Abeles Schwartz Associates
See also NYC Garment District; see also New York City - 42nd St.
Redevelopment Project 1984 Letters from planning and development
consultants re NYC's industrial retention program; activity reports for
October and November 1983 re Chinatown Garment Industry; ideas for
discussion with Carol Ballamy re GIDC, Chinatown
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Abrams, Robert
ILGWU campaign literature for Robert Abrams for U.S. Senator, in English,
Spanish, and Chinese, with list of polling places and cover letter to
Mazur, April 9, 1992; handwritten letter to Mazur from union member
thanking him for guidance in voting, with attached letter sent to
members from Mazur endorsing Abrams and local candidates, September 17,
1992; letters from Mazur to presidents of several other unions asking
them to sign a letter endorsing Abrams, with faxed reply from
Communication Workers of America president Morton Bahr suggesting a
change, July 1, 1991; letter signed by presidents of several unions
endorsing Abrams; proposed field organization for senor citizen vote,
June 23, 1992; letters from Abrams to Mazur thanking him for his
support, June 1991-September 1992; two drafts of Abrams speech to be
delivered before the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE),
written by Gus Tyler, with cover note from Tyler to Mazur, February 4
and 5, 1991; letter from Robert Abrams asking for early support, June
24, 1991; report of statewide poll for Senate race conducted by COPE,
July 8-14, 1991; copy of State of New York 1989 Election Law; memo to
Mazur from political consultant Ethan Geto summarizing strategy
discussed at meeting, need to form ad hoc labor committee for Abrams,
encourage public endorsement by Carol Bellamy to discourage run by
Geraldine Ferraro and Elizabeth Holtzman, February 1, 1991; list of
labor leaders supporting Abrams, with handwritten additions by Mazur;
letter from Abrams to Mazur thanking him for support in re-election as
Attorney General, December 11, 1990
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Africa
See also South Africa; see also Nigeria; see also Zimbabwe Letter to
Mazur from executive director of A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund
with draft outline and proposed budget for establishment of Africa Watch
to monitor the human rights situation in targeted African countries,
February 29, 1988; letter confirming scheduled meeting between Mazur and
Jean Michael Bokambo Yangouma, general secretary of the Congolese Labor
Confederation, first vice president of the Superior Council of the
Republic, and favorite to win election as prime minister or president,
January 9, 1992; Ditchley Foundation conference outline and subsequent
report, "Africa: Problems and Prospects. What Is Required in Terms of
Political Management, Development Policies and Relief Aid?" January
26-28, 1990; draft code of conduct for investment in South Africa in a
post-apartheid non-sanction environment, with cover letter to ILGWU
Director of International Affairs Michele Briones from the deputy
executive director of the AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, July
17, 1992; handwritten notes re men's/boy's and women's/girl's clothing
manufacturers in South Africa, and number employed, n.d.; note from
Mazur to deputy executive director of the African-American Labor Center
assenting to extension of stay of Fisseha Tekie in Ethiopia, June 3,
1992; memo from African-American Labor Center noting that Sayed Mohamed
Rashid, president of the General Trade Union for Textiles, had been
elected president of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, May 7, 1992;
letter to Michele Briones from national general secretary of free trade
unions of Burkina Faso (Organisation Nationale des Syndicats Libres),
thanking her and ILGWU for support of African trade unionists (English
translation and French original), November 30, 1994; memo to Mazur from
Briones re Norman Lewis's trip to Africa, October 27, 1986
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Agreements, Greater Blouse
see also ILGWU - Major Market Negotiations 1985 Supplemental agreement
between New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, Inc., Greater Blouse,
Skirt and Undergarment Association, Inc., and the Blouse Skirt and
Sportswear Workers Union, Local 23-25, ILGWU, Amalgamated Ladies'
Garment Cutters' Union, Local 10, ILGWU, and the ILGWU; press release re
groundbreaking agreement between NY undergarment industry and Local
62-32, providing for unpaid parental leave, 1987
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AIDS
Letter and flyer for emergency conference, "AIDS and Drugs in Manhattan,"
October 29
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Air Filters, INC.
Correspondence over jurisdictional organizing dispute at Air Filters
Inc., Lawn and Garden Division (formerly Superior Dust Bag Company),
Brooklyn, NY, between the ILGWU and the Hotel Employees & Restaurant
Employees International Union
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Albright, Madeline, Center for National Policy
Invitation to Mazur from Albright to join the Center for National Policy
Board, September 23, 1991, with note from Evelyn Dubrow endorsing the
group, October 1991; invitation to Mazur from Albright to attend
Newsmaker luncheon, November 21, 1991
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Amalgamated Bank of New York
"America's Labor Bank." Letter to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman as chairman of the board re federal charges of embezzlement
against former assistant vice president of bank, December 4, 1990;
routine correspondence
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ACTWU
See also Speeches - Sheinkman, Jack 1992 Letter from Mazur to Sheinkman
re proposed merger of the two unions, January 13, 1995; agreement
between ACTWU and C. F. Hathaway Company with respect to the Waterville
facility, January 10, 1985; agreement between ACTWU and Hygiene
Industries of California, June 30, 1987; agreement between ACTWU and
Clothing Manufacturers Association, October 19, 1989, with cover letter
to Mazur, March 21, 1990; stipulation of settlement between ACTWU and
Clothing Manufacturers Association, October 1, 1990, with cover letter
to Mazur, October 22, 1990; settlement agreement between ILGWU and the
Jobbers Association of the Dress Industry, March 9, 1988, with cover
letter from Mazur to ACTWU, February 9, 1990; list of ACTWU contractors
and ILGWU manufacturers, with cover note to Mazur from Sheinkman asking
for discussion, June 28, 1989; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman re
decertified former ILGWU firm City Girl, Lodi, NJ, doing work
exclusively for ACTWU jobber Andiamo, asking to rectify, January 5,
1989; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman with draft agenda for 6th Joint
Conference with Zensen (Japanese trade organization) and suggestion by
Mazur for a roundtable discussion on the future of the global textile
and apparel industry, August 2, 1989; letter from Mazur and Sheinkman on
joint ILGWU/ACTWU stationery to the president of the Associated Actors
& Artists of America, asking for support of the Textile, Apparel and
Footwear Trade Act, August 16, 1990; memo to Mazur from exec asst James
Parrot outlining suggestions for speech at ACTWU June 4-8, 1990,
convention, including note that 1980s was decade of "Cowboy Capitalism,"
February 14, 1990; related correspondence; memo to Mazur from Parrott to
discuss with Sheinkman that unions should exchange information of
respective labor-management committees, January 24, 1990; letters from
Mazur to Sheinkman re production for Alfred Dunner through ILGWU shops,
asking for assistance in resolving work done for Dunner through
non-union shops, February 14, 1990 - April 1, 1991; press release,
"Statement on the National Healthcare Insurance Program Act by Jack
Sheinkman, president, ACTWU," March 6, 1991; Statement of ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on
Extension of Fast-Track Authority, April 18, 1991; letter from Mazur to
Sheinkman suggesting meeting to discuss GATT and trade bill, May 30,
1991; suggesting meeting to discuss FITITVCC matters, June 18, 1991; re
representation on ITGLWF, January 29, 1991; joint letter from Sheinkman
and Mazur to John Kelley, president of SEIU, inviting participation on a
Labor Advisory Committee to establish a United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum, September 10, 1991; correspondence between Mazur and ACTWU
secretary-treasurer Arthur Loevy re dispute between ILGWU and Rainfair,
Racine, WI, with letter from ACTWU employer Fox Point Sportswear
refusing to accept work from Rainfair while dispute continues, October
1991; list of ACTWU General Executive Board members, March 1, 1993;
letter to Mazur from Sheinkman reminding him to make ILGWU's annual
$1,000 contribution to Economic Policy Council, March 31, 1992; letter
from NYC Central Labor Council to labor leaders re meeting on impact of
NAFTA and what labor can do about it, March 12, 1993; "partnership
vision" between ACTWU and Levi Strauss & Co., October 1993;
newspaper clippings re trade bill, etc.
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ACTWU
Memo from ILGWU president Mazur to ACTWU president Sheinkman re
Riverview/South Jersey contract work from Dunner, subcontracted to
non-union shops, November 3, 1988; letter to Mazur and Sheinkman from
John B. Hanley, senior economist at Wharton Economics, urging "Buy
American" public relations campaign against Japanese car imports, May
25, 1987; memo from Sheinkman re Dukakis presidential campaign meeting,
September 1988; letter from Sheinkman to Mazur re expenses pursuing
joint appeal of OSHA formaldehyde standard, requesting reimbursement for
half, May 13, 1988; memo to ILGWU exec asst Parrott with summary of
expenses incurred by ACTWU at Zensen (Japanese trade organization)
meeting, with attached memo from Parrott to Mazur, January 7, 1988;
clipping of articled from Journal of Commerce, August 22, 1988, re Bush
intention of following Reagan trade policies, with transmittal slip from
Sheinkman to Mazur
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ACTWU
Letter to Sheinkman from ILGWU general secretary treasurer Irwin Solomon
re success of recent pooling of both unions' general funds for
investments, proposing pooling of health and welfare funds, with
attached financial documents, July 27, 1987; letter asking for support
for strikers, boycott of Juvenile Shoe, Aurora and Carthage, MO,
November 20, 1987; letter from recruitment firm soliciting applications
for organizers for ACTWU in California, Southeast, and Southwest, with
cover note to Mazur from ILGWU official, June 24, 1988; letters from
Sheinkman to president of ITGLWF re appointments of replacements to
Presidium and Executive Committee, questioning dues levy policy,
1987-88; press release announcing joint request by ACTWU and ILGWU for
review of OSHA formaldehyde regulations, December 2, 1987, with attached
press clippings and ILGWU brochure; In These Times article on organizing
success of ACTWU in Southeast, May 4-10, 1988; correspondence between
National Endowment for the Humanities, Public Television Playhouse,
producers, and Sheinkman re need to raise funds for production of film
about women in the early textile industry, "Lowell Fever," August
1986-April 1987; letter of recommendation from Sheinkman to Cornell ILR
admissions office, February 10, 1987; letter from Sheinkman to John T.
Joyce, president of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied
Craftsmen, declining invitation to join the Central America Peace and
Democracy Watch, explaining that Central Americans have the monitoring
of Arias Plan well in hand, noting affiliation of Watch with Contra
supporters, November 17, 1987; letters to Mazur from Sheinkman re
attached label on importer of men's tailored clothing, James Edmonds,
claiming inspection by ILGWU Local 102 employees, July 30 and August 3,
1987; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman re knitting vs. dying and finishing
operations at TPD plant in New Jersey, question of union jurisdiction,
February 2, 1988; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman re overseas work for
Ellen Tracy, potential to bring tailored jacket production back to the
U.S. in Twinmore or other ACTWU shops, January 12, 1987; letter to
Sheinkman from Australian apparel producer Dunlop Clothing, Footwear
& Textiles re Australian government deregulation policy, with
attached press release from the Ministry of Industry, Technology and
Commerce, December 15, 1986; newspaper clipping from Labor Unity, "ACTWU
Supports ILGWU Strike," December 1986; newspaper clipping from Women's
Wear Daily re Curon dispute, March 10, 1987; memo re strategy on textile
bill, December 1, 1986; correspondence and related material re Labor
Committee of Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission, November
1986-May 1988; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman noting that dispute with
Tahari, Ltd., has been resolved, need for planned strike obviated,
thanking him for support, September 24, 1986; letter from Sheinkman to
Edward Cleary, president, New York State AFL-CIO, supporting Mazur's
position that labor endorsement of congressional candidates be based
heavily on their vote on Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act,
August 20, 1986; memo to ACTWU vice presidents from president Murray H.
Finley and Sheinkman, urging final lobbying effort to override Reagan
veto of Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, with two attached
statements in case of victory or defeat, July 25, 1986; brochure, "ACTWU
Social Services: At Work and in the Community"; financial statement
showing dues payments of ILGWU and ACTWU to the Inter-American
Federation of Textile & Garment Workers, March 1, 1984- Sept. 30,
1985, with cover letter to Mazur from Sheinkman urging that the ILGWU
pay the same amount as the ACTWU, June 18, 1986; letter from Sheinkman
to NYC labor leaders in support of likely Democratic candidate for the
15th Congressional District, George Hirsch, challenging incumbent
Republican Bill Green, June 2, 1986; letter from Sheinkman to new
president of ITGLWF (?) re need for broader representation for North
America on Presidium, March 28, 1988; letter to Mazur from ILGWU
director of the New York State District re competitive organizing
efforts by ACTWU at Sanyo Fashion House, Oneonta, NY, with cover note
from Mazur to Sheinkman, requesting that he contact Mazur immediately,
April 20, 1987; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman asking for support for
Labor Resources Service being organized by Frontlash, n.d.; sample of
Political Action Committee deduction authorization form, with cover note
from Sheinkman to Mazur, September 17, 1986
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ACTWU, Cirel Fashions
Legal memos and other materials re Cirel Fashions, Inc. (141 W. 36th St.,
New York, NY), which had a collective bargaining agreement with ACTWU
Local 169, in Union City, NJ, and an agreement with ILGWU Local 105 in
Hazantown, arbitration issue; copies of financial audits, handwritten
notes
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ACTWU
Copies of ledgers detailing audits of apparel contractors in Chinatown
(NY); note re evidence needed to support case before impartial chairman,
method of concealment, method of billing; statements by several
Chinatown contractors releasing J.N. Apparel from obligation to pay
union percentage to Local 23-25
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Amalgamated Life Insurance (ALICO)
See also ALICO; see also United Housing Foundation 1995 Original draft of
article re universal health insurance submitted to New York Times,
printed copy, and cover letter to Mazur from author Harvey Sigelbaum
(president, Amalgamated Life Insurance) noting Times edited article
without opportunity for review, September 22, 1988; personal and
confidential letter to Mazur from Sigelbaum comparing rates of life
insurance plans offered by AFL-CIO and Amalgamated Life Insurance, March
15, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell commenting on plan,
April 1, 1988
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American Arbitration Association
Annual reports, minutes, and financial statements; summary of arbitration
awards, August 15, 1992; letter to Mazur acknowledging renewal of
membership, March 15, 1991; curriculum vitae of arbitrator Jesse Simons,
July 1989; letter from Mazur to AAA president expressing disappointment
that ILGWU was dropped from Board of Directors and Executive Committee,
March 30, 1988; letter to Mazur from AAA president informing him of his
nomination to Board of Directors, March 9, 1988; packet of press
clippings, with cover letter to Mazur; minutes of Executive Committee,
October 6, 1992
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Report, "Liberty at Work: Expanding the Rights of Employees in America,"
1989, with distribution list; letter to Mazur re formation of National
Task Force on Civil Liberties in the Workplace, March 13, 1991
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American Committees on Italian Migration
Invitation to Mazur to attend seminar on immigration, re pending
legislation (Simpson-Mazzoli bill) and the position of labor and
management on penalties for employers of illegal aliens, February 24,
1984; notice of San Remo Holiday Ball, honoring Jay Mazur as recipient
of 1988 Humanitarian Award
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME)
Correspondence re Child Care Action Campaign, Textile and Apparel Trade
Act, list of major speakers at 20th convention
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American Federation of Teachers
See also Speeches - Shanker, Albert, Memorial Service 1997 Letter to New
Hampshire Sen. John Durkin from AFT political director Rachelle Horowitz
expressing disgust at his pledge not to accept PAC money, pointing out
that he won his seat mainly through the support of the pooled resources
of working people, June 11, 1990; program for a Labor Salute to Amnesty
International, February 24, 1987, with attached statement by Sen. Paul
Sarbanes in Congressional Record of March 6, 1987, and cover letter from
AFT International Affairs Department director Joanne McFarland, March
24, 1987; correspondence and statement, "Education for Democracy," by
the Education for Democracy Project, asserting that democratic values
should be taught in schools, March 1987; letter to Mazur from AFT
president Albert Shanker asking for ILGWU to contribute to a public
relations campaign to dispel misperceptions about AFL-CIO's National
Endowment for Democracy and its assistance to trade unionists struggling
to create democratic systems in other countries, July 22, 1986; letter
to Mazur from Shanker re literacy project, January 27, 1987; letter from
Mazur to Shanker thanking him for support by AFT in trying to pass the
Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988
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American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC)
See also Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act Letter from AFTAC to
Treasury Secretary James Baker III re failure to involve U.S. industry
and labor in the advisory process in international textile and apparel
trade negotiations, particularly recent agreements with Hong Kong and
Turkey, July 2, 1986; copy of check and correspondence re payment of
assessment toward AFTAC legal expenses against importer Yuri Fashions,
July 1986; handwritten notes by Mazur
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American Friends of Haifa University
Letter to Mazur from American Friends of Haifa University re partnership
with Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York and its special new VISA
credit card that donates a percentage of every purchase to the
organization, August 17, 1987
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American Israel Corporation (AMPAL)
AMPAL Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of AMPAL - American Israel
Corporation, "Israel labor economy's investment arm around the world."
Letter to controller of AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department from AMPAL,
July 9, 1987; list of ILGWU 12% notes by local
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American ORT
Letters notifying Mazur of his renomination and reelection to Board of
Directors and Executive Committee; notices re national conference;
directory of officers; copies of checks from ILGWU to ORT; luncheon
agenda of American Labor ORT honoring ILGWU vice president Evelyn
Dubrow, with text of remarks by Mazur, September 23, 1992; related
correspondence; text of remarks by Mazur at Community Achievement Award
event honoring ILGWU secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon, June 17,
1993
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American ORT
Correspondence re events with executives of ORT; fact sheet on
organization; letters to Mazur informing him of renomination and
reelection to AOF Board of Directors and Executive Committee, January 6,
1986, December 4, 1987, and January 29, 1988; minutes of annual luncheon
of American Labor ORT, April 7, 1988; memo re lease crisis at Bramson
ORT Technical Institute in New York; constitution and bylaws of World
ORT Union, with proposed changes, April 29, 1986; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU manager Sam Fine re proposal for Ed Schneider Memorial Fund,
questioning whether attached brochure was the honor they had in mind
(Edward Schneider Seminar Room at the ORT School of Engineering, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem); report on the upgrading of ORT's educational
program, 1985
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American ORT, Israel Trip
Correspondence relating to attendance by Mazur and ILGWU delegation at
World ORT Union Congress in Jerusalem; briefing letters from the
director general re recent trip to Latin America, plans for congress in
Jerusalem
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American Income Life Insurance
Letter to Mazur from Bernard Rapoport, CEO of American Income Life
Insurance (AIL), inviting him to join its Labor Advisory Board, with
attached annual report, February 26, 1987; routine correspondence
between American Income Life and Sol Chaikin as president of ILGWU,
1986; registration form for Mazur and wife for AIL- sponsored Alaskan
cruise, June 27-July 4, 1987; remarks of American Life CEO Rapoport as
Executive of the Year at the 20th anniversary luncheon of Joint Action
in Community Service, Inc., asserting that a strong labor movement is
essential to the free market system, April 28, 1987; remarks by Rapoport
to International Union of Chemical Workers, October 17, 1990, re
benefits of unionization; letter to Mazur from Rapoport agreeing to
contribute $5,000 to the Histadrut-Kupat Holim Emergency Fund, March 6,
1991; letter from Mazur thanking Rapoport for his public support of
legislation to ban permanent replacement of striking workers, February
27, 1991; correspondence between Mazur and Rapoport re conducting
weekend seminars for the Labor Advisory Board on labor issues,
April-May, 1988; letters to Mazur from AIL executive asking him to
facilitate selling product to ILGWU membership, August-November,
1987
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American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Correspondence re executive director Tom Dine, resigning over
controversial remarks
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American Jewish Congress
Memo to Chaikin criticizing AJC draft economic development plan for New
York City, noting lack of mention of apparel manufacturing sector, March
27, 1984; expanded critical comments; press release, "AJCongress Says No
Aid to Contras," March 125, 1986; list of pending social service
legislation endorsed by AJC, December 23, 1985; notice of Democratic
Heritage Award to president of American Federation of Musicians, August
15, 1983
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American Swiss Foundation
Letter listing U.S. Senators who participated in Young Leaders Conference
in last three years, soliciting nominations, n.d.
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American Value Initiative
Letter to Mazur from UAW president Owen Bieber discussing results of
consumer attitude research conducted by Peter Hart Associates for
UAW-Big Three auto company committee, the Detroit Working Group of the
American Value Initiative, showing strong rejection of "Buy American"
messages based simply on patriotism; suggests forming coalition to
improve both image of American-made goods and actual quality, asks for
strict confidentiality until group is organized, December 4, 1990; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re briefing with Big Three auto
makers on Hart research, focus of ad campaign that would reinforce
public perception that quality is a problem and workers are to blame,
February 3, 1991
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American Veterans Committee
Letter to Mazur inviting him to attend the 40th Anniversary National
Convention at Unity House, May 1, 1984
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Apparel Industry Partnership
see also International Labor Rights Education and Research Fund 1994-1999
Report of the Apparel Industry Partnership, with cover letter from Mazur
to the Washington Post, May 21, 1997
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Appel, Art
See also Hotels, Convention Letter from Mazur to Robert Georgine,
president, Union Labor Life Insurance Company, re dismissal of Diplomat
Hotel convention manager Art Appel, July 1, 1991
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Arnold and Porter
See also ILGWU - Unity House; see also ILGWU - National Retirement Fund -
Arnold & Porter; Legal consultants for ILGWU; memo re effect of
changes in taxation of lobbying activities, August 11, 1993; routine
correspondence
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Asia
See also China; see also under AFL-CIO: Asian-American Free Labor
Institute (AAFLI) and Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Letters to Mazur from Kenneth R. Hutchison, executive director, AAFLI,
thanking him for sending labor representatives to founding convention of
Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union, summarizing successful
attendance despite harassment, January 6, 1995; re communication from
Histadrut re need to improve treatment of foreign workers in Israel,
November 15, 1995; cover letter with attached packet of articles from
Boston Globe on how American multinational corporations conduct business
in developing countries, July 25, 1994; summer 1994 issue of newsletter
APALA News with headline, "Politicians Step up Attack on Immigrant
Rights"; letter from Steven W. Mosher, director, Asian Studies,
Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political
Philosophy, to Ambassador Winston Lord, asst. secretary of state for
East Asia and the Pacific, asking for assistance in expediting visa for
Lu Jinghua, Chinese refugee, working in New York for ILGWU, July 13,
1994
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Asian American Caucus
Letter to Mazur from Asian American Caucus asking for contribution to
voter video project, March 15, 1989
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Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association
Letters to Mazur and others from Arnold Delin, executive director,
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association, September 12, 1994, re closure
of Pennsylvania firms Maurice Fashions, Inc.; re consolidation of Mared
Manufacturing Co. and Blue Ridge Sportswear, Inc.; re closure of Mary
Fashion Mfg. Co., Inc.; re closure of Avenue West Sportswear, Inc.; re
withdrawal of membership of Plains T-Shirt Co., Inc.
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Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association
Notices from union-shop Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association that the
following firms were no longer in business: Anmar, Atlantic Dress
Manufacturing (Williamstown, NJ), Beverly Blouse Co., Connie Blouse Co.
(Roseto, PA), Debbie Lee's, Kathy Fashions (Nuremberg, PA), Kelly
Sportswear (Mt. Pocono, PA), Mikero Fashions (Bangor, PA? October 21;
reinstated October 29), Northampton Fashions, Pennsylvania Garment Co.,
Iron Head (Coplay, PA); Samco Manufacturing Co (Wind Gap, PA), Sandra Jo
Sportswear; Josette Manufacturing Co. (Bethlehem, PA), Mar-Kris
Sportswear, All Seasons Sportswear; New Star Sportswear (Edwardsville,
PA), ILEX (Myerstown, PA); Lopiano Corporation t/a Quality
Manufacturing; H.B.I. Incorporated (Burlington, NJ), Seipstown
Manufacturing (Allentown, PA); Nazareth Manufacturing (Nazareth, PA),
Gaye Sportswear; Ashland Sportswear, Elisa Styles, In Transit Warehouse
Corp., Jans Sportswear Co., Scotty's Fashions Cutting, inc. (Ideal) (Pen
Argyl, PA); that Susan Fashions was dissolving and Alyssa Fashions
(Philadelphia) would be takings its place; that Winmar Fashions, Jim
Thorpe Casuals, B&R Sportswear (Laureldale, PA), Sparrow Cutting,
and Quality Sewing (Brownstown, PA) had resigned from the association;
that new firm, Ellajo Corp. (Nuremberg, PA), was joining the
association; letter from executive director Arnold Delin asking Mazur to
call a meeting of industry leaders to discuss "what is our future, if
any?" in light of defeat of override of Textile and Apparel Trade
Enforcement Act, position of administration allowing homework, etc.,
August 22; letter from Delin to Subcommittee on Labor Standards,
Committee on Education and Labor, opposing Labor Department relaxation
of ban on homework, September 30; letter from Delin re engineering
issue, December 22, 1986
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Atlantic Council of the United States
United States' member committee on the Atlantic Treaty Association,
formed in 1954 to promote solidarity among the nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Letter to Mazur from the president
and chairman of the Atlantic Council outlining its history and purpose,
inviting him to attend the 1991 General Assembly of the Council, March
14, 1991; agenda of Board of Directors meeting, September 8, 1988;
letter to Mazur urging attendance at December 6, 1990, board meeting,
discussion of projects, October 1, 1990; notice of National Conference,
with agenda, April 23, 1990; letter from Mazur to president of council,
tendering resignation for inability to participate fully and also
because of disagreement with council's support for fast-track trade
negotiation authority, April 19, 1991; occasional papers
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Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers International
Union
Letter from Bakery Workers president to Council on Economic Priorities,
protesting its "outstanding performance" rating for Sara Lee in its
publication, "Shopping for a Better World," March 21, 1990, with cover
letter to Mazur, May 2; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
with attached Bakery Workers report re leadership development, youth
involvement, and technological change in the workplace, "Meeting
Tomorrow's Challenges Today," Toronto, Canada, September 19
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Bankruptcy Code
Long memo by Marcus Montgomery Wolfson, P.C., re recent amendments to
bankruptcy code, October 24, 1994
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Baron Abramson Company
Mailgram from Mazur requesting that work by union firm Baron Abramson be
removed from nonunion Willow Glen Sportswear (Amsterdam, NY)
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Benefit Funds, financial reponsibilities
see also ILGWU Benefit Funds Speeches, "Trustee's Financial
Responsibilities in the New Economic Order," by Dr. Thomas J. Mackell,
Jr., senior vice president, Trust Company of the West, Long Island
Industrial Research Association, March 15, 1994; "The State of the
Unions and Their Benefit Porgrams," by Mackell, before the Educational
Conference of Health, Welfare and Pension Plans, April 12, 1994
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Berinsky, Bert
Fax to Mazur re death of ILGWU photographer, with attached (New York
Times?) obituary, October 3, 1991
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Black Economic Project
Memo proposing study by prominent economist, preferably black, to define
effect of recent national policies on black community, 1986; memo to
Mazur from assistant president Gus Tyler that half the funding for the
$25,000 project will come from the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the
NAACP, the National Urban League, and the National Council of Negro
Women, with the ILGWU responsible for shouldering the other half,
September 2, 1987; memo to Mazur and other sponsors from Columbia
University researcher John Jeffries re scope of research and tentative
timetable, January 27, 1987; four-paged, single-spaced letter from Gus
Tyler in response to Jeffries' request for outline of issues, asking
Jeffries to contact him when he receives the letter, copied to Mazur and
other sponsors, April 6, 1987; memo to Mazur from Tyler re unhappiness
about long delay in progress on the project, request to Jeffries for
action, to produce an introductory chapter, outline, and timetable,
March 23, 1988
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Bradley, Senator Bill
Letter from Mazur to Bradley re Textile, Apparel and Footwear bill,
discussing trade, GATT, MFA, December 28, 1988
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Brooklyn Army Terminal Day Care Center
"A Day Care Center in the Brooklyn Army Terminal: Current and Potential
Demand," prepared by the ILGWU with the cooperation of the Public
Development Corporation, December 6, 1990; memo to Mazur from Susan
Cowell re Brooklyn Army Terminal Day Care Center, noting that the newly
renovated building is well suited and would serve many ILGWU members in
an area with a severe shortage of child care, February 6, 1991; similar
memo to Mazur from Cowell, December 16, 1990; letter from Mazur to NYC
mayor Dinkins asking for support from the Public Development Corporation
and cooperation by other city agencies to facilitate child care project,
October 29, 1990; letter from NYC mayor Dinkins noting that agencies
will meet with ILGWU, November 29, 1990;
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Bronx Economic Development Task Force Report
"Walker Street Site: Use Report Prepared for the Civic Centre Committee
City of New York Community Board #1 by Anschuetz, Christidis &
Lauster," 1983, with cover letter to Mazur from the architects offering
similar services in the Bronx, May 20, 1992; memo from ILGWU exec asst
James Parrott commenting on Bronx Economic Development Task Force Draft
Recommendations, December 11, 1989; fact sheet on apparel manufacturing
employment in the Bronx
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CCNY Interns
Memo to Mazur re interns for ILGWU from City College of the City
University of New York (CCNY) under the Sol C. Chaikin Fund for Labor
Studies at CCNY, September 14, 1994
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Calvin Klein
Clipping from NY Newsday re sale of jeans division, 2/11/94; list of
bills issued as result of audit, December 9, 1994
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Campaign for New Priorities
Letter to Mazur inviting him to join organization dedicated to reordering
federal budget away from defense assistance to Europe and Japan and
reinvestment of money on domestic programs, signed by mayor of Boston
and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the president of the
National Education Association, and Donna Shalala, March 16, 1992; list
of endorsing organizations
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Capriotti, Dan
Materials re ILGWU job applicant: letters of recommendation from Rep.
Frank Pallone, Jr. (3rd CD, NJ), New Jersey Environmental Federation,
resume
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Carey, Hugh L.
Biography of the 51st governor of New York State; letter to former NY
Governor Carey expressing shock at association with Frank Lorenzo, March
15, 1994
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Caribbean Offshoring Subsidies
see also Trade ILGWU press release condemning U.S. government subsidies
of American firms relocating to Caribbean nations, exporting U.S. jobs,
September 30, 1992; column by Mazur, "The Trade AID Fiasco," condemning
giving $1 billion in taxpayer money to firms to move production out of
U.S., October 21, 1992
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Catholic Community Services
Letter to Mazur from executive director of Catholic Community Services
Central Office, Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, re meeting with Joe Danahy
director, ILGWU Department of Organization & Field Services, January
7, 1987
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Census Enumeration
Memo from ILGWU exec asst Parrott to Mazur re comparison of census
figures for 1980 vs 1988 showing increase in number of Americans living
below the poverty level, January 18, 1990; memo to Mazur expressing
concern about plans for combining all Asians into one category in 1990
census, dated January 5, 1987 (stamped received January 8, 1988); Daily
News article re Commerce Dept. report on number of Asian-owned
businesses in Manhattan in 1987, likely overcount of American Indian
(Native American)-owned businesses, with cover note to Mazur from exec
asst James Parrott observing likely significant undercount of
Asian-owned businesses, need to challenge methodology, August 2, 1991;
newspaper clippings from New York Times re growth of Asian population
nationally, February 24, 1991, re diversity of Asian population
hindering influence, June 25, 1989
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Center for Labor and Industrial Relations (New York Institute of
Technology)
Article by Jay Mazur, "Labor Relations: Will We Survive the 1990's?" in
spring 1990 Bulletin of the Center for Labor and Industrial Relations,
School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, based on speech
delivered at conference of same name; conference agenda, held February
15-20, 1990
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Center for Labor Management Policy Studies (CUNY)
Proposal for Funding the Gompers Union Leadership Award Program of the
Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies at the City University (of
New York) Graduate School, describing history of the award, memo asking
for contribution by AFL-CIO in funding the Samuel Gompers Award,
threatened with elimination through budget cut by the City University of
New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY), July 26, 1991;
letter from Mazur to UFT president Sandra Feldman urging contribution to
Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies, January 29, 1991; related
correspondence; annual reports and meeting agendas; book proposals by
deputy director Stephen Sleigh, American Workers in the World Economy,
February 25, 1992, and On Deadline: Labor Relations in Newspaper
Publishing, April 1991; letter to Mazur from center director Victor
Gotbaum asking for reference for award nominee, March 20, 1991; detailed
announcement of center's conference, "Skill Based Automation - Work
Technology and Competitiveness in American and European Organizations,"
May 23, 1991; announcement of center's conference on South African
Labor-Management Relations, with cover letters to Mazur from Gotbaum
asking him to chair a panel and reply from Mazur, with notation,
"cancelled," December 19, 1989, and March 23, 1990; copy of article from
Harvard Educational Review, "So We Can Use Our Own Names, and Write the
Laws by Which We Live: Educating the New U.S. Labor Force," by Collins,
Balmuth, and Jean, CUNY, November 1989; report for the Center for
Labor-Management Policy Studies, "Reaching for Their Rights: Asian
Workers in New York City," by May Ying Chen, assistant education
director, ILGWU Local 23-25, October 17, 1989; agenda, Advisory Board
meeting, October 19, 1989; letters to Mazur from Gotbaum updating him
center activities, August 31-Sept.13, 1989
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Center for Migration Studies
See also Trilateral Commission 1993 Speech by Mazur before the CMS Silver
Anniversary Gala upon his receipt of the CMS Immigration Achievement
Award, October 28, 1989; fax of program; printed program; letter
informing Mazur of his award, July 18, 1989; CMS publications list;
invoices for program ads; copy of International Migration Review 1979,
Center for Migration Studies
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Center for Public Integrity
Nonprofit watchdog organization researching ethics in government. Senate
testimony by center executive director Charles Lewis, December 15, 1992,
re conflict of interest among presidential appointees, how
human-rights-abusing nations hire former U.S. government officials to
serve as lobbyists for them in Washington; Senate testimony by Lewis,
March 28, 1991, re how excess campaign funds are spent by members of
Congress; Senate testimony by Lewis, September 27, 1990, re
revolving-door phenomenon at the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative; letter noting project, "The Selling of NAFTA," examining
the manipulation of the decision-making process in Washington, December
9, 1992; letter from Mazur with copy of contribution check, January 15,
1993; report, "For Their Eyes Only: How Presidential Appointees Treat
Public Documents as Personal Property," with attached article by
Associated Press about the report, and cover letter to Mazur, June 18,
1992; letter to Mazur updating activities, noting that the center has
become a source of background information for news organizations,
December 30, 1993; newspaper clippings
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Central America
see also Kamberis, Harry Newspaper clippings compiled into "Press
Commentaries on Central American Peace Accord," #1 and #2, with cover
letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO director of international affairs noting
initiation of clipping service; copy of Foreign Affairs article, "The
Choice in Central America," Fall 1987; Statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Central America and Panama, February 1990; letter
to Mazur from Sen. Edward Kennedy re Salvadoran refugees, legislation
blocking deportation, February 12, 1988; flyer for rally and march on
Washington for justice and peace in Central America and Southern Africa,
April 25, 1987; newsletter by Central American Peace and Democracy
Watch, with summary report of delegation to Nicaragua and El Salvador,
"Observations on the Implementation of the Central American Peace
Process," Gov. Charles S. Robb, January 4, 1988; newsletter, American
Institute for Free Labor Development Briefs re El Salvador, April 15,
1986; letter from the New York Area Labor Committee in Support of
Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador, with list of Steering
Committee, August 19, 1985
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Central Labor Union
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the president of the
Freeport, Illinois, Central Labor Union, expressing opposition to merger
with other AFL-CIO central labor unions, October 14, 1987
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Chaikin and Chaikin
List of annual retainer fees, 1988-89; analysis of legal fees for 1988
and 1989; invoices; minutes of meeting of stockholders and board of
directors of Local 91 Realty Corporation, August 19, 1986 and July 21,
1987; letters re Dino Manufacturing Company, April 28, 1986; Mutual
Development Houses, December 6, 1986; proposal to act as collection
attorney for ILGWU National Retirement Fund, Health Services Plan and
Health and Welfare Funds, October 24, 1983; legal memorandum to Eric B.
Chaikin from Gary C. Cooke re rejection of collective bargaining
agreements under bankruptcy code, with copy of relevant section of the
code, n.d.
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Chaikin, Rosalind
Holiday greeting card to Mazur and wife noting invitation to presidential
inaugural, decision not to go, December 27, 1992
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Child Care
See also Chinatown Day Care Center Letter from Rep. Mario Biaggi
(D.-N.Y.) asking for support for his On-Site Child Care Privatization
Act (H.R. 541), providing a tax credit to businesses undertaking child
care operations for their employees, with copy of bill and Congressional
Record transcript of introduction, February 13, 1987; press release by
ILGWU Local 23-25 (Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers Union), "Union
Concerned about Children in Shops, Pushes for Child Care," June 12, 1990
(with handwritten note: for Doris Wooten)
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Child Care Action Campaign
Letters from Gerald W. McEntee, international president, AFSCME, to other
union leaders and congressmen inviting them to a fundraising event in
Washington, D.C., August 9, 1993; notice and proposed agenda for May 10,
1993 board meeting, attached policy statement and action plan, "Child
Care and Education: The Critical Connection"; minutes of board meeting,
November 18, 1993; background materials from recent Executive Committee
meetings, 1994
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Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
Agendas, minutes, and related documents for Executive Committee meetings,
including memos from executive director re status of programs, staffing,
budget, financial statements
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Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
Minutes of Executive Committee and board meetings; memo re Child Care Tax
Credit Outreach Campaign; letter to Mazur from new president Stolley
asking him to co-chair the Development Committee, with descriptions of
all committees, December 17, 1991
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Child Care Action Campaign, Spring Board Meeting,
April
Agenda and related materials of April 26 meeting; memo re cancellation of
buffet supper due to citywide strike of apartment building personnel,
April 22, 1991
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Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
Draft mission statements, January 18, 1990; newsletter, ChildCare
ActioNews, re Family Support Act, May - June 1990; report of CCAC State
Financing Alternatives Project, July 24, 1990; packet of materials for
board meetings, including 1991 budget and program plans, with attached
minutes of December 11, 1990, Executive Committee meeting
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Child Care Action Campaign
Family Matters Survey results, including summary analysis, questionnaire,
and extensive handwritten comments by participants, with attached memo,
May 17, 1989; trends report sent to Secy. of Labor Elizabeth Dole, March
1989; draft of letter from president of CCAC to NY Sen. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan thanking him for support, requesting meeting, January 1989,
with cover letter to Mazur asking him to attend; final letter to
Moynihan, February 1989; newsletter, ChildCare ActioNews, featuring
cover article by Mazur, "I'm Stickin' to the Union," January-February
1989; newsletter, AFL-CIO Reviews the Issues, "Child Care for Working
Families," excerpted from testimony before Senate Finance Committee by
AFSCME president Gerald W. McEntee; newspaper clippings
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Child Care Action Campaign, Annual Board Meeting,
September
Directory of board members; memo re annual benefit, to honor media
supporters, and annual board meeting, May 19, 1989; awards program with
list of auction items, benefactors, board members, and media honorees,
September 17, 1989; list of fundraiser honoree list since 1985; memo to
Mazur re points to raise at development committee and board meetings,
September 14, 1989; list of ILGWU contributions to CCAC from September
1988; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC), Board Meeting,
Spring
Agenda and related materials; newspaper clippings
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Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC), Finance and Development
Committee
Finance & Development Committee minutes, January 30, 1989; proposal
and budget for National Advisory Panel; list of major contributors in
1988; operating budget, 1989; letter to Mazur from chair of finance and
development committee re personal background as working person, not
socialite fundraiser, March 27, 1989; letter from Mazur and Gerald W.
McEntee, president AFSCME, to president of United Brotherhood of
Carpenters, asking for contribution, June 26, 1989, with attached list
of other labor leader recipients, noting responses; memo from CCAC
president re 1989 spring board meeting and supper at her home for
informal discussion the evening before, with list of committee
assignments, March 10, 1989; agenda, August 24, 1990; union solicitation
letters, November 2, 1990; memo from Mazur and co-chair to CCAC board
members re development efforts, September 4, 1990; agenda of April 23,
1991, meeting; financial statements and independent auditor's report,
December 31, 1990 and 1989; Management Report, December 31, 1990;
minutes of April 22, 1991, meeting, with attached list of 1989 and 1990
union contributions; agenda of January 22, 1992, meeting with attached
list of 1990 and 1991 corporate and foundations contributions, financial
statement ending December 31, 1991, and draft FY92 operating budget;
memo from Mazur and co-chair to Executive Committee reporting on
development committee meeting of January 22, 1992; memo from Mazur and
co-chair to board re fiscal year 1991 fundraising, November 4, 1992;
proposal by Mal Warwick & Associates for direct mail membership
campaign, with cover letter to Development Committee, January 16, 1992;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
Agenda for annual meeting, Nov. 7, 1988; minutes of board meeting, March
16, 1988; proposed program plan and budget for 1989; financial report
for the month ending September 30, 1988; letter to Mazur from president
Elinor Guggenheimer thanking him for contribution, May 21, 1987
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Child Labor
Letter to Mazur from Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, founder of the Robert Kennedy
Memorial Center for Human Rights, re Global March Against Child Labor,
May 12, 1998; memo to Mazur from UNITE international relations director
Michele Briones re march, May 19
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Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Letter to Mazur acknowledging ILGWU as supporting advocate member of the
Child Welfare League of America, January 9, 1986; summary and
evaluations of first biennial assembly, with letter discussing
resolutions adopted, April 1, 1987; letter from Rep. Mario Biaggi
(D.-N.Y.) asking for support for his On-Site Child Care Privatization
Act (H.R. 541), providing a tax credit to businesses undertaking child
care operations for their employees, with copy of bill and Congressional
Record transcript of introduction, February 13, 1987; booklet for 1989
National Conference, "Children '89: The First 100 Days: A Children's
Initiative for President Bush and the 101st Congress"
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China
Invitation to Mazur to be part of a business management delegation to
visit the People's Republic of China, sponsored by the Citizen
Ambassador Program of People to People International, April 4, 1995;
memo from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones
suggesting that U.S. firms doing business in China, such as Liz
Claiborne, exert pressure on government to release dissident Harry Wu,
August 21, 1995; letter from AFL-CIO international affairs director
Charles D. Grey to trade unionists urging boycott of United Nations
World Women's Conference, to be held in Beijing, to protest China's
abuses against women workers, October 31, 1994; letter to Mazur from the
U.S.-Asia Law Institute asking if he would be interested in joining a
delegation to help draft new labor law for China, with cover memo to
Mazur from vp Susan Cowell, noting decline of invitation under current
status of nonrecognition of labor unioins, December 8, 1994; China
Labour Bulletin by Han Dong-fang stating position against the ACFTU,
December 1994; China Labor Notes (AFL-CIO newsletter), February/March
issue; memo from the assistant U.S. Trade Representative to Advisory
Committee members re public comments on China accession to the GATT and
WTO (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, World Trade Organization),
June 23, 1994, with attached Federal Register notice and request for
comments; statement on the labor movement in China, by Jay Mazur, Voice
of America, September 5, 1994; newspaper clippings
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China
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re
observations on trip to PRC and Hong Kong, noting loss of central
control by government, September 9, 1993; draft of letter by ILGWU vp
and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow to members of the Senate Foreign
Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations (list attached) urging
establishment of a Radio Free Asia, March 23, 1993; letters from Dubrow
to members of Senate and House urging support for United States-China
Act of 1992, establishing stricter requirements for renewal of Most
Favored Nation status, July 1992; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive
Council on U.S. China Policy, urging revocation of Most Favored Nation
status and other trade sanctions and asserting that capitalism is not
the sole precondition of democracy, February 1993; similar statement by
AFL-CIO Executive Council, August 1992; report of RENGO (Japanese Trade
Union Confederation) mission to China, December 27, 1990, related
correspondence re AFL-CIO position, attached clippings from Hong Kong
newspapers re Chinese repression of trade unions; letter to Mazur from
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars inviting him
to speak at rally during visit by Li Peng to U.N., January 24, 1992;
invitation from Democratic Socialists for rally at U.N. protesting
repression in China, January 24, 1992, with attached memo to Mazur re
his speech at rally and Chinese-language flyer from the Church of New
York; AFL-CIO Subcommittee on China agenda, January 23, 1992; letter
from former president Jimmy Carter welcoming Chinese dissidents Li Lin
and Li Zhi to U.S., January 8, 1992; Statement of Li Lin and Li Zhi,
Former Chinese Political Prisoners before congressional committee, n.d.,
with attached biographies; resolution submitted by ILGWU at AFL-CIO
convention, October 1993; "Incident in Beijing Airport," by Lu Jinghua,
June 28, 1993; National Affairs articles and newspaper clippings re
worker rights, official unions, prison labor, child labor, "toycott,"
Hong Kong, December 1992-January 1992; AFL-CIO Asian-American Free Labor
Institute Chinese Labor Notes newsletters, January 1992-August 1993;
ILGWU press release, "Chinese-Born Medical Student and North Carolina MS
Candidate Receive First-Ever 'Dubrow Post-Graduate Scholarships' for
Public Service: Awards Aid Two Garment Workers' Daughters Who Plan
Careers Helping Those in Need," September 8, 1993; correspondence
between ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones, staff,
and creator of video "Project for Tiananmen Square," including script,
June-July 1992; newspaper clippings
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China
Letter from Mazur to President Bush expressing concern for imprisoned
dissident Wang Juntao, August 28, with cover letter to director of
Committee to End the Chinese Gulag; letter to Mazur from the director of
the U.S. Department of State Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs
assuring him that the Bush administration shares his concern for Wang
Juntao, with attached statement by assistant secretary/deputy spokesman
Richard Boucher expressing said concern, September 18, 1991; letter from
United Steelworkers of America to members of House and Senate, opposing
Most Favored Nation status, noting mistreatment of U.S. workers by new
Chinese owners of Phoenix Steel in Claymont, Delaware, with cover letter
to Mazur, July 8 and August 14; first annual report of the U.S - Japan
Structural Impediments Initiative, May 22, with cover letter from the
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to the Policy Advisory
Committee; material related to Solidarity Day
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China, Han Dong Fang
See also China - Workers Autonomous Federation of China Article by Han
Dongfang, "The Plight of China's Workers," in Freedom Review, vol 27,
nos 5/6; U.S Apparel Industry Partnership code of conduct, Nike Company
code of conduct, in English and Chinese; related e-mail correspondence;
article from the Far Eastern Economic Review, June 16, 1997; transcript
of Jim Lehrer NewsHour interview with Han Dongfang at Hong Kong
commemoration of Tiananmen Square massacre, noting that dissidents in
Hong Kong must prepare to go back to jail for offending government, June
4, 1997; interview with Han by Multinational Monitor, June; other
downloaded articles
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China, Han Dong Fang, Jingyun Chen
Correspondence re Han Dongfang's wife, Jungyun Chen, and efforts to
reunite her with him
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China, Han Dong Fang
See also China - Workers Autonomous Federation of China
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China, Han Dong Fang
Copies of checks from ILGWU to pay for medical treatment for Han Dongfang
and telephone and travel expenses of supporters; letters to Chinese
government officials protesting treatment of Han Dongfang; related
correspondence; newspaper clippings
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China, Han Dong Fang
See also China - Workers Autonomous Federation of China China Labor Notes
newsletters re "China's Lech Walesa," July 1990, continuing protest,
October 1992; "Urgent Appeal from Han Dongfang: Chinese Government
Forces its Lawful Citizen out of China," August 14, 1993, with attached
faxed appeal from Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions to help Han
Dongfang return to China, August 16, 1993, memo to Mazur re Han
Dongfang, November 16, 1993; handwritten note "Rush" by Mazur, with
attached newspaper clippings, South China Morning Post, August 15 and
16, 1993; personal thank-you cards handwritten from Han Dongfang to
Mazur and Michele Briones, June 25, 1993; press release from Asia Watch,
"Han Dongfang Freed from Prison," April 30, 1991; AFL-CIO News press
release, "AFL-CIO Denounces China's Expulsion of Labor Activist and
Calls on U.S. Government to Oppose Beijing Olympic Bid," August 18,
1993; New York Times clippings
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China, Han Dong Fang
See also China - Joy Lewis 1990-1994 Transcript of article from World
Journal, December 8, 1992; copies of checks from ILGWU to pay for
medical treatment and furniture rentals for Han Dongfang; drafts of
leaflet supporting Han Dongfang; letters to Mazur and other ILGWU
officials from Joy Lewis updating re Han Dongfang; copy of Tom Kahn
Labor and Human Rights Award certificate from Social Democrats, USA, to
Han Dongfang, May 5, 1992; newspaper clippings
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China, Han Dong Fang
Press releases from Asia Watch we Han Dongfang's release from prison,
April 30, 1991; World Journal description of Han's medical condition,
June 9, 1991; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland need
to link renewal of Most Favored Nation status with treatment of Han and
other dissidents, May 10, 1991; mermo to Mazur from ILGWU international
relations director Michele Briones re harsh (possibly death) sentences
for WAF workers, as compared to light sentences for students, need for
unions to build public opinion to save Han Dongfang's life, December 18,
1990; letter from Briones to Trini Leung, Hong Kong Trade Education
Centre re situation in China, December 12, 1990; related memo for files;
newspaper clippings
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China, Toycott
Correspondence and flyers related to boycott of toys made in China;
sponsored by AFL-CIO and Frontlash, Youth and Labor Working Together
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China, U.N. Conference on Women
Materials related to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women,
held in Beijing; report of official U.S Preparatory Meeting for the U.N.
Fourth World Conference (convened by the U.S. Department of State and
others), April 22, 1994; related materials: conference program; "A
Working Women's Guide to Her Job Rights," U.S. Department of Labor
Women's Bureau, August 1992; Women's Bureau fact sheets, Facts on
Working Women, 1993; printed U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women (1989, reprinted 1993); letter
from Mazur to U.N. secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali expressing
dismay over the resistance against the NGO Forum on Women in obtaining
facilities in Beijing for their participation in the U.N. conference;
reply from U.N. chief of staff Jean-Claude Ame noting quiet diplomatic
efforts to resolve the issue, May 22-31, 1995; correspondence with the
International Textile, Garment & Leather Worker's Federation and the
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) re boycott of
the conference, May 1995; newspaper clippings
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China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO)
Agenda, minutes, and related materials for meeting of January 23, 1992,
re forced labor; biographical description and statement of brothers Li
Lin and Li Zhi; letter from President Carter welcoming the Li borthers
to the U.S., January 8, 1992; AFL-CIO Committee on China "Report on
China since Tiananmen Square," delivered to the Executive Council on
February 20, 1990; handwritten notes
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China Committee
See also Committee on China - Report 1990 Urgent memo to Mazur and vp
Susan Cowell from ILGWU International Relations Director Michele Briones
re AFL-CIO Committee Report on China noting that she disagreed with
draft, recommending inclusion of an alternative writeup of presentation
by representative from Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation; first and
second draft reports of October 18, 1990, meeting and report to the
AFL-CIO Executive Council; final draft (?) of Subcommittee on China
Report to the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO, February 1991; draft
statements by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on China, February 1991;
Statement on United States-China Trade Relations Submitted by Jay Mazur,
President, ILGWU, June 19, 1991, before the Subcommittee on Trade,
Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives; statement by
Mark A. Anderson, assistant director, Department of Economic Research,
AFL-CIO, before the House subcommittee on trade, on Most Favored Nation
Status for the People's Republic of China, June 12, 1991, with attached
AFL-CIO special report, "Forced Labor in China," October 1990; statement
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on "Toycott": Opposing China's Export
of Prison-Made Goods, May 8, 1991; letter from Mazur to Chinese
government official, expressing dismay at fire at Zing Ye Raincoat
Factory in Guangdong province, in which 80 workers were burned to death
because of the management's practice of locking all the exits, comparing
it to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire that killed workers under similar
circumstances but led to government-mandated industrial safety reforms,
urging Chinese government do the same, July 29, 1991; letter from Mazur
to Sir David Wilson, governor of Hong Kong, opposing proposed new law,
the Trade Description Bill, which would allow partially knitted items
from Hong Kong to be linked and finished elsewhere and still retain the
"Made in Hong Kong" label, warning that since these would most likely be
finished by prison labor in China, the ILGWU would oppose imports of
these products to the U.S., July 11, 1991; letter to Mazur from
secretary-treasurer of Food and Allied Service Trades re Democracy for
China Fund, July 3, 1991, with attached fact sheets; article, "Prospects
and Dilemmas of Chinese Workers," by Ivan D. London, Miriam London, and
Ta-ling Lee, in Workers under Communism, July 19, 1991; letter from the
Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, inviting
Jinghua Lu of the Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation to appear as
guest, June 20, 1991; copies of newsletter, China Labor Notes, an update
on events In the PRC by the Asian-American Free Labor Institute/AFL-CIO;
clipping from Newsweek
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China, Committee to End the Chinese Gulag
Cover letter to Mazur from director of the Gulag Committee, welcoming him
as a member, noting effectiveness of raising issue of prisoners when
traveling to China, noting enclosed materials: report by the Gulag
Committee, "Workers and Peasants Imprisoned by the Chinese Government,"
profiling individual prisoners, July 8, 1991; report, "Rough Justice in
Beijing: Punishing the 'Black Hands' of Tiananmen Square," by Asia
Watch, a committee of Human Rights Watch, January 27, 1991; New York
Times clipping, "The Prisoner," profiling Wei Jingsheng, March 15, 1991;
list of members of the Gulag Committee as of July 18, 1991
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China, Lewis, Joy
See also Chnia - Han Dongfang 1992 Resume of Joy Chen Yu Lewis of Asia
Watch (Human Rights Watch); notes by Lewis from a meeting with AFFLI
(AFL-CIO Asian-American Free Labor Institute?) representative Mark
Hankin re projects documenting repression of Chinese workers, September
4, 1991; related correspondence
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China, Correspondence
Letter to N.Y. Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, from
Rep. Gerald Solomon noting that House of Representatives approved his
resolution denying Most Favored Nation status to China, with attached
newspaper clipping, October 22, 1990; letter and materials from Hong
Kong Trade Union Education Centre, July 21, 1990; letter from
Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS), formed
in reponse to the Tiananmen Square killings, July 18; draft of letter by
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to PRC ambassador to the U.N. on first
anniversary of Tienanmen Square, calling for release of Han Dongfang and
all other imprisoned unionists, with cover letter from ILGWU
international relations director Michele Briones, May 23; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and others re Workers Autonomous Federation
of China, with background sheet, May 12, 16 and 17; correspondence re
commemoration activities for first anniversary of Tiananmen Square
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China Committee
Letter from Mazur to premier of China urging fair trials for detained
trade unionists, December 14, 1990; letter from AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland to Chinese ambassador to U.S., decrying "slaughter" at
Tienanmen Square, urging release of pro-democracy prisoners, June 4,
1990; faxed memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director
Michele Briones noting attached AAFLI report is not to be presented to
the AFL-CIO Committee on China but rather ILG's report should be, with
copy of report prepared for the AFL-CIO Subcommittee on China by the
Asian-American Free Labor Institute, "Foreign Investment in the People's
Republic of China - the U.S. Connection," and list of leading U.S.
companies investing in China, February 1990, with AAFLI resolution to be
presented to AFL-CIO Committee on China, February 7; AFL-CIO Committee
on China "Report on China since Tiananmen Square," to the AFL-CIO
Executive Council, February 1990; memo from Mazur to Bill Deery of the
Deery Group noting authorship of Committee on China report; statement by
the AFL-CIO Executive Council re China, condemning Bush policy, February
1990; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, "A New China Policy,"
May 1990; "Statement on United States-China Relations," submitted by Jay
Mazur, president, ILGWU, June 25, 1990, before the Subcommittee on
Trade, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, with
attached article from the Nation, "Who Died in Beijing, and Why?" by
Robin Munro, June 11, 1990; agenda for October 18, 1990, meeting of
AFL-CIO Committee on China; list of attendees, including Li Jinghua and
Zhao Hongliang, refugees from Tiananmen Square and Beijing Workers
Autonomous Federation, and Winston Lord, U.S. ambassador to China;
biographical sketches/resumes of Li, Zhao, and Lord; "Repression in
China Since June 4, 1989," an Asia Watch Report, September 28, 1990;
cover memo from Asian-American Free Labor Institute (AFL-CIO) announcing
launch of China Labor Notes newsletter, with several issues; letter from
AFL-CIO president Kirkland to all affiliate union presidents noting
plans to commemorate first anniversary of Tiananmen Square, with
prospectus for Democracy for China Fund and cover memo, April 12, 1990;
memo to Mazur from Michele Briones re contribution to China Fund, with
attached memo from AFL-CIO re error in accounting, list of contributions
by unions, July 1990; agenda of activities for Washington, D.C., rally
commemorating first anniversary of Tiananmen Square, and sponsors, with
list of Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associations in major U.S.
cities; faxed memo to Mazur from Briones re AFL-CIO meeting on China,
planned demonstrations, with attached postcard to be sent to the
government in Beijing protesting detention of pre-democracy workers,
April 11, 1990; faxed memo to Brones from Hong Kong Clothing Industry
Workers General Union with button designs, February 14, 1990; press
release, "Democracy Tour to be Announced on Eve of Visit to
Czechoslovakia by Chinese Democracy Leaders," March 1, 1990, faxed to
Mazur from the Deery Group; faxed memo to Mazur from the Asian-American
Free Labor Institute with list of U.S. companies attempting to import
temporary workers from China, March 27, 1990; Current History article,
"Deteriorating Human Rights in China," by James V. Feinerman, associate
professor of law, Georgetown University, September 1990, with note by
Mazur to send copy to China Committee; Political Science Quarterly
article, "Contradictions in Communist Reform: China before 4 June 1989,"
by Benedict Stavis, 1990; article from Libertarian Labor Review, summer
1991; newsletter of the Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies,
Across the Table, featuring article, "Hong Kong Labor Leader Speaks at
ILGWU on Labor Activism in China," Fall 1989 New York Times clipping re
China one year after Tiananmen Square, April 15, 1990; other newspaper
clippings
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China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO) Report
See also China - Committee on China 1991 First draft of report of the
China Committee to the AFL-CIO Executive Council; related
correspondence; minutes of meeting, April 11
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China
Letter from Mazur to the American Ditchley Foundation, pointing out
deficiency in Ditchley essay (attached) in failing to mention the role
of workers, not only students, in the demonstrations at Tiananmen
Square, with reply, September-October; memo to Mazur from vp Susan
Cowell, "ILGWU Response to China Situation," recommending pressure for
economic and trade sanctions, with attached interview by Cowell of
Chinese organizer and letter from philanthropist giving grants to
Chinese students, July 15, 1989; memos to Cowell from ILGWU
international relations director Michele Briones re visit of Hong Kong
trade unionist Lee Cheuk Yan and other China matters, July 6 and 19,
1989; ILGWU and CUNY Center for Labor- Management Studies flyer
invitation to talk by Lee Cheuk Yan, general secretary, Clothing
Industry Workers General Union, Hong Kong, "The Condition of Workers in
China Today: An Eyewitness Account," August 31, 1989; biography of Lee
Cheuk Yan; memo to Mazur and Cowell re liberalized immigration policy
for Chinese (PRC) nationals wishing to extend stay in U.S., July 7,
1989; copy of cartoon and letter sent by Rep. George Miller to
congressional colleagues soliciting co-signers of letter to the
president of the United States-China Business Council urging pressure by
U.S. business community on Chinese government for reform, June 26, 1989;
copy of bill in House of Representatives revoking most-favored-nation
status for PRC, June 13, 1989; letter from Asia Watch to ILGWU vp Susan
Cowell urging sending telegrams to Chinese premier on behalf of arrested
workers at Tiananmen Square, July 9, 1989, with attached report," New
Information on Arrests in China," June 24, 1989; letter from Asia Watch
suggesting actions on behalf of imprisoned Chinese workers, with
profiles of several, August 10, 1989; Asia Watch briefing paper,
"Chinese Labor Issues in Light of June 4," July 26, 1989; ILGWU press
release, "10,000 Chinatown Workers Join 'Day of Mourning' to Protest
Violence by Chinese Government," June 9, 1989; translations of news
accounts fromChinese-language newspapers, July 6, 1989; International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) telegram to president of
People's Republic of China general secretary calling for end to martial
law, refraining from use of force against pro-democracy demonstrators,
May 24, 1989; telegram on June 19, 1989, from ICFTU president expressing
horror at death sentences against leaders of the democracy movement;
press release by ICFTU condemning military attack and "appalling
brutality" against peaceful demonstrators; statement by international
trade union leaders on the opening day of the International Labor
Organisation annual conference, expressing "horror and disgust over the
barbarous massacre" since June 4 of thousands of students and workers
taking part in peaceful pro-democracy protests, June 17, 1989; letter
from ICFTU general secretary noting that he had written to World Bank
president Barber Conable urging suspension of financial assistance to
China, June 22, 1989, with attached copy of letter and ICFTU Report on
Violations of Trade Union Rights in China (May-June 1989); report of
fact-finding mission to China by TWARO April 28-May 7, 1989, with cover
letter to Mazur from CWA president Morton Bahr, July 14, 1989;
article/speech by Harold C. Hinton, "The Chinese Student Uprising: What
Is Next?" May 31, 1989, American Heritage Foundation; letter to Mazur
from China Institute in America, inviting him to art exhibit, August 10,
1989; handwritten notes by Mazur
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China Committee (AFL-CIO)
Notice of organizational meeting, March 7, 1989; letter from
Communications Workers of America (CWA) president Morton Bahr to AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland noting that he'd asked Mazur to co-chair the
AFL-CIO China Committee with him, and that he'd accepted, September 13,
1989; memos from Michele Briones to Mazur and Susan Cowell re AFL-CIO
Committee on China meeting of July 11, 1989; talking points for meeting,
July 6, 1989; memo from Mort Bahr re meeting, noting invitation to
Tiananmen survivor Liang Heng, June 8, 1989; AFC-CIO News press release,
ICFTU Report on Violations of Trade Union Rights in China (May-June
1989); ALF-CIO News press release, "Kirkland Calls for Actions Against
China," June 26, 1989; AFL-CIO News press release, "Remarks of Jim
Baker, U.S. Workers' Delegate to the ILO Conference," June 26, 1989;
AFL-CIO Statement on China by president Lane Kirkland, with cover letter
to Mazur and other labor leaders from CWA president Morton Bahr, June
16, 1989; memos between Mazur and Bahr with drafts of statement on
Tiananmen Square, "Tragedy in China," October 1989; memos to Mazur from
ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re labor's
response to China's human rights abuses, with minutes of August 31
AFL-CIO Committee on China meeting and summary of Lee Cheuk Yan's
(Clothing Workers Union of Hong Kong general secretary) visit to the
United States; notices of August 31 and November 2 China Committee
meeting; AFL-CIO Committee on China Report to the AFL-CIO Executive
Council, August 8, 1989; AFL-CIO Committee on China Suggested Speakers,
19 April 1989, with attached newspaper clippings, 1988; newspaper
clippings compiled by the AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs re
Tiananmen Square and related developments, including report by ICFTU,
with cover letter to Mazur, June 30, 1989; "Testimonial to History:
Tiananmen Square 1989, April 15 - June 4," photo documentation with
captions in English and Chinese, compiled by Hong Kong Alliance in
Support of Patriotic and Democratic Movements of China; "Echoes from
Tiananmen," Issue No. 1, June 15, 1989, compilation of press reports and
original articles, published by Friends of Chinese Minzhu, Hong Kong
Trade Union Education Centre, Hong Kong; program for Council on Foreign
Relations luncheon, June 13, 1989, featuring Winston Lord, U.S.
Ambassador to the People's Republic of China 1985-May 1989, "China and
America: Great Walls and Open Doors," with attached handwritten notes by
Mazur; Statement on China by Postal, Telegraph and Telephone
International, June 8, 1989; Postal, Telegraph and Telephone
International Report of IFFTU mission to China, October 16-26, 1988,
with newspaper clippings from South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Standard, Asiaweek, Far Eastern Economic Review, Financial Times,
1987-88
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China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO), Lee Cheuk Yan
Travel itinerary of U.S. visit of Hong Kong trade unionist Lee Cheuk Yan,
August 21, 1989; copies of reimbursement checks; minutes of meeting of
Committee on China with Lee Cheuk Yan, August 31, 1989
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China, Tianamen Square
See also China Committee (above) Los Angeles Times Special Report, "The
Shattered Dream," re Tiananmen Square repression, June 25, 1989; special
report, U.S News & World Report, June 5, 1989; New York Times
Magazine, "Human Rights in China," April 16, 1989;" New York Times
profile of regime leaders, June 25, 1989; other newspaper clippings
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China, Workers' Autonomous Federation of China
See also China - Han Dongfang "China's Independent Labour Movement,"
dossier prepared by Hong Kong Trade Union Education Centre and Asia
Monitor Resource Center, both in Hong Kong, June 15, 1989; faxed letter
to ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones from Hong Kong
Trade Union Education Centre expressing concern over establishment of
overseas Workers Autonomous Federation of China without consultation
with WAF members in exile, December 13, 1990; background description of
WAF as it originated in China during and after Tiananmen Square, exiled
members, with cover letter from Mazur, May 17, 1990; confidential memo
to Mazur from Susan Cowell re overseas WAF preparatory committee, May
16, 1990; memo to Mazur from Briones re stalemate in forming a WAF in
exile, July 26, 1990; faxes from Asia Watch with letters from Trini
Leung re preparatory committee of WAFOC; IUF News Bulletin, "The
Workers' Struggle in China," re Trini Leung, 1989; related
correspondence
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China, Workers' Autonomous Federation of China
See also China - Workers Autonomous Federation of Chin; see also China -
Han Dongfang Project description and drafts of booklet of translated
excerpts of program broadcasts by WAF in Tiananmen Square between May 24
and June 3, 1989; book proposal, "The Black Hands of Beijing," by Robin
Munro and George Black, re human rights abuses, Tiananmen Square, and
dissidents Han Dongfang, Wang Juntao, and Chen Ziming; financial
records; paper, "Den Xiaoping's Reform and the Chinese Workers'
Participation in the Protest Movement of 1989," by Shaoguang Wang,
assistant professor of politics, Yale University
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China, Taiwan
Letter to Mazur from attorney Jerome M. Garchik re trade with the
Republic of China (Taiwan) and alleged murder of Henry Liu, June 9, with
attached letter from Garchik to Rep. Robert Matsui; report for Hofstra
University Labor Law Journal, "Power in the Eighties: an analysis of the
management of pension funds for the attainment of union and public
interest goals," by Jerome H. Siegal; report by Asian Center (an
independent affiliate of Clergy and Laity Concerned), "'Made in Taiwan':
A Human Rights Investigation," by Becky Cantwell, Don Luce, Leonard
Weinglass; human rights report from Asia Resource Center and Formosan
Association for Human Rights, "Martial Law in Taiwan"; testimony before
the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs re implementation of
the Taiwan Relations Act, including opening statement by Rep. Stephen
Solarz, chairman, and statement by David Dean, chairman, American
Institute in Taiwan
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China, Trade (exports)
Fact sheet, "Agricultural Exports in the World Market," focused on China,
based on U.S. Department of Agriculture publications
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China, labor (Brandeis)
Material related to the Brandeis University Program of Labor in China:
list of Board of Advisors; notice of board meeting, October 30, 1985;
workshop agenda; draft report of trip to China, "A Social Revolution:
Labor and Welfare Reform in China," by Leonard J. Hausman; memo from
Hausman re trip, June 17, 1985; import growth rate from People's
Republic of China from 1983 to 1987; book excerpt, "Trade-Linked Labor
Standards," by Ray Marshall, c. 1990
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Chinatown
See also ILGWU Local 23-25 "Growth and Development of the Chinatown
Garment Industry," by Jay Mazur, n.d.; Garment Industry Development
Corporation (GIDC) Chinatown Garment Industry Bulletin re new capital
equipment loan program for contractors, in English and Chinese, January
1986, with attached brochures, one in English, one in Chinese, "Help for
the Chinatown Garment Industry"; letter to Mazur from the Chinese
American Medical Society re managed care, December 20, 1993; memo to
Mazur from manager of Local 23-25 Edgar Romney re meeting with Paul Yee,
president of CCBA (business association?), outlining talking points,
including history of union's involvement with Chinatown, January 17,
1991; letter to Mazur from Romney re decision by Local 23-25 to resign
from planning committee for 1989 Chinatown Labor Fair, citing hostility
of organizers, June 29, 1989; press release from New York Chinatown
History Project re exhibition on Chinese American women in the NYC
garment industry, September 8, 1989; "From the Chinatown Press,"
compilation of English translations of newspaper articles re Graceful
Sportswear, Local 23-25, February 1986; New Yorker Reporter at Large
article: "Chinatown," June 10, 1991; Women's Wear Daily (1993), Newsday
profiles (1990) on Chinatown; booklets, in Korean, describing Union
Health Center and history of ILGWU, with cover letter from Mazur to
Francisco Chang, Department of Organizing and Field Services, Garment
Workers Justice Center, NY, May 18, 1994
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Chinatown Day Care Center
See also Speeches - Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center of
Chinatown) 1998; see also Speeches - Chinatown Day Care Center 1989; see
also Speeches - Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening 1993 Copy of check for
$250 contribution to fundraising dinner for Garment Industry Day Care
Center of Chinatown, with cover letter from president of Cornish
Knitgoods Manufacturing Corp., Brooklyn, February 12, 1988; list of
contributors and amounts, March 12, 1986; list of locals and
contributions to 1984 and 1986 dinners; copy of $2500 check from Liz
Claiborne Foundation; copy of check from Biderman Industries for $1240;
letter to Mazur from Gov. Cuomo's office declining fundraising dinner
invitation to Mrs. Cuomo, January 31, 1986; Wall St. Journal newspaper
clipping mentioning local 23-25's prenatal education classes, June 24,
1988; brochure
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Chinatown Day Care Center, Chung Pak
See also Speeches - Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center,
Chinatown) 1998; see also Speeches - Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening
1993 Proposal for a Day Care Center in the Chung Pak Project, under
construction as a mixed-use facility, also housing a health center and
subsidized senior housing, n.d.; remarks by Mazur at press conference
kicking off fundraising campaign for day care center, September 26,
1991; outline of background re center; memo from architects re center,
March 29, 1991; floorplan; outline for fundraising event, February 25,
1992; fundraising letter from Mazur; January 29, 1992; fundraising flyer
in English and Chinese; memo to Mazur from architects re Citibank delay
in closing on the mortgage, November 15, 1993; letter to Housing
Secretary Henry Cisneros inviting him to opening of center, with cover
letter to Mazur, June 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec vp and manager
of Local 23-25 Edgar Romney with attachments re Citibank request that
ILGWU guarantee $1.8 million in case of construction cost overruns,
March 30, 1990
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Chinatown Health Clinic
See also Speeches - Union Health Center 1998 and 1999; see also Chinatown
1988-1994 Letter to Mazur thanking him for fundraising effort, May 19,
1989
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Chinatown (Brooklyn), Metropolitan Fashion Center of Greater New
York
See also Coalition against Anti-Asian Violence 1988 Project proposals:
"New Chinese Apparel Marketplace 1989: A New Beginning for the Chinese
Apparel Industry," in English and Chinese; "Metropolitan Fashion Center
of Greater New York: A Project for the Apparel Industry for the 1990s: A
Brief Description - Background and Economic Benefits," June 1989;
newsletter of the Garment Industry Development Corporation, GIDC News,
with cover story, "GIDC Sets Up Training Program for New Brooklyn
Consortium," Winter 1990; flyer for skills training classes by
Metropolitan Fashion Center, touting center as worker-friendly; press
releases, December 13 and 14, 1990: from GIDC announcing skills training
project with Metropolitan Fashion Center; from ILGWU Local 23-25,
"Metropolitan Fashion Center to Open, ILGWU Helps Chinatown Garment
Industry Expand," in English and Chinese; from Office of the Mayor, in
English and Chinese; from Greater Blouse, Skirt & Undergarment
Ass'n., Inc., in English and Chinese; from the Continental Garment
Manufacturers Ass'n of Greater New York, Inc., in English and Chinese;
from Juki America, Inc., "Juki Contributes High Technology to the
Metropolitan Fashion Center"; letter from Metropolitan Fashion Center
reporting on progress of planning, in English and Chinese, n.d.
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Citizen Action
See also Speeches - Dubrow, Evelyn 1989 Letter to Mazur from Citizen
Action vice president and political director inviting him to dinner
honoring ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow with Lifetime
Achievement Award, March 15,1993; invitations and related materials for
dinner honoring William Winpisinger, held January 27, 1988; list of
quotes by leading public figures about Citizen Action; newsletter,
Citizen Action News, year-end 1987; 1986 Election Report, with
state-by-state analysis; newspaper clippings
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City of Hope-Office and Professional Employees International
Union (OPEIU) Boycott
Letter from Local 30, Office and Professional Employees International
Union (OPEIU) describing two-year-old impasse with medical center,
fundraising boycott, January 17, 1989; letter from City of Hope CEO
giving management's account of situation, October 11, 1988; letter from
Mazur to City of Hope CEO, urging resolution of dispute, October 7,
1988; letter to Mazur from City of Hope thanking him for contribution,
June 16, 1987; letters to AFL-CIO officials from City of Hope CEO
warning that OPEIU's attempt to "interfere" with fundraising efforts by
presenting resolution to AFL-CIO to sanction a national boycott would
destroy the center's relationship with organized labor, jeopardize jobs,
February 2 and 11, 1987
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Civil Rights
Article from the National Journal, March 2, 1991, discussing conflict
between blacks (Leadership Conference on Civil Rights), Hispanics
(National Council of La Raza), and the AFL-CIO over employer sanctions
in hiring illegal immigrants and how the issue was emblematic of
divisions in a civil rights movement including minorities beyond African
Americans
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Civil Rights Act of 1990
Article from Women's Wear Daily discussing bill to put discrimination
based on sex, religion, or national origin on the same footin race-based
discrimination, quiet opposition by retailers, July 31, 1990
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Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988
Correspondence from congressmen, Mazur, religious, pro-choice, and
pro-life advocates and others favoring or opposing the Danforth
amendment, allowing institutions objecting to abortion to receive
federal funds
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Cliffhanger Apparel
Complaint filed against Cliffhanger Apparel Company, 265 W. 37th St., New
York, for nonpayment of contributions to welfare fund of Local 23-25;
notification of award by impartial chairmen, June 14, 1983; audit
reports; arbitration award, October 22, 1982; related correspondence
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Clothe America
Ad in Women's Wear Daily listing contributors to Clothe America, which
raised $3 million in clothing donations for the homeless, March 20,
1990; letter to Mazur from Clothe American chairman Ken Sitomer , CEO of
Russ Togs, Inc., thanking him for referral of contributor, April 6,
1990
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Clothing Bank/J.M. Kaplan Fund
Letters to Mazur and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman from Suzanne Davis,
co-chairman of the Clothing Bank/New Clothes for the Homeless,
soliciting contributions for program in which manufacturers and
retailers donated $4 million in two years in surplus new clothes for
distribution to NYC homeless shelters, part of Mayor's Voluntary Action
Center; letter from NYC Mayor Ed Koch, thanking Mazur for support,
August 18, 1988; letter to Leslie Fay president John Pomerantz,
soliciting contribution, noting referral by Mazur, May 19, 1988; list of
inventory from manufacturers, December 1987
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Clothing Manufacturers Association
National agreement between CMA and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
Workers Union, as of May 1, 1995, with cover memo from UNITE general
counsel's office
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Coalition Against Anti-Asian Violence
Newspaper clipping from Bay News, February 8, 1988, re harassment of
Asians in Brooklyn, with cover note to Mazur from Pacific Northwest
District Council manager Katie Quan
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Coalition for Democratic Values
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from Sen. Howard Metzenbaum
seeking contribution to organization promoting liberal, progressive
national agenda and counter drift toward right within the Demoratic
Party, February 4, 1991
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Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
Meeting notice of New York City Chapter for December 13, 1993, noting
caucus of ILGWU members, memo to Mazur re ILGWU hosting of CLUW National
Executive Board meeting of December 16, 1993; letter to Mazur re new
CLUW publication re workplace safety, April 24, 1991; draft of letter
urging ILGWU members to join CLUW, March 28, 1991; letter to Mazur from
president of Cleveland Chapter of CLUW thanking him for his support of
the reproductive choice resolution that was submitted to the AFL-CIO
Executive Council, July 26, 1990; correspondence between Mazur and CLUW
national president re participation in the American Family Celebration,
April-August, 1988; conference call for CLUW convention, held November
17, 1988; memo from Mazur to ILGWU regional directors and NYC managers
urging that they join CLUW, noting recent decline in ILGWU
representation, danger of losing seat on national board, November 17,
1987; memo to Mazur re second annual Working Women's Awareness Week,
March 18, 1987; memo from Mazur urging that locals support the NYC
chapter of CLUW's International Women's Day event with donation of $50,
February 25, 1987, with attached letter from CLUW chapter president
describing the event, theme of dependent care; letter to Mazur thanking
him for contribution to CLUW Center for Education & Research,
January 29, 1987; invoice for reimbursement for travel to CLUW
conference, November 24, 1986; invitation to Sol Chaikin to Working
Women's Awareness Week, February 10, 1986, with notation by Mazur
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Code of Conduct (Overseas outsourcing)
Memo to Mazur calling Sportswear Code of Conduct "totally unenforceable,"
October 10, 1994; Code of Conduct for Overseas Vendors, with handwritten
note; "Signed by Dress Association with ILGWU"; "ILGWU Commitment to
Apparel Industry Competitiveness," and description of ILGWU's federal
agenda, April 22, 1993; Levi Strauss & Co. Business Partner Terms of
Engagement and Guidelines for Country Selection, 1992; Liz Claiborne,
Inc., and Its Subsidiaries Standards of Engagement; 1994 Outerwear
Negotiations Demands, including code of conduct for overseas vendors,
marked "ILG Proposal"; contract agreement re outsourcing, labeled
"ACTWU," September 30, 1993; code of conduct by Phillips-Van Heusen: A
Shared Commitment: Requirements for Suppliers, Contractors, Business
Partners," with cover note to Mazur, August 19, 1992
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Coelho, Tony
Letter from Mazur to Majority Whip, Rep. Tony Coelho, expressing regret
at his decision to resign from Congress, citing malicious innuendo and
diatribe, June 20, 1989; letter to Mazur from Coelho, thanking him for
support
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Commentary (magazine), January
Copy of magazine
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Commission on Migration
see also Migration Letter to Mazur from the Commission for the Study of
International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development confirming
his scheduled testimony re Caribbean migration issues at hearing on July
14, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
outlining points for testimony before the commission, June 26, 1989
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Commission for the Study of International Migration and
Cooperative Economic Development
Testimony by Congressman James Scheuer before the Commission for the
Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development,
July 14, 1989
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Committee for National Health Insurance
see also Health Care 1989-1991; see also Health Care - National Coalition
on Health Care; see also Health Care - National Leadership Coalition on
Health Care Letter from director of Committee for National Health
Insurance to Rep. John Conyers praising report by General Accounting
Office on Canadian health insurance system, June 24, 1991; memo to
committee Board of Directors re Gallup Poll of California residents
showing support for national health insurance, May 7, 1990; letters re
views of presidential candidates, May-July, 1988; letter re proposed
legislation for Medicare catastrophic health insurance, April 9, 1987;
statements of UAW and AFL-CIO officials re Medicare catastrophic health
insurance before the House Ways and Means Committee, March 10, 1987;
minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee for National Health
Insurance and Health Security Action Council, October 28, 1986 & 87;
letter re pain disability claimants under Social Security, improving
Medicaid in NY, May 20, 1987; press release from Brooklyn D.A. Elizabeth
Holtzman re program for workplace safety, January 27, 1987; letter to
ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from Coalition for a National Health System
re nonbonding referendum in Massachusetts overwhelmingly supporting
national health care, February 13, 1987; press release announcing
national conference planned for May 1987; brochure, "America's Babies -
Love 'em or Lose 'em," comparing U.S. infant mortality rates with other
countries, with cover letter, January 30, 1987; brochure, "Health Care
in the United States: An Action Agenda for the 100th Congress," Health
Security Action Council and Save Our Security Coalition, with cover
letter to newly elected congressmen, January 8, 1987, and letter to
Mazur, January 9, 1987; correspondence between committee chair Douglas
Fraser and Mazur re appointment to Board of Directors, and press release
announcing appointment, October-November 1986; Statement on USHealth Act
of 1986 by Douglas A. Fraser, chairman, Health Security Action Council,
before the House Select Committee on Aging, September 12, 1986, with
cover letter; agenda and material for Board of Directors meeting,
October 28, 1986; letter from chairman re effect of tax reform on health
and other social benefits, June 11, 1985; requests to Mazur for
contributions; report to Mazur on meetings of November 5, 1986, and
September 13, 1985; minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee
for National Health Insurance and Health Security Action Council,
February 8, 1984; letters re newspaper articles
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Communication Workers of America (CWA)
See also Speeches - Bahr, Morty Letter from Mazur to Morton Bahr,
president, CWA, thanking him for support of the Textile and Apparel
Trade Act, October 7, 1988; letter from Mazur to Bahr re AFL-CIO China
Committee meeting, suggesting discussion of future direction, September
5, 1989; letter from Mazur to Bahr re address to ILGWU breakfast by Lu
Jing-hua, successful press conference, less successful preparatory
meeting of Workers Autonomous Federation, June 18, 1990; letter from
Mazur to Bahr with attached redrafted AFL-CIO statement, "Tragedy in
China," calling for change in U.S. policy toward China after Tiananmen
Square, October 27, 1989; memo to Mazur from exec asst David Melman re
meeting with ACTWU in support of CWA and IBEW strike against NYNEX,
outlining issues, with attached copy of flyer urging withholding payment
of telephone bill until resolution of strike, September 11, 1989; letter
to Mazur from CWA secretary-treasurer James B. Booe, thanking him for
support in strike against NYNEX and contribution to union Defense Fund,
November 3, 1989; letter to Mazur from CWA Local 1180 re emergency
meeting of Electoral Coalition to promote progressive tax structure,
oppose cuts in NYC services, May 23, 1991; letter from Mazur to CWA
District One vice president inviting participation in Triangle Fire
commemorative rally, February 25, 1992; resume of CWA director of
international affairs Louis E. Moore, with cover note to Mazur, November
25, 1992
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Confecciones Trancontinentals, SA/Liz Claiborne
Fax to Mazur from the general secretary of the International Textile,
Garment & Leather Workers' Federation re Play Knits, New York,
invested in Guatemalan firm Confecciones Transcontinentales to produce
for Liz Claiborne label, with attached article, "A Run-Away Shop Runs
Away From Guatemala Leaving 500+ Jobless" and interview with leaders of
union in formation, requesting Mazur contact Liz Claiborne, January 20,
1989; copy of fax forwarded to Liz Claiborne from Mazur, January 23,
1989
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Consortium for Worker Education, INC.
Financial statement for the year ending December 31, 1993; minutes of
annual meeting of Board of Directors of April 16, 1993; agenda and
related materials; memo to Mazur reporting on consortium meeting of
March 8; memo to Mazur from ILGWU education director Kitty Krupat
recommending policy and procedure changes to promote accountability,
October 14; outline of meeting with chairman of finance & audit
committee, October 19; personal and confidential memo from Mazur to
executive director, expressing concern about learning for the first time
about actions taken, declining chairmanship of finance committee, with
attached outline of suggestions for strengthening procedures, October
20; agreement between consortium and United Federation of Teachers, July
1, 1993 through June 30, 1995; letter to Mazur noting copies of checks
and supporting documentation for pension payments, August 11, 1994
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Consortium for Worker Education, INC.
See also NYS - School and Business Alliance Task Force Memo to Mazur as
chair of CWE re need for alternative to current funding by Urban
Development Corporation (UDC), entailing "submitting a complicated
proposal then waiting nearly six months for approval and another six
months for a contract and another six months for a check," November 6,
1992; "Building Union/Business Partnerships for New York's Economic
Development: A Proposal of The Consortium for Worker Education,"
December 29, 1992; testimony by Mazur before the NYS Assembly Commission
on Skills Development and Vocational Education, January 27, 1992, with
attached notice of public hearing; unanimous written consent of the
directors re by-law amendments; memo from Mazur and chairman Barry
Feinstein re efforts to qualify to receive direct adult education
formula aid, March 15, 1991, with attached list of major funding sources
for CWE; list of grants received, 1987-1990; list of services from the
City University of New York (CUNY), NYC Board of Education, NYS
Department of Education, list of participating unions; New York Private
Industry Council Dislocated Worker Participants Demographic Report,
August 30, 1990; agenda of May 3, 1990, Board of Directors meeting;
agenda of September 30, 1990, board meeting; Report to the Consortium
Board; consortium brochure and fact sheet (in English and Spanish) re
Worker Opportunity Reemployment Center, a free service to dislocated
workers; letter from Mazur to incoming First Lady Barbara Bush re
consortium's programs, including English as a Second Language (ESL),
basic literacy, and vocational training, January 18, 1989; Harvard
Education Review article, "So We Can Use Our Own Names, and Write the
Laws by Which We Live: Educating the New U.S. Labor Force," by Sheila D.
Collins, Miriam Balmouth, and Priscilla Jean, November 1989; consortium
by-laws; correspondence re incorporation of consortium, October-November
1988; Teamsters Local 237 memo describing consortium programs, possible
funding cut by NYS Education Department, with cover note to Mazur, May
22, 1988
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Consortium for Worker Education, INC., December 14
Hand-delivered letter to Mazur from consortium attorneys Strook &
Strook & Lavan with "for your eyes only" script for meeting the next
day, certificate of incorporation and by-laws for consortium, December
13, 1988; agenda and list of attendees of December 14 meeting, with fact
sheet on consortium; letter from Mazur, to Mazur, outlining rationale
for incorporation, noting need to reduce fiduciary responsibility borne
solely by Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, November
22, 1988; "Arguments in Support of the Consortium for Worker
Literacy"
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Constitution Magazine
Spring 1989 issue of the quarterly journal of the Foundation for the U.S.
Constitution
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Consumer Assembly of New York
Affiliated with the Consumer Federation of America. Letter from the
president of the New York Consumer Assembly to the administrator of the
Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, opposing change in
federal law to allow industrial homework, December 2, 1986; letter to
board of directors re meeting, March 30, 1987; text of speech (by
Mazur?) endorsing Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, noting
effect of imports on consumers, June 10, 1986
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Coordinating Council of Cooperatives (United Housing
Federation)
Letter from Mazur praising the 25-year-old coordinating council of the
United Housing Federation, sponsor of affordable cooperative housing for
low and moderate income people, November 30, 1990
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Coors Beer
Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland re settlement of longstanding
labor dispute with the Adolph Coors Company and end of boycott, thanking
Mazur for unflaggingsupport, August 20, 1987, with attached joint and
separate statements and transcript of news conference
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Cornell University- School of Industrial and Labor
Relations
Minutes of board meeting of Institute for Women and Work, December 12,
1986; invitation to Mazur to attend conference sponsored by Cornell
Institute for Collective Bargaining, "The Next American Revolution:
Crisis in Employment," February 12, 1987; invitation to demonstration of
software prototype designed for collective bargaining cost calculations,
July 9, 1986; invitation to workshop, "Strategic Planning for Union
Locals in a Changing Environment," April 7, 1987; letter requesting
documents relating to commemoration of bicentennial of U.S.
constitution, May 13, 1987; letter requesting copies of ILGWU position
on raising the minimum wage, July 22, 1987; letter from Ed Cleary,
president, NYS AFL-CIO, to Lane Kirkland, president, AFL-CIO, re plans
by the State University Construction Fund to use nonunion labor to build
Catherwood Library at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor
Relations, calling it an outrage, warning of it becoming a national
issue, urging Kirkland to contract Gov. Cuomo to personally intervene,
May 6, 1994
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Cornell-Kheel Records Management Project
Correspondence between ILGWU officials and Kheel Center director Richard
Strassberg, proposing archiving ILGWU files;list of records retention
and disposal schedule, July 13, 1989; list of files, June 30, 1998
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Corporate Takeovers
AFL-CIO News article, December 11, 1988, "The Stark Bottom Line of
Corporate Takeovers"
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Costa Rica
Letter from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin to U.S. Trade
Representative's Chief Textile Negotiator re ongoing denial of worker
rights in countries with which we are involved in bilateral trade
negotiations, this time Costa Rica, October 28, 1993; mentions El
Salvador also
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Council for American Fashion (CAF)
see also NYS Department of Economic Development see also NYC Office of
Business Development Labor-management committee to promote industry
cooperation, modernization, image; first called Fashion Industries
Economic Development Council. Letter from Mazur to U.S. Secretary of
Labor Robert Reich in support of CAF application for an Employment and
Training Administration JTPA "Learning Consortia Project" grant to
strengthen job retention at the plant floor level, May 11, 1994;
employer survey of ILGWU firms re age and ethnicity of principals and
workforce, relationship of contractors with jobbers, etc.; cover letter
sent to elected officials that accompanied brochure re CAF, list of
recipients, May 24, 1993; memo to Mazur from CAF director Carl Proper,
summarizing "overly optimistic" NYC job creation report for apparel
industry, written by exec asst James Parrott for Mayor Dinkins's "Job
Creation Program," September 8, 1993; memo to Mazur from Proper re uses
for Cupid Modular Manufacturing video, including PBS special on labor's
role in modernizing the apparel industry, March 11, 1993; memo to Mazur
from Carl proper re discussion points for upcoming meeting with FIT
(Fashion Institute of Technology) President Allan Hirshfield re
developing cooperative partnerships, incubator, March 5, 1993; letter
from Mazur to Hirshfield suggesting collaboration between ILGWU retirees
and FIT in mending clothing for homeless and psychiatric patients,
February 12, 1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield supporting Mazur
proposal to establish a technology extension service (NY-FAME), with
attached proposal for a Center of Apparel Science and Technology between
FIT and Cornell University, February 24, 1993; memo to Mazur from Proper
re New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) receipt of a federal
economic development grant for apparel manufacturing apparel industry,
February 9, 1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield re FIT's plans t go
forward with incubator for FIT students, graduates, and other to start
their own businesses, with attached description, January 21, 1993;
speech by Mazur at NY Labor Commissioner's Awards Luncheon, September
23, 1993
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Council for American Fashion (CAF)
CAF Steering Committee agenda, November 17, 1992, with attached excerpts
from Clinton/Gore campaign release re manufacturing for the 21st
century; Bylaws of the Council for American Fashion, a Labor-Management
Industry Development Fund; description of the CAF Fund; memo to Mazur
from exec asst James Parrott re industry co-chair Eli Elias' concerns
about CAF Fund bylaws; CAF newsletter, Fashion Forward, April 1992;
report, "Keeping New York in Fashion: A Strategic Plan for the Future of
the New York Fashion Apparel Industry," prepared for the Garment
Industry Development Corporation by Kurt Salmon Associates, March 1992;
letter from Mazur to New Jersey governor Florio re new $200 million New
Jersey Economy Recovery Fund and how best this might be utilized for the
apparel industry, related correspondence, 1999-92; letter to Mazur from
CAF's funding agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, re
tour of NY garment center, July 21, 1992; letter from NYC Mayor Dinkins
in support of application of Textile/Clothing Manufacturing Corporation
(TC)2 for funding as Manufacturing Technology Center, April 28; list of
appointees to Enterprise Zone Commission; clipping from Journal of
Commerce re Guatemalan knitting for Liz Claiborne, April 1992
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Council for American Fashion (CAF)
Annual Report of CAF, 1991; agenda, CAF Steering Committee, March 28,
1991, with Mazur introductory comments; finance report for Oct.1, 1989 -
March 31, 1990; "Preliminary Assessment of the Council for American
Fashion: A Labor/Management Partnership for the Apparel Industry," by
Norman Eiger, Professor of Labor Studies, Institute of Management and
Labor Relations, Rutgers University, March 1, 1991; letter to Mazur from
ad agency Launey, Hachmann & Harris, New York, offering to organize
public relations campaign for CAF, May 14, 1991; list of suggested
contractor shops for site visits, April 19, 1991; memo to Mazur from
exec asst James Parrott re establishment of CAF Labor- Management Fund
to promote cooperative approaches to improving the women's apparel
industry and the position of its workers, c. 1991; list of money owed to
CAF by manufacturers' associations; request for Mazur signature on grant
application for continuing funding to the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service; newspaper clippings from ILGWU Justice, January
1991
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Council for American Fashion (CAF)
Memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re possible members of CAF
steering committee, December 14, 1989; reports of marketing and
technology committees, November 20, 1989; agenda for steering committee,
October 26, 1989; agenda for first meeting of public relations
committee, consideration of possible names, with opening remarks by
Mazur re purpose of council, describing state of the industry, October
24, 1989; report of first meeting of public relations committee; list of
committees and members as of September 22, 1989; memo to Mazur from
Proper informing him that he is co-chair of CAF Executive Committee,
with industry representative Eli Elias, October 2, 1989; minutes of
technology committee, October 4, 1989
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Council for American Fashion (CAF)-Labor Management Committee,
April
Originally called the Women's and Children's Apparel Labor-Management
Committee. Outline for meeting establishing committee, April 18, 1989;
agenda, tentative budget, membership list; draft proposal, March 31,
1989; related memos including analysis of ILGWU membership in
northeast
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Council for American Fashion (CAF)--Grant Application to Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
Women's and Children's Apparel Labor Management Committee Proposal
Submitted to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service May 1989;
letters from Mazur describing initiative
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Council for American Fashion (CAF), June
Agenda, detailed outline of second meeting
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Council for American Fashion (CAF), September
Agenda, outline, list of committees and members, description of role of
committees, outline of role of CAF with relation to other, local,
labor-management committees; employer questionnaire
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Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council
See also Economic Policy Institute Letter from Sammy Davis, Jr., to
executive director of Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council noting
pleasure in working on campaign, September 29, 1986; press release re
Economic Policy Institute study on importance of manufacturing jobs to
the U.S. economy, May 20, 1993; press release, "Textile and Apparel
Job-Loss Commercials Demonstrate Staying Power with Consumers,"
September 9, 1992; list of questions for consumer research, June 14,
1991; reports on "Made in U.S.A." promotions by retailers Castner,
Knotts Dry Goods (Nashville, TN) and Younkers (Des Moines, IA), August 9
and 11, 1990; press releases from American Textile Manufacturers
Institute, "Textile and Apparel 17.3 Percent of U.S. Trade Deficit,"
August 16, 1988; "Textile and Apparel Imports Now 15 Percent of U.S.
Trade Deficit," September 11, 1987; steering committee minutes, May 11,
1988, December 2, 1987, October 28, 1987; results of attitude survey re
predisposition of men and women toward buying U.S.-made goods, July 17,
1987; clipping from Washington Post re phony "made in U.S.A." label scam
by Taiwanese manufacturer of U.S. flags, February 17, 1989; other
newspaper clippings; update summary report: The State of Working America
1994-95, October 1994; report by Management Horizons re retailing
industry by year 2000, with cover letter to Crafted with Pride steering
committee, July 27, 1990; Update, "Summary report: The State of Working
America," October 1994
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Daily News strike
Letter from Mazur to all ILGWU members in the New York City area, urging
boycott of Daily News in support of striking union workers, noting that
if management succeeds in breaking the union at a newspaper read by
working class people in the nation's greatest union town, it will send a
signal to managements everywhere to follow their lead, November 7, 1990,
with attached messages in Spanish and Chinese, with cover letter to
president of Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York; draft
of letter from Mazur to Crain's New York Business replying to opinion
piece on Daily News strike, January 4, 1991, and final printed copy,
January 21, 1991; draft of Open Letter to Charles Brumback, Chief
Executive Officer, and Stanton Cooke, Chairman, the Tribune Company,
urging them not to close the paper that is a vital part of New York
culture, from the Committee to Save the Daily News, with list of members
including Mayer Dinkins; letter to Mazur from NYC mayor David Dinkins,
thanking him for efforts resulting in settlement with Daily News, April
11, 1991; press release, News from the Daily News Strike Front, "'Save
the News - Settle or Sell' to be Theme of Ad Drive by Union," January
24, 1991; copy of ad; memo from Mazur re ILGWU ads in support of
strikers, January 7, 1991; list of unions supporting ILGWU ad; memo to
Mazur outlining talking points for press conference re strike, with
handwritten notes by Mazur, January 23, 1991; press releases by Tribune
Company re decision to close or sell the Daily News, January 16, 1991;
agenda of ILGWU NYC managers' meeting, November 19, 1990, outlining
campaign of support for Daily News workers, targeting newsstands,
leafleting; memo from Mazur to ILGWU NYC managers re distribution of
strike paper produced by striking Daily News workers, November 21, 1990;
copy of strike paper, Real News; request to AFL-CIO Executive Council
members for approval of $25,000 strike fund for Daily News striking
workers, November 5, 1990, with attached copies of checks from
affiliated unions; notice to Mazur of meeting of the Committee to
Boycott for Justice at the Daily News, September 14, 1990, list of
members, and related correspondence; report, Subcommittee on Strategic
Approaches February 1991 Meeting, noting progress in strike, widespread
support; letter to Mazur from the Workers Defense League re educational
campaign against strikebreaking, designed to carry message of solidarity
to unorganized, potential replacement workers, coordinating it with
lobbying for anti-replacement legislation, September 7, 1990; letter
from Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York to unionists,
seeking support for efforts to settle with Daily News, possible strike,
August 6, 1990, with cover letter from New York City Central Labor
Council calling for meeting to discuss situation, August 9, 1990,
attached bumper sticker, reader's boycott pledge, article from Chicago
Lawyer re union-busting firm hired by Daily News, September 1985; press
release from the Kamber Group, "Statement by George McDonald, president
of the Allied Printing Trades Council," July 26, 1990; NYS Department of
Labor press release announcing establishment of Board of Inquiry to
investigate ongoing labor dispute at Daily News, noting certification by
State Board of Mediation of failure to reach a voluntary settlement,
July 26, 1990; open letter to Daily News carriers, asking that they stop
delivering the paper; list of Daily News advertisers "good guys" and
"bad guys," November 19, 1990; mailgram from Mazur to Empire Blue Cross
Blue Shield urging it cease advertising in Daily News, November 15,
1990; flyers for December 10, 1990, rally; list of union speakers and
pledged contributions at November 14, 1990, rally; handbills and
stickers calling for boycott; description of handbill legalities;
newspaper clippings
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Media: Daily News Record
Draft of letter to the editor from Mazur re inaccuracies of newspaper's
report on Congressional Budget Office study of U.S. apparel industry,
January 13, 1992
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Dalton Industries
Memos to ILGWU legal counsel re closure of Dalton Industries, failure to
make weekly payments, decision to take firm to federal court
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Day Care Survey
Day Care Council of New York, Inc., "The Garment Industry Advisory
Committee Child Daycare Needs Assessment Report and Recommendations,"
April 1984; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell discussing flaws in
the survey, May 15, 1984
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Deborah Hospital Foundation
Correspondence with Mazur from New York hospital foundation re
contributions from ILGWU health and welfare funds; computer printout of
ILGWU patients, July 6, 1988; newsletter, 1984
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Democratic National Convention/ NY '92
See also NYS Democratic Committee 1987-1992; see also Speeches - Village
Independent Democrats (NYC) 1996; see also Gang Meeting; see also
Massachusetts Democratic State Party Letter to Mazur, signed by NYC
mayor Dinkins, inviting him to a meeting to prepare for 1992 Democratic
National Convention, to be held in NYC, and to serve on executive
committee of New York '92 Host Committee, December 6, 1991, with pencil
notation, "NO"; fact sheets, newsletter, news clippings relating to
NY92, including list of fashion designers featured at fashion show
event
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Democratic National Committee
See also NYS Democratic Committee 1987-1992 New York delegation, 1988
Democratic National Convention Delegation Rules; 1984 rules; 1988
Delegate Selection Rules; preliminary lists, "final list" and "revised
final list" of ILGWU delegates to Democratic National Convention; list
of NYS delegates to national convention; position paper by Jesse Jackson
'88 presidential campaign, "Paying for Our Jobs: A Budget Plan for Jobs,
Peace, and Justice"; letter from Jesse Jackson to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow, June 13, 1988; urgent notice of strategy meeting
of Brooklyn Dukakis presidential campaign, August 12, 1988; AFL-CIO
agenda re meeting to select delegates to convention, with list of
delegates and union affiliations; letter from AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland to Paul Kirk, president of the Democratic National Committee,
in support of a nonspecific party platform, December 18, 1987; statement
by the president of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied
Craftsmen and co-chair of the Democratic National Committee's Labor
Council in support of a nonspecific party platform, May 19, 1988; note
from Sen. Edward Kennedy thanking Mazur for support of Fund for a
Democratic Majority, notes Dukakis is "best chance since F.D.R." for
achieving goals for workers, June 28, 1988; letter from Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee chair to Mazur re House Speaker Jim
Wright, attached article from National Journal, June 5, 1987; memo from
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with analysis of key races
and newspaper clippings, May 20, 1986; letter from Queens County
Democratic chair Tom Manton saying that he agreed to serve as state
chair of the Dick Gephardt for President Campaign, discusses candidate,
December 30, 1987; letter to Mazur from DNC soliciting contribution,
April 30, 1987; letter from Mazur noting $50,000 contribution by ILGWU
to DNC for non-federal accounts, September 29, 1987; invitation/program
to DNC New York dinner, April 27, 1987; letter from DNC chair Paul Kirk
to Mazur thanking him for agreeing to serve as co-chair of New York
dinner, March 5, 1987; copies of contribution checks from ILGWU
($15,000) and Leslie Fay president John Pomerantz
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Democratic National Convention--Primary Debate
Selection
Lists showing status of potential ILGWU Democratic Convention Delegates
as of January 26, 1988, as of February 23, 1988, and as of December 10,
1987; memo to Mazur re DNC delegate selection rules, including specific
quotas for minorities and women, and difficulty of Mazur himself
becoming a delegate because he is a white male, May 1, 1987; memo from
local 23-25 manager-secretary Edgar Romney to members urging political
participation in order to reverse Reagan anti-labor policies (in English
and Chinese), March 30, 1988; memo from ILGWU exec asst Susan Cowell to
Coro Foundation about issues poll of union members, c. 1987, with
attached Newsday newspaper clipping re divisions within labor over
foreign policy; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re ILGWU delegate selection
process, suggests involving retirees, March 4, 1987, with attached text
of press conference by ALF-CIO president Lane Kirkland re candidate
interview and endorsement process; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re
strategic criteria for primary endorsement, March 1, 1987; draft of
AFL-CIO written questions to be submitted to presidential candidates,
March 4, 1987, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow, and cover memo from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas
Donahue; responses of candidates to questions, with highlighted comments
on trade, printed in AFL-CIO Federationist, May 9, 1987; transcript of
responses to video question; letter to Mazur from Al Gore, soliciting
support, April 7, 1988; schedule of key events of the 1988 presidential
election; letter to Mazur from Jesse Jackson delegate Ed Vargas, local
23-25, thanking him for support, May 6, 1988; handwritten notes by
Mazur
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Democratic Policy Commission--Dukakis
Letter from Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis as chair of Democratic
Policy Commission's Committee on Industrial and Entrepreneurial Economy,
noting committee's report, "Opportunity for Every American," with
attached cover memos to Mazur by ILGWU officials Evelyn Dubrow and
Herman Starobin criticizing report's statement on trade policy,
suggesting that the union meet with Dukakis to challenge assertion, in
light of heavy campaign support, December 17, 1986
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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee--U.S. Senate Leadership
Circle
See also Massachusetts Democratic State Party Letter to Mazur from Sen.
John Kerry (Mass.) urging him to renew his $15,000 membership in the
Leadership Circle, the "premiere program" of the Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee, with attached list of events, March 8, 1988; letter
to Mazur from Kerry noting recent electoral success, with attached
clipping from the Washington Post, noting quiet bonuses given to
Republican campaign committee staffers after defeat despite outspending
Democrats, January 13, 1987; letter to Mazur from Kerry, urging prompt
renewal of membership, December 19, 1986
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Democratic Socialists of America
Letters to Mazur from DSA chair Michael Harrington asking to place a DSA
intern with ILGWU, 1988; letters to Mazur re his speech at DSA Labor
Forum re increasing minimum wage, March-April 1987; Labor Voice,
newsletter of DSA Labor Commission, November-December 1986;
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Dinkins, David, NYC Mayor
see also NYC Mayoral Race 1993 - NY1 Newspoll Letter from Ed Koch
endorsing Herman Badillo for mayor, February 16, 1993; statement by
Mazur endorsing Dinkins, March 15, 1993; memo to Mazur from David Wells
advising on campaign tactics for Dinkins, in advance of meeting with
deputy major Bill Lynch, March 5, 1993; outline of topics for discussion
with Dinkins, handwritten by Mazur and typed; list of additional points
to raise with Dinkins, including Chung Pak Child Care Center and Fashion
Center BID; letter to Dinkins from Mazur re Chung Pak center, February
23, 1993; related campaign strategy memos; correspondence with deputy
mayor Barry Sullivan re Garment Industry Development Association (GIDC)
and Workforce Development Commission, 1993; correspondence re On the
Mend Project, which repaired donated clothing for the indigent released
from Bellevue Hospital, with New York Times clipping, February 1993;
wish list, ILGWU's New York City Agenda, calling for creation of Mayor's
Office of Fashion and Design Industries; memo with polling questions
from deputy mayor Bill Lynch, to Mazur, May 27, 1993; memo from Mazur to
Dinkins re re-election strategy ideas, August 5, 1992; letter to Mazur
from Doris Ling-Cohan, seeking endorsement for Civil Court judge in New
York County, January 11, 1993
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Dinkins Mayoral Campaign
see also NYC Mayoral Race 1993 - NY1 Newspoll; see also NYC Mayoral Race,
1997; see also Liberal Party; see also NYC - Lynch, Bill; see also Voter
Registration Statement by Theodore W. Kheel on Why I've Joined
"Democrats for Guiliani If Koch Wins the Democratic Primary," April 28,
1989; David Dinkins' record on housing, education, health care, child
welfare, drugs, economic development; "Record of David Dinkins on Issues
of Concern to the Jewish Community"; campaign flyer, "David Dinkins and
the Jewish Community: A Record of Friendship and Commitment; newspaper
clipping, "Rabbi Rouses Jews to Vote for Dinkins," NY Newsday, faxed to
Mazur by Rabbi Jacob Bronner, August 3, 1990, with letter of opposition
from Jewish voter and notation, "This is amongst the many hate mail I
have received"; AFL-CIO NYC Poll results, February 27-March 6 (no year);
Johnson/Singer poll results, July 7, 1989; letter from Mazur to New York
Newsday questioning "city insider" poll results, defending Dinkins in
Crown Heights controversy, July 9, 1993; speech by Mazur introducing
Dinkins at concert for ILGWU retiree "On the Mend" program, October 27,
1993; transcript of MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour Oct. 13, 1984, and May 14,
1986, broadcasts; handwritten notes by Mazur; drafts of speeches by Jay
Mazur (written by Gus Tyler) and David Dinkins re endorsement; union
local 89-22-1 and 23-25 newsletters headlining Dinkins endorsement; memo
and list, Issues to Discuss with Mayor Dinkins; news release from NYC
Commission on Human Rights re racially motivated bombing, letter from
Mazur to Dinkins re bombing of Happy Land Social Club; postcard for
Dinkins volunteer kick-off rally, April 14, 1989; article by Gus Tyler
re Dinkins-Guiliani mayoral race, Newsday, Oct. 11, 1989, other
newspaper clippings
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Dinkins Mayoral Campaign
see also Labor Day Parade 1989 Lists of ILGWU and other union members who
volunteered in the Dinkins campaign; memos detailing results of
telephone calling; phone scripts; invitation from Mazur to mayor-elect
Dinkins re meeting with British Labour Party head Neil Kinnock, Sens.
Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden, and Canadian New Democratic Party leader Ed
Broadbent; draft of endorsement editorial from the Jewish Forward, faxed
to Mazur; internal ILGWU strategy memo from exec. VP. Susan Cowell
agreeing with memo faxed to Mazur from campaign consultant
Hickman-Maslin Research re racial politics, need to appeal to various
ethnic voter segments; other strategy memos; letters to undecided union
members, retirees, other segments urging support for Dinkins; memo re
need for ad answering tax charges, TV ad script for Dinkins; memos re
poll results from PR consultants Geto & deMilly; Ed Koch direct-mail
campaign letter; letter from Liberal Party of New York State endorsing
Rudy Giuliani; Dinkins position on the Middle East; statement by Mazur
endorsing Dinkins, Dinkins speech accepting ILGWU endorsement
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Ditchley Foundation (England)
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re invitation
to Starobin to participate in Ditchley meeting on exchange rates,
January 15, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU staffer Michael Hirsch asking
permission to attend Ditchley conference on health care systems, May 11,
1993; memo to Mazur from Starobin re role of Eastern Europe as a
low-cost source of labor for the European Economic Community, June 18,
1990; satirical article about Ditchley and other high-level conferences,
by Lord Chalfont, November 8, 1989, summaries of conference themes;
copies of the Ditchley Journal, with articles highlighted, "The Roots of
Urban Change," by Peter Hall, Spring 1978, and "The City: Whose Problem,
Whose Job?" by Simon Jenkins, Autumn 1976; copies of the Ditchley
Newsletter
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Ditchley Foundation, Mazur presentation
Letter of invitation to Mazur from American Ditchley Foundation to
participate in conference, "Elements of Change in International
Relations: A Foreign Policy Agenda for the 1990s," to be held June
21-24, 1990, with attached outline of topics, November 15, 1989; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU vp Gus Tyler warning of being stereotyped, outlining
talking points re protectionism, June 4, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin with attached analysis and drafts for
presentation on economic issues for conference, June 4, 1990; follow-up
analysis by Starobin, June 18, 1990
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Ditchley Foundation, American Ditchley Foundation
Agendas and minutes of annual meetings of the board of directors, April
27, 1989, and April 5, 1990; minutes of the special meeting, September
28, 1988, which notes a resolution that Ditchley conferences are not for
probing or negotiation on issues, but are to be gatherings of
like-minded individuals; agenda and minutes of special meeting September
26, 1989; financial statements as of December 31, 1988 and 1987, and
list of contributors; letters to Mazur from American Ditchley Foundation
soliciting contributions from AFL-CIO and ILGWU, with replies noting
that contributions had already been made, October 2 and 4, 1990;
calendars of conferences and topics January 1988 to December 1991; list
of other subjects for possible inclusion in programs; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU exec asst James Parrott summarizing Ditchley conference on urban
regeneration, February 7, 1989; drafts of discussion topics for upcoming
conference, "Security at a Lower Level of Armaments: Conventional Arms
Control Issues Confronting the North Atlantic Alliance," February 16,
1989, and "The Oversight of and the Limits on Intelligence Work in a
Democracy," October 7-9, 1989; letter from Mazur to administrative
director of American Ditchley Foundation re conference report on
military crackdown on Tiananmen Square rally and lack of mention of
execution of organized workers by Chinese government, possible fear of
strikes as precipitating factor in crushing the democracy movement,
September 28, 1989
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Ditchley Foundation, American Ditchley Foundation
List of members of the Ditchley Foundations, including the American
Ditchley Foundation, as of September 1, 1993; agenda for annual meeting
of directors, March 25, 1992; agenda for special meeting of the
directors, October 10, 1990; schedule of conferences from September 1990
to December 1991; minutes of annual meetings of April 5, 1990, April 18,
1991, and March 30, 1993; agenda and minutes of special meeting,
September 26, 1991; agenda of special meeting, September 29, 1993;
auditor's statement, March 1, 1990; minutes of the joint meeting of
program committees, July 6, 1991; correspondence from Mazur re upcoming
conferences; letter from Mazur suggesting topic on nongovernmental
forces undermining the nation state, threatening quality of life,
January 5, 1993; minutes of the British Programme Committee, October 19,
1993; handwritten notes by Mazur; solicitations for financial
contributions; summary of contributions as of November 10, 1993
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Ditchley Foundation, ancillary publications
Printed reports by non-Ditchley think-tanks and press sources on issues
related to those discussed at Ditchley conferences: "Man and His
Environment," occasional paper by the British-North American Committee,
June 1990; "World Policy: Targeting National Needs," reprinted from
World Policy Journal, spring 1990; "Changing Sources of U.S. Economic
Growth, 1950-2010: A Chartbook of Trends and Projections," National
Planning Association, 1990; "Social Policy: Looking Backward, Looking
Forward," National Academy of Social Insurance summary of seminar on the
Ford Foundation Report, The Common Good, November 1, 1989; occasional
paper of the Atlantic Council of the United States, "Saving Perestroika:
Gorbachev's Next Steps," by Jan M. Lodal, 1990; Bulletin of the
Department of International Affairs, AFL-CIO, January 1990; Freedom
House magazine, Freedom at Issue, March/April 1990; magazines, The New
Leader, February 5-19 and March 19, 1990; newsletter, News from the
Center for National Policy, volume 1, 1990; U.S. News & World Report
cover story, "Back to the Future in China," March 12, 1990; Europe
article, "Lending a Helping Hand: The E.C. Takes the Leading Role in
Assisting Eastern Europe," March 1990; summary of international press
reports re Eastern Europe, forwarded by the general secretary of the
International Trade, Garment & Leather Workers' Federation ,
February 16, 1990
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Dominican Republic
"Foreign Labor Trends: Dominican Republic," prepared by the American
Embassy, Santo Domingo, released by the U.S. Department of Labor,
1990-91, describing political and economic overview, labor history;
labor relations with U.S. and other companies, wage statistics,
directory of labor organizations; unsigned "Report on the Visit to the
Dominican Republic, April 3-7, 1990," re participation in seminar by
FITITVC on free trade zones and contacts with labor activists; letter to
Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re invitation to observe
elections in Dominican Republic, March 22, 1990; memo from AFL-CIO
American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) re follow-up
activities in organizing drive, list of Dominican companies by industry,
November 7, 1990; printed official guide to XI Congress of the
Confederacion Nacional de Trabajadores Dominicanos, December 5-6, 1992;
Export-Free Zones National Council: Law 8-90 Encouraging the
Establishment of New Free Zones and the Growth of Existing New Ones,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; AFL-CIO AIFLD memo re two-week
seminar, Organizing in the Export Production Zones, to be held in the
Dominican Republic, cosponsored by ILGWU, ACTWU, and FITITVC, February
5, 1993; AIFLD Special Report: Worker Rights in the Dominican Republic
Free Trade Zones, November 1, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
international relations director Michele Briones re Strategies for
International Solidarity: Case in Point: Dominican Republic," with
attached resolution, "International Labor Solidarity," adopted by ILGWU
International Affairs Committee, endorsing strengthening links with
ITGLWF, August 5, 1992; letter to Mazur from U.S. Dept. of Labor re
Inter-American Symposium on Emerging Frameworks for Labor-Management
Cooperation, to be held in the Dominican Republic, January 27, 1993;
confidential memos to Mazur re Dominican Republic trip to assist in
organizing efforts, May-June, 1993; memo to Mazur re Caribbean
Organizing Seminar, with attached list of Caribbean plants of U.S. firms
and seminar draft proposal, January 13, 1993; memos re trip,
January-March 1993; translation and original Spanish letter to Mazur
from National Confederation of Dominican Workers re workers abuses,
particularly by Liz Claiborne contractor, October 11, 1993; letter from
ILGWU Local 23-25 manager and vp Edgar Romney to the chairman of Liz
Claiborne re worker abuses at Liz Claiborne contractor in Dominican
Republic, October 13, 1993; letters to Mazur and ILG organizer from
AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) noting
abuses by Undergarment Fashions, apparent Dominican contractor for
Maidenform and Christian Dior, January 15 and 30, 1991; letters from
Mazur to Maidenform, Christian Dior, and Bestform executives re worker
abuses by their contractor in Dominican Republic, February 4 and 27,
1991; faxes and phone messages from Maidenform and Christian Dior
executives noting error, February 4 and 12, 1991; confidential memo to
Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re
confidential report of trip to Dominican Republic by AIFLD official,
ideological competition within labor movement there, with supporting
attachments, March 14, 1991; Bulletin of the Department of International
Affairs, AFL-CIO, December 12,1992; Spanish-language edition of ILGWU
Justice (Justicia), 1993
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Dominican Repubilc--GSP
Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO director of international affairs re workers
in free trade zones in the Dominican Republic being denied rights to
organize by U.S. firms Westinghouse, GTE, and Hanes, with attached
"Update on Campaign for Worker Rights in the Dominican Republic,"
January 4,1991, and letters to officials re deteriorating situation,
urging withdrawal of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade
status; letter from AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor
Development (AIFLD) updating on events in Dominican Republic, noting
employer counterattack against efforts to revoke GSP status, February
28, 1991, with translations of press accounts; letter to Secretary of
State James Baker from AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland urging suspension of GSP
status for Dominican Republic, March 22, 1991, with cover note to Mazur;
letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO AIFLD) re announcement by U.S. Trade
Representative Carla Hills of continuing GSP status for Dominican
Republic, with attached USTR report, "Generalized System of Preferences
of the Trade Policy Staff Committee: 1990 Annual Reviews: Worker Rights
Review Summary: The Dominican Republic, April 1991"; press release,
"Kantor Announces Results of 1992 GSP Reviews: Emphasis on Worker Rights
is Underscored," June 25, 1993; memos from Mazur to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow and research director Herman Starobin asking for
advice in lobbying on behalf of AFL-CIO petition for withdrawal of GSP
status of Dominican Republic, reply from Starobin, June 25, 1993;
newspaper clippings from Dominican press, with cover fax from AIFLD
field rep urging full court press by AFL-CIO to bring about historic
change, June 28, 1993; letter from Mazur to the executive director of
Freedom House, with copy to Betty Bao Lord, asking for assistance in
lobbying the State Department on behalf of AFL-CIO petition for
withdrawal of GSP status, July 2, 1993; faxed letter from Mazur to the
U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, urging withdrawal of GSP
status, July 1, 1993; letter to Mazur from the U.S. Ambassador to the
Dominican Republic, clarifying distortions in the Dominican press re
petition to remove the county from GSP, July 2, 1993; letters from Mazur
to Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Secretary of Commerce Ron
Brown, Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and U.S. Trade Representative
Mickey Cantor in support of AFL-CIO petition urging withdrawal of
special trade privileges from the Dominican Republic, July 2, 1993;
letter to Mazur from U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Cantor thanking
him for giving his opinion that GSP status for the Dominican Republic
should be withdrawn, notes AFL-CIO petition is under review, August 2,
1993; letter to Mazur from presidential economic policy advisor Robert
Rubin thanking him for letter re withdrawal of GSP status for Dominican
Republic, July 30, 1993; draft of letter from Mazur to leaders of
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) urging that they
write to Secretary of State Warren Christopher and other Cabinet
officers in support of AFL-CIO petition that GSP trade status be
withdrawn for the Dominican Republic, July 27, 1993; letter from ICCR to
Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown urging withdrawal of special trade
privileges from Dominican Republic, August 12, 1993; letter from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin to AIFLD director asking for
background in advance of meeting with Dominican ambassador to the U.S.,
December 3, 1993; memo to ILGWU vp Edgar Romney re fired Candelaria
union activists brought by AFL-CIO to testify in Congress re petition to
revoke GSP status, March 3, 1994
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Drug abuse (conferences)
Letter to Mazur from the Bureau of National Affairs, with attached press
advisory for "National Teleconference on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the
Workplace," February 13, 1987; letter to Sol Chaikin from the United
Nations Association in the United States of America (UNA-USA) re
conference, "Strategies for Community Action: Conference on Drug Abuse
and Illicit Trafficking," January 23, 1987; letter to Mazur from the
George Meany Center for Labor Studies re conference, "Substance Abuse:
What Unions Need to Know," March 10, 1992; Ditchley Conference Report,
"Drugs: The Threat and the Response," held March 1991; newspaper
clipping re Nicole Miller with note to Mazur, "This is the same firm
that did the drug testing" October 8, 1986
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Dunlop Commission
See also Labor Law Reform; see also Speeches - Donahue - Dunlop
Commission; see also Evolution of Work Committee Memo to Mazur from Gus
Tyler re impact of commission (Commission on the Future of
Worker-Management Relations, aka Dunlop Commission), appointed by Pres.
Clinton and headed by former secretary of Labor John Dunlop, in
examining labor law and practices, warning that corporate destruction of
unions will destroy America, February 8, 1994; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
exec asst James Parrott re meeting with Dunlop, $1.3 million grant from
Sloan Foundation to Dunlop's Center for Business and Government at
Harvard to study apparel industry, suggesting areas of research,
November 14, 1990; memo to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny and other
staff officers from Carl Proper, director of Council for American
Fashion (CAF), re upcoming testimony of Mazur before Dunlop Commission,
with attached questions for Legal Department, July 11, 1994; memo from
Proper to Zimny and others asking for suggestions for Dunlop Commission
re protecting worker interests in contracting or other contingent worker
situations, April 26, 1994; letter to John Dunlop from Mazur re
contracting out, April 19, 1994; memo to National Planning Association
from AFL-CIO official Markley Roberts, commenting on NPA report, "The
Restructuring of Employment," relating it to Dunlop Commission findings,
with attached highlights of commission report, June 2, 1994; newspaper
clippings
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Economic Policy Council (EPC)
See also United Nations Association of the United States of America Part
of the United Nations Association of the USA. Draft summary conclusions
of the foreign direct investment panel, November 16, 1989, with list of
members and correspondence with Mazur; letter to Mazur from ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman, co-chairman of EPC, thanking him for
contribution
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Economic Policy Council (EPC) meeting, November 20
Preliminary working draft report, "U.S. Policy toward the Newly Emerging
Industrial Countries," to be distributed for May 19, 1986, meeting;
draft, "Conclusions and Recommendations" section, with cover letter to
Mazur soliciting comment, July 23, 1986; comments on preliminary working
draft #2, October 30, 1986; draft report for final review, June 22,
1987; paper given by Mazur, "A Labor Perspective on U.S. Policy Toward
Newly Industrialized Countries," May 19, 1986; comments by Mazur re
recession, trade, "Comments Submitted to the Conference Board Human
Resources Outlook Panel: Responses to Questions Posed by the Conference
Board," October 1986; letter from ILG official Gus Tyler predicting that
a top-heavy global economy could result in bloody and bestial political
explosions, and the prime victim will be the free enterprise system,
October 8, 1986; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Homework
See also Triangle Fire Commemoration 1988 "Notes on a Strategy for
Industrial Homework," by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, December 28, 1988; ILGWU
press release, "Union to Fight Move by Reagan and Bush Administration
Toward Upsetting a Ban on Industrial Homework in Women's Apparel,"
December 30, 1988; ILGWU press release, ""ILGWU Will Sue to Keep
Prohibition Against Industrial Homework, " November 9, 1988; note cards,
"Key Dates and Sequence of Industrial Homework Events"; memo to Mazur
and others from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, "What
Congressman Austin Murphy Is Doing on Homework," April 23, 1988; press
release, "ILGWU Head Assails Administration on Move to Legalize
Industrial Homework; Mazur Says Action 'Nullifies Minimum Wage' and
Supports 'Sweatshop Conditions," March 25, 1988; newspaper clippings
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Homework--Steve Pollack (Shea and Gardner)
See also Speeches - Homework Draft of new rules proposed by Department of
Labor lifting ban on homework, with attached draft ILGWU press release
denouncing move, March 24, 1988; Federal Register Department of Labor
proposed rule, March 30; Notice of Proposed Rule Making re difference
between new Dept. of Labor proposal and 1986 proposal, on Shea &
Gardner stationery, March 31; press release, "ILGWU Head Assails
Administration on Move to Legalize Industrial Homework," March 25; press
release, "Firefighters Salute Victims of Triangle Disaster as ILGWU
Leader Blasts Reagan Administration for 'Supporting Sweatshop
Conditions' in Decision to Allow Industrial Homework," March 25; article
by Gus Tyler, "Reagan's Secret War Against the Working Poor," with
attached cover note from Tyler to Mazur; questions and answers developed
for Mazur re industrial homework, n.d.; profile of homework
investigations, FY 1987, by industry; letter from Mazur to Labor
Secretary Ann McLaughlin protesting failure of department to give
opportunity to review and comment on lifting ban, March 28; letters to
U.S. Department of Labor from NYS Department of Labor commenting on
proposed rulemaking, describing unenforceability of wage and other fair
labor standards, urging retention of ban, with cover letter to Mazur,
May 12; Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report, "ILGWU Seeks
Probe of FLSA [Fair Labor Standards Act] Enforcement," March 31;
newspaper clippings re industrial homework, with cover memo to Mazur
from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, May 20, 1988; other clippings; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Homework
Letters from Senators and members of Congress responding to flyers mailed
by constituents supporting continued ban on industrial homework or
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987; memos to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow from Rinaldo Panetta, coordinator of Roll Back
Imports campaign, noting mailing of flyers to lawmakers
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Homework
Copies of "Homework: A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops
and No Protections," reprinted from the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2,
1986; written comments by homeworkers, factory owners, and others, and
other documentation, including help-wanted ads, "Illegal Homework
Advertized Blatantly in Newspapers," submitted to hearings by House
Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Labor Standards;
statement by Mazur before committee, September 16; statement by ACTWU
secretary-treasurer Jack Sheinkman; statement by Leonard Gilberg,
executive director of Fashion Apparel Manufacturers Association;
prepared statement by homeworkers; opening statement by committee
chairman Austin Murphy; ILGWU fact sheet on homework
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Homework
Letters to Department of Labor from unions, nonprofit organizations, and
other parties, objecting to proposed changes lifting ban
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Homework
Letter from ILGWU president Sol Chaikin to Secretary of Labor William
Brock, re need for enforcement of homework ban on knitted outerwear,
March 1986; draft of proposed rule allowing homework, with memo to Mazur
re complaint against Bordeau, Inc., Clarinda, Iowa, and resulting effort
by Iowa congressman Jim Lightfoot to change the rules, July 3, 1986;
strictly confidential memo to Mazur and Chaikin from ILGWU counsel Max
Zimny reporting on meeting with Wage and Hour Administration re its
plans to lift homework ban, June 17, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
attorneys Shea & Gardner reporting on meeting with Labor Secretary
Brock re plans to lift homework ban, July 11, 1986; Shea & Gardner
talking points for meeting with Secretary Brock, July 9, 1986; Shea
& Gardner timeline of key dates in homework ban since 1943, July 6,
1986; statement by ILGWU in Opposition to the Removal of Restrictions on
Industrial Homework in the Knitted Outerwear Industry, before the U.S.
Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour
Division, May 11, 1984; drafts of Mazur's article, "Homework: Return to
the Industrial Dark Ages"; draft of homework press release by Mazur,
August 1986; National NOW Times article by ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow, "The Case Against Industrial Homework," April 1987;
speech outline/notes re homework, freedom to work, n.d.; handwritten
notes by Mazur (and Chaikin?); newspaper clippings
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Hooks, Benjamin
Introductory speech by Mazur, noting history of ILGWU with NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), of which
Hooks was executive director
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Hormel and Company,United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
Strike
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Executive Board
Statement on Local P-9 Strike (Austin, MN) against Hormel, decrying
militancy, February 13, 1986; special report
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Hynes, Charles J., campaign
Draft of letter from Mazur urging ILGWU members to vote for Brooklyn
district attorney Charles "Joe" Hynes for NYS attorney general, 1994,
July 12, 1994; letter from Hynes campaign to Mazur with first draft of
letter, June 20, 1994
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Immigration |
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Immigration-Council on Foreign Relations
Letter to Mazur from Council on Foreign Relations inviting him to comment
on evolution of labor's position on immigration at next study group,
February 23, 1995; summaries of papers for discussion; talking points
for Mazur on papers under discussion by Council of Foreign Relations;
copies of papers to be discussed, including "Contemporary American
Attitudes Toward U.S. Immigration," by Thomas J. Espenshade and
Katherine Hempstead, Office of Population Research, Princeton
University, February 1995; "The Economic Impact of Immigration," by
George J. Borjas; statements by AFL-CIO Executive Council, "The Attack
on Working Americans" and "Immigration and the American Dream," February
1995; transcript of National Press Club luncheon with speaker Gov. Mario
Cuomo of New York, December 16, 1994; memo to Mazur from Muzaffar
Chishti with attached letter from American Forum for Global Education,
May 22, 1995; talking points by Mazur; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Immigration, National Immigration Forum
Memos re pending legislation; materials sent under previous name,
National Immigration, Refugee & Citizenship Forum, 1990-92,
including board of directors meeting agenda, January 26, 1990
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Immigration
Correspondence re legislation to stop deportation of Salvadorans and
Nicaraguans; statement by Mazur re negative effects of Immigration and
Control Act of 1986, need for new law, October 13, 1989
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Immigration
Memo to Mazur from Muzaffar Chishti re status of immigration bill and
Schumer proposal giving permanent status to agricultural workers, July
21, 1986; report to manager of Local 23-25 re Immigration Project for
second quarter 1986; ad for book, Undocumented Aliens in the New York
Metropolitan Area: An Exploration into Their Social and Labor Market
Incorporation, by D. Papademetriois and N. DiMarzio
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Immigration-Employer sanctions
Memos re status of legislation, 1984-1990; letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Tom Donahue expressing concern over discrimination,
March 19, 1990; handwritten notes
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Imports
see also Trade; see also Textile and Apparel Trade Graph projecting
relative change in textile imports and U.S. production through year
2000, from Milliken & Company, August 18, 1989; ILGWU publication,
"The Import Problem," excerpted from the General Executive Board
meeting, May 30-June 6, 1986; "Import Penetration in the Apparel
Industry: A Technical Study," prepared for the Fiber, Fabric and Apparel
Coalition for Trade, September 1988; correspondence requesting sharing
expenses for video re Saipan and the Northern Marianas Islands as an
apparel production center to evade import restrictions, produced by the
American Apparel Manufacturers Association, January 1988; press release
from the American Textile Manufacturers Association, "Textile and
Apparel Imports Accelerate," June 15, 1989; transcript of Associated
Press (AP) wire story re rally at White House by textile workers in
support of bill curbing imports, September 13, 1990; newspaper
clippings
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Imports, rollback campaign
See also Trade; see also Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of
1985 Memos to ILGWU regional directors re lobbying and other strategy
for campaign, 1984-85; memo from Sol Chaikin to President Stulberg
proposing national campaign against imports, August 2, 1971; memo to
Mazur re status of resolution in Congress, December 7, 1984; sample
petitions in English, Spanish, and Chinese, with ad samples targeted to
four ethnic groups; memos re petition campaign, including number of
signatures gathered by local, and how to physically deliver them to
Congress or White House, 1985; handwritten letter to Mazur from members
at Gerard Mills and other Hazletown, PA, firms re their efforts to
publicize need to buy American, November 17, 1986; handwritten notes by
Mazur
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Import Task Force
See also ILGWU Legislative Department; see also Textile & Apparel
Trade; see also NAFTA Minutes of Import Task Force meeting of February
29, 1988, with cover note to Mazur by ILGWU vp Gus Tyler; note to Mazur
from Tyler summarizing actions of Import Task Force meeting of April 5,
1988; letter from Tyler convening first meeting, with schedule of
subsequent meetings, attached list of members, June 10, 1987
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Industrial Policy
Announcement by Jeff Faux and Roger Hickey of establishment of Project on
Industrial Policy and Democracy; response by ILGWU assistant president
Gus Tyler, suggesting meeting, September 15, 1983, with attached article
by Tyler, "The Threat of a U.S. Without Factories," AFL-CIO American
Federationist, April 1976; printed paper by AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department (IUD), "Rebuilding America: A National Industrial Policy," c.
1984; memo to IUD Reindustrialization Committee, December 24, 1984,
referring to paper by Harvard Business School professors George Lodge
and Bruce Scott; unsigned, undated (c. 1984) policy paper, National
Industrial Policy
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Federation Internationale de Trabajadores del Textil, Vestuario y
Cuero (FITITVC), Interamerican Textile, Leather,Garment, and Shoe
Workers Federation, Carcas, Venezuela, August 23
See also Speeches - FITTVCC 1998 (Earlier name was translated from the
Spanish - Federacion Interamericana de Trabajadores de la Industria
Textil, Vestuario, Cuero y Calzado - as Interamerican Textile, Leather,
Garment & Shoe Workers Federation) Memos from ILGWU International
Relations director Michele Briones re conversations and meetings with
FITITVC officials; report probably by Briones re trip to Venezuela,
August 23-28, 1989; resolution by FITITVC, "The International Debt
Problem," calling on the International Monetary Fund to stop imposing
policies on debtor countries that promote economic austerity and
inequality
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FITITVC Executive Committee, Puerto Rico, April 15-16
Agenda of Executive Committee meeting, Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico; memos
to Mazur from Michele Briones re meetings with executive committee
members and relationship between the ILGWU, FITITVC, and ITGLWF; outline
of welcoming address by Mazur, drafted by Briones; handwritten notes
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FITITVC, Interamerican Textile, Leather,Garment, and Shoe Workers
Federation,
(Note later English name change to Interamerican Textile, Garment,
Leather & Shoe Workers Federation) Memo from Michele Briones,
director of ILGWU International Relations Department, re discussion with
FITITVC re its affiliation with ITGLWF, nonpayment of dues, apparent
disingenuousness, Dec. 15, 1987; text of speech by Mazur to the 20th
anniversary conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, noting decline in
U.S. living standards, opposition to imports, 1987; background
information for conference re labor profiles of Argentina and Brazil,
scholarly articles from Current History re Latin America, list of trade
union officials attending, Feb. 25, 1987
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FITITVC
Report of trip to FITITVC conference in Mexico by Michele Briones,
assistant director of ILGWU International Relations Department, Oct. 28,
1986, with newspaper clippings to Mazur's attention; nomination of
Clifford Depin to FITITVC Executive Committee, Feb 3, 1986, with
constitution and statutes of FITITVC (1980); memo from Briones re agenda
and preparations for FITITVC Executive Committee meeting in NY, with
estimated budget, May 7-9, 1986; memo from Mazur to Herman Starobin re
meeting; memo from Briones re twentieth anniversary conference, and
agenda (1987, in Spanish); background paper on FITITVC from Briones to
Mazur with list of Executive Committee, Feb. 18, 1986; memo re letter by
ACTWU against aid to Nicaraguan Contras, Mar. 5, 1986
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International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
(ICFTU)
Annual surveys of violations of trade union rights, 1989 and 1990; speech
by ICFTU general secretary Enzo Friso, "Globalizing Economy and
International Labour Standards," presented to ICFTU economic conference
in Thailand, June 27-18, 1993; invitations to meetings; confidential
executive board agenda items/minutes discussing African and South
American affairs, 1986
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International Labor Program (Georgetown University)
See also Labor Desk 1984 Speech delivered at Lisbon conference,
"Democratic Challenge in Latin America," by Max Kampelman, June 30,
1984, with cover letter to Mazur from Roy Godson, director,
International Labor Program, Georgetown University; description of
program activities and budget, noting request for contribution,
September 1, 1983; printed booklet, "Serving American Workers: The
International Labor Organization," c. 1985; newspaper clipping
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International Labor Rights Education and Research
Fund |
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International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF)
Summary and detailed agenda, financial statements, reports re Uruguay
Round of GATT trade negotiations, industrial homework, child labor,
women, country updates, April 26-27
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ITGLWF
Memos from general secretary Neal Kierney re minimum wage in
industrialized countries, October 27, 1994; China; ILO Convention and
Recommendations on Home Work; printed booklet by China Labor Education
and Information Centre, "Behind the Boom: Working Conditions in the
Textile, Garment and Toy Industries in China," 1995; testimony of Dr.
Herman Starobin, director of research, ILGWU, before the Committee for
Implementation of Trade Agreements, re proposed list of products for
second and third phase integration of textile and apparel products into
the World trade Organization, March 20, 1995; copies of China Labour
Bulletin, October and November 1995
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ITGLWF
Letter to Mazur from ITGLWF general secretary Neil Kearney inquiring
about which U.S. unions would be appropriate to approach for membership,
June 22, 1993; letter from Mazur to Kearney re ILGWU and ACTWU efforts
to organize workers in Central American Free Trade Zones, March 10,
1993; letter to Mazur from Kearney re declaration of "Month of Action"
for December 1993, in support of inclusion of a social clause in GATT;
draft by Michele Briones for Mazur, "Linking Trade to Worker Rights:
Developing Mechanisms to Enforce Internationally Agreed Standards on
Workers Rights"; related draft (?), "Outline for Discussion of Trade and
Worker Rights"; correspondence re Presidium meetings in Brussels and
Cape Town, South Africa; letters between Mazur, ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman, and Kearney re future funding of FITTVCC, January-March
1994
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ITGLWF Presidium Meeting, Brussels
Detailed minutes; resolutions re Uruguay Round of GATT trade
negotiations
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ITGLWF 6th World Congress, October
Correspondence between Mazur and others re proposed resolutions; speech
by Mazur appealing for contributions to solidarity fund
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ITGLWF
Position paper, "No Integration, Without Labor Participation," First
Summit of the Textile and Apparel Unions of the Americas to Analyze
Social and Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere; letter to
Mazur from ITGLWF general secretary Neil Kearney re difficult organizing
efforts by Sintracostura in Honduras, requesting information about the
Loveable Company in San Pedro Sula, with information from Mazur
attached, June 1991; routine correspondence
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ITGLWF, Central and Eastern Europe
Memo to affiliates in industrialized countries calling for experienced
trade unionists to assist new textile unions in Czechoslovakia, January
16, 1991, with note to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director
Michele Briones
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ITGLWF Presidium Meeting, Caracas
Printed booklet, special report on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary
of the Year of the Child, "Still so far to go: Child labour in the world
today," International Labour Office, Geneva, 1989; booklet, "Guidelines
for applications for financial support from Nordic Unions to the trade
union movement in developing countries," by labor councils of Denmark,
Finland, Norway, and Sweden, June 1989; minutes of 1990 Presidium
meeting in Brussels; Caracas, Venezuela, meeting agenda, country and
regional reports, financial reports, related correspondence
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International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF), November 27-29
Memo from ILGWU International Relations director Michele Briones re
likely German presidency of ITGLWF, attached memo to Mazur from Berthold
Keller; memo to Mazur re bomb threat, new security measures, August 6,
1990; extended agenda of Executive Committee meeting held at Cairo,
Egypt, and text of resolutions and reports: minutes of meeting held in
Tokyo, September 25, 1988; election of additional Presidium members;
general secretary's report; proposed budgets for 1990 and 1991; levies
received from member nations, 1988 and 1989; description of new levy
system; education secretary's report
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International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF), November 27-29
Continuation of meeting agenda: Solidarity action; Report from the
Interamerican Textile, Leather, Garment and Shoe Workers Federation
(FITITVC); Report on activities of TWARO; Report of the European
Regional Organisation; Report on Trade Union Situation in Selected
Countries (Japan; Portugal); Ratification of Application for Affiliation
(Finland; Bangladesh); consideration of Portugal as venue for 6th World
Congress; health and safety program; child labor; freedom of association
and protection of the right to organize; human and trade union rights;
U.S. approach to trade and worker rights; Remarks by Jay Mazur,
President, ILGWU, before the (AFL-CIO) I.U.D. (Industrial Union
Department) Conference on Health and Safety in Organizing, Atlanta,
Georgia, March 16, 1989
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International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF), 5th World Congress, September 26-30
See also Textile; see also NAFTA; see also Globalization Agenda; changes
to ITGLWF Rules; reports of affiliated member nations; list of new
members of the Presidium and Executive Committee; speeches by Mazur:
remarks on the trade resolution and country report
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International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF)
Letters from Mazur to the executive directors of AFL-CIO international
labor divisions (AIFLD, AAFLI, African-American Labor Center) with
attached description, "Health & Safety: A Programme for the 1990's,"
Fifth World Congress, Tokyo, 26-30 September 1988, and recommendation by
ILGWU to appoint Eric Bombart as research assistant to the project,
description of duties, request for funds committed to project, December
12, 1988; rules of the organization; nominations for membership on
Presidium and Executive Committee, correspondence re representation of
ILGWU; conference agendas, draft resolutions; memos re proposals to
reorganize Executive Committee and Presidium to represent less developed
countries; correspondence with Zensen (Japanese Federation of Textile,
Garment, Chemical, Mercantile and Allied Industry Workers' Unions); memo
from ILGWU international relations assistant director Michele Briones to
Mazur re agenda item re dues, political infighting; minutes of the
Presidium, Feb. 26-27, 1987; correspondence and charts listing dues from
member countries
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International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation
(ITGLWF)
Report by the Education Secretary on several African and Asian countries,
noting decision not to develop any new projects with Latin America until
differences with FITITVC have been resolved; agenda for Aug. 30-31,
1987, Presidium meeting and draft minutes of Feb. 26-27, 1987, meeting;
minutes of Aug. 30-31, 1987, meeting; applications for general secretary
from eight members of different nationalities; draft of ITGLWF World
Action Programme re human rights, wages, GATT, etc., Aug. 30-31, 1987;
survey on hourly wages in the textile industry of member nations,
1985-86, comparison since 1980, with narrative analysis; draft protocol
for renewal of the Multifiber Arrangement, sent to all affiliates;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Japan
Letter to Mazur from the U.S. Counselor for Labor Affairs, U.S. Embassy
in Japan, with enclosed article from Japan Economic Journal (January 28,
1991) about a coat-making robot, January 24, 1991; article from Harvard
Business Review (September-October 1990), "Political Advantage: Japan's
Campaign for America," with cover letter from Mazur to Bobbi Sutton,
Vandalia, MO, October 5, 1990; article from Cornell Enterprise (business
school), "How the Game Is Played in Japan," summer/fall 1990; joint
statement: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, ZENSEN, 8th Joint Conference, 12-14
December 1994; routine correspondence
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Japan imports
List of estimated apparel production, imports and import penetration
valued in equivalent current U.S. dollars for every year 1968-1986
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Japan Institute of Labor
See also Zensen Drafts of address by Richard Rumelt, assistant director,
ILGWU New England Region, to the JIL Prospective Trade Union Leaders
Invitation Program; related correspondence
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Jewish Labor Committee
Letter with attached materials identifying affiliates of Lyndon LaRouche,
press releases on several topics, October 1
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Jobs with Justice
Letter to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman re initial
organization of Jobs with Justice campaign to educate public on trade
union issues, inviting him to attend planning meeting for rally on Wall
Street against corporate greed, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur from
Morton Bahr, president, Communication Workers of America (CWA), and
Howard Samuel, president, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, updating
him on first year of Jobs with Justice campaign, noting plans for 1988,
anticipated expenditures, December 7, 1987; transcript, telephone news
conference, August 16, 1988, with cover memos to Mazur and others;
United Mine Workers Journal featuring Jobs with Justice rally, May 1988;
guidelines, newsletter, and press release re Labor Day activities, 1988;
letter from CWA re rally in support of newly organized Potomac Graphics
workers, in New York, June 22, 1989; memo re hiring paid staff
coordinator, September 1992; NLRB Action newspaper clippings, May 28,
1993
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Jobs with Justice, Health Care Campaign
See also Speeches - Jobs with Justice Health Care Campaign 1993 Flyers,
instruction sheets, and sample press releases for Jobs with Justice
Health Care Action Day, 1990; newsletter re Jobs with Justice National
Health Care Action Week, 1991; notes re crucial role of New York area
unions, New York rally kickoff of National Health Care Action Week, May
29 (1991?) meeting agenda, health care as Jobs with Justice #1 issue;
memo re conference on universal health care, December 2, 1993; statement
by Mazur at Jobs with Justice Health Care Conference, December 10, 1993;
related correspondence
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Job Net Referral System
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re union's JobNet job
counseling and referral procedures; agenda for counselor training
session
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Kamber Group
Proposal to ILGWU for public relations services, with descriptive
material re firm, 1986; letter from Victor Kamber to president of
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) re hiring union
labor, June 20, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re Kamber
suggestions for collaborating with ACTWU, March 31, 1986; "Modern Day
Snake Oil: Term Limitations & Why They Must Be Defeated," a report
by the Kamber Group, October 1991; Statement of George E. McDonald,
President of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York,
January 23, 1990; press release, "Unions on the Move to Save Jobs - And
the Daily News," January 23, 1990; letter to Mazur from Victor Kamber
offering assistance with boycott of Leslie Fay, June 24, 1994
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Kennedy, John F.
Presidential inauguration program, January 20, 1961; issue of ILGWU
Justice, re assassination, December 1, 1963; issue of ILGWU
Spanish-language Justicia, re campaign, November 1960; memorial program
for Kennedy and Herbert H. Lehman
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Klein, Adam (Klein and Company)
See also ILGWU (UNITE) - Merger - GEB Adam Klein Study 7/20/92 and
2/7/93; see also National Committee for Labor Israel Outline of goals
and detailed agenda for ILGWU Special General Executive Board Meeting on
ILGWU's Strategic Direction, July 20 - 22, 1992, faxed by Klein; outline
of remarks by Mazur for GEB Executive Session, July 20-22, 1992,
summarizing convention, with memo from James Parrott, July 17, 1992;
confidential memo to Mazur from Parrott re internal factions,
preparation for February GEB Executive Session, January 20, 1992; letter
of reference for Klein to Confederation of Health Service Employees,
England, October 16, 1992; letter to Klein from ILGWU general
secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon expressing dismay over his having
missed a strategic planning meeting, asserting that he should be
responsible for cost of meeting and reimbursing union for most of
uncompleted consulting project, February 12, 1993
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Koch, Ed (NYC Mayor)
See also NYC - Industrial Loft Advisory Council; NYC - Commercial Rent
Control; NYC 1984-1986 Outline for Manager's Meeting, March 8, 1989,
listing reasons for ILGWU support of Dinkins candidacy over Koch;
Statement by Theodore W. Kheel on Why I've Joined "Democrats for
Guiliani If Koch Wins the Democratic Primary," April 2, 1989; letter
from Mazur to Mayor Koch protesting his failure to march in Labor Day
parade, September 6, 1988; Testimony of Edward I. Koch Before the City
Council Committee on Relation and Special Event [sic] re discrimination
against undocumented immigrants, December 22, 1988, with cover letter to
Mazur, February 3, 1989; letter from Mazur to Koch urging support for
Intro. 1088-A, protecting the health of video display terminal (VDT)
users, December 15, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James
Parrott re Koch support for weaker, alternative commercial (retail-only)
rent control bill, August 2, 1989, with attached clipping from Crain's
New York Business; statement by Koch against commercial rent control,
May 7, 1985; statement from the garment industry on Mayor Koch's
proposed commission to study commercial rent control, May 9, 1985;
newspaper clipping from Daily News
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Koret
Memorandum to Mazur from Mattie Jackson re import proposal, July 23,
1985; proposed language changes to agreement re imports
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Labor, U.S. Department of
Remarks by Labor Secretary Robert Reich, "The Revolt of the Anxious
Class," to the Democratic Leadership Council, November 22, 1994; letters
from the NYS Department of Labor thanking ILGWU associate director of
research Walter Mankoff for serving on Minimum Wage Advisory Panel,
September - December 1994; report to Mazur and Susan Cowell re Reich
press briefing, September 14, 1994; letters to Mazur from U.S. Dept. of
Labor re rulemaking changes re running for union office
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Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations
See also AFL-CIO Trade - Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations
1992-1998 Letter from U.S. Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole and U.S.
Trade Representative Carla Hills inviting Mazur to serve on the Labor
Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy, providing
advice to the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Labor on
international trade negotiations and U.S. trade policy, August 23, 1990,
with attached description of subcommittee structure of Labor Advisory
Committee; agenda for meeting of September 14, 1988, with cover letter
to Mazur re attached memo "for official use only," outlining the status
of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations, and press releases, "Fact
Sheet" from White House promoting the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988, and remarks of President Reagan at signing of the bill,
August 23, 1988; background material on oilseed production issues, U.S.
- European Community Agreement on Agriculture and the Uruguay Round,
November 24, 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re strategic
approaches to union's trade position under the Clinton administration,
November 12, 1992
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Labor Committee for Pacific Affairs
See also Labor Desk - United States Youth Council 1984 Minutes of
inaugural meeting of trade union leaders from Australia, New Zealand,
Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the U.S.; confidential report of planning
team, 1983; Regional Agenda, report by Michael Easson, ACTU Delegate to
the Asian and Pacific Workers' Education ILO Seminar on the Social and
Economic Services of Trade Unions, 1983; Process, official newsletter of
the New Zealand Food Processing and Chemical Workers Union, September
1983; Australian Foreign Affairs Record, August 1983; correspondence;
newspaper clippings
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Labor Day Parade
Memo to Mazur and others reporting on local Labor Day activities at West
Invitations to Mazur to attend breakfast, march as member of honor guard
in Labor Day Parade, July 12 and 23, 1993; press release by New York
City Central Labor Council re Labor Day Parade, August 1993
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Labor Day Parade
Memo from New York City Central Labor Council re 1990 theme, Decent and
Affordable Health Care for All, with line of march of participating
unions, July 25, 1990; News from the UAW press release, with president
Owen Bieber's Labor Day message, August 24, 1990; 13-page transcript of
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland's Labor Day Conversation with Reporters,
August 23, 1990
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Labor Day Parade
Clipping, front page of IBEW Electrical Union World, "Labor Day Parade:
Jay Mazur Grand Marshal," with list of participating Local 3 divisions,
August 15, 1988, and clipping covering event, September 21; front page
of New York Observer with photo of Chinatown marchers in ILGWU T-shirts,
September 12, 1988; sample of parade poster, with letter from official
printer soliciting orders, July 14; invitation from New York City
Central Labor Council to Mayor Ed Koch to join officials at parade, with
reply declining invitation, August 18 and 22; Daily News press clipping
re hostile reception for Ed Koch at West Indian Day (local Labor Day)
parade in Brooklyn, September 6; letter from Gov. Michael Dukakis's
presidential campaign office declining invitation, August 24; lists of
labor and political officials at Labor Day Breakfast, September 8; Mazur
speech at breakfast; list of scheduled dates and times of Labor Day
commercial broadcasts, with thanks to those who contributed, August 23,
1988; memos from Mazur to New York City locals noting contribution
expected from each to offset ILGWU expenses, November 9, 1988; list of
contributions by unions for radio ad campaign, August 31; memo to Mazur
re planning outline; revised schedule for planning meeting, July 12;
list of line of march of participating unions, August 2; memo, press
release, and related materials re Jobs with Justice Labor Day
activities, August 23; routine correspondence
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Labor Day Activities
Memo to Mazur re Dinkins campaign update, July 21, 1989, and Labor Rally
for David Dinkins scheduled for September 6, 1989; memo re plans for
Housing Now National March on Washington scheduled for October 7, 1989,
noting plans to participate in Labor Day Parade
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Labor Day
Column by Mazur for Justice re new initiatives to increase union
strength, including Associate Membership, for members who lose their
jobs or whose shops have been unable to get a union contract
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Labor Day Parade
Speech by Mazur reciting anti-labor actions by major employers across the
country, July 26
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Labor Day Parade
Financial records; list of slogans
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Labor Day Parade
Agenda of activities; letter from Mazur suggesting new approach; related
correspondence; newspaper clippings
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Labor Day Parade
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re need to draw more crowds as
spectators at Labor Day parades, September 23, 1983; letter to Mazur
from parade coordinator, saying that parade was resounding success,
September 8; minutes of national advisory committee meeting; outline of
video recording of parade by Allen Tobias, Creative Developments; list
of coordinators; related correspondence; financial records
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Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC)
See also International Labor Program, Georgetown University 1983-1985;
see also Labor Committee for Pacific Affairs 1983-1984 International
organization supporting democratic labor unions; correspondence
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Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC)
Advisory Committee minutes, correspondence
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Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC), Executive
Committee
Talking points for meeting of February 5; meeting agendas and minutes;
correspondence
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Labor Law for Law Enforcement Officers
Letter from Mazur to NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams calling his
attention to a publication created by the Delaware attorney general for
distribution to law enforcement officers called to the scene of labor
disputes, encouraging neutrality, August 30, 1990 (booklet not
included)
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Labor Law Reform
see also Dunlop, John; see also Speeches - Donahue - Dunlop Commission
Executive summary of report by AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department
(IUD), "Democracy on the Job: America's Path to a Just, High Skill, High
Wage Economy: An Agenda for Labor Law Reform"; draft of full report for
final review, with cover letter from Richard Trumka and Elmer Chatak,
August 19, 1993; draft of memo to Tom Donahue from Mazur, expressing
concern over weakening section 8 (a) 12 of NLRA (prohibition against
company-dominated unions), June 28, 1993; long letter from Mazur to John
Dunlop, chair, Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations
("Dunlop Commission") re nature of jobber-contractor relationship,
outsourcing in garment industry as technique for escaping responsibility
for working conditions, April 29, 1994; memo to Mazur from Carl Proper
(former ILG exec asst and director of Council for American Fashion, CAF)
re IUD report, noting areas in need of strengthening, need to reverse
imbalance of power, need for strong unions to maintain middle class and
prevent reproduction of Third World economic and political conditions
here, commenting on reaction of Dunlop to Mazur's suggestions, listing
specific suggestions from other ILGWU sources, February 18, 1994; long
letter from ILGWU assistant president Gus Tyler to Paula Voos,
Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, re role of commission,
role of organized labor in maintaining standard of living "of that
larger union called the United States," March 11, 1994; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny re labor law reform (revised),
October 12, 1992; memo from Mazur to IUD president Elmer Chatak
outlining ILGWU recommendations for IUD consideration re NLRB reform,
December 15, 1992; report of the first meeting of the Dunlop Commission,
with cover memo to the AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, June
8, 1993; report of the staff working groups on Organizing and Collective
Bargaining to the AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, May 18,
1993; recommendations of the AFL-CIO to the Commission on the Future of
Worker Management relations: "Changes needed in the National Labor
Relations Act and related laws," September 8, 1994
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Labor Law Reform
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the president of the
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, urging that
labor speak with one voice in advocating for reforms under the new
Clinton administration, warning against claiming a mandate, acting too
quickly, instead establishing nonpartisan commission of labor,
management, and the public to study possible changes in labor law,
December 8, 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny in
advance of his chairing AFL-CIO panel on Labor Law Reform, outlining
critical issues requiring legislative action, need to strengthen NLRA's
remedies, expedite procedures, October 12, 1992; text of Mazur address
to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department Panel on Labor Law, "Restoring
the Historic Balance," November 13, 1992; memo to Mazur reporting on
meetings attended at AFL-CIO forums re labor law reform, noting specific
legislative priorities, November 6, 1992; memo from Richard Trumka,
president, United Mine Workers, re his appointment to chair AFL-CIO ad
hoc Committee on Labor Law Reform and Organizing, noting strike
replacement, legislative changes in NLRA and NLRB, highest priorities,
asking for suggestions from affiliates, November 16, 1992; faxed memo
from ILGWU Legal Dept. to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department proposing
labor law reforms, December 11; list of members of ad hoc Committee on
Organizing and Labor Law reform; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp and
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow reporting on meeting of ad hoc
committee, December 9, with agenda; Administrative Changes in the NLRB
Proposed by the National Organizing NLRB Subcommittee of the AFL-CIO,
February 24, 1992; Summary of Proposals Made by the AFL-CIO's
Subcommittee on the NLRB, December 7, 1992; text of remarks by Prof. Ray
Marshall of the University of Texas at Austin, former Secretary of
Labor, re areas that need strengthening in the National Labor Relations
Act
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Labor-Management Committees
see also Council for American Fashion (CAF) Memo to Mazur outlining steps
for the establishment of proposed Local 23-25/Greater Blouse Labor
Management Committee, July 12, 1994; Apparel Industry Magazine article
describing Needle Trades Action Project (NTAP) in Massachusetts, Garment
Industry Development Committee (GIDC) in New York, and other
labor-management committees and development authorities, April 1991;
Remarks of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland to the Ohio Regional
Conference on Labor-Management Cooperation, September 6, 1990; "The
Union's Call for Cooperation," by Jay Mazur, re GIDC, CAF, and other
labor-management committees, reprinted from Bobbin, 1990; memo to Mazur
from exec asst James Parrott discussing purpose of meetings between area
labor-management committees (CAF, GIDC, NTAP), September 17, 1990
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South Africa, Coplyn, John
Outline and speech by Mazur welcoming visitors from South Africa,
discussing need for labor solidarity and social safety net in the years
following the first multiracial elections, January 11- 12, 1994; agenda
for meeting
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South Africa, CUNY Conference on Labor Management Relations in
South Africa, October 13
Letters to Mazur discussing agenda; letter to president of National Union
of Mine Workers, September 9, 1988; list of participants
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South Africa
Letter to Mazur from the Lesotho-Haps Development Co. re striking
workers, August 22, 1991; funding proposal for SACTU National Open
School, with cover letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO African-American Labor
Center, March 28, 1991; ILO Washington Focus special edition, "Statement
of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson
Mandela, at the International Labor Congress: Geneva, June 8, 1990";
flyer for demonstration against apartheid, at South African Consulate in
NY, February 2, 1990; letter to Mazur from Roger Wilkins, national
coordinator of Democracy for South Africa, thanking organized labor for
help in making Nelson Mandela U.S. tour a success, with note to Mazur re
Wilkins from Gus Tyler, July 6, 1990; letters and faxed messages to
Mazur from Garment & Allied Workers' Union and other South African
trade unions, thanking ILGWU for support in successful strike by Rex
Trueform and Hextex workers, 1988-89; proposal by NY Labor Committee
Against Apartheid for visit by South African trade unionists to New York
to tour U.S. counterparts and attend conference, February 6-10, 1991;
memos to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele
Briones re union activities in South Africa, 1989; letter to Mazur from
the Committee for International Support of Trade Union Rights, with
attached petition to free Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners
in South Africa, September 11, 1989; letter from Mazur to chairman of
Chemical Bank, urging him to withdraw financial support for Minorco, a
company owned by De Beers, March 6, 1989; photocopy of June 1989 South
African Labour Bulletin; statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, on
H.R. 1580, a bill relating to proposed sanctions against South Africa
for submission to the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and
Means, U.S. House of Representatives, June 13, 1988; statement by the
AFL-CIO Executive Council on Southern Africa, August 1988; testimony of
Byron Charlton of the African-American Labor Center on behalf of the
AFL-CIO before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. Policy
Options toward South Africa, June 23, 1988; letter to Mazur from Richard
Trumka, president of the United Mine Workers of America, noting good
progress in Shell boycott, asking assistance in furthering campaign to
pressure Royal Dutch/Shell to leave South Africa, with attached list of
boycott participants, June 24, 1988; article re trade, Third World debt,
hunger, for Food Monitor, with cover memo to Mazur and other ILGWU
officials, June 24, 1988; record of summons for disorderly conduct in
connection with demonstration at South African consulate, with cover
letter addressed to Mazur from attorneys, April 20, 1988; newspaper
clipping from the Daily Nation, Kenya, "Halt this influx of textiles,"
August 15, 1988, circulated to ILGWU executive council and senior staff;
other newspaper clippings
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Labor Movement
Testimony of Kirkland before the Commission of the Future of
Worker-Management Relations, November 8, 1993; survey results: synopsis
of the 1988 Gallup study of public knowledge and opinion concerning the
labor movement; newspaper clippings from Women's Wear Daily, July 12,
1989, and Albany Times-Union, August 23, 1989, re labor shortage and
decline of organized labor; collection of essays for course by
Pennsylvania State University Department of Labor Studies, "The ULA
Course in the Theories of the Labor Movement," n.d.
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Labor Research Association
FBI report, "Soviet Active Measures in the United States, 1986-1987,"
which describes the Labor Research Association as having been founded by
the Communist Party USA in 1927 and as a component of the World
Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), June 1987; survey results, "What
American Voters Think of Worker Rights: Results of a National Poll," by
the Labor Research Association, conducted November 4-7, 1991
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Labor Rights Coalition
Letter from Ray Marshall, chair of newly created Labor Rights Coalition
and professor at the University of Texas at Austin and former Secretary
of Labor, inviting Mazur to serve on the coalition board, with
description of coalition goals of protecting worker rights in
international trade, January 14, 1987; affirmative rely from Mazur,
January 30, 1986 [1987?]; invitation to Mazur from Marshall to attend
coalition conference, International Workers Rights and Trade, November
1, 1988; letter to senators signed by labor and other leaders in support
of international worker rights as part of trade bill, July 28, 1986;
press release re letter with list of signatories
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Labor solidarity, global
Conference report, "Problems and Perspectives: International Conference
on Strategies for Global Labor Solidarity," Washington, D.C., July 7-9,
1989
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Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Analysis of Bush administration proposal re Civil Rights Act of 1990,
described as "much worse than previous White House proposals," October
22, 1990; invitation to 1989 annual dinner, commemorating 25th
anniversary of signing of Civil Rights Act of 1964; memo to press
expressing disappointment with nomination for assistant attorney general
for civil rights, with attached press clippings, March 15, 1989; notice
of annual meeting, with list of legislative priorities, January 31,
1989; legislative alert opposing amendments to Civil Rights Restoration
Act, discussing "religious tenet" amendment eliminating protections for
women who have had an abortion, among other measures, January 21, 1988;
statement by chairman Benjamin Hooks in support of Civil Rights
Restoration Act, March 19, 1987; testimony before Senate Judiciary
Committee and other statements by Hooks opposing nomination of Robert
Bork to Supreme Court, October 1987, and related material
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League for Industrial Democracy
Notice of seminar, "The Changing Economy: Its Social Impact and Policy
Implications," January 30, 1989; ballot to raise dues structure,
December 28, 1988
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Lee and Family (Lee, Tom)
Memo to Mazur re strike begun by Local 89-22-1 against non-union leather
glove manufacturer, Lee & Family, at 800 Sixth Ave., NY; handwritten
note by Mazur re Tom Lee, November 3, 1986
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Lehman Management Company, INC.
Letters to and from Mazur re refusal of subsidiary of ILGWU's investment
firm Shearson, Lehman, Hutton to bargain in good faith with newly
certified union, local 814 of the Hotel Employees & Restaurant
Employees International Union (HERE); summary of contract fight at the
Radisson Plaza Hotel and Golf Course in Manhattan Beach, CA, June 1989;
list of labor clients of Shearson, Lehman, Hutton investment management
firms; letter to Mazur announcing creation of subsidiary, Lehman
Management Co., Inc., June 20, 1989; letter to Mazur from former Lehman
associate, James Manley, re new position with Cashman, Farrell and
Associates, with copy of Nation's Labor, August 16, 1990
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Leslie Fay Companies
See also Usury, Bill 1995 Background information on the planned plant
closing by the Leslie Fay Companies submitted by the ILGWU to the
Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations, Committee on Education and
Labor, for a hearing to the held June 7, 1994, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, including chronology of events, list of union concessions
to keep company in Pennsylvania, legislative issues; Memorandum of
Understanding for the Settlement of Strike Dispute between ILGWU and
Leslie Fay, Inc., Mediator's Recommendation, July 1, 1994; urgent and
confidential faxed memoranda to Mazur from AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department (Joe Uehlein) re strategic efforts to pressure directors of
Leslie Fay to keep plant open, June-July; urgent faxed request for
assistance from Mazur to Ron Carey, general president, International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, asking truckers to respect ILGWU picket line
at three striking Leslie Fay facilities, June 28, 1994; memo to Mazur
from Theodore Bernstein re pressure by union clients of Bear Sterns re
investment bank's relationship with Kirk Kerkorian, who was fighting
unionization of Las Vegas MGM Grand property, request for consultation
with someone experienced with Leslie Fay campaign, July 6, 1994;
handwritten notes
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Levin, Senator Carl
Letter to Mazur from Sen. Levin, noting targeting by Republicans and
asking for help in hosting a fundraiser, with attached press clippings
and position papers, February 21; outline and drafts of remarks by Mazur
praising Sen. Levin at reception; list of attendees; lists of invitees;
letter of invitation to reception from Mazur and industry executives;
list of apparel industry contributors to election campaign, and copies
of contribution checks; letter from Levin thanking Mazur for support
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Liberal Party-Guiliani-Dinkins Campaign
see also Dinkins Mayoral Campaign Press release, Statement by Raymond B.
Harding, Vice-Chairman of the Liberal Party of New York State, quoting
Mayor Dinkins, elected as a healer of racial divisions, recently
refusing to attend Ellis Island opening ceremonies, declaring,'" I don't
want any part of that! Ellis Island is for people who came over on the
ships! My people came over in chains!" November 22, 1992; Statement by
Rev. Donald Harrington, May 24, 1989, announcing candidacy for NYC mayor
as Liberal, denouncing Giuliani as conservative, May 24, 1989; opinion
piece, "Giuliani Is No John Lindsay," April 20, 1989, condemning Liberal
Party's endorsement of Giuliani as an abandonment of its historic
function; letter from Mazur to ILGWU Liberal Party members urging
signing only Harrington petitions, n.d., note to Mazur from Harding with
attached analysis of Liberal Party performance on 1986 race, November
6,1986
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Literacy-Schiff, Arthur
Proposal to Mazur for City Family, magazine aimed at low-income,
low-literacy audience
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Los Angeles
Letter from Mayor Richard Riordan to Dr. Edna Bonacich, University of
California, thanking her for participation in New Fashion Industry
Roundtable, with attached summary notes discussing fashion industry in
city, March 2, 1995
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Los Angeles Times
Newspaper clippings of articles written by Mazur re imports, some with
cover notes to Mazur
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Machinists Rally, March 4
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)
update on the Eastern Airlines strike, February 16, 1990; invitation to
Mazur to attend rally on first anniversary of start of strike, February
3, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re rally, memo
to Gus Tyler soliciting speech; speech by Mazur at rally, March 4; press
release re rally, March 1, 1990; flyers in support of March 1, 1990,
rally by Greyhound workers (Amalgamated Transit Union local 1202) at
Port Authority Bus Station; flyer in support of Domsey garment workers,
March 9, 1990, rally in Brooklyn, NY; Newsday press clipping, Robert
Reno column, March 2, 1990; handwritten notes by Mazur
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March on Washington
Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on 30th Anniversary March on
Washington, reaffirming commitment of labor movement to greater civil
and economic rights, May 1993; flyer, media fact sheets, letter to
members of Coalition of Conscience re credentials for march, August 14,
1993; letter from Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU, and chairman, Labor
Committee of Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, re labor
participation in march, April 20, 1993
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Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Letter to Mazur and related materials re secession dispute with local,
attempt to obtain AFL-CIO charter
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
Materials from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social
Change, Inc., the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, and
the New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission; memo to Mazur re
meeting of the Labor Committee of the Martin Luther King Commission,
financial and political problems at the commission, with list of
contributions by labor unions, September 15, 1989; Annual Report to the
President and Congress of the United States on the National Holiday in
Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 16, 1989; letter from
Mazur and ILGWU vp and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow to senators
urging reauthorization of Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission,
April 11, 1989; letter from ACTWU urging support for Rep. Conyers
(D.-MI) amendment making commission permanent, listing Senate
cosponsors, February 1, 1989
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Massachusetts Democratic Party
Letter to Mazur from Sen. Edward Kennedy thanking him for support for the
state party
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Media: interview, CBS, October 10
Text of CBS interview, October 10, 1990; letter inviting Mazur to appear
on "America's Challenges: The Quest for Leadership in a Global Economy"
series on public television re imports, retraining the labor force, what
government can do to support business, December 14, 1989; memo from
ILGWU vp Susan Cowell advising Mazur that producer felt show was not
appropriate for Mazur, possibly next series, December 20, 1989
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Media: interview, CBS, September 2
Apparent background material: AFL-CIO issue papers, "The Union Advantage"
and "Homelessness: A Problem We Can Solve," with cover letter, 1988;
AFL-CIO News promoting Dukakis presidential candidacy, August 27, 1988;
text of Mazur article for Justice, "Why We Say Dukakis Yes," September
1988; Newsday David Broder article re power of labor in presidential
race, August 29, 1988; text of Mazur remarks at Labor Day parade, July
26, 1988
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Media: interview, Crows, Ken
Memo to Mazur with talking points and partial script re merged unions of
UNITE, position on AFL-CIO election, June 14, 1995
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Media: interview, Financial News
Minimum wage fact sheet re need for minimum wage to be livable wage, for
interview with reporter Tom Linden, Financial News, n.d.
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Media: interviews, Foreign Press
Memo to Mazur from exec asst Carl Proper re interview with 20 foreign
journalists, arranged by U.S. Information Agency; outline of talking
points, July 26, 1994
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Media: interview, Nippon TV Network, January 22
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin noting output
per worker in U.S. and Japan grew at the same rate between 1980 and
1990; handwritten notes by Mazur noting U.S. bashing; business card from
Nippon Television Network Corporation's Hikari Tokuyama
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Media: "We Do the Work" Interview
Outline of interview re ILGWU, n.d.
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Media: interview, WMCA radio
Letter from Mazur to Roy Fox following up on interview, noting incomplete
discussion of union, garment industry, role in overall economy, July 24,
1986; transcript of interview
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Media: interview, WWOR-TV Channel 9, November 2
Background notes and memos for Mazur prepared by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell
and exec asst James Parrott re NYC manufacturing and immigration, for
interview on "People Working for People" interview by Sonny Hall
(president, local 100, TWU) and Barry Feinstein (president, local 237,
IBT), handwritten notes
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Media:Radio/TV interview material
Congressional Record re minimum wage, September 8, 1988; Gallup Poll
report indicating support for labor unions, 1988, with AFL-CIO
statement; AFL-CIO American Federationist article by Mazur re industrial
homework, "A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No
Protections," August 2, 1986; testimony of Mazur before Senate Finance
Committee in support of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, July 30,
1987; Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT) fact
sheets; AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland's remarks on goal of labor
unions, delivered at Darden Graduate Business School, March 30, 1988;
M.O.R./Hart Research Trade Issue Presentation: opinion poll of 2,812
respondents in 8 states re textile bill, April 29-May 4, 1988;
statement, ILGWU Support for Family and Medical Leave Act; notes on
trade info for CNN; WCBS Radio Interview; Mazur Labor Day Parade
announcement, July 26, 1988; questions to be asked of Mazur on Velma
Hill (APRI) talk show; Mazur notes on growing income disparity, minimum
wage, labor's future; summary of right-wing news commentators on
Democratic midterm congressional losses, 1994
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Media Projects
See also Geto & de Milly 1993-1995 See also Michael Sheehan
Associates, Inc. 1986 Memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
re compilation of daily major news clippings, and plans to produce a
weekly news summary for Mazur and other ILG executive staff, July 21,
1986, with attached clippings; memo to Mazur from Michael Sheehan
Associates (affiliated with Ogilvy & Mather) proposing media
training, video production, lobbying, and other public relations
services, November 7, 1986; notice to Mazur from author Jan Grabowski,
Winnipeg, Canada, re book draft, Brothers & Sisters All? A
"revealing collection of short stores" re labor organizations, "without
divulging the contents...we felt it is only proper" to give "opportunity
to input," December 15, 1986; invitation to Mazur to preview of
off-Broadway musical based on the garment trade, The Rise of David
Levinksy, December 10, 1986; letter to Mazur from author Ernest
Lieberman describing favorable reactions to forthcoming book, Unfit to
Manage! How Mismanagement of Big Business and Government Endangers
America, and What Working People Can Do About It, January 10, 1987;
mailgram from Mihajlo Mihajlov, Radio Free Europe, congratulating Mazur
on receipt of Eugene V. Debs Award, June 9, 1987; film proposal and
funding solicitation to Mazur from Francis X. Gannon and Associates for
documentary re labor leader Joe Keenan, May 26, 1987; proposal to Sol
Chaikin by Organizing Media Project, Inc., for unofficial presidential
primary by AFL-CIO locals, January 7, 1987; memo to Mazur re results of
fourth national survey from Money magazine 1986, "Americans and Their
Money," indicating Americans prefer U.S.-made goods, by Doremus Porter
Novelli, July 29, 1987; minutes of meeting re Statue of Liberty
commemorative event, October 9, 1985
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Mental Illness Foundation
Letter to Mazur thanking him for support for annual dinner, May 11
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Merck/Medco
Articles and newspaper clippings from Business Week and the New York
Times re Martin Wygod, chairman of Medco Containment Services, who sold
the mail-order drug distributor to Merck after making it profitable by
gradually increasing patient copays and requiring generics and limiting
choice of medications; chronology of pricing changes
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Mexico Earthquake Relief
Report, "A Survey of Immigrant Visa Applicants Handled by the Mexico City
Consular District," April 10, 1985; record of contributions; newspaper
clipping re relief effort, AFL-CIO News, October 19, 1985
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Mexico, Sweeny (AFL-CIO/UNITE), trip
See also Mexico - Maquiladoras Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president
John Sweeney, inviting him to join him on a trip to Mexico as part of an
official delegation, December 19, 1997; Spanish-language documents,
including text of remarks by Sweeney; text in English; memo from Mazur
to Sweeney, "Mexican Labor Movement - Overview and Policy
Considerations," December 8, 1997, essentially final draft of memo to
Mazur from UNITE organizing director Jeff Hermanson, October 24, 1997;
AFL-CIO media advisory re trip, January 22, 1998; "Mexico Update and
Analysis," from Schroeder Economics, January 7, 1998; analysis paper by
Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC) criticizing NAFTA as
hurting Mexican economy; Working Plan on the Politics of International
Relations of the Authentic Labor Front (FAT); summary points re Mexico;
newspaper clipping; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Mexico Trade: fastrack
See also Speeches - Fast Track 1997; see also NAFTA - Fast Track Summary
of Testimony of Jay Mazur, President, ILGWU, on Fast Track Procedures,
presented by. Dr. Herman Starobin, Research Director, May 17, 1995;
letter from Mazur to AFC-CIO president Lane Kirkland discussing reasons
for defeat of efforts to stop fast track, defection of Sen. Gephart as
key reason for failure, May 28, 1991; transcript of Associated Press
article, "Moynihan Votes against Fast Track for U.S.-Mexico Free Trade,"
with cover note from Sen. Moynihan to Mazur noting defeat but good
argument, May 14, 1991; press release from Sen. Howard Metzenbaum
criticizing fast-track, April 29, 1991; letter to all members of
Congress from International Union of Operating Engineers, April 16,
1991, opposing fast track, with cover to AFL-CIO Executive Council
members urging similar action, April 16, 1991; letter from Rep. Dan
Rostenkowski to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland informing him of his
support for fast-track trade authority for the president, May 1, 1991;
reply from Kirkland re history of trade legislation, inadequate
protections for U.S. workers, May 2, 1991; letter from Pres. Bush to
members of Congress urging support for fast-track, May 1, 1991; press
release/position statement, "AFL-CIO Comments on the May 1
Administration Response to Congressional Concerns over the Proposed
North American Free Trade Agreement"; Bush administration statement,
"Executive Summary: Response to Issues Raised in Connection with the
Negotiation of a North American Free Trade Agreement"; press advisory by
Mobilization on Development, Trade, Labor and the Environment, "Citizen
Groups Challenge Administration Action Plan on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade
Talks with Call to Democratize and Expand Agenda," with attached
statement, "A Call to Real Action," released May 2, 1991; Fast Track
Fact Sheet for Jay Mazur, with list of agriculture groups opposing
measure, May 6, 1991; UAW press release, "Bieber Testifies on Fast Track
Authority for Mexico Free Trade and GATT," opposing measure, April 11,
1991; AFL- CIO News press release, "Poll Shows 72 Percent Opposition to
Fast Track," May 1,1991, with statement by AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer
Thomas R. Donahue on poll results and attached summary of findings by
Garin-Hart public opinion survey; ad by UAW opposing fast track, with
cover note to Mazur from ILGWU warehouse employees division suggesting
similar ad and letter-writing campaign, May 22, 1991; letter from
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to union presidents urging lobbying
against fast track, April 12, 191; memos from Mazur to ILGWU directors
urging members lobby Congress, April 30, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin outlining arguments for opposing fast
track, lobbying strategy, with attached list of international treaties
approved without fast track authority since 1960, April 29, 1991; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, April 16, 1991;
list of textile manufacturers opposing fast track, May 6, 1991; list of
Capitol Hill lobbying appointments for union presidents, May 6, 1991;
newspaper clippings
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Letter to ILGWU exec asst James Parrott from the U.S. General Accounting
Office requesting information on safety hazards relevant to the textile
and apparel industry, with cover memo from Mazur to ILGWU research
director Herman Starobin and others convening meeting to pull together
the information, and meeting agenda, March 19 and 22; AFL-CIO booklet
and paper, "U.S. Mexico Free Trade Negotiations Taking Points," January
1991; AFL-CIO booklet, "Exploiting Both Sides: U.S.-Mexico 'Free'
Trade," February 1991; "Relevant Provisions of U.S. Trade Law Pertaining
to the Possible Establishment of a U.S. - Mexico Free Trade Agreement";
letter to editor of Roll Call from Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin
criticizing paid advertisement against fast-track; copies of AFL-CIO
Roll Call ads opposing fast-track; press release, statement of Donald
Hughes, president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute,
opposing fast track, March 6, 1991; Statement on Proposed U.S.-Mexico
Free Trade Agreement by Evelyn Dubrow, vice president, ILGWU, before the
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, March 14,
1991; Testimony of Thomas R. Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO, and
chairman, Labor Advisory Committee for U.S. Trade Policy and Trade
Negotiations, before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs,
U.S. Senate, March 22, 1991; Statement of Donahue before the Committee
on Finance, United States Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free Trade
Negotiations, February 6, 1991; Comments of the Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, before the United States
International Trade Commission on the Probable Effects of a Free Trade
Agreement between the United States and Mexico, April 16, 1991;
Statement of Jeff Faux, President, Economic Policy Institute, before the
Committee on Finance, United States Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico
Free Trade Negotiations, February 20, 1991; Economic Policy Institute
report, "The Low-Wage Challenge to Global Growth," with cover letter to
Mazur from EPI president Jeff Faux, March 6, 1991; press release from
Economic Policy Institute, "Report Projects Loss of 550,000 U.S.
High-Wage Jobs" from free-trade pact with Mexico, with attached briefing
paper, "U.S. Jobs and the Mexico Trade Proposal"; EPI briefing paper:
"Fast Track, Fast Shuffle: The Economic Consequences of the
Administration's Proposed Trade Agreement with Mexico"; direct-mail
letter from Mexican development firm Finsa Grupo Arguelles to
manufacturers inviting relocation to Mexico to cut labor costs; ad from
Wall Street Journal southwest edition of April 16, 1991, for seminar by
Collectron of Arizona, Inc., on how to start manufacturing in Mexico,
with cover note to Mazur from Communication Workers of America president
Morton Bahr
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Mexico Trade: fastrack
Article by John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, "Free Trade for
Whom?" with cover letter to Labor Advisory Board, May 13, 1991; text of
editorial by HOY re Dominican Republic and Caribbean Basin, "Free Trade
Zone Companies to Leave the DR Idling Close to Five Thousand," with
attached Spanish-language newspaper clipping, August 10, 1993; ITGLWF
Executive Committee policy paper re free trade zones, October 1990;
statement of Jeff Faux, president, Economic Policy Institute, before
Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free
Trade Negotiations, February 20, 1991; list of witnesses to appear
before Committee on Ways and Means on the President's Request for
Extending of Fast Track Trade Agreement Negotiating Authority, with
attached statement by Joseph Mullaney, vice chairman, Gillette Company
on behalf of the Emergency Committee for American Trade, April 11, 1991;
by Owen Bieber, president, UAW; by Tom Donahue, secretary-treasurer,
AFL-CIO; by Kay Whitmore, chairman, president, and CEO, Eastman Kodak
Company and chairman, Business Roundtable Working Group on U.S.-Mexico
Trade and Investment; newspaper clippings
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Mexico Free Trade Agreement
See also NAFTA; see also Import Task Force; see also ILGWU Legislative
Department Memo re media strategy for NYC NAFTA campaign, October 18,
1993; script of video taping of Mazur for Donahue show, July 20, 1993;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re talking
points for meeting re North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with
Newsday editorial board, June 8, 1993; memo from Mazur to Newsday
editorial board with attached policy papers in advance of meeting, June
16, 1993, including "The NAFTA Illusion," presented at a congressional
briefing by the Economic Policy Institute on March 25, 1993; letter from
Mazur to editor of Newsday summarizing points made at meeting re NAFTA,
July 23, 1993; report to Mazur and Dubrow re conference on U.S.-Mexico
Free Trade, January 18, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James
Parrott re meeting with Mexican opposition leader Cuauhtemoc Cardenas,
outlining issues to discuss re trade, immigration, labor movement, with
biographical sketch, February 8, 1991; statement on United States-Mexico
Economic Relations submitted by Jay Mazur before the Subcommittee on
Trade, House Ways & Means Committee, June 25, 1990; "The Economic
Effects of a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement on the U.S.
Apparel Industry," statement by Herman Starobin, research director,
ILGWU, before the International Trade Commission, April 12, 1991; draft
statements by AFL-CIO Executive Council: on U.S.-Mexico Free Trade
Agreement, February 1991; on U.S. Employer Interference in Mexican Law
Enforcement, February 1992; on Free and Fair Elections in Mexico,
February 1994; Remarks by Morton Bahr, President, Communication Workers
of America, Houston Forum Club, Houston, Texas, against trade agreement
with Mexico, January 23, 1991; AFL-CIO News press releases: "Mexican
Loan Terms Stick Workers with Tab," January 13, 1995, and "AFL-CIO Calls
for Return of Peso 'Windfall' to Workers," January 24, 1995; AFL-CIO
News radio script for secretary-treasurer Donahue against Mexico trade
agreement, February 6, 1991; News UAW press release: "UAW President
Blasts Big Three on U.S.-Mexico Trade Pact," February 8, 1991;
transcript of remarks by NY Governor Mario Cuomo at National Press Club
in support of Mexico free trade agreement, February 21, 1991; Harvard
Business Review article, "Mexico - Opening Ahead of Eastern Europe,"
September-October 1990; Foreign Labor Trends report for Mexico, 1991-92,
released by the U.S. Department of Labor, prepared by the American
Embassy in Mexico City; report by Council on Foreign Relations, "Debt
and the Restructuring of Mexico," October 17, 1988; letter to Mazur from
the director of the Latin American Program of the Council on Foreign
Relations inviting him to a panel discussion, "The Chiapas Rebellion and
the Future of Mexico," February 10, 1994; newspaper clippings
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Mexico: Maquiladoras
Confidential proposal for AFL-CIO Border Organizing Project and
Maquiladora Project, October 6, 1989, with cover memo to Mazur from Tom
Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO; confidential draft, Maquiladora
Industry Standards of Conduct; confidential potential targets for
Maquiladora campaign; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
re AFL-CIO Maquiladora Project, January 23, 1990; letters from
corporations (AT&T, Air Products & Chemicals, Allied Signal,
Baxter, Becton Dickinson, Fisher-Price, General Electric, General
Motors, ITT, Johnson & Johnson, Parker Hannifin, Pepsico, Rockwell
International, United Technologies, Zenith) to the Benedictine Health
Resource Center describing their operations in the Maquiladora area,
1990; statement by Gregory Woodhead, Trade Task Force, AFL-CIO, before
the House Committee on Small Business on "Effects of Devaluation of the
Mexican Peso," May 20, 1993, with cover memo re wages in the
Maquiladoras; special report of IRRC News for Investors, "Criticisms of
Mexican Maquiladora Operations Will Be Reflected in Shareholder
Resolutions," October 1990; list of labor leaders and affiliations
attending Maquiladora Campaign meeting of December 14, 1990; agenda;
printed booklet, "Doing the Job: A Common Commitment of the Union
Masonry Industry," International Masonry Institute, c. 1990; statement
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Mexico and the Maquiladora
Twin-Plant Program, February 16, 1988, with cover letter to Mazur
confirming his appointment to the AFL-CIO's Ad Hoc Twin Plant Committee,
March 10, 1988; agenda of meeting, October 19, 1988, with remarks by
Mazur re purpose of the Twin Plant Committee; letter from the president
and board of the Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers to the vice
president of General Motors Corporation, urging improvement in wages and
benefits for Packard Electric plant in the Mexican state of Chihuahua,
September 23, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re
creation on independent leftist union in the aftermath of September 1985
earthquake, video created by them, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue following up on issues
raised at meeting, including document outlining standards of conduct,
meeting with target corporations, September 12, 1990; memo re convening
US-Mexico Committee for Maquiladora project, July 18, 1990; Coalition
for Justice in the Maquiladoras Kick-Off Press Conference flyer, with
memo from Mazur to vp Susan Cowell requesting that she speak for him,
January 30, 1991; memo to Mazur from exec asst Parrott re highlights of
the second meeting of the organizing committee, September 12, 1990; memo
to Mazur from Parrott re replacement for himself as Mazur's
representative on the board of the Coalition for Justice in the
Maquiladoras, September 8, 1992; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Tom Donahue re meeting with Mexican Confederation of
Workers, September 20, 1988; Confidential Proposal for AFL-CIO
Maquiladora Industry Project for border organizing, October 6, 1989,
with cover letter to Mazur from Donahue, January 16, 1990; summery of
AFL-CIO/CTM Bilateral Meetings of November 10 and 11, 1988, in San Diego
and Tijuana; report by Mazur as U.S. chair of the AFL-CIO/ CTM
Maquiladora Twin Plant Committee, November 11-12, 1988; brochure/agenda
by U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration for
Expo-Maquila '86, designed to help firms relocate production to Mexico,
1986; agenda for National Planning Association's 23rd meeting, "The
Evolving Crisis in Mexico and Its Implications for the United States,"
November 7-8, 1986; newspaper clippings
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AFL-CIO booklet, "The Maquiladoras and Toxics: The Hidden Costs of
Production South of the Border," by Leslie Kochan, February 1989;
booklet by Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (Interfaith Center
on Corporate Responsibility, New York), "Maquiladora Standards of
Conduct"; annual report, 1990-91; press releases by coalition: "Mexican
Community Leaders Challenge Decision by United Nations to Recognize
President Salinas with International Environmental Award," June 5, 1991,
"Coalition Releases Documentary Video: Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of
a Mexican Community," August 6, 1992; statement by AFL-CIO Executive
Council on Cinco de Mayo, May 1992; AFL-CIO press release, "Pressure
from employers results in maquila union leader arrest," February 7,
1992; text of press conference by Tom Donahue, February 12, 1991;
confidential memo to Mazur from the National Labor Committee updating
him on U.S. tour of maquiladora workers, September 21, 199
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Michael Sheehan Associates
See also Media Projects Memo (incomplete) to Mazur from political/media
consultant critiquing Mazur's CNN interview, n.d.; letter from Michael
Sheehan proposing media training and consulting services, November 7,
1986; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes
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Migration
see also Center for Migration Studies; see also Trilateral Commission
1993 Conference report by the eighty-sixth American Assembly, Columbia
University, New York: "Threatened Peoples, Threatened Borders: World
Migration and U.S. Policy"
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Mihajlov, Mihajlo
Correspondence from anti-communist refugee from Yugoslavia and his
difficulties finding a permanent professional position in the United
States, apparently politically motivated; resume; letters of
recommendation from Mazur; letters from members of search committee at
George Mason University, Virginia, several others; letter from U.S.
Embassy in Yugoslavia to U.S. Information Agency in Washington, noting
Pres. Tito's speech denouncing Mihajlov, declining hiring Mihajlov's
sister, July 2, 1968; articles by Mihajlov, "Fascists in Democratic
Society," "Tito and Waldheim," etc., n.d., c. 1986; newspaper
clippings
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Minimum Wage
See also Speeches - Minimum Wage 1987 Note cards, fact sheets, and
display charts with statistics on minimum wage workers; draft "Statement
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Minimum Wage," February 1987; press
release, "Out-of-Date Minimum Wage Threatens U.S. Work Ethic, Family
Stability, ILGWU President Says in House Testimony," October 14; memo re
distribution of article by Mazur in AFL-CIO Federationist, "It's Time to
Raise the Minimum Wage," March 21, 1987; draft statement by AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Minimum Wage, May 1989; report by AFL-CIO Food and
Allied Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, "Help Wanted: To Pass the
Minimum Wage Restoration Act Because All Americans Deserve a Fair Living
Wage," c. 1987; Statement by Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the
Administration's Views on the Minimum Wage, March 3, 1989; letter to
Mazur from Sen. Kennedy (D.-MA) thanking him for support of Minimum Wage
Restoration Act of 1987, designed to make the minimum wage a living
wage, July 26, 1988; similar letters to Mazur and Dubrow from members of
Congress in support of bill; legislative alert from ILGWU vice president
Evelyn Dubrow calling for letters to congressional district offices in
support of minimum wage bill, July 8, 1988; letter to Mazur from
Citizens for a Just Minimum Wage, thanking him for ILGWU contribution,
March 23, 1989; "Dear Colleague" letter from six members of Congress,
"Minimum Wage and Working Women," noting two-thirds of minimum wage
workers are women, March 20, 1989; newspaper clippings; ILGWU resolution
on minimum wage supporting legislation; draft language of Puerto Rico
amendment to wage bill, March 6, 1989; text of Fair Labor Standards
Amendments of 1989; speeches by Mazur; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Minimum Wage Board-Testimony of Danahy, Joseph
Testimony of Joseph Danahy, director, ILGWU Department of Organization
& Field Services, before the General Industry Minimum Wage Board, re
need for enforcement authority for NYS Department of Labor for minimum
wage and overtime laws, so that enforcement does not depend on
inadequate federal Department of Labor, November 12, 1985
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Model Agreement
Correspondence with Department of Labor re manufacturer-contractor model
agreement; statement by Mazur condemning San Francisco voluntary
agreement, January 6, 1994; memos to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel
Max Zimny and legislative director Evy Dubrow re position of Labor
Secretary Robert Reich on enforcement, jobber responsibility;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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NAACP
Letter from Memphis branch to national office refusing to contribute
assessment to offset national deficit until questions of accountability
are answered, September 15
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NAFTA
Briefing papers by the Economic Policy Institute: "Setting the Standard:
International Labor and U.S. Trade Policy," by Richard Rothstein, "The
Parallel Banking System," by Jane W. D'Arista and Tom Schlesinger, and
"The Impact of Health Care's Financing on Family Budgets," by Edith
Rasell et al.; remarks by Mazur at the Governor's Leadership Conference
on the Future of the Economy Panel: Preparing People for the Future
Economy, October 19, 1994; draft for Mazur on NAFTA, from Gus Tyler;
memo to Newsday editors: A Hard Look at NAFTA, for editorial board
meeting with Mazur, June 16, 1993
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NAFTA
Letter to Congressional Black Caucus chairman Kweisi Mfume from ILGWU vp
and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow thanking him for opposing NAFTA,
noting need for president to renegotiate Mexican agreement, June 29,
1993; letter to Mfume from AFL-CIO Department of Legislation director
Robert McGlotten thanking him for opposing NAFTA, June 24, 1993; fact
sheet, "Partial Response to USTR Assertions that 'NAFTA Creates Jobs and
Improves Our Competitiveness'"; USTR document, with assertions; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re inadequacy of
NAFTA related retraining act, proposed by the Clinton Administration,
October 28; AFL-CIO position papers re NAFTA, March 11; statement by
Starobin to the House Ways and Means Committee subcommittee on trade,
September 15; memo to Mazur and Starobin from ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow, forwarding memo from Rep. Marcy Kaptur's office with
Congressional Research Service analysis of number of women in
manufacturing jobs to be affected by NAFTA, July 22; Mazur talking
points for Newsday interview re NAFTA, June 8; letters to U.S. Trade
Representative Mickey Kantor from UAW president Owen Bieber and AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue expressing concern over
administration's failure to protect labor standards under NAFTA, June 15
and 17; confidential memo from Economic Policy Institute, with attached
memo sent to top political aides of the Clinton Administration warning
of political hazards of following Bush NAFTA policy, May 10; EPI Journal
newsletter, August; AFL-CIO fact sheet: "Lies, Damn Lies, and
Statistics: The Economics of NAFTA," September 13; AFL-CIO analyses of
the NAFTA Side Accord on Labor, August 23 and 26; "NAFTA and New York:
Not Made for Each Other," by Jay Mazur; Clinton Administration Statement
on the North American Free Trade Agreement, "The NAFTA: Expanding U.S.
Exports, Jobs and Growth," with cover letter from USTR Mickey Kantor;
letter from UAW president Owen Bieber to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert
Reich rebuking him for stereotyping and attacking organized labor,
September 6; press release from Rep. Dick Gephart with text of speech
outlining why he would vote against NAFTA, delivered to the National
Press Club, September 21; confidential memo to Mazur from Alan Howard re
NAFTA strategy, projects for staying on offensive, September 22; memo
from Dubrow to ILGWU NAFTA Task Force, outlining talking points from an
AFL-CIO briefing and related AFL materials, Q&A list for lobbying
members of Congress, Democratic National Committee resolution (adopted
March 23, 1991) opposing NAFTA, September 21; fact sheets from Canadian
Environmental Law Association on impact of NAFTA on the environment, the
democratic process, and workplace health and safety, September 17;
testimony by Dubrow before Rep. John Spratt's subcommittee hearing on
Customs operations and transshipments, October 8; preliminary and
recorded roll call vote of Congress on NAFTA, n.d.; letter from
President Clinton to Rep. Spratt, discussing congressman's concerns re
NAFTA's impact on textiles and apparel regulations, November 16; ILGWU
statement on international labor solidarity; newspaper clippings
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NAFTA, advertisement
List of sponsoring labor organizations; copies of checks from
contributing unions, related correspondence
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NAFTA
See also Atlantic Council Memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland discussing labor's response to the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), urging activation of Fair Trade Campaign to keep
issue on national election agenda, massive lawsuit against companies
operating in Mexico for environmental and labor rights violations, other
initiatives, August 20, 1992; statement by ILGWU research director
Herman Starobin re economic effects of NAFTA on U.S. apparel industry,
1991
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National Association of Women's and Children's Apparel
Salesmen
Legal brief before the Federal Trade Commission to modify its 1971 final
order restricting certain NAWCAS practices, with cover note to Mazur,
December 4, 1984
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National Coalition for Haitian Refugees
See also National Immigration Forum 1994 Report by the National Coalition
for Haitian Refugees, "The Misguided Use of In-Country Refugee
Processing in Haiti," September 2, 1993; ILGWU press release, "Statement
by Jay Mazur: Status of Haitian Refugees," December 20, 1991; "Democracy
through Terror" statement of Michael S. Hooper, executive director of
the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees before the Subcommittee on
Western Hemisphere Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of
Representatives, March 8,1988; Haiti 1997 Election Watch "Democracy
through Terror" chronology of Recent Events in Haiti and the U.S.
Response, January 1988; letter of transmission of comments on proposed
interim regulations re adjustment of status of certain Cuban and Haitian
Nationals under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,
submitted to INS by the coalition on behalf of a long list of advocacy
groups, May 1, 1987; fact sheet and training module re rights under the
new immigration law, May 1, 1987; memo from coalition executive director
Hooper re urgent executive committee meeting on victory on Haitian
adjustment provisions, with attached analysis and summary of
Simpson-Rodino Bill (Immigration Reform and Control Act of (1986);
November 19, 1986; newsletters in French/Creole, Haiti Observateur,
1988; book: Haiti: Duvalierism since Duvalier, by the National Coalition
for Haitian Refugees, Americas Watch, October 1986; press release from
coalition urging U.S. to break with military junta in Haiti and promote
real democratization, not just pro forma elections, n.d.; press release
noting persistence of corruption and cronyism in Haitian government
despite ouster of Jean Claude Duvalier, October 9, 1986;
obituary/memorial booklet for Hooper, October 2, 1988; newspaper
clippings
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National Coalition for Haitian Refugees
Letter to Mazur from the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees asking
for support for Cuban-Haitian Adjustment Act of 1985, with model letter
to members of Congress, February 19, 19985; amicus curiae brief of the
National Coalition for Haitian Refugees et al. before the U.S. Supreme
Court in re Marie Lucie Jean et al. vs. Alan C. Nelson et al., October
1984; immigration emergency legislation hearing before the Subcommittee
on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary,
U.S. Senate, October 28, 1983; statement by Michael Hooper, executive
director, on the Immigration Emergency Powers and Procedures Act of
1983, before the subcommittee; report by national coalition, Americas
Watch, and Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights to the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights, "Haiti: Rights Denied," March
1985; letters to members of Congress from the national coalition; ACLU
National Immigration and Alien Rights Project Report No. 1, Executive
Summary, "Salvadorans in the U.S: The Case for Extended Voluntary
Departure"; statement by John McCarthy, executive director of the Office
of Migration and Refugee Services, United States Catholic Conference re
Salvadorans, November 17, 1983; coalition meeting agendas February 3,
1984, and December 6, 1986; records of contributions from ILGWU;
proposed budgets
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National Committee for Labor Israel |
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National Committee for Labor Israel
Minutes of National Executive Committee meeting, January 31, 1992,
recommending Jerry Goodman as a successor to outgoing NCLI executive
vice president Yehuda Ebstein; minutes of December 9, 1992, meeting;
memo from Goodman outlining financial terms of employment, February 19,
1992; letter to Mazur from Stanley Lowell (Fink Weinberger attorneys)
praising selection of Goodman, March 31, 1992; correspondence re
contributions to Israel hospital and health centers, April 1992; letter
to Mazur from Sidney Orenstein (Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler &
Leff) noting that Ebstein was demanding interest on his deferred
severance pay, with reply from Mazur opposing, related correspondence,
February 17, 1992; financial projections for current quarter, February
21; memo from Ebstein, "Recommendations for the Future of NCLI,"
February 26
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National Committee for Labor Israel
see also Histadrut; see also Klein, Adam (Klein & Co.) Annual
statement for the year ended December 31, 1990, listing trustees of
National Committee for Labor Israel - Israel Histradrut Campaign; agenda
of National Executive Committee meeting of May 31, 1991, with related
documents brought by Mazur and report from executive vice president
Yehuda Ebstein; projection of NCLI obligations to personnel and others
at hypothetical dissolution date of March 31, 1991; "extremely
confidential" memo to Mazur from Adam Klein, president of Klein &
Co., Cambridge, MA, criticizing NCLI executive vice president Yehuda
Ebstein's financial management and accounting, noting that the cost of
running NCLI in 1990 was more than had been raised, and that no money
had been sent to Israel so far in 1991 because all of it had been used
for administrative expenses, almost none going to trade union education,
inflated expensing of sale of building, May 30, 1991; related
confidential memos to Mazur from Klein, re efforts to reorganize NCLI,
meeting with Ebstein, with proposed plans, May-June, 1991; profile of
financial resources, prepared by Klein & Co., May 1991; memo from
attorneys Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler & Leff re NCLI
financial obligations to staff, July 8; confidential memo to Mazur and
Ebstein from attorney Sidney Orenstein (Solomon & Rosenbaum,
Drechsler & Leff) commenting on preliminary draft legal opinion by
Jay R. Butterman re ownership of building at 33 E. 67th St., NY,
relationship between NCLI and Histadrut, July 25; proposal from Ebstein
for closing NCLI and replacing it with a new, smaller organization to
maintain appearance of continuity and complete sale of building, August
5; letter to Ebstein from Baruch Tenenbaum, agent for rebuffed potential
buyer, Luis Perelmutter, outlining events, April 25; letter from
potential buyer rejecting purchase of Howell, NJ, property, with cover
memo from Ebstein to Mazur, August 27; letter re zoning questions from
potential buyer of 33 E. 67th St. property, September 4; biographical
sketch of Alec Aylat, c.1991; accountant's statement to NCLI Board of
Directors by Joel Popkin & Company, noting that donated property
should be assigned fair market value, November 17, 1989, with financial
statement as of September 30, 1989; list of funds raised by regional
offices, 1984-90; list of contractual obligations to Eliezer Rafaeli,
1989-90; "strictly confidential" memo to Mazur from Yehuda Ebstein,
"Reports on Tenure of Eliezer Rafaeli," noting financial gamesmanship re
salary, chronology of cost-sharing agreement with Histadrut, August 7,
1991; memo from Ebstein to Mazur and NCLI Executive Committee, "The
Future of NCLI," arguing against the organization having primarily a
fund- raising role, need for professional staff, September 16;
correspondence from Detroit Histadrut chair Alexander Blumenberg re
closure of office, October 25, related letter to Mazur from Ebstein and
draft of reply, October 30-31; letter of resignation from Ebstein,
October 22; draft of press release re Ebstein resignation, called
retirement, October 30; memo from Ebstein to Jacob Lidar, director of
the campaign department, refuting claim of $5.8 million owed to
Histadrut Assistance Fund, November 15, with cover memo to Mazur; memo
to Mazur from Ebstein re his employment contract, citing differences in
pension provisions, December 6; financial statements for Executive
Committee meeting, December 6; memo to Mazur from Ebstein re long
distance telephone charges by Histadrut representative, December 10;
handwritten notes by Mazur re questionable transactions, diversion of
funds, Ebstein's severance
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National Committee for Labor Israel, Klein memos
Confidential memos to Mazur from management consultant Adam Klein,
president of Klein & Co., re reorganization of NCLI, difficulties
with executive vice president Yehuda Ebstein; handwritten notes by
Mazur; memo from Ebstein to Mazur introducing Klein
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National Committee for Labor Israel, Mazur's notes
Draft of letter of resignation by Mazur as president of NCLI, noting
decisions made without his knowledge; personal and confidential memo to
Mazur from Yehuda Ebstein re relationship of president to executive vice
president and organization, noting disagreements re duties and
responsibilities, February 27, 1991; handwritten notes by Mazur
answering points in memo; other memos and notes documenting problems re
working relationship with Ebstein, lack of communication
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National Committee for Labor Israel
Draft of press release announcing appointment of Mazur as president of
National Committee for Labor Israel, December 3, 1990; letters to Mazur
congratulating him on being named president of the National Committee
for Labor Israel, with replies from Mazur, November 1990 - February
1991; correspondence between Mazur and predecessor, Bruce Vladeck,
president United Hospital Fund, expressing dismay at response to inquiry
re payment of salary of Histadrut representative, related correspondence
and meeting minutes, January 7-17, 1991; draft statement by AFL-CIO
Executive Council supporting Histradrut, praising Israel for restraint
in the face of unprovoked attack by Iraq's Saddam Hussein, February
1991; statement by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations supporting U.S. policy in Persian Gulf, January 9, 1991;
correspondence re fundraising during Gulf War, especially for Israel
health services network Kupat Holim; list of contributions received for
Kupit Holim Emergency Fund as of May 28, 1991; description of NCLI
Rogoff Fund for Medical Research for the benefit of Israel hospital, and
financial statement as of September 30, 1990; Executive Committee
minutes, July 25, 1990; memo from Mazur to NCLI executive vice president
Yehuda Ebstein re pension fund, seeking clarification re his status as a
trustee, May 6, 1991, with related correspondence; draft of letter to
board members, composed by Gus Tyler for Mazur, discussing efforts to
restore financial viability, sale of building, need for special board
meeting, c. 1991; memo from outgoing Histadrut representative to North
America re counterproductive parallel fundraising, damage to image, need
for reorganization, c 1990; confidential outline of fundraising and
reorganization plan to recover from period of mismanagement, c. 1991;
financial statements for year ended September 30, 1989, 1990, and 1991;
cost reduction schedule, including closing Cleveland, Los Angeles, and
Detroit regional offices, July 1 - September 30, 1991; letter to
directors of United Steelworkers of America, District 28, replying to
concerns over closure of Cleveland office, August 8, 1991;
correspondence re retirement plan and employment fund, May 6, 1991;
correspondence with attorneys Kaye, Fialkow, Richmond & Rothstein re
New England fundraising, April - December 1991; program highlights of
Jewish Labor Committee, "JLC Support for Issues of Concern to the Trade
Union Movement," March 1991; newsletter Labor in Israel, August 1990;
Jewish Telegraphic Agency Daily News Bulletin and Daily News Reporter,
January 4 and 9, 1991; Israel Line news dispatches from the Consulate
General of Israel in New York, March 25 - 27, 1991
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National Committee for Labor Israel--Sale of Building
Edited and final copies of contract of purchase and sale (of building at
33 East 67th St., New York, NY) by and between National Committee for
Labor Israel - Israel Histradrut Campaign, Inc., and Agnews's Inc.,
April, May, and June 6, 1991; history of property up to 1968, May 2,
1991; letter from buyer asking to renegotiate price due to zoning
problem, related correspondence, February 14, 1991; memo re zoning
issues relating to transfer from nonprofit to for-profit use, November
28, 1990; property appraisal as of July 30, 1990; letter to Mazur re
holdup with SEIU in signing contract for sale of building, request that
Mazur use his influence with AFL-CIO's John Sweeney to resolve the
problem, with attached chronology, May 7, 1991, and related
correspondence; agreement with contractor SBJ Management for remodeling
work, May 4, 1992
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National Committee for Labor Israel
Fact sheet on Histradut; by-laws of the National Committee for Labor
Israel - Israel Histadrut Campaign, Inc., a corporation organized under
the not-for-profit corporation law of the State of New York, 1984;
letters between Mazur and Uri Agami on Agami's accomplishments as
chairman of the Amal Schools and election as Histadrut secretary for the
Haifa area, September 25, 1987, and January 1990; solicitation from
National Committee for Labor Israel-Histadrut, Nov. 18, 1988; position
paper re Arab-Israeli relations, June 16, 1988; Financial Report,
Special Activities and Development Transmissions to Histadrut Assistance
Fund, Major Receipts and Disbursements, 18 Months October 1, 1986 -
March 31, 1988; correspondence re possible Histadrut activity in Puerto
Rico, 1986-87; correspondence re Mazur's appearance at Philadelphia
Trade Union Council luncheon to solidify support for Histadrut, Sept.
23, 1987; letter from Mazur re trip to Israel to dedicate vocational
school named for the ILGWU, June 23, 1987; Labor in Israel Histadrut
newsletters, March 1986 and June 1988; brochure and other materials
describing programs for youth and elderly under Mishan, an arm of
Histadrut; cover letter to Mazur from Bruce Vladeck, president of United
Hospital Fund (New York), noting meeting with National Committee for
Labor Israel - Histadrut, desire for cooperative efforts, November 12,
1987; list of contributions by ILGWU locals for 1987 Histadrut
conference; agenda of Board of Directors meeting, National Committee for
Labor Israel - Histadrut, with special resolution calling for an end to
the Israel Histadrut Foundation's independent status, April 15, 1986,
and resolution on several other issues; letter from the Israeli embassy
to Histadrut, urging resolution of competing dual organizations, warning
of harm to common cause (translated from Hebrew), April 2, 1986; Report
of the Board of Directors and the Council of the National Committee for
Labor Israel - Histadrut, with list of major projects, April 3, 1986
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National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
Convention publications, "Equality for Puerto Ricans: A Determined
Movement," Third National Puerto Rican Convention, Philadelphia, May
31-June 2, 1985; "Closing Ranks; Forward to Justice," Fourth National
Puerto Rican Convention, Hartford, CT, May 29, 31, 1987; letter of
invitation to Mazur to speak at Hartford convention, February 25, 1987;
memo from ILGWU director of organization Joe Danahy re non-union status
of Holiday Inn convention hotel, February 24, 1987
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National Council of Senior Citizens
Conference agenda, "U.S. Competitiveness and the Aging American
Workforce," June 16, 1993, sponsored by the National Council on the
Aging, Inc., and the National Planning Association, with cover
invitation to Mazur, May 3, 1993; convention call by National Council of
Senior Citizens for Florida conference, with cover letter to Mazur,
December 21, 1987; notice of general board meeting of October 20-21,
1987; letter to Mazur offering one-year membership to retired union
members, September 21, 1988; text of Mazur remarks for William R. Hutton
Testimonial Dinner, March 10, 1988; Statement by Bill Dodds, National
Council of Senior Citizens, before the House Education and Labor
Subcommittee, Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, supporting
Visclosky Amendment re representation on pension plan boards, February
21, 1990; memo to Mazur from the New York State Council of Senior
Citizens re establishment of a union advisory committee to the state
council, December 26, 1990; memos to Mazur re reaffiliation of ILGWU
retiree membership with NCSC, noting nationwide membership is down to
50, September 1990; draft of 1991 annual appeal letter, noting assault
on senior benefits, attempts to pit other advocacy groups against
seniors
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National Democratic Institute for International
Affairs
Letter to Mazur from Walter Mondale requesting that he participate as
auction sponsor in fundraising event for nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization est. 1983 to help strengthen democratic institutions in
newly emerging democracies, April 7, 1989
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National Immigration Forum
Memo to members re Clinton's announced intention to stop forced
repatriation of Haitians
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National Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Forum
Meeting agendas and related materials re federal legislation,
particularly the Simpson-Mazzoli bill
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National Labor Relations Board
Report, "Suggested Administrative Changes in the NLRB Proposed by the
National Organizing NLRB Subcommittee," February 24, 1992
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National Planning Association
Board of Trustees Membership list
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National Planning Association
1988 and 1990 Annual Reports; paper, "Changing Sources of U.S. Economic
Growth: 1950- 2010," October 24, 1989; urgent memo to NPA trustees re
statement on national economic issues, July 11, 1990; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU research director Herman Starobin commenting on economic issues
paper, July 12, 1990; comments by ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re
economic issues paper, July 13, 1990; printed occasional papers, 1990:
"Creating a Strong Post-Cold War Economy," by Richard Belous; and "Man
and His Environment," by Harry G. Johnson; membership directory,
Committee on New American Realities, December 1991, with descriptive
agenda for twenty-first meeting of the committee, October 4-5, 1991;
July 1991 issue of Looking Ahead: "Education, Training and Management of
the American Workforce: Will the United States Still Be Competitive in
the 21st Century?"; draft minutes of Board of Trustees meetings of May
4, 1989, and December 11, 1991; memo from Mazur re NPA study, "U.S.
Competitiveness and the Aging Workforce," September 11, 1991, suggesting
ILGWU involvement in an advisory council; letter from Mazur noting
$1,000 contribution from ILGWU, December 24, 1987; agenda for annual
meeting of Board of Trustees, with report, "The New Opportunity," re U.S.
and international economic trends, setting guidelines for core program,
October 21, 1986; minutes of meeting of October 29, 1986, with cover
letter to Mazur expressing appreciation for his agreeing to become a
trustee, November 19, 1986
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National Planning Association/Committee on New American
Realities
1992 Annual Report; brochure and membership directory, Committee on New
American Realities, August 1992; descriptive agenda and speaker bios for
twenty-fourth meeting of the committee, April 15-17, 1993; draft minutes
of the Board of Trustees meeting of April 9, 1992; agendas and minutes
of the Board of Trustees meetings of October 27, 1992, and May 26, 1993,
with attached committee reports; memo re proposed research effort on
minorities in the inner city and the suburbs: advances and retreats
since the 1960s, May 13, 1993; drafts of NPA policy statements, "Dealing
with the Deficit Now," and "A New Economic Initiative for the Former
Soviet Republics," March and November 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin noting premature nature of NPA drafts,
November 25, 1992; draft of editorial, "Clinton's Team," for Justice;
letter welcoming Mazur to membership on Committee on New American
Realities, January 9, 1992, with attached memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp
Gus Tyler analyzing upcoming committee topics re economic issues such as
the fallacy that tax cuts for the rich create jobs ("trickle-down"
Reaganomics), January 9, 1992; minutes of the Labor-Business Relations
Subcommittee of July 20, 1992
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National Strategy Information Center
Letter to Mazur informing him of his election to the Board of Directors
of NSIC, with nomination letter from NSIC founder, June 15, 1993;
memorandum to the Board of Directors re NSIC's mission re national
security issues in the 1990s, September 24, 1993; list of members of the
Board of Directors with contact information, October 28, 1993, sent to
Mazur; annual meeting of Board of Directors detailed agenda, including
proposed amendments to certificate of incorporation and bylaws,
financial statements, September 9, 1993; correspondence related to the
retirement of president; letter to Mazur re attendance at meeting;
correspondence from members of Congress and the press praising NSIC's
latest report, "International Organized Crime: Emerging Threat To U.S.
Security," September 29, 1993; grant application to M. J. Murdock
Charitable Trust for NSIC project, "US Security in the Post-Cold War
Era," April 6, 1993; NSIC Report of a Research Seminar, "The Gray Area
Phenomenon," re need for interdisciplinary study of international
religious fundamentalist, ethnic, terrorist, and other nonstate threats
to Western democratic values and the quality of life in the U.S., July
1992, with list of participants; printed newsletter, Political Warfare:
Intelligence, Active Measures, and Terrorism Report, fall 1992
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National Strategy Information Center, conference
(Greece)
Letter to Mazur confirming his attendance at conference, May 6, 1991;
program agenda for "Political Warfare, Terrorism, and the Media,"
conference sponsored by the National Strategy Information Center and
others, October 3-5, 1991; background papers, all same date: "Soviet
Active Measures in Greece," by Paul Anastasi, foreign correspondent, New
York Times and Daily Telegraph; "Problems of International Terrorism,"
by Vincent Cannistraro, former special assistant to the White House;
"The 'Gray' Areas," by Xavier Raufer, counselor on terrorism, L'Express,
and professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Law, Paris; "The
KGB Today, Terrorism, and Active Measures," by Victor P. Gundarev,
former senior KGB officer and deputy KGB chief in Greece, 1983-1986;
"Soviet Active Measures in the Gorbachev Era," by Todd Leventhal, U.S.
Information Agency; "Media and Terrorism," by Athanase Papandropoulous,
assistant editor, Financial Post; "Terrorism and the Media," by Paul
Wilkinson, chairman, Dept. of International Relations, University of St.
Andrews; participant list; other papers, by the Atlantic Council of the
United States: "Perestroika Update; The USSR in Transition," (bulletin)
May 21-August 10, 1991; "The Media: Partners in the Revolution of 1989"
(occasional paper), June 1991; Ditchley Foundation report, "After the
Persian Gulf War: American Politics and Policies in the 1990s," by House
Speaker Rep. Thomas S. Foley; fax to Mazur re death of ILGWU
photographer Bert Berinsky, with attached (New York Times?) obituary,
October 3, 1991; U.S. News & World Report article, "An Imperfect
Union," September 16, 1991; New York Times clipping re breakup of Soviet
Union, 1991
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National Strategy Information Center, conference(Western
perceptions of Soviet Union)
Letter to Mazur confirming his attendance at conference, September 7,
1990; cover letter to Mazur with papers on the perception of the Soviet
Union in the United Kingdom (by Gerald Frost, director, Institute for
European Defence and Strategic Studies), France (by Admiral Pierre
Lacoste, former director of the French DGSE), Germany (by Dr. Lother
Ruhl, former state secretary for defense, Federal Republic of Germany),
Southern Europe (by General Luigi Calagris, military correspondent,
Corriere Della Sera) and the United States (by Dr. Uri Ra'anan,
director, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy,
Boston University); the Institute of Directors (Ditchley?) Annual
Lecture, "Europe: Why and How?" by James Goldsmith, London, June 12,
1990; Atlantic Council of the United States bulletins: "Indicators of
Change in Soviet Security Policies," July 1 - August 1, 1990, and
"Perestroika Update: The USSR in Transition," June 16 - July 15, 1990;
Washington Post article by Henry Kissinger, "The End of NATO?" July 24,
1990
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NYC
See also Koch, Mayor 1985-1990; see also NYC - Commercial Rent Control
1984-1989; see also NYC Industrial Loft Advisory Council Memo from Mayor
Ed Koch to all agency heads re city policy on undocumented aliens,
noting that for the sake of the common good, they should be encouraged
to use city services such as medical care and education, and that the
city has no obligation to report them to federal authorities, with cover
note to Mazur from ILGWU officer Muzaffar Chishti, October 15, 1985;
agenda of Refugee Employment Project Advisory Board, October 15, 1985,
with agenda for conference, November 1; New York Migration Forum meeting
agendas, June 1984, and bulletin re Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill,
refugee act, December 22, 1983; proposal by mayor's office to NYS
Science & Technology Foundation for creation of Industrial
Innovation Extension Service, with cover letter to Mazur, July 29, 1986;
memos re commercial rent control, 1984; memo from mayor's office re
city's industrial retention program, January 30, 1984; related
correspondence, including from NYC comptroller Harrison J. Goldin,
December 14, 1984; letter to Mazur from Mayor Koch appointing him to the
Industrial Loft Advisory Council, June 28, 1984; position papers by
Dinkins '85 for Manhattan Borough President campaign re jobs and
economic development, zoning and physical overdevelopment, saving
garment industry jobs, with cover letter to Mazur from ILGWU officer
Susan Cowell; letter to Mazur from City Council president Carol Bellamy
asking for support for Day Care Fund (report attached), program to
assist employers in providing child care services for employees, January
24, 1984; letter from Bellamy to ILGWU local official Edgar Romney re
city-wide after-school program, February 7, 1985; statement by City
Council president Carol Bellamy, in favor of asbestos safety
legislation, November 14, 1985; list of endorsers of asbestos
legislation; correspondence re councilman race in Queens between two
factions of the county Democratic committee, both labor-friendly, July
1985; letter to Mazur from Sal Albanese of Brooklyn, asking for
endorsement in councilman race, June 10, 1985; letter from Mazur to
members of the City Planning Commission in support of banning transient
hotels in the SoHo/Chinatown area to preserve manufacturing use of
district, January 24, 1985
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NYC-42nd Street Development Project
See also NYC Garment Center Special District Testimony 1986-1987; see
also Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984 Statement by Mazur before the
Board of Estimate at hearing on industrial retention and relocation,
opposing grants to firms that leave Manhattan, August 16, 1984; letter
from the Apparel Manufacturers Association to the NYC Office of Business
Development, objecting to the proposed Industrial Retention Program
giving grants to firms leaving Manhattan, August 13, 1984; summary of
Board of Estimate Statement; Testimony by Mazur on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the 42nd St. Redevelopment Project,
March 26, 1984; Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the 42nd St. Redevelopment Project, submitted to the NYS Urban
Development Corp. by the ILGWU, May 1984; testimony by Mazur at the UDC
hearing on the 42nd St. Redevelopment Project, September 6, 1984; index
cards with talking points re economic impact of garment center; press
release, Statement by Mayor Edward I. Koch, Comptroller Harrison J.
Goldin and City Council President Carol Bellamy re Times Square
redevelopment and garment center, November 8, 1984; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes
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Board of Education, NYC
Letter to principal of Norman Thomas High School for Commercial Education
thanking Mazur for contribution of $250 for a scholarship, May 23, 1991;
letter from Mazur to Robert F. (Bobby) Wagner, Jr., on his appointment
as NYC Schools Chancellor, October 3, 1989; list of industrial literacy,
skills training, and English as a Second Language programs conducted by
the ILGWU for presentation to schools chancellor Richard Green, June 17,
1988
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NYC Congressional Tour and Fashion Show
Tour of New York City offered biennially to new members of Congress
featuring an ILGWU-sponsored fashion show of apparel produced in New
York City. Letters from Mazur to NYC mayor Ed Koch and other officials
inviting them to attend the show, April 13, 1987; letter to Mazur from
Rep. Charles Rangel, noting that 68 members of Congress would attend,
May 1, 1989; list of companies represented and fashion items presented;
agenda of all tour events; remarks by Mazur (?); memo to Mazur from
ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re need to put on a less
expensive show, recommending against sponsorship by Philip Morris,
January 8, 1991
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NYC Commercial Rent Control
See also NYC Garment Center Special District; see also NYC Industrial
Loft Advisory Council; see also Speeches - NYC Commercial Rent Hearings
1989; see also Speeches - Garment Center 2001; see also Koch, Mayor
1985-1990; see also NYC 1984-1986 Memo to ILGWU exec. asst. James
Parrott outlining arguments for preserving manufacturing in NYC, April
28, 1988; memo from Mazur to ILGWU NYC managers re union's support of
Intro. 914, January 15, 1988, with attached fact sheet, flyer for
coalition event, and testimony by Mazur at City Council hearing,
December 1, 1987; summary of commercial rent arbitration bill by sponsor
councilwoman Ruth Messinger: "Statement on Discharge of Intro. #1237,"
June 13, 1989; Memorandum in Opposition to Intro. 2345 and in support of
Intro. 914-A by the Federation of Apparel Manufacturers (Eli Elias,
president), June 14, 1989; City of New York Office of the Mayor
Memorandum in Support of state legislation to amend the Public Service
Law limiting electricity surcharges imposed by landlords to commercial
tenants, May 9, 1989, with cover letter to Mazur urging lobbying
support, sample letter, list of key legislators, May 23, 1989; ILGWU
Testimony, City Council Hearings on Commercial Rent Control, December
11, 1986; memo from Parrott to Mazur re ACTWU contribution to commercial
rent campaign, need to speak to ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman for more,
lack of donations from musicians, printers unions, April 13, 1989;
letter to Mazur from Sheinkman suggesting they work together on
commercial rent problem, June 1, 1984; memo to Mazur from Susan Cowell
re commercial rent control and related legislative efforts, May 23,
1984; newspaper clippings
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NYC Commission on the Status of Women
Letter from the NYC Commission on the Status of Women to ILGWU
secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon seeking financial support for CAW
Fund, Inc., established to raise additional dollars, with description of
programs, list of corporate and foundation contributors, newspaper
clippings, February 1, 1988
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NYC Economic Development Corp.
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation; see also NYC - City
Council - Economic Development Committee 1993; see also Speeches -
Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC - Workforce Development
Commission 1993; see also NYC - Office of Business Development; see also
Speeches - Levine, Randy - Talking Points 1997 Talking points for Mazur
for meetings with Clay Lifflander, president, NYC Economic Development
Corp., August 23 and October 8, 1994; letter to Lifflander, expressing
disappointment over several canceled meetings, noting previous working
relationship with every head of EDC since its creation, September 22,
1994; proposal for Giuliani administration, "A Public/Private
Partnership for the New York Apparel Industry," describing history of NY
labor partnerships, including the Garment Industry Development
Association (GIDC), Council for American Fashion (CAF), Fashion
Exports/New York (FE/NY), collaborations with the Fashion Institute of
Technology, and others; related correspondence; newspaper clipping
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NYC Economy-NAFTA
"NAFTA and New York: Not Made for Each Other," by Jay Mazur, n.d.
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NYC- Fashion Center Annual Report
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation Annual report, 1994-95,
of the Fashion Center Management Association, Inc., the manager of the
Fashion Center Business Improvement District; includes budget, security
incidents, letters from business owners, newspaper clippings
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NYC- Made in NYC Fashion Industry proposal
See also NYC Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also Garment
Industry Development Corporation Proposals by Mazur for a "Made in New
York City" campaign to promote the fashion industry and for an in-house
city government "think tank" for economic development and related
(housing, education) policy; op-ed piece by Mazur urging greater
financial support by city government of apparel manufacturing sector, c.
1990
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NYC Garment Center Special District
See also NYC - Commercial Rent Control; see also NYC Industrial Loft
Advisory Council; see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984; see
also Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984; see also Local 23-25 -
Garment Center Rally 1962-1972 Letters from Mazur to Gerald Shaw,
president of Oscar de la Renta and others, urging them to testify in
support of creating a Garment Center Special District, which would
preserve manufacturing in perpetuity within the city's traditional
garment district, March 9; Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, on
the Garment Center Special District, Board of Estimate Hearing, March
26, 1987; garment center fact sheet; letter from Mazur to Assemblyman
Jerrold Nadler re Nadler's support for zoning to preserve manufacturing
as expressed in his letter to the Village Voice, December 9, 1986
(attached)
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NYC-Manufacturing "White Paper"
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation; see also Council for
American Fashion Second draft and final (?) bound "A Comprehensive
Approach to New York City Apparel Manufacturing Development Policy,"
submitted by the ILGWU, March 1990, with cover memo to Mazur from exec
asst James Parrott
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NYC, Mayoral Race 1993, NY1 NewsPoll
see also Dinkins; see also Giuliani Weekly poll results conducted by Lou
Harris of LH Research for New York 1 News, division of Time Warner
Entertainment (sponsored by NYNEX Corporation) of residents' attitudes
on a multitude of variables in Giuliani-Dinkins race, other issues,
March-October; questions on survey form for June 15-17; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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NYC, Deputy Mayor, Lynch, Bill
Correspondence with Bill Lynch, deputy mayor of New York under David
Dinkins, re exploitation of workers by Williamsburg Trade Association,
February 1, 1990; visit by British Labour Party head Neil Kinnock,
November 9, 1989; meeting with Sanford Garelik, executive director,
Garment Industry Security Council, June 5, 1990; budget for Garment
Industry Development Corp. (GIDC), June 11, 1990; appointment of ILGWU
representative to New York City Loft Board, February 15, 1990;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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NYC- Pinero, Sally Hernandez, Deputy Mayor
Letter to NYC Mayor Dinkins, copied to Deputy Mayor Pinero, re the
Business Relocation Assistance Corporation (BRAC) and the need to change
the policies of the Koch administration, which discouraged retention of
apparel manufacturing in Manhattan, September 20, with attached
statement by Mazur before the NYC Planning Commission, September 11;
letter from Mazur to Pinero suggesting meeting re economic development
policies with Wallace Ford, commissioner, Office of Business Services,
and Paul Marinaccio, executive director, Economic Policy and Marketing
Group, July 12; outline of notes in preparation for September 27 meeting
with Ford and Marinaccio; draft notes from August 16 meeting with Pinero
and David Smith, commissioner, Office of Business Development; letter to
Mayor Dinkins from Rogi Equities & Investors (dba Chop Chop Cutting
Services) threatening to move out of state unless the city provides a
tax rebate, June 17; charts showing New York City apparel employment;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott reporting finding by
Kurt Salmon Associates that out-of-town buyers inject at least $100
million annually into the NYC economy, September 26; outline of notes,
"NYC 1991: World's Capital in Transition"; letter from Mazur to Pinero
re city's efforts to save Mademoiselle Knitwear from bankruptcy, urging
that rights of workers be considered, March 26
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NYC- Pinero, Sally Hernandez, Deputy Mayor
see also Garment Industry Development Corporation "A Comprehensive
Approach to New York City Apparel Manufacturing Development Policy,"
submitted by the ILGWU, March 1990; letter to Mazur from Deputy Mayor
Pinero agreeing with his support for relocating Marlene Sportswear to
the Brooklyn Army Terminal, April 17, 1990; letter from Mazur to Pinero
re city's favorable tax treatment of Domsey Trading Corporation, engaged
in anti-union activity, asserting that public funds should be used to
further quality, not just quantity, of jobs, June 11; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott outlining items for discussion during
meetings with Pinero and Mayor Dinkins, June 11 and August 16; fact
sheets re importance of garment manufacturing industry for NYC; memo
from Mazur to Mayor Dinkins and Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch summarizing
points discussed at June 8 meeting re restoration of funding to Garment
Industry Development Corporation (GIDC), promoting "Made in NY" apparel,
holding a mini-summit on apparel manufacturing policy, exploring a
mixed- use development in the Bronx, and other economic development
issues, June 11; letter from Mazur to Dinkins urging continued funding
of GIDC, May 7; memo to Mazur from Parrot re GIDC budget for FY 1991; "A
Proposal to Promote New York City's Fashion Industry," submitted by the
ILGWU, August 14; copy of cover story from Women's Wear Daily, "SA to
City Hall: Give Us Respect, and a Lot More," with note from Mazur to
Pinero, asking her to call him, July 17; invitation from Mazur for
Pinero to address the Council for American Fashion (CAF), June 13;
letter from Mazur to Pinero seeking clarification re mayor's Small
Business Assistance plans, October 17
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NYC- City Council, Economic Development Committee
Statement by Mazur before the New York City Council Committee on Economic
Development endorsing city's "Strong Economy, Strong City" report,
October 18, 1993
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NYC-City Council- Finance Division
Notice of Executive Budget hearings for fiscal year 1995, with attached
schedule for agency hearings; list of officials of NYC Central Labor
Council, AFL-CIO
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NYC- City Council Race
Letters to Mazur from several candidates for NY City Council, asking for
ILGWU endorsement, with campaign literature; schedule of candidate
interviews by ILGWU, August 8, 1991; spreadsheet analysis of races in
all 51 districts, showing status of seat (incumbent strength), names of
candidates, ethnic composition of neighborhoods and ethnic percentage
breakdown of registered voters, concentration of ILGWU members or
retirees, number of petition signatures obtained, amount of money
raised, some positions on issues
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NYC-City Planning Commission
See also Speeches - Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990 Notes to Mazur from
vp Susan Cowell re hearing by City Planning Commission on Garment Center
zoning plan, January 28, 1988; letter from Mazur to chair of City
Planning Commission expressing interest in participating in planning for
the next half-century of NYC, September 13, 1988
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New York City Central Labor Council
Copy of letter (in English, Spanish, and Chinese) from Mazur sent to all
ILGWU members and retirees in NY metropolitan area in support of
striking workers at Daily News, calling for boycott, with cover letter
to New York City Central Labor Council, November 7, 1990; mailgram from
Gus Bevona, president of Local 328-32J, SEIU, to NYC Central Labor
Council president Tommy Van Arsdale urging support of striking doormen,
porters, and other building maintenance members of, April 22, 1991;
Labor Council Alert fact sheet re Campaign for Justice in Brooklyn
supporting ILGWU organizing efforts against Williamsburg Trade
Association, and letter from Mazur offering thanks, January 24, 1990;
letter to Mazur from Victor Gotbaum soliciting financial support for the
Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies, Graduate School, City
University of New York (CUNY), with attached description of center and
major projects, May 31, 1990; letter re second annual Asian Labor
Festival, sponsored by the Asian Labor Committee of the NYC Central
Labor Council, July 19, 1990; letter from Van Arsdale re labor
activities supporting Dinkins mayoral campaign, July 21, 1989; flyer
publicizing march on Washington, D.C. demanding affordable housing,
October 7; memo to AFL-CIO Finance Committee from secretary-treasurer
Thomas Donahue re debt problems with United Labor Agency in Washington,
D.C., April 17, 1989; manuscript, "Rebuilding a Presidential Majority,"
by William A. Galston, University of Maryland, with cover note to Mazur
from Ted H. Jacobsen, secretary of the NYC Central Labor Council, March
31, 1989; letter to Mazur from Van Arsdale re planned discussion at
Executive Board meeting of the changing political situation re
candidates for NYC mayor, January 10, 1989; recommendations of
candidates for congressional and state office, April 23, 1990; appeal to
Mazur for financial support for toys for children of striking
machinists, December 11, 1989; letter to Mazur about providing office
space for the New York chapter of Social Democrats USA, April 17,
1990
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New York City Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
Correspondence from Mazur to Tommy Van Arsdale, president, and other
members of the New York City Central Labor Council re Labor Day parade,
testimony in favor of commercial rent binding arbitration bill; draft of
constitution and by-laws; page proof of pamphlet, "Human Rights for
American Workers," published by the Trade Union Leadership Institute,
New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, February 25
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New York City Central Labor Council
List of officers and Executive Board; roster of affiliates and member
census; correspondence re needs assessment survey for workplace literacy
programs, August 31, November 2, 1987; strike support for Federation of
Professional Athletes, September 18, 1987; letters to members of
Congress (Scheuer, Schumer, Solarz, Molinari, Green) re trade
legislation, August 3, 1987, with reply from Molinari opposing
"protectionism," August 14, 1987; letter withholding endorsement of
Congressmen Schumer and Solarz for their refusal to override
presidential veto of trade bill, October 29, 1986; letters of
endorsement for candidates for Democratic district leaders; alert and
flyer re strike at NBC by National Association of Broadcast Employees
and Technicians; flyers for plant closing legislation; memos opposing
hospital and nursing home ownership by out-of-state corporations;
opposing use of foreign repair stations by U.S. commercial aircraft;
letter to Mazur reporting on efforts to aid the trade bill, April 16,
1987; letter to Mazur re setting up political action committees in each
borough, April 16, 1987; letter to Mazur re challenge by Victor Gotbaum
to Central Labor Council constitution and election of officers, December
1, 1986; excerpt of minutes of Executive Board meeting of September 18,
1986, re purchase of tickets for annual dinner-dance of Black Trade
Unionist Leadership Committee, opposition by Victor Gotbaum to ethnic
caucuses as part of larger council; letter re increase in per capita
dues, May 22, 1985
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NYC- Industrial Loft Advisory Council
See also NYC - Commercial Rent Control; see also NYC Garment Center
Special District; see also Speeches - NYC Commercial Rent Hearing 1989;
see also Speeches - Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC
1984-1986; see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984; see also
Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984 Letter to Mayor Ed Koch from James
Gill, chairman of the Industrial Loft Advisory Council, re decline of
manufacturing jobs, need to halt conversion of industrial space into
commercial uses, April 11, 1986, with cover letter to Mazur;
correspondence between Gill and commercial photographer Nancy Lowell
McFarland re letter to Koch, with attached copy of local law imposing
moratorium on rent increases on certain commercial properties, January
22, 1986, and cover letter from McFarland to Mazur, March 19, 1986; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell; minutes of eighth and ninth
meetings, September 25, 1984, and February 6, 1985
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NYC- Office of Business Development
See also Council for American Fashion; see also Garment Industry
Development Corporation; see also NYC Economic Development Corporation
1994; see also NYC - Workforce Development Commission 1993; see also
Speeches - Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC 42nd St.
Redevelopment Project 1984 Letter from Mazur to commissioner David A.
Smith inviting him to attend meeting of Council for American Fashion
(CAF)
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NYC--Westside Task Force
Memo to community workshop representatives re consensus of meeting about
a number of planning issues, October 31, 1986
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NYC-Workforce Development Commission
See also NYC - Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also NYC -
Office of Business Development 1990; see also Garment Industry
Development Corporation Confidential report to Mayor Dinkins from deputy
mayor Barry Sullivan, who chaired the commission, focusing on education
and training, December 28, 1998; includes list of members, including
Mazur; dissenting letter from AFSME Disrict Council 37 executive
director Stanley Hill
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New York International Festival of the Arts
Correspondence with Mazur re cultural event held in New York City,
particularly first, held in 1987; newspaper clipping
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New York State (NYS)
Correspondence on a wide range of issues: several updates from state
attorney general Robert Abrams re his priorities; from Coalition for
Progressive NYS Taxation, October 27, 1983; from state senator Franz
Leichter, opposing NYS taxation of Social Security benefits, January 6,
1984; from Abrams, opposing elimination of federal deductibility of
state and local taxes, with attached letter to President Reagan signed
by 21 attorneys general nationwide, August 15, 1985; from governor's
office re Westway State Park, July 20, 1984; from state Department of
Labor re impact of 1986 federal budget, including closure of two dozen
offices and massive layoffs; from Dept. of Labor re proposal to expand
bonding capacity of Job Development Authority, October 16, 1985; from
Assembly minority leader Clarence Rappleyea re drug assistance program
for low-income elderly, May 7 and August 13, 1985; from assistant
majoritiy leader Dick Gottfried re occupational safety and health bill,
September 3, 1985; Rebuild NY bond issue fact sheet, September 23, 1983;
memo to Mazur from Sal Giardina, director, NYS district ILGWU, listing
proposed craft minimums for major market negotiations, June 3, 1985
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NYS Apparel Registration Law
See also Speeches - Apparel Industry Task Force, NYS Dept of Labor 1992;
see also Speeches - Sweatshops Memo from Mazur to ILGWU New York City
managers re enforcement of NYS Apparel Registration Law, requiring
manufacturers and contractors of women's or children's clothing to
register with the state, January 14, 1988; press release, "ILG Backs
Cuomo in Push for Crackdown on Sweatshops," January 6, 1988; copy of
law; copy of notice; copy for registration form; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU exe asst James Parrott re establishment of New York-New Jersey
interstate enforcement unit to coordinate enforcement of the two states'
apparel registration laws, July 8, 1988; memo to Mazur re changes made
to original garment industry registration bill, February 28, 1986; NYS
Department of Labor statistical statement, Apparel Industry Task Force,
December 19, 1988; newspaper clipping
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NYS- Cuomo, Governor Mario
Correspondence from Mazur
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NYS-Cuomo, Mario, reelection campaign
Cover letter to Mazur from Friends of Mario M. Cuomo Committee, Inc.,
with attached text of announcement of reelection for NYS governor by
Cuomo, January 11, 1994; letter from NYS Democratic Committee with
attached positon paper on the economy and fact sheet for rebuttal of
most frequently made distortions, "The Real New York," January 24
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NYS Democratic Committee
Letter to Mazur from NYS Democratic Committee chair John Marino inviting
him to be a trustee of the Democratic State Party and raise or
contribute $5,000, February 13, 1992; letter from Mazur to Gov. Michael
Dukakis as presidential candidate, offering to hold pre-election day
rally on Seventh Ave. garment district, as in past campaigns, July 15,
1988, with cover letter to NYS Democratic Committee advising getting
50,000 Dukakis buttons for the Labor Day parade; memo from Mazur to
ILGWU regional directors and NY-NJ-Pennsylvania managers re meeting to
discuss upcoming political campaign, August 12, 1988; letters from Mazur
to NYS Democratic Committee noting $1,000 contribution, copy of check,
March 3 and June 27, 1988; delegate information re Mazur, June 15, 1988;
request to Mazur from NYS Democratic chair Laurence Kirwin for names of
people aged 20-35 to help form a Task Force on Youth, aimed at
attracting new members, July 7, 1987; notice of time change in New York
Democratic Presidential Forum, December 7, 1988; letter to Mazur
inviting him to Annual State Committee Dinner, March , 1987; letter to
Mazur from state chair Kirwin thanking him for support of annual dinner
celebrating record-breaking Democratic victory in 1986, May 29, 1987
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NYS Department of Economic Development
see also Council for American Fashion Letters from Mazur to commissioner
Vince Tese in support of funding or events for Council for American
Fashion (CAF), Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC), skills
training programs by Fairbrooke Enterprises
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New York State Festival (Congressional)
Letter from Rep. Charles Rangel to Edward Cleary, president, New York
State AFL-CIO, expressing disappointment over lack of labor involvement
in the biennial event, noting importance to New York State in dealing
with Congress, requesting co-sponsorship of luncheon with Mazur to get
labor leaders involved, June 23, 1987; letter to ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow thanking her for support as a vice chairman of
the New York State Festival, held in Washington, D.C., July 1993
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NYS-Garment Industry Advisory Committee (GIAC)
State agency; NYS Department of Labor press release re establishment of
Interstate Enforcement Team to better enforce labor laws in both states'
apparel industries, with cover note to Mazur, July 22, 1988; minutes of
GIAC meeting of December 1, 1992; November 10, 1987; September 22, 1987;
January 27, 1987; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec. vp Wilbur Daniels re
Federation of Apparel Manufacturers' objection to NYS Dept. of Labor's
proposed contractor registration law asking manufacturers to identify
contractors with whom they do business, September 18, 1987; notes by
Parrott re proceedings of May 13, 1986 GIAC meeting; agendas for
September 24, 1992, and February 9, 1993, meetings; outline of
legislation to enhance anti-sweatshop enforcement in the NYS apparel
industry; committee code of conduct, signed by Mazur, February 26, 1989;
correspondence with state legislators and others
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NYS-Governor's Labor Roundtable
Minutes, August 14
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NYS-Governor's School and Business Alliance Task
Force
See also Consortium for Worker Education Meeting notice with attached ad
printed in Olean Times Herald, October 31, 1988; introductory remarks
submitted by Saul Rosen (for Mazur?) re ILGWU's Consortium for Worker
Education, December 12, 1988; press release announcing creation of task
force, September 9, 1986; letter to Mazur asking him to serve on new
Governor's School and Business Alliance Task Force, August 7, 1986;
agenda for October 17, 1986, meeting
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NYS-Governor's Task Force on Work and Famiily
Letter to Mazur from J. R. Petty, chairman of Marine Midland Bank, re
first meeting of the Subcommittee on Personnel Policies and Employee
Benefits in the Private Sector, February 17, 1988, with attached agenda
and work plan; notes for meeting with Petty, re need for legislative
mandate for paid family leave; letter to Mazur re meeting, with attached
subcommittee guidelines
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NYS Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Abatement
Board
Letter to Mazur informing him that an ILGWU proposal for a health and
safety training project has been approved for funding, November 13,
1986
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NYS-State University of New York (SUNY)
Memo to presidents of community colleges re pending addition to the
Education Law indemnifying officers and employees of community colleges,
with attached Assembly bill, August 15, 1980
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NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, February
18 |
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NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, December
17 |
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NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, December
17 |
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NYS Urban Development Corp., Directors Meeting,January
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Meeting of Directors, January 21 (privileged and
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Meeting of Directors, February 18, privileged and
confidential |
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Meeting of Directors, December 17, privileged and
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Media: New York Times
Letters to the editor from Mazur responding to articles and editorials on
trade and industrial homework, 1986-1993; draft of Op-Ed by Mazur for
NYT or Washington Post re role of unions in preventing further erosion
in real wages, retirement of AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, June 21,
1995; letter to the editor from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
criticizing editorial against Textile and Apparel bill, July 31, 1990;
letter to Mazur from Empire State College (SUNY), complimenting him on
his article in New York Times re industrial homework, October 20, 1986;
letter to Mazur from writer at the New York Times noting his comments in
Women's Wear Daily indicating a change of opinion from a criticism of
her article a year earlier, asking to discuss in person (all articles
attached), August 25, 1992; newspaper clippings on immigration,
imports/trade
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NY Urban Coalition
Agenda and minutes of Board of Directors meetings, budgets, finance
committee reports, reports of major program areas 1989-91; New York City
Public Schools budget fact sheet, December 10, 1991, and related
materials; printed report on Local School Development Project, n.d.;
letter to Mazur re urgent need for working capital of $2 million,
January 9, 1989; copy of ILGWU contribution check for $500 to coalition,
with cover letter from Mazur, September 12, 1989; "3-Year Strategic
Plan," June 1987; memo re resignation of president Arthur Barnes, May
25, 1993; list of committee members and meeting dates, January 7
1993
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NY Urban League
Draft of letter to Greater New York Fund/United Way outlining financial
reorganization plan of New York Urban League, December 14, 1987
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Nicaragua
Draft statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Nicaragua, February
1993; letter to Mazur from the Central American Peace and Democracy
Watch, signed by John T. Joyce, president, International Union of
Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, and Charles S. Robb, former governor
of Virginia, re need for observers to promote democracy, April 12, 1988;
"The Central American Peace Accord: An Evaluation," Report of an AFL-CIO
Delegation to Central America, January 3-11, 1988, with cover sheet,
"Talking Points: Why should Nicaragua be considered the country least in
compliance with the Peace Accord"; memo to ILGWU regional directors and
NYC managers alerting them about labor tours to Central America
sponsored by affiliates of the communist World Federation of Trade
Unions (WFTU), noting that AFL-CIO is affiliated with International
Conferderation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), May 10, 1988, with attached
memo from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland (1985) and statement by
AFL-CIO Executive Council on Relatons with ICFTU Affiliates (1985);
speech by Alvin Guthrie, secretary general of the Nicaraguan
Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CUS), at the League for Industrial
Democracy's Award Luncheon for John Sweeney, president of the Service
Employees International Union, June 12, 1986; mailgram to Mazur listing
endorsers of Prodemca Statement on Nicaragua, February 24, 1986;
"Nicaragua's Slow March to Communism," by Joshua Muravchik, This World,
winter 1986
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Nicaragua- report on pre-election visit
Letter to Mazur from Tom Kahn, director of international affairs,
AFL-CIO, re upcoming trip to Nicaragua, December 18, 1989; confidential
memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell expressing concerns over
political motivation of AIFLD (AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor
Development) trip, ostensibly sponsored as a labor solidarity trip but
actually designed to discredit elections and promote right-wing agenda,
March 10, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU Local 99 education director
Sonia Laracuente, expressing similar concerns as Cowell re politicized
AIFLD trip, April 12, 1990; official report by Laracuente re trip, April
9, 1990; drafts (?) of memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO's Tom Kahn, noting
concerns about the trip, April 9 and 16, 1990; Report on the 1990
Nicarguan Elections, by Susan Cowell, calling elections a stunning
victory for democracy; Background Notes on Nicaragua, calling elections
a stunning victory for democracy (unsigned, undated); AIFLD Nicaragua
Source Book, 1988, newsletter, clippings, and cover letters from AIFLD
official David Jessup relating to trip and elections, April 16,
1990;
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Nicaragua-inauguration
Official invitation to Mazur from Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega
Saavedra to attend inauguration of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, April
15, 1990; memo to AIFLD official Jesse Friedman from Gordon F. Ellison
re inauguration activities, April 10, 1990; faxed itinerary, Nicaragua
Inauguration AFL-CIO Delegation, April 23, 1990
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Nigeria
Draft resolution by the International Textile, Garment and Leather
Workers Federation Executive Committee noting that Nigeria is in
violation of an International Labor Organization Convention, ratified by
Nigeria, respecting the right of workers to join trade unions, October
1990; letters from the National Union of Textile Garment & Tailoring
Workers of Nigeria to Mazur and other ILGWU officials inviting them to
visit their union, thanking them for hosting a visit to the U.S., July
and October 1986; letter from Adams Oshiomhole, general secretary of the
National Union of Textile Garment & Tailoring Workers of Nigeria,
asking the ILGWU for reimbursement of airfare for upcoming visit and
requesting airfare for another official, April 4, 1986; reply from
ILGWU's Briones, denying request for additional fare, April 14, 1986;
related correspondence
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Nygard International
Mailgram to ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from P. J. Nygard, chairman of
Nygard International, Marina Del Rey, CA, asking for confirmation about
the official status of Gerald Roy, new ILGWU Canadian director, May 15,
1986
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Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Posters and flyers for Workers Memorial Day, with cover letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, February 3, 1992; official
comments of the ILGWU on the Proposal to Initiate Rulemaking on
Ergonomic Safety and Health Management, with cover letter from Mazur to
the Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration,
January 28, 1993; Labor Department press releases: "OSHA Invites
Applications for $1.2 Million in Targeted Training Grants," June 29,
1993, and "OSHA Saipan Garment Factory Inspections Bring $559,900 in
Penalties," March 26, 1992; Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO,
Program Report: Health Safety and Environment, August 8, 1993; letter
sent to the Executive Committee of the Council on American Fashion
(CAF), February 25, 1992, urging support for the Comprehensive
Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act (H.R. 3160, S. 1622), the
first significant change in the law since its passage in 1970; ILGWU
press release, "Mazur Urges Passage of OSHA Reform," February 15, 1994;
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) press release,
December 2, 1988, and comment to Secretary of Labor re revised OSHA
standard for formaldehyde, October 31, 1988; memo to Mazur re
multi-union lawsuit challenging the revision to the formaldehyde
standard, June 21, 1989; letters to Mazur from Department of Labor OSHA
re violations at Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA, facilities, 1989-90;
letter to Howard Samuel, president, Industrial Union Department,
AFL-CIO, from Robert E. Wages, president, Oil, Chemical & Atomic
Workers (OCAW) re toxic tort compensation, January 15, 1992; article in
Democratic Left, "Reinventing OSHA: Reform Requires New, Not Less,
Government Insight," by George J. Kourpias, September/October 1993; memo
to Mazur re meeting of the Board of Directors of the Occupational Heath
Foundation, November 21, 1990
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Occupational Health
Mailgram to Mazur re meeting of the Occupational Health Forum/IUD
(Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO), December 27, 1988, with attached
list of members from labor and industry; letter to Mazur re meeting of
Mount Sinai Hospital's Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinic
Advisory Board, April 19, 1989, with attached minutes of March 1
meeting
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Occupational Health-Human Resources Subcommittee, House
Committee-Mazur testimony
Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, before the Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Committee on
Governmental Operations, re occupational health and safety hazards in
the garment industry, need for more funding of NIOSH, April 17, 1989
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Part-time employment
Paper by Anne Nelson, Cornell ILR, presented April 10, "Implications of
the Growth of the Temporary Help Workforce," with cover letter re recent
Supreme Court ruling re sexual harassment, and testimony by NYC Women
Firefighters
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Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations
Letter from director Martin J. Morand to Mazur inviting him to conference
on workplace participation, with attached article by Norman Eiger
quoting Gus Tyler, "Organizing for Quality of Working Life," in Labor
Studies Journal fall 1989 and (unpublished?) paper by Kim Fellner, "In
Search of the Movement: 1960s Activists in Labor"; paper by Morand
presented at 1990 annual conference, Canadian Industrial Relations
Association, "Convergence Yes: But at Whose Expense?" sent to Mazur by
Morand, July 11, 1990
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Penn South Cooperative Housing
Nonprofit cooperative housing in NYC built by ILGWU with partial city,
state, and federal funding for moderate income residents, originally
primarily for garment workers; statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU,
in Support of Application by Penn South for 25 Years Phase-in of Local
Real Estate Taxes, before the NYC Board of Estimate, June 30, 1987, with
note "revised by Walter Mankoff 6/25/87," with earlier copy, 6/24;
letter to Mazur from Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., re decision to
increase the mortgage to make capital improvements, March 24, 1987;
minutes of co-op Board of Directors meeting, February 17 and March 17,
1987, with cover letters to Mazur; article from New York magazine,
October 27, 1986; copy of Penn South News, March 1987, with photos of
Mazur, mayor Ed Koch, borough president David Dinkins; notes for speech
or interview with New York Times at dedication ceremonies of housing,
"Community-Minded Unionism - New York Times May 19, 1962"; memo noting
that Penn South now generating 100 percent of its electricity, August
27, 1986
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Political correspondence
Letters from candidates thanking Mazur for campaign contributions: Bob
Mendez, for re-election to Congress, September 13, 1995; NYS Friends of
Peter Vallone, May 2, 1994; Peter Vallone, November 3, 1995; from
elected officials re substantive policy issues: House Majority Leader
Dick Gephart, with attached speech, "The Democratic Challenge in the
104th Congress," re Democratic electoral losses over economic issues,
December 13, 1994; 1994 NYS election analysis by Richard Winsten of
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, noting shift in power to suburbs and
upstate, strategies in a post-Cuomo environment, November 17, 1994;
correspondence from the Center for Public Integrity, reporting on
activities, July - November 1994; executive summary of focus group
findings by Hart Research Associates re union members' political
attitudes, noting tenuous allegiance to Democrats, cynicism for all
party politics, September 19, 1995; letter from Mazur to Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver re threats by Pataki administration to rescind
funds for apparel industry development projects (GIDC and CAF), March
15, 1995
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Political correspondence
Explanations from Sens. John Chafee (Rhode Island) and John Kerry (Mass.)
re override vote on Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 10,
1986; letter from Sen. Robert Byrd noting support of override of veto of
trade act; solicitation of financial support for the Bobby Hill for
Lieutenant Governor, Georgia, campaign, July 3; letter from Peter
Nadash, director of ILGWU Upper South Dept., recommending contribution
to candidates for Maryland Attorney General (Steve Sachs) and Lt.
Governor (Parren Mitchell) in Democratic primary, July 2; letter from
Paul Winslow, regional director, ILGWU Central States Region, requesting
donation for reelection of Bill Clinton as Governor of Arkansas, June
16; letter to Mazur from Mark Green, asking for endorsement for
candidacy for U.S. Senate, noting other labor endorsements, with
attached letter from AFSCME and CWA discussing why they endorsed him,
June 12; letter from John Dyson campaign, with attachments endorsing him
for U.S. Senate, July 10; letter from Rep. Ed Towns (D.-NY), asking for
support for Mike Espy in Democratic primary in Mississippi, May 9;
letter to Mazur from NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams re establishment
of a state Ethics Commission, proposal to Democratic state chair to
adopt rules against high-ranking party official from doing business with
the state, May 16; letter from Abrams seeking reelection support,
invitation to kick-off rally, May 23; analyses of ethnic/socioeconomic
composition of districts; Kiplinger Washington letter, October 24; many
other requests for contributions from political campaigns, thanks for
support
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Ratner, Bruce C. (Forest City Ratner Companies, NY)
Letter to Mazur thanking him for assistance with gala, asking if any
follow-up is needed by Ratner, the DNC (Democratic National Committee),
or the White House, May 14, 1993
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Regional Plan Association
Letter of resignation from Mazur as director of Regional Plan
Association, citing heavy time demands in position as president of
ILGWU, April 21, 1988; letter from Regional Plan Association, accepting
resignation, May 25, 1988; list of nominations to the board, February
23, 1988; minutes of Executive Committee and Board of Directors
meetings, 1986; press release from association urging "yes" vote on
Environmental Quality Bond Act, October 28, 1986; letter to NYS
legislators urging more support for mass transit, asking Mazur to sign,
November 10, 1986; draft report re access options to Newark Airport,
November 10, 1986
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Reich, Robert (Secretary of Labor)
Letter to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich re relationship between DOL and
INS in enforcement of labor protections for undocumented workers in
sweatshops, September 7, 1995; concern over workers in Saipan, January
16, 1996; statement by Mazur on model agreement between San Francisco
manufacturers and contractors, objecting to wages and hours provisions,
with cover letter to Reich, January 6, 1994; other correspondence
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Rehabilitation International
Newsletters, January 25, 1988; letter to Susan Cowell from the Central
Labor Rehabilitation Council on New York, Inc., informing her of her
election to the Board of Directors, July 14, 1988
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Republicans
Washington Post press clipping: letter from Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) to
Reagan budget director David Stockman criticizing slow approach to
dismantling liberal society, and opinion piece from Delaware Gov. Pete
du Pont IV saying that the landslide presidential victory wasn't enough,
November 11, 1984
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Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
Letter to Mazur from RWDSU president Lenore Miller thanking him for
writing to Peter Pestillo to recognize the rights of Local 1064,
September 22, 1988; letter from Mazur to Miller soliciting contribution
to the Center for Labor-Management Studies at the City University
Graduate School (CUNY), January 29, 1991; RWDSU constitiution, as
amended June 1990; notice of merger meeting with United Food and
Commercial Workers, April 9, 1993; related correspondence and
newsletters
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Retooling New York
Letter inviting Mazur to conference of elected officials, bankers,
developers, journalists, industrialists, and labor leaders re future of
New York City's manufacturing sector, cosponsored by the Community
Service Society of New York and the Queens Overall Economic Development
Corporation, October 14, 1986
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Rohatyn, Felix
Letter from Mazur to Rohatyn inviting him to participate in cultural
project celebrating contribution of immigrant families to history of NYC
and the labor movement, April 10, 1990, with copies of same letter to
Frank Mori, president of Anne Klein, and to Vince Tese and Dr. Ruth
Westheimer
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Roll Call
Letters to Mazur soliciting advertising in Roll Call ("The Newspaper of
Capitol Hill"), with memo from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler suggesting
waiting for most appropriate time in congressional activity, August -
September 1986; advertising rates; sample back issues
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Roper Public Opinion-perception of labor
Memo re results of Roper Reports attitude survey showing increased
confidence in labor leaders by American public, March 28, 1991
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Rosenberg/Humphrey Program in Public Affairs,The City College of
New York (CCNY)/CUNY
Letter to Mazur inviting him to serve on the Advisory Board of the
Rosenberg/ Humphrey program, September 7, 1988, with affirmative reply,
October 18; letters re meetings; printed copies of lectures: "The Cycles
of American Politics," by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., December 4, 1985;
"How to Get the Poor Off Our Mind - Formulae Ancient, Modern, and Now,"
by John Kenneth Galbraith, April 21, 1986; "Fiscal Policy, Public
Morality and the Failure of Leadership," by William H. Grey III, April
27, 1987; and "Race, Affirmative Action and the Constitution," by
Herbert Hill, April 27, 1988; brochure describing the program
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Reid, Rose Marie
Division of Jonathan Logan. Notes re meeting; activity report on firm
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Save Our Security (SOS) Coalition (Social Security)
Correspondence between Mazur and the Coalition to Protect Social Security
re contribution; fundraising letter from Mazur to unionists, June
1986
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Share Our Strength (SOS)
Letters to Mazur re contributions to events sponsored by network of
restaurants raising money for local food banks, homeless shelters, and
other relief agencies; newspaper article by SOS director Bill Shore in
Nation's Restaurant News, August 4, 1986, "What the Industry Can Do To
Battle Hunger in America"; other newspaper clipping
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Salvation Army/Domsey Trading Corp.
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones
re worldwide campaign against Domsey Trading Corp., Brooklyn, NY, for
its abuse of workers, July 22, 1990; letters from Mazur and from Rev.
Jesse Jackson, National Rainbow Coalition, to Salvation Army official
noting profits made by Domsey from buying clothing contributions from
Salvation Army and reselling them in African and other Third World
nations, describing abuse of workers, asking for meeting, July 19 and
23, 1990; letter from Domsey Fiber Corporation/Domsey International
Sales Corporation president to National Rainbow Coalition expressing
offense at Rev. Jackson's public remarks, July 17, 1990; letter to Mazur
from the regional representative of the AFL-CIO African-American Labor
Center noting difficulty in tracing clothing shipments in Kenya despite
decree banning import of used clothing, July 26, 1990; newspaper
clippings; handwritten notes by Mazur
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School of International and Public Affairs (Columbia
University)
Letter from the dean to AFSCME District Council 37 special advisor Victor
Gotbaum, newly appointed as Samuel Gompers Professor of Labor-Management
Relations at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School,
offering to participate in activities together with New York University,
September 3, 1987, with cover letter from Gotbaum to Mazur, noting
positive development, September 19, 1987
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Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local
32B-32J
Press release re appointment of top NAACP executive, Joe Madison,
political director for SEIU, May 13, 1986; routine correspondence
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Serrano, Assemblyman Jose E.
Letter from Mazur to NYS Assemblyman Jose Serrano inviting him to address
the graduation ceremony of English as a Second Language and other
worker-students from citywide union program established in part through
workplace literacy legislation sponsored by Serrano, May 19, 1988
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Smoot-Hawley
Article by ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler re the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of
1930, "Managing Our Trade: The Wrong Shadow of Smoot-Hawley," in the New
Leader, January 11-25, 1988, arguing that the tariff neither caused nor
exacerbated the Great Depression, with cover letter to Mazur, March 18,
1988
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Social Democrats
Position paper, "Why America Needs a Social Democratic Movement," with
cover letter to Mazur from Social Democrats, USA, asking him to endorse
the statement, April 30, 1993; speeches presented at national
convention, 1990; speech by Mazur and program and seating list of
testimonial dinner for Mazur, given the Eugene V. Debs Award by Social
Democrats, June 10, 1987; related correspondence, including
congratulatory letters and telegrams from NY governor Cuomo and members
of Congress; issues of the Social Democrat newsletter, July 1987 and
Fall 1988; issue papers re the industrial base of the U.S. economy in
the high-tech age, union busting (with cover letters noting that they
were sent to all members of Congress, April 28 and June 15, 1987), the
1988 elections; press release "Socialist International Mission Visits
Chile October 9-12," 1986; letter from Social Democrats to Department of
Labor, urging that the new rule allowing industrial homework be
recinded, September 9, 1986; confidential report, sent to Mazur, re
Socialist International Latin America Committee meeting in Panama,
disputes with pro- Sandinista representatives, October 20, 1986; letter
from Social Democrats sent to all members of Congress urging approval of
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987
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Social functions, parties
List of Christmas gift and card recipients, 1980 and 1982; Christmas and
New Year party invitations; list of regional Plan Association, Inc.,
officers and board of directors, 1985/86; list of members of New York
Skirt & Sportswear Association; list of ILGWU officers and staff for
invitations to various functions
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Solidarity Committee
See also ALF-CIO Organizing and International Solidarity Sub-Committee
(International Organizing and Solidarity Committee) Agenda (outline of
talking points) for AFL-CIO International Organizing and Solidarity
Committee, September 23, 1994
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South Africa
Letter from NYS Comptroller Edward Regan to Cleveland Robinson, New York
Anti-Apartheid Coordinating Council, District 65, UAW, discussing
divestment as strategy for promoting change, asserting that selling
stock in corporations doing business in South Africa relinquishes
ability to influence policy, January 15, 1987; letter to ILGWU assistant
president Gus Tyler from Patrick O'Farrell, executive director of the
AFL-CIO affiliated African-American Labor Center, discussing
coordination of union-to-union programs with counterparts in South
Africa, January 12, 1987; letter from O'Farrell to ILGWU international
affairs director Michele Briones, re upcoming seminar on organizing
techniques for black South African trade unionists, request for intern
positions, January 15, 1987, with cover memo to Mazur from Briones,
January 28; correspondence between South African trade unions and the
Southern African Labour Education Project (SALEP), with SALEP newsletter
and flyer announcing visit by founder Nimrod Sejake in New York and
handwritten cover note to Mazur asking for meeting and sponsorship,
January 30, 1987; letter to Mazur from F. L. Swartz, general secretary
of the South African Federation of Textile, Garment & Leather
Workers Unions (SAFTGLWU) , thanking him for good wishes, acknowledging
that establishment of the federation will bring greater unity for labor
in South Africa, February 16, 1987; letters from Briones to
African-American Labor Center program director Byron Charleton
discussing proposal by ITGLWF for organizing and educational programs
for Nigerian trade unions, budget issues, need for stricter accounting
by ITGLWF, February 19 and March 2, 1987; letter from the general
secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to all
affiliated organizations, asking for contributions for famine relief in
Mozambique, March 19, 1987; letter to Mazur from the executive director
of the Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development re financing for
training program for members of Garment Workers Industrial Union of
Natal, March 26, 1987; letter to Mazur from F. L. Swartz, writing as
honorary secretary of the South African Federation of Leather Trade
Unions, noting that he had resigned from SAFTGLWU, hoping to meet with
Mazur, April 17, 1987; letter to Mazur from Patrick O'Farrell thanking
him for contribution to seminar and internships on union organizing,
April 22, 1987; memo to Mazur from ILGWU international affairs director
Briones re union-to-union proposal, changes in the South African union
leadership, April 22, 1987; letter to Mazur from the Hunger Project
asking for nominations for first annual Africa Prize for Leadership for
the Sustainable End of Hunger, April 3, 1987; minutes of meeting of
Africa Support Group, re Mozambique and Angola, written by ILGWU
director Briones, May 29, 1987; urgent memo to Mazur from Briones re
proposal to work with ACTWU on union-to-union program in South Africa,
June 19, 1987; related memos from Briones; letter from Jack Sheinkman,
president of ACTWU, to the secretary of the SAFTGLWU confirming interest
in participation in union-to-union program; "Re-Building South Africa
Beyond Apartheid: Non-Racial Alliances as Agents for Change," address by
the Hon. Mr. J. H. Steyn, executive chairman, the Urban Foundation
(USA), Inc., to the South Africa Club, London, October 22, 1986; "The
Garment, Textile & Leather Industries in South Africa," prepared by
the AALC (AFL-CIO affiliated African-American Labor Center), October 1,
1986; urgent memo to Mazur from Briones re disaffiliation of National
Union of Leather Workers, regrouping of affiliates, October 27, 1986;
note from Elliot Hague re South Africa-free S&P 500 universe offered
by SM&M Capital Management Corp., October 7, 1986; memo from Briones
to Mazur with attached Report of Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons
trip to South Africa, outline of strategy of economic sanctions to end
apartheid, July 25, 1986; invitation to Mazur for 25th Anniversary
Tribute to Peter, Paul and Mary at the Kennedy Center to benefit the
Free South Africa movement, January 22, 1986; letter to Mazur from
coalition of organizations opposing apartheid, inviting him to meeting
to plan mass demonstration, January 6, 1986; letter to Mazur from
Patrick O'Farrell, executive director of AFL-CIO affiliated
African-American Labor Center noting attack on AFL-CIO by TransAfrica
Forum, a quarterly journal of opinion, with copy of February-March
issues, June 2, 1986; draft of article re recently formed Congress of
South African Trade Unions (COSATU), with cover note to Mazur, January
28, 1986; handwritten notes by participants in sewing class, with
attached newspaper clippings, 1986; mailgrams from Mazur, Sol Chaikin,
and other ILGWU officials to South African president Botha protesting
detention of Yunus Saik and other trade union leaders, January-July,
1986; full-color anti-apartheid posters, urging boycott and sanctions,
by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; memo to Mazur
from Michele Briones reporting on meeting with AALC, October 13, 1986;
report, "The Garment, Textile & Leather Industries in South Africa,"
prepared by AALC, October 7, 1986; handwritten notes; newspaper
clippings with memos to Mazur
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Southern Labor Institute
Report by Southern Labor Institute, "The Climate for Workers in the
United States," comparing conditions by state, August 19, 1986
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Stenzor, Isidor
Obituary of Isador Stenzor; letter to Mazur from Steve Nutter, regional
director of ILGWU Western States Region, thanking him for statement re
Stenzor, March 31, 1988
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Sweatshops
Press release announcing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU to take on sweatshops
and forge new international strategies, February 20; bullet points re
legislation to enhance anti-sweatshop enforcement in NYS apparel
industry; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec vp Susan Cowell re NYS sweatshop
legislation, January 19; analysis of New York Times article of February
6, describing sweatshops throughout NYC; letter from Mazur to Eli Elias,
president of the New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, asking for
united labor-industry support for legislation enhancing enforcement
against sweatshops, January 23; letter from concerned citizens of
Chinatown to firefighters, ILGWU, senators, asking for investigation of
sweatshops, March 29; letter to Mazur from Greater New York
Labor-Religion Coalition, praising ILGWU ad in New York Times against
sweatshops, with attached letter from clothing retailer GAP, September
14; Coalition of Labor Union Women memo, October 8, with attached
information packet including press release, "Secretary Reich Announces
Results of Labor Department's Sweep of New York Garment Industry
Sweatshops," November 30, fact sheet on the NYC Garment Sweatshop
Initiative, list of co-sponsors of Stop Sweatshop Act of 1997, "Dear
Colleague" letter from Reps. William Clay and Nydia Velazquez urging
support of act, sample letter to Guess, calling for elimination of
sweatshops; resolutions submitted by UNITE to AFL-CIO Convention, on
sweatshops and other issues, October 1995; remarks by Mazur at sweatshop
rally, October 26; memo from Mazur to UNITE vice presidents re
anti-sweatshop campaign, November 10; report to Mazur by UNITE
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re press conference by Secretary of
Labor Robert Reich on his anti-sweatshop campaign, December 5; newspaper
clippings
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Sweatshops
Press release, "ILG Backs Cuomo in Push for Crackdown on Sweatshops,"
January 6; U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) report on sweatshops
in the apparel and other industries throughout the U.S., with cover memo
to Mazur and other ILGWU officials from ILG chief counsel Max Zimny,
September 14; press release, statement by Mazur at press conference with
Rep. Chuck Schumer re GAO report on sweatshops, calling for stricter
federal legislation, June 26, 1989
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Tahari
Memo to file from Mazur re clothing firm Tahari, withdrawing from NLRB
action, willing to discuss damages, meet with Mazur and ACTWU president
Jack Sheinkman; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990
See also NAFTA; see also Uruguay Round; see also Globalization; see also
Speeches - Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also Wall Street Journal Press
release by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT),
"FFACT Chairman Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee in Support of
New Textile Bill," June 7, 1990; transcript of statement; "Mobilize to
Win: How You Can Help Enact the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Act of
1990," prepared by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade,
June 1990; FFACT fact sheets, "Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act
Offers Real Solutions to Import Problem," Senate and House cosponsors,
and others, May-June 1990; published scholarly articles, "Trade-Linked
Labor Standards," by Ray Marshall, May 1990, and "The World Economy
after the Cold War," by C. Fred Bergsten, Foreign Affairs, 1990
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Textile and Apparel Trade Legislation
See also ILGWU Legislative Department; see also Globalization; see also
Speeches - Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also ITGLWF Fifth World
Congress, Tokyo, September 26-30, 1988 Confidential memos to Mazur from
ILGWU director of research Herman Starobin re Multifiber Arrangement,
GATT lobbying strategies, May 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative
director Eveyln Dubrow re meeting with Starobin, ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman, and others re strategy, October 20, 1989; letter from Mazur
to Daniel Frierson, chairman of FFACT (and Dixie Yarns) re strategy,
July 27, 1989; letter to Mazur from Sen. Bill Bradley outlining reasons
for his opposition to the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Act of 1988,
with cover letter from Mazur to FFACT chairman Frierson; letter from
Mazur to Frierson with attached memo sent to ILGWU staff re new version
of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, August 26, 1988; outline of
trade information for Mazur re impact on jobs, import penetration; fact
sheet on agricultural exports; trade info for CNN, c. 1988
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Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 Letters
from U.S. members of Congress and senators re their position on Textile
and Apparel Trade Act of 1987; letter to Rep. Stephen Solarz from ILGWU
director of research Herman Starobin, providing requested statistical
analysis, March 11, 1987; letter to Mazur from president of Local 100,
Transport Workers Union, with copy of response by Rep. Solarz explaining
opposition to trade act based on possible loss of jobs in trucking and
other industries, December 15, 1987; letter from Mazur to Workmen's
Circle, urging lobbying on behalf of bill, July 21, 1987; letter from
Rep. Solarz to Walter Kirschenbaum, director of public affairs of
Workmen's Circle, with cover note to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman, October 14, 1987; letter from International Leather Goods,
Plastics and Novelty Workers' Union to members of NY congressional
delegation who voted against the bill, urging them to reconsider when
bill is returned after veto, September 29, 1987; unsigned confidential
memos to Mazur re lobbying strategy; handwritten notes by Mazur; memos
from Mazur to ILGWU staff and all regional directors re need to lobby
senators in their district offices, with list of cosponsors, September
21 and November 16, 1987; form letters to members of Congress and
senators from Social Democrats, USA, supporting bill, August 4, 1987;
letter thanking Mazur for information, offering assistance, from United
Mine Workers president Richard Trumka, July 2, 1987; form letters for
union members to congressmen, newspaper editors, etc., with cover letter
to regional directors re Community Action Day for leafleting at shopping
centers, June 24, 1987; local action checklist, sent to all regional
directors, June 15, 1987; German Press Review digest of articles
critical of trade bill, May 12, 1987; memo with description of Omnibus
Trade Bill of 1987, prepared by staff of the Senate Committee on
Finance, proposed by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.), February 3, 1987;
Congressional Record transcript of Sen. Bentsen's proposal of bill;
letter from Rep. Butler Derrick, chairman of the Congressional Textile
Caucus, updating supporters of HR 1154, noting that omnibus trade bill
does not accomplish enough, March 24, 1987; letter from ILGWU research
director Herman Starobin to secretary of U.S. International Trade
Commission re standardization of rules of origin, January 28, 1987;
letter from Mazur to Lynn Williams, president, United Steelworkers of
America, expressing concern over proposed final report of the Panel on
U.S. Policy Toward the Newly Emerging Industrial Countries of the
Economic Policy Council, suggesting that labor members of panel issue
minority report, February 4, 1987; letter to Mazur from Fight Back
America asking for list of contacts for each ILGWU local, with note from
Mazur to staff asking about the identity of the group; invitation to
ILGWU official Gus Tyler from congressional Office of Technology
Assessment to serve on Advisory Panel on Technology, Innovation, and
U.S. Trade, February 6, 1987; list of unions and other organizations in
coalition to reform the Hatch Act, July 7, 1987; letter from Committee
for International Support of Trade Union Rights to California Labor
Federation re purchase of Korean-made crane by Port of Oakland,
implementation of boycott, April 11, 1987; letters between ILGWU
president emeritus Sol Chaikin and Institute for International Economics
re invitation to meeting of study group on Trade Policy Toward Textiles
and Apparel, with topical agenda, December 8, 1987; the AFL-CIO American
Federationist, "The Roots of the Trade Crisis," April 18, 1987; letter
from Mazur and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman to International
Longshoremen's Association Local 824 president John Bowers asking that
NYS AFL-CIO withhold endorsement of state congressional representatives
who voted against the Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987 despite
promising to support it, with attached list of other union leader
recipients, August 11, 1988; statement by Mazur before the Senate
Committee on Finance in support of the act, July 30, 1987; remarks by
Mazur on the Multifiber Arrangement, for presentation at seminar in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1987; newspaper clippings
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Textile and Apparel Trade Endorsement Act of 1985
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986; see
also Speeches - Democratic Policy Commission; see also Imports -
Roll-Back Campaign 1984-1985; see also Political Correspondence 1986
Message from the President of the United States (Ronald Reagan)
transmitting his veto of Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of
1985, with full text of bill, December 17, 1985; memo to all ILGWU
regional directors from Saul Rosen noting Reagan veto as "Christmas
present to America's 2 million garment workers," January 7, 1986; memo
to Mazur with notes on legislation and imports in preparation for
congressional meetings in Washington, March 10 and 11 (1987); memo from
the Kamber Group to ACTWU General Executive Board outlining strategy
campaign to override the veto, March 17, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
vp Susan Cowell re Kamber memo, March 31, 1986; memo to Mazur from Saul
Rosen re Kamber memo and Susan Cowell's critique, April 7, 1986; memo
from vp Cowell to exec vp Wilbur Daniels re coordinating with ACTWU on
override campaign, April 24, 1986; press release from ACTWU, "American
Public Supports Override of Textile Bill Veto, According to New National
Opinion Survey," July 28, 1986; Statement of Jack Sheinkman,
secretary/treasurer, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union;
Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, calling for veto of veto;
charts showing increase in U.S. textile and apparel imports and
concurrent decline in industry jobs, 1975-85, and related fact sheets;
letter from President Reagan to Sen. Strom Thurmond re concerns over
unemployment and decrease in textile/apparel production caused by
imports, October 4, 1982; letters or press releases from National
Farmers Organization, Oklahoma Farmers Union, National Corn Growers
Association, National Consumers League, and American Textile
Manufacturers Institute in support of bill; Statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Overriding the Veto of the Textile and Apparel
Trade Enforcement Act, August, 1986; material by the Fiber, Fabric &
Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT), including fact sheet on the Textile
and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act and analysis of trade issues, May
1986; Department of State "gist" summary of U.S. foreign relations
policy re textile import control program, March 1986; letters from Mazur
to Benjamin Hooks, NAACP, urging adoption of attached resolution
supporting override of veto of the trade bill, July 15 and 23, 1986;
memo from exec asst James Parrott, "Background Material for Schumer
Meeting," with arguments countering the congressman's misgivings about
the trade bill, July 28, 1986; fact sheets on NYC garment industry and
U.S. imports; memo from Parrott re need for fact sheet on why current
legislation is inadequate, to be prepared for congressmen, July 3, 1986;
letters to and from congressmen and Mazur and others re trade bill;
agenda, July 25 Override Meeting, with schedule for lobbying trip to the
Capitol; draft document with handwritten editing and notation "Starobin
for Sen. Hollings," apparently delivered on floor of Senate, criticizing
office of U.S. Special Trade Representative and trade agreement
increasing imports from Hong Kong and Taiwan, n.d.; letter to Secretary
of the Treasury James Baker III in his capacity of chairman of the
Economic Policy Council re failure of advisory process in not consulting
U.S. labor or industry representatives in negotiated agreement with Hong
Kong, signed by Mazur and industry association executives, July 2, 1986;
confidential memo from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin outlining
need for new trade legislation including a rollback of import
restrictions to 1985 levels, n.d.; unsigned papers, "The Need for the
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act," and paper on consumption
spending, June 1986; booklet by ILGWU, "The Import Problem," excerpted
from the General Executive Board Report to the 39th Convention of the
ILGWU, May 30-June 6, 1986; "An Analysis of the Veto Override Vote,"
with note from Mazur to exec. Asst. James Parrott and vp Susan Cowell,
n.d; memos from Mazur to all officers and staff and to all members re
narrow defeat of veto override, August 11 and 12, 1986; Statement by Jay
Mazur, "Failure to Override the President's Veto of the Textile and
Apparel Trade Enforcement Act," vowing to continue the fight, August 6,
1986; memo to Mazur from Saul Rosen advising that the ILG should not
make campaign contributions to any legislators who voted against
overriding the veto, even if they are otherwise friends, August 7, 1986;
Outcome of 1986 Congressional Elections, with notations re voting record
on Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985; letter from U.S.
Trade Representative to Mazur following up on dinner meeting, noting
differences in perspectives, November 6, 1986; draft of response by
research director Starobin to 5/5/86 Forbes article by Susan Lee re
trade, May 19, 1986; letter from candidate Stuart Epperson soliciting
campaign contribution in race against N. Carolina congressman Steve
Neal, notes commitment from Sen. Steve Symms to include textiles in
proposed FAIR Act, Oct. 3, 1986; letter from Harvard researcher Gloria
Webster to Mazur soliciting comments on draft of analysis of textile and
apparel trade dispute, October 17, 1986; press release, Text of
Testimony of Howard D. Samuel, President, Industrial Union Department,
AFL-CIO, before the Joint Economic Committee Hearings on the Occasion of
the 40th Anniversary of the Employment Act of 1946; "Meeting the
Challenge of International Competition," January 17, 1986; Statement of
Carlos Moore on Behalf of the American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S.
House of Representative, in re. the Impact and Effectiveness of the
Caribbean Basin Initiative, February 27, 1986; text of speech by Under
Secretary for Economic Affairs Allan Wallis before the Economic Policy
Council, "Protecting Prosperity from Protectionism," January 17, 1986;
rebuttal to trade article by Timothy Taylor by Saul Rosen, January 12,
1986; Kiplinger Washington Letter re trade legislation, October 31;
newspaper clippings
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Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act- Save American
Jobs
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 ILGWU
press release, "New York Garment and Textile Workers Fight to Save Their
Jobs," re rally for Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 18,
1986; list of teleconference sites for Save American Industry and Jobs
Day, June 12, 1986; letters from Mazur to individual union members
thanking them for comments and interest
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Trade
See also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also Imports; see also NAFTA;
see also General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); see also
Globilization; see also Caribbean Offshoring Subsidies Remarks by House
Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, "Building the Future of American
Trade: A New Fusion of America's Interests," Economic Strategy Institute
Annual Conference, March 10, 1994; press release, "Gephardt Announces
Introduction of Chile Free Trade Agreement Negotiation Act of 1994," May
9, 1994; letter to Gephardt from Sierra Club expressing strong support
for Chile free trade act, May 9, 1994; statistics re manufacturing,
trade deficits, and the economy through February 1994, with draft of
column for the Economy and You series, "Silent Bleeding," re loss of
jobs in textile and apparel industry, by Robert E. Swift, executive
director of Crafted with Pride in the U.S.A. Council, May 3, 1994;
letter to Mazur from U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor re concerns
over Guatemalan workers' rights under the Generalized System of
Preferences, July 27, 1994; letters from Mazur to Kantor re worker
rights violations in Honduras by Leslie Fay contractor, June 15, 1994;
memo to members of Labor/Industry Committee for International Trade
(LICIT) from executive director Howard Samuel outlining recommendations
for trade policy with Japan, September 16, 1994; policy papers: "U.S.
Japan Trade Relations: 1991 to the Present," March 31, 1992, and "Worker
Rights and Trade: Democracy's Next Frontier," American Institute for
Free Labor Development, October 24, 1994; letter from ILGWU research
director Herman Starobin to U.S. Department of Commerce deputy assistant
secretary for textile, apparel and consumer goods industries, re
certification of manufacturers of women's woolen coats for trade
adjustment assistance (Lou Levy and Son/Jersey Fashion, Jersey City, NJ,
and Lou Levy and Son, New York, NY), with attached documentation, August
3, 1994; survey from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International
Labor Affairs soliciting views on impact of bureau, with cover memo to
Mazur from ILGWU research director Starobin, November 3, 1994; memo to
Mazur from Starobin re trade: where do we go from here? December 7,
1994; memo from Starobin to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow and
Mazur summarizing high points of Mark Anderson's CBI parity memo, March
23, 1995; letter to Dubrow from U.S. Department of Commerce deputy
assistant secretary for textiles, apparel and consumer goods industries,
re failure of ILGWU proposal with Microcompatibles, Inc., to qualify for
funding under Advanced Technology Program, with attached press release
describing the program, November 1, 1994; memo from Starobin to Mazur,
Correction to NAFTA, recommending specific policy changes, January 5,
1993
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
Text of speech by Mazur; letter from Mazur to Central Labor Council
inviting them to 1994 rally, with the theme of supporting safe working
conditions for workers throughout the world, with attached flyers and
agenda, list of attendees; ILGWU press release press release "Mark 83rd
Anniversary of Triangle Fire with Call for 'No More' Industrial
Tragedies Here or Abroad; Leading Chinese Dissident, Others Spotlight
Parallels with Fires That Killed 537 Workers in Thailand and China,"
March 25, 1994; letter to actress/singer Barbra Streisand re her
acquisition of rights to Leon Stein's The Triangle Fire, describing
significance of the fire, offering assistance, February 24, 1994
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
List of speakers and invited dignitaries at 1993 rally; speech by Mazur,
March 25, 1993
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
Flyer promoting stronger job safety laws, OSHA reform; letter from Mazur
to ILGWU NYC managers announcing Triangle rally with theme supporting
proposed legislation to strengthen OSHA regulations; letter of
invitation to rally, with list of recipients; program, with order of
speakers; outline of anti-sweatshop remarks by Mazur, text of
introductions of speakers; related correspondence
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
Text of speech by Mazur, with introductions for other speakers, including
NYC mayor David Dinkins, NYC fire commissioner Carlos Rivera, NYS labor
commissioner Thomas Hartnett, and relatives of victims of Triangle and
Happy Land Social Club fires; program agenda; list of dignitaries on
stage; press release re event, noting fire drill as part of
commemoration; press release demanding stricter federal workplace safety
laws, "Labor Demands 'Safe Jobs Now' on 81st Anniversary of Triangle
Fire," March 25; press release re Apparel Industry Fire Safety Week,
noting one of largest fire drills in NYC history, March 27; flyer
publicizing the event; publicity material for "The Triangle Project," an
original play commissioned for the 80th anniversary; related
correspondence; letter from the granddaughter of a garment worker and
poem about the fire; newspaper clippings
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
Drafts of letter from Mazur announcing commemoration event, plus start of
a new national Campaign for Justice to organize immigrant workers at
modern-day sweatshops, beginning with the Haitian workers of the Domsey
Trading Company and other factories in Brooklyn, with mailing list,
March 7 and 8; letter to Mazur from Workmen's Circle president,
accepting invitation to joing Campaign for Justice, March 22; letters
from Mazur inviting guest speakers; program agendas; text of
introductions of speakers; flyer supporting Domsey strikers; newspaper
clippings, copy of ILGWU newspaper, Justice, March 1990, re Triangle
commemoration and Domsey campaign
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
Text of remarks by Mazur at Triangle commemoration, March 29, 1989, with
anti-homework theme; draft, "Return of the Sweatshop," January 12, 1989;
text of introduction of speakers; list of speakers and dignitaries;
letters of invitation to speakers, with attached industrial homework
fact sheet; text of remarks by ILGWU secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon
at dedication of monument to Triangle Fire victims at Workman's Circle
cemetery, March 23, 1989; memo to Mazur from asst David Melman re plans
for Triangle fire exhibit at Lower East Side Tenement museum, December
28, 1989; poem from the New Yorker, "The Shirt," by Robert Pinsky, re
Triangle fire, with cover note to Mazur, July 26, 1989
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
Press release, "Firefighters Salute Victims of Triangle Disaster as ILGWU
Leader Blasts Reagan Administration for 'Supporting Sweatshop
Conditions' in Decision to Allow Industrial Homework," March 25,
1988
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Triangle Fire Commemoration
Letter from historian Joseph Brandes at William Paterson College of New
Jersey, suggesting that the ILGWU reprint his monograph on the history
of American Jewish labor, November 10, 1987; correspondence with the
American Labor Museum Botto House National Landmark (Haledon, NJ)
president re ILGW contribution for refreshments for opening reception of
Triangle Fire exhibit, October 7, 1987; text for plaque at site of
Triangle Fire; text of Mazur speech for Triangle Fire commemoration,
March 25, 1987; memo re AFL-CIO Texas Triangle Organizing Committee,
requesting financial help for ILGWU Central States affiliation, January
13, 1987
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Triangle Fire Commemoration, 75th Anniversary
Agenda for event; memos re commemorative postage stamp, exhibit at New
York Public Library, 1984; sketches of monument and graves; Mazur radio
script for Bob and Betty Sanders talk show, Interview WMCA Radio, March
25, 1986; press advisory re interview with Triangle survivor Pauline
Cuoio Pepe before 75th anniversary commemorative ceremonies; background
information on Mrs. Pepe; press release re event, March 25, 1986;
thank-you card from Mrs. Pepe; agenda for commemorative event, March 25,
1986; Statement by Governor Cuomo on the 75th Anniversary of the
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire; list of invited dignitaries; letters of
invitation to Gov. Cuomo, ILGWU directors; list of those confirmed to
attend; speech of Vince Maltese, grandson of three of the victims;
introduction by Mazur to Pepe press conferences; letter from York
College, CUNY, thanking ILGWU for loan of Triangle exhibit, November 10,
1986; letter to exec. vp Wilbur Daniels from ILGWU Archives Department
re need for greater cooperation, October 15, 1986; letter from the son
of Triangle survivor Bessie Grabrilowich Cohen re trip to NY for
commemoration, March 14, 1986; resolution passed by the New York City
Council honoring victims of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, opposing
attempts to lower minimum wage for teenagers, cut Social Security,
reduce inspection of factories, weaken labor unions, and exploit
foreign-born labor, June 21, 1985; letters of thanks to NYC fire and
police officials and others for assistance, April 2, 1986; memo re
availability of print by Ralph Fasanella, Dress Shop, depicting New York
garment factory, in tribute to Triangle workers, August 1, 1986;
newspaper clippings; copy of ILGWU Justice, with account of the fire,
March 1986
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Trilateral Commission
See also Speeches - Gray Area Phenomenon 1993; see also Globalization;
see also NAFTA; see also Center for Migration Studies Statement by Mazur
re draft paper on migration and refugee issues, March 27, 1993; paper,
"The International Migration Dilemma," by Doris Meissner, prepared for
the Trilateral Commission
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Tunnel Vision
See also AFL-CIO - American Institute for Free Labor Development
1985-1988 Copy of book, Tunnel Vision: Labor, the World Economy, and
Central America (Dan Cantor and Juliet Shor), criticizing the
anti-communist stance of the AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs
and U.S. trade unions generally; memo from American Institute for Free
Labor Development criticizing book, February 12, 1988; newspaper
clipping, "Labor as Usual," by William Serrin, Village Voice, February
23, 1988
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Tyler, Gus
Assistant president of ILGWU and director of union's Education
Department. Letter from the executive director of the Louisiana
Endowment for the Humanities to the executive director of the New York
Council for the Humanities, urging him to make Gus Tyler's acquaintance,
December 20, 1987; report to the Education Committee of the General
Executive Board, October 7-12, 1987; note from Tyler to Mazur re
positive impression of African trade union leaders, September 22, 1987;
nine-page analysis by Tyler to Mazur of Dick Morris report re public
attitude on imports, September 22, 1987; letters from Tyler to
publishers re ILGWU Immigration Project, September 3, 1987; four-page
letter from Tyler re free trade as outmoded doctrine, need for
presidential candidates to address issue, with attached articles by
Tyler, September 14, 1987; memo from Tyler to Mazur re major current
projects of the Political/Educational Department, May 15, 1987; letter
from the Harry Hopkins Public Service Institute asking Mazur to write to
the Postmaster General in support of a stamp honoring Hopkins, with
cover note from Mazur to Tyler asking him to draft a letter, April 4,
1987; text of talk by Tyler, "Our Economy Is a Leaky Bucket," which he
delivered to the Congressional Labor Roundtable and which was requested
by Rep. Major Owens to be included in the Congressional Record, with
note from Tyler to Mazur, March 22, 1984; article by Tyler, "A Tale of
Two Depressions," based on talk he gave to National Council of Senior
Citizens, with cover note to Mazur suggesting publication and wide
distribution, July 14, 1986; memo to Mazur re meeting for Black Economic
Prpoject, with attached article by Tyler, October 27, 1986; letter from
Gus Tyler to RCA Corp. re global economy, October 8, 1986; memo to Mazur
from Gus Tyler re Liberal Party, National Planning Association, December
22, 1986; article by Tyler, "Homework: Big Treasury Loss," December 19,
1984; memo from Tyler to Mazur re several pending projects, December
1986; articles by Tyler forwarded to vp Evy Dubrow re why decline of the
dollar has not helped trade balance, October 27, 1986; article in Mother
Jones by Jeff Faux, head of the Economic Policy Council, with cover memo
from Tyler to vp Susan Cowell and Mazur, January 16, 1986
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Unemployment
Newspaper clipping from New York Times, "Job Growth Is Stagnant in
Region," July 19; letter from National Committee for Full Employment re
First Friday Alerts, calculating "real rate" of joblessness and
underemployment, October 20, 1986
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Union General de Trabajadores (UGT)
Letter from Mazur to Angel Navarro, general secretary, Madrid, Spain,
agreeing to contribute $1,000 for election activities, August 22, 1986;
letter in Spanish and translation re death of Navarro in automobile
accident, with attached resolution by Executive Committee of federation,
July 15, 1987; list of newly elected Executive Committee members,
October 30, 1987
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Union Labor Report
Weekly newsletters from the Bureau of National Affairs, Washington,
D.C.
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Union Square Sculpture Project
History of Union Square from the 18th and 19th centuries, and its
significance in the origin of Labor Day, researched by Barry Gewenon
(sp?) for Gus Tyler, with cover note from Tyler to Mazur; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re presentation by finalists; text of address
by Mazur to artists; descriptions of finalists' projects; letter from
Mazur to artist selected, November 27, 1990
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United Association of Journeyment and Apprentices of the Plumbing
and Pipe Fitting Industry
Decision of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals re Willliam E. Brock,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, v. Joseph P. Mazzola et al., with
cover letter from attorney summarizing decision, November 1, 1986
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United Auto Workers (UAW)
Letter to Mazur from the Legal Staff Association of District 65, thanking
him for financial support in successful strike, August 12, 1991; letter
from UAW president Owen Bieber to AFL-CIO Executive Council members
inviting them to a rally in support of striking Caterpillar workers in
Peoria, IL, March 9, 1992; letter to Mazur from Bieber re cooperative
American Value Initiative with Big Three automakers, discussing research
by Peter Hart and Associates indicating that simple "buy American"
appeals to patriotism are strongly rejected, December 4, 1990; letter
from Bieber re American Value Initiative task force planning meeting,
February 20, 1990; letter from Bieber re results of Harris poll
indicating willingness of consumers to pay more for U.S. products of
comparable quality to Japanese imports, October 2, 1989; correspondence
re rally commemorating 25th anniversary of March on Washington,
July-August 1988; letter from the New York Anti-Apartheid Coordinating
Council, affiliated with UAW Disrict 65, calling for rally, December 1,
1989; letter to Mazur from Bieber re Gephart trade deficit reduction
amendment as legislative priority of UAW, thanking Mazur for support,
May 8, 1987; letter from Mazur to Bieber thanking him for support for
Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988; letter from Mazur to
Bieber noting that a UAW local recently signed a contract with North
American Knitting (Mansfield, OH) far below industry standards, noting
ILGWU attempts to sign contract, urging assistance in bringing it about,
April 26, 1988; article on fair trade by ILGWU official Carl Proper, in
Dollars & Senses, April 1986; press releases on exporting jobs,
other issues
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United Auto Workers (UAW) District 65
Article re warehouse organizing, with cover letter to Mazur from vp Susan
Cowell, 1987; clipping from NY Newsday re health plan, May 25, 1993
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UAW, Auto Industry Wages
Handwritten note by Mazur noting wages and fringe benefits as of December
1989
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United Farm Workers of America
Statement by Mazur at rally for United Farmworkers, October 28, 1986;
letters to Mazur thanking him for participating in UFW events and grape
boycott, including letters from UFW president Ceasr Chavez re fast;
program and related correspondence for Cesar Chavez memorial service,
1993; letter to Mazur describing new contracts, October 1995; letter to
Mazur announcing election victory with Bear Creek Productions, January
3, 1995; letter from UFW president Arturo Rodriguez to Michael Babcock,
president, Leslie Fay Companies, urging him to keep 2,000 apparel jobs
in Northeast Pennsylvania rather than export them out of U.S.,
threatening boycott, with cover letter to Mazur, May 12, 1994; memo to
Rodriguez from attorney Marcus Camacho, litigation status report re
Bruce Church Inc. v. United Farm Workers over boycott, February 18,
1994; letter to Mazur from Coco-Cola Foods re sale of Minute Maid Groves
to a company bring formed by Bariston Associates, assuring him that
workers will be paid the same, December 17, 1993; letter from Rodriguez
to Teamsters president Ron Carey re representation dispute with Coastal
Vinyards, February 4, 1994
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United Farm Workers of America
Letter to Mazur from United Farm Workers president Cesar Chavez asking
that he order and distribute copies of video, "The Wrath of Grapes," to
ILGWU affiliates, June 28, 1988; letter to Mazur from Chavez inviting
him to be a sponsor of event honoring California Federation of Labor
president Jack Henning and 25th anniversary of union, March 4, 1987;
letter from Chavez thanking ILGWU for financial contribution, with
attached ad tearsheet for grape boycott, March 27, 1987; memo from Mazur
to all NYC managers urging support of grape boycott, organizing picket
lines at supermarkets, November 20, 1986; letter to Mazur from Chavez
thanking him for helping launch boycott of A&P, Food Emporium, and
Shopwell supermarkets, noting media coverage of picket line, November
24, 1986; letter to Mazur from Irv Hershenbaum, national representative
of UFW, inviting him to meeting with Rep. Charles Schumer to try to
dissuade him of his support for "guest worker" program, part of the
Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration bill, with attached newspaper clippings,
February 10, 1986; biographical sketch of Chavez; press release, "Cesar
Chavez Blasts Deukmejian in Address to Massachusetts Lawmakers, Meetings
with Gov. Dukakis, Mayor Flynn; Hammers at California Governor in
Harvard Law School Speech Tonight," February 28, 1985, with attached
excerpts from speech, prition to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board,
press clippings, with cover note, "The Case against Deukmejian for
Shutting Down Enforcement of Farm Labor Law"; press release, "Cesar
Chavez Organizes to Make Grape Boycott of '60s & '70s Work in
1980s," June 1985; copy of United Farm Workers Food and Justice,
April/May 1985; survey results re favorable perceptions of farm workers
toward union, and press release from Indiana University-Purdue
University at Indianapolis, January 12, 1985; newspaper clippings,
1983-85, with cover note, "What Scientific Surveys Say about Support for
the UFW among Farm Workers and the Public"
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United Federation of Teachers, Feldman, Sandra
See also Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies Memo from Mazur to
ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and Ron Carver re meeting with Feldman for
Fasanella Project, August 1, 1990
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United Feminist Action Campaign
Letter from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler to Molly Yard, United Feminist
Action Campaign, asking to set a meeting to introduce Yard to ILGWU
women to form a bridge between the feminists of NOW (National
Organization for Women) and traditional worker constituencies, August
11, 1987
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United Food and Commerical Workers
Letter re Marval Poultry Co./Rocco Turkeys (W. Va.) strike/boycott, with
attached ads, October 1986; letter from Mazur thanking union for support
of ILGWU efforts to pass Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988;
letter from Mazur to William Wynn, president, UFCW, re Weirmar
Manufacturing Corp. and its runaway shop, H&B Distribution Corp.
(Keasbey, NJ), with whom UFCW had a collective bargaining agreement,
asking for help in resolving matter, May 5, 1988; faxed letter to ILGWU
from Department Store Employees Union Local 1100, chartered by UFCW,
asking for letters of support in negotiations with Macy's, April 28,
1990
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United Furniture Workers of America
Copy of merger agreement with International Union of Electronic,
Electrical, Technical, Salaried and Machine Workers (IUE), with cover
letters from attorneys to Mazur and William Bywater, president, IUE,
March-August 1988
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United Garment Workers
Labor Organization Annual Report to Department of Labor
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United Hebrew Trades
Letterhead with list of affiliates; letter from AFL-CIO re request for
waiving per capita tax, April 6, 1989; letter to Mazur from Sidney
Davidson, president and financial secretary of United Hebrew Trades,
thanking him for contribution enabling them to pay per capita tax,
December 13, 1989
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United Housing Foundation
Executive Director's Report, January 4, 1994, primarily about CATCH
program; resolution re restated retirement plan, signed by Mazur January
6, 1993; notice to Mazur re meeting of Board of Directors, May 13, 1993;
minutes of special meetings of the Board of Directors held on October
16, 1992, and May 1, 1995; draft memo to Board of Directors from
executive director re CATCH program, October 2, 1992; fax to Board of
Directors from executive director noting previous memo was a draft, with
attached final memo, October 13, 1992; letter to Mazur from executive
director re providing grant of $60,000 for services for older residents
of the United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New
York Grand Street cooperatives and Amalgamated Warbasse, December 3,
1992; financial statement for years ending December 31, 1991 and 1990,
with cover letter to Mazur, June 4, 1992
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United Housing Foundation- Affordable Housing Forum
See also Speeches - United Housing Foundation 1992 Letter from Mazur and
Jack Sheinkman (president, ACTWU) to several members of Congress,
inviting them to National Housing Policy Forum, March 19, 1992; list of
invited congressional speakers and summary of their proposed
legislation, March 26, 1992; briefing materials (agenda, policy
recommendations), May 13, 1992; drafts of remarks to forum by Mazur;
Statement of Sen. Harris Wofford to United Housing Foundation National
Housing Policy Forum, May 7, 1992; Report on the National Housing Policy
Forum: "Creating Affordable Housing in a Time of Crisis," May 7,
1992
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United Housing Foundation
"Mutual Housing for Distressed Properties," n.d. (January 8, 1991?);
minutes of meetings of Board of Directors, October 9, 1990, January 7,
1991, September 10, 1991, and meeting of Board of Directors of Community
Services, Inc., September 10, 1991; financial statements for years ended
December 31, 1990 and 1989, and 1989 and 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
vp Susan Cowell re role of UHF as catalyst for union pension-backed
subsidized housing, December 1, 1991; settlement agreement with Riverbay
Corporation (Co-op City), July 24, 1990; related legal correspondence
(Abrams v. Community Services, Inc.), 1989-September 1990; memo from
attorney re proposals for construction loan fund for Brooklyn Ecumenical
Cooperatives (BEC) and its nonprofit housing development corporation,
New Communities, Inc., April 13, 1989; correspondence re induction of
UHF president Harold Ostroff into the Cooperative Hall of Fame,
November-December 1989; minutes of October 28, 1988, joint meeting of
Boards of Directors of United Housing Foundation and its subsidiary,
Community Services, Inc.; newspaper clippings
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United Housing Foundation
Restated retirement plan actuarial valuation as of January 1, 1988;
financial statements for years ended December 31, 1987 and 1986; legal
decision denying summary judgment in Co-op City litigation, Abrams v.
Community Services Inc., November 2, 1988; letter to Mazur from Mutual
Redevelopment Houses re desire to renegotiate mortgage, November 4,
1986, with cover memo from ILGWU secretary/treasurer Irwin Solomon and
related correspondence, December 3, 1986; personal and confidential
proposal to UHF and Jack Sheinkman (president, ACTWU) for UHF to
participate in Brooklyn Ecumenical Cooperative's Housing Rehabilitation
Program, August 11, 1988
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United Mine Workers of America
Letter from Mazur to the postmaster general urging the issuance of a
commemorative stamp honoring labor leader John. L. Lewis on the 100th
anniversary of the United Mine Workers, March 7, 1989; letter to Mazur
from UMWA president Richard Trumka urging him to lobby the U.S. Postal
Service in support of a stamp honoring Lewis, with attached ad and
biographical sketch; letter from Mazur to Trumka thanking him for help
in lobbying for the Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 10, 1988;
letter from Mazur to Trumka seeking financial contribution for a rally
by the Coalition of Labor Union Women in support of child care and
family leave, June 22, 1987; letters to Mazur from Trumka updating him
on progress of various UMWA negotiations, strikes, and other campaigns
with coal mine operators (Pittston, Decker, Big Horn); memos to Mazur
from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re support activities for Pittston
campaign, July-August, 1989; fundraising letter sent to NYC labor
leaders by the NYC Emergency Committee in Solidarity with the UMWA,
signed by Mazur and others in support of Pittston campaign, September
7,1989; memo to ILGWU NYC education directors reporting on rally to
Pittston corporate headquarters in Greenwich, CT, also attended by NYNEX
and Eastern Airlines strikers, October 6, 1989; Pittston campaign
publicity materials; bumper sticker; newspaper clippings; handwritten
notes
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United Mine Workers of America-Coal Commission Report
Coal Commission Report, Secretary of Labor's Commission on United Mine
Workers of America Retiree Health Benefits, November 1990; cover letter
to Mazur from UMWA president Richard Trumka describing the report, sent
to Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole by the advisory commission,
November 9, 1990
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United Mine Workers, Solidarity
Presentation to the Strategic Approaches Committee, AFL-CIO Executive
Council winter meeting, February 1993, re update on contract discussions
with various mine operators
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United Nations Association of the United States of America
(UNA-USA)
See also Economic Policy Council Agenda of annual Board of Directors
meeting of December 2, 1986, with background reading including report of
1986 program activities; letter to members of the Economic Policy
Council re search for replacement for Dan Burton as Executive Director;
update on activities, October 1992; invitation to conference on NAFTA,
with attached agenda, April 12, 1993
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United Neighborhood Houses of New York, INC.
Information packet re settlement house program, with cover letter to
Mazur, April 14, 1992
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United Senior Action Day |
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United States Information Agency (USIA)
Draft of letter (by Gus Tyler with cover memo from Herman Starobin to
Mazur) noting objections by labor to current U.S. trade policy, November
30, 1993
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United Steelworkers of America
Letter to Mazur from United Steelworkers international president Lynn R.
Williams asking to join in contributing to Technology and Work Program
(affiliated with University of Lowell, Lowell, MA), with attached
proposal, April 18, 1991; letters from Local 5668 president (Ravenswood,
W. Va.) and New York Guild Union Local 3 member re lock-out by
Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation, March 23, 1992; Wall Street Journal
newspaper clipping re efforts of union to reach out to white-collar
workers, May 23, 1991; flyer announcing AFL-CIO president John Sweeney's
attendance at rally in New York to demand that Merril Lynch, as top
shareholder of Wheeling-Pitt Steel, to urge company to settle strike
fairly, July 15, 1997; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland detailing effort to support striking steelworkers at USX,
August 8, 1986
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United Synagogue of America
Press release from Local 153, Office & Professional Employees
International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, re strike against United Synagogue
of America over employer demand to switch health plans, January 24,
1990; copy of information booklet about United Synagogue of America,
listing presidents, officers
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United Textile Workers
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU director of organization Joe Danahy re meeting
with Vernon Mustard, president of United Textile Workers, and move of
headquarters to Cherryhill, NJ, December 10, 1986
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United Transportation Union
Letter from union president Fred Hardin to AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer
Thomas Donahue, objecting to interference with UTU election, October 6,
1987
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Usury, Bill
See also Leslie Fay Co. 1994 Letters from Mazur to Herb Fishgold and Bill
Usury, president of labor-management consultants Bill Usury Associates,
Inc., expressing outrage, shock, and disgust at failure to enforce
labor-management cooperation agreement with Leslie Fay to preserve 600
jobs in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania, May 3, 4, and 8, 1995; list
of talking points with Usery, May 3
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Uruguay Round (NAFTA)-Apparel and Textiles
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re GSP
Decisions by USTR (United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor),
July 11, 1994; attached briefings, "Why Congress Should Not Rush to Vote
on the Uruguay Round" and "The Uruguay Round on Apparel and
Textiles"
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Vickers, John
Letter to Mazur from John Vickers, retiring manager, ILGWU Texas-Oklahoma
District Council, reminiscing about training institute, thanking him for
years of leadership, December 23, 1994
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Visions/Services for the Blind
Proposal to Mazur for pilot project by Visions/Services for the Blind and
Visually Impared (merger of Vacations and Community Services for the
Blind with Center for Independent Living) to assist retired union
members, December 4, 1986
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Voter Registration
List of election law provisions re voter registration, absentee voting,
major party convention selection process, and election calendar by
state, 1988; memo to Mazur re voter-registration plans for NYC mayoral
campaign of David Dinkins, focusing on pro-Dinkins target groups (union
membership, immigrants), March 17, 1989
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Vyorst, Sidney
Letter to Vyorst from ILGWU exec vp Irwin Solomon refuting claim that
Vyorst has a contract with ILGWU, asking for appointment to discuss
matter, March 19, 1986; letters to Mazur from Vyorst quoting life
insurance rates, 1984; letter to Mazur re contract, 1983
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Wage-Hour Compliance
Draft of San Francisco, CA, Department of Labor press release re
voluntary model agreement for apparel industry in Region 9, with cover
note to Mazur from Max Zimny, n.d.; revised statement, July 22, 1994
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Wall Street Journal
See also Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 Memo to Mazur
re visit to ILGWU archives by Wall St. Journal reporter, July 23, 1986;
newspaper clippings from Journal, some with cover memos to Mazur and
other ILGWU officials re contents, 1985; letter to the editor from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin correcting factual errors in article
re apparel trade legislation, with article attached, July 31, 1990;
letter to Journal from ILGWU Political Department associate director
David Wells responding to article by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. re electoral
college system of presidential election, August 24, 1988
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Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Letter to AFL-CIO International Union Political Action Departments asking
for compilations of congressional voting records on issues of interest,
May 8, 1987
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Weiss, Ted (Congressional Campaign)
Letter to Mazur from Weiss thanking him for contribution to congressional
campaign
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Western Union
Description of group mobilization "action hotline" mailgram services,
faxed to Mazur by pro-union sales representative, April 9, 1990
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White House
Correspondence with Executive and congressional branches: faxed message
from White House comparing President Clinton's budget proposal to
Republican congressional proposal, vowing veto, May 19, 1995;
Congressional Quarterly list of congressional committees and
subcommittees, profiles of new Republican members; letter from Mazur to
Labor Secretary Robert Reich, urging continued ban on industrial
homework in women's apparel industry, with attached position paper
crafted for ILGWU by Shea & Gardner, May 10, 1993; testimony on the
World Trade Organization by Dr. Herman Starobin, research director,
ILGWU, before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of
Representatives, June 17, 1994; statement by Evelyn Dubrow, vice
president and legislative director, ILGWU, before the Subcommittee on
Trade, re trade with China, August 4, 1994; letter to Mazur from Pres.
Clinton acknowledging attendance at AFL-CIO convention, stating support
for longstanding pro-labor legislation, November 22, 1995; letter to
Mzur from Harold Ickes, deputy chief of staff, noting support by Clinton
for increase in minimum wage, August 28, 1995; letter to Mazur from Sen.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan re health care reform, status of Health Security
Act, December 5, 1994; address by Moynihan to Democratic National
Convention, with cover letter to Mazur, December 16, 1994; letters to
Mazur from Vice President Al Gore (addressed to "UNITED"), Sen. Dick
Gephart, Rep. Pat Schroeder (re opposition to Immigration in the
National Interest Act: to limit the number of refuges we admit would be
a "crime against humanity"), Rep. Charles Rangel (thanking him for
campaign contribution), and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (re itinerant Hong Kong
tailors using unfair sales tactics); letters to Mazur from Department of
Labor re Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act,
August 4, 1994, and rule change by Office of the American Workplace,
December 5, 1995; NYS Department of Labor press release, "State Labor
Commissioner Sweeney Urges Cooperation of U.S. Labor Secretary Reich:
'Meet Us Halfway' in fighting garment sweatshops," with attached letter,
November 1, 1995; letter to U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor from
Authur Andersen & Co. supporting NAFTA, October 9, 1995; invitation
to joint symposium by Departments of Labor and State, "Forced Labor: The
Growing Tragedy of the Prostitution of Children," September 29, 1995
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Women
see also NYC - Commission on the Status of Women Letter to Mazur asking
him to be keynote speaker at conference, "Women's Rights, Workers'
Rights: Strengthening Women's Voices on the Job," cosponsored by the
AFL-CIO, March 23, 1995; letter to Mazur from ILGWU Pacific Northwest
District Council manager Katie Quan asking him to consider sending a
delegation to the U.N. Conference on Women, to be held in Beijing,
January 10, 1995; resolution re rights of women, submitted to
international organization FITTVCC/ORI by ILGWU and ACTWU, May 18, 1992;
letter from researcher for the New York Chinatown History Project,
listing questions about ILGWU's role in organizing women and
relationship with Local 23-25, May 30, 1990; newsletter, National
Women's Law Center Update, Summer 1990; resolutions on women and labor
by the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation,
April 1990 and April 1989; letter from National Women's Law Center re
Supreme Court and women's rights, reviewing decisions on employment
discrimination, abortion, November 12, 1986
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Women's Garment Industry
ILGWU Research Department paper, "Conditions in the Women's Garment
Industry," October 25, 1994
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Women's Policy Research
"Women's Work, Economic Trends, and Policy Issues," by Heidi Hartman,
director, Institute for Women's Policy Research, paper presented at
Organizing and Representing Professional, Technical and Salaried Women,
George Meany Labor Studies Center, Department of Professional Employees,
AFL-CIO
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Women's Wear Daily
Talking points for interview, n.d.; draft and final version of letter to
the editor from Mazur re inaccuracies of newspaper's report on
Congressional Budget Office study of U.S. apparel industry, January 14,
1992; newspaper clippings
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Work and Family (AFL-CIO)
Draft by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and final letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland suggesting the creation of an Office of Work and
Family within the AFL-CIO; reply from Kirkland rejecting idea, but
noting that the area will be coordinated by one of his assistants;
meeting agendas of AFL-CIO Work and Family Steering Committee, October
25, 1990 - March 5, 1991; NYS Department of Labor newsletter, NY Works,
with article by Cowell, "Work and Family: A Labor Perspective," fall
1990; newspaper clippings
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Work and Technology Institute
Bylaws; list of Board of Directors; minutes of November 10, 1992, and May
5, 1993, Board meetings; list of 1993 objectives; conference
announcement, "Integrating Technology and People in High Performance
Work Systems," May 18-20, 1994; letter to Mazur announcing pilot
program, "Labor Participation in Workplace Modernization," asking him to
serve on advisory committee, November 29, 1994
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Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum
Directory of members; brochures re schedule of events, Spring Roundtable,
May 23-25, 1995, Manager's Network, site visits to Miller Brewing Co.,
Trenton, Ohio, May 11, and Saturn Corp., Spring Hill, TN; cover letter,
August 28, 1995, describing attached reports, "Worker Representation and
Participation Survey: Second Report on Findings," Freeman & Rogers,
June 1, 1995, and "Human Resource Strategies and Contingent Workers: The
Case of Safety and Health in the Petrochemical Industry," Kochan et al.,
Human Resource Management, spring 1994; "Worker Representation and
Participation Survey: First Report on Findings," with cover letter,
January 3, 1995
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Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum
Update memo to members of Productivity Forum Advisory Board, July 26,
1994; update on activities and services for 1991/92, July 1, 1992
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Work in America Institute-Awards Ceremony (Sheinkman,
Jack)
Speeches by Mazur honoring Jack Sheinkman, president ACTWU
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Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, April
18
Agenda of Board of Directors meeting, with list of attendees; newsletter
April 1995; financial statements, March 31, 1995; letter to Mazur from
president Jerome M. Rostow re board meeting to discuss the future of
industrial relations, January 27, 1995; statement by Mazur, "Future of
Industrial Relations"; minutes of meeting of the Board of Directors,
April 27, 1994
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Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum-Saturn Visit, April
7
Agenda for site visit; copies of presentation slides about Saturn
Corporation, description of work unit functions; highlights of proposed
Saturn/ UAW agreement; final memorandum of agreement; chronology of
company history
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Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, April
22
Agenda of Board of Directors meeting, with list of attendees; minutes of
meeting of the Board of Directors, November 20, 1991; 1992 financial
statement for December 31, 1991 and 1990; lists of members of
Productivity Forum and affiliations; 1992 calendar; brochure, New Roles
for Managers, part IV
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Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, November
20
Minutes of meeting of the Board of Directors, May 2, 1991; 1991 financial
statement for December 31, 1990 and 1989; list of members; 1991/92
calendar; program brochures re job-linked literacy training, technology
training; notice of special guest appearance of Michael Bennett,
president of UAW Local 1853 of the Saturn Manufacturing Complex in
Spring Hill, TN, with attached article about Bennett from Detroit Free
Press, December 10, 1990
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Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, May
2
Agenda of meeting with list of attendees; 1991 calendar; national policy
study: "New Roles for Managers: Employee Involvement and the
Supervisor's Job"
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Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum
Letter of resignation as executive vice president of the Work in America
Institute, addressed to Mazur, from Dr. Michael Rostow, citing
irreconcilable differences with president, Rostow's father Jerome, as to
direction of the institute, February 2, 1993; letter to Mazur from
Jerome Rostow soliciting endorsement of institute, to be used in grant
applications from foundations, with attached statement of support by
Mazur, September 23, 1992; survey of members re casual dress code,
September 14, 1992; invitation to Mazur and list of labor participants
at Productivity Forum Roundtable, "Leading a Participative
Organization," September 25, 1991; invitation to Mazur to attend site
visit to Honeywell Commercial Flight Systems with Teamsters Local 1145,
Coon Rapids, MN, August 15, 1991; update on activities of the
Productivity Forum, including 1991/92 calendar, descriptive list of site
visits, July 1, 1991; 1991 calendar of the Productivity Forum and Work
in America Institute; policy papers, to be reviewed by National Advisory
Committee: "Government Stewardship for Job-Linked Literacy Programs,"
"Onan's Manufacturing Program," "At the Center for Employment Training
(CET): Si Se Pueda! It Can Be Done," "AC Rochester/UAW Program of
Workplace Literacy," April 10, 1991; directory of primary and associate
members of Productivity Forum, November 28, 1990; list of Advisory
Board; report, "Training for New Technology," inviting comments from
Mazur, February 24, 1986; invitation to fall roundtable, list of
organizations attending, October 17, 1986
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Worker Opportunity Reemployment Center
See also Speeches - Vocational Training Part of the Consortium for Worker
Education, a joint program of the NYC Department of Employment and NYS
Department of Labor; press release from the NYC Department of
Employment, "A New Center Helps Recently Laid Off Workers," noting state
dignitaries at opening ceremonies, n.d.; letters from Mazur thanking Lt.
Governor Stan Lundine and Mrs. Mathilda Cuomo for attending the opening,
February 23, 1990; fact sheets about the program for dislocated workers;
list of contractors receiving funds under the Economic Dislocation and
Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAAA), n.d.; article from The
Economist re world trade from a free-market viewpoint, with cover note
to Mazur, October 1990; unsigned drafts of letter to Robert W. McEnroe,
executive director, AFSCME Disitrict Council 1707, criticizing
"slanderous" article by 1707 political action director Karl Toth against
the late ILGWU president emeritus Sol Chaikin, ILGWU position on trade,
and AFL-CIO's international programs, May 28 and June 13, 1991;
handwritten notes
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Workers Defense League
Printed program for 55th Anniversary Dinner, honoring Richard Trumka,
president of United Mine Workers, May 13, 1991; invitations to other
annual dinners; lists of dinner attendees and affiliations
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Workers Memorial Day
Letter from Lane Kirkland, president, AFL-CIO, re observation of Workers
Memorial Day, April 28, 1991; list of suggested activities; local union
guide; brochures
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Workers' Rights and Trade
See also Speeches - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; see also
Globalization; see also Speeches - Trade & Workers' Rights Draft of
statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, "Worker Rights and the
Global Economy," February 1994; proposal by ILGWU for Workers Rights
Center in Miami, FL, with cover letter by Mazur to the president of the
Union Privilege Program, March 1994; AFL-CIO International Affairs
Department IAD Fax Sheet re endorsement of worker rights protection by
European Parliament, February 10, 1994; ICFTU (International
Conferderation of Free Trade Unions) briefing paper, "Linking Workers'
Rights and Trade: The Social Clause," February 1994; resolution, "The
GATT Uruguay Round and the Multifibre Agreement," by the International
Textile, Garment & Leather Worker's Federation (ITGLWF) Executive
Committee, declaring December 6, 1993, "Trade and Workers' Rights Day,"
with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director
Michele Briones; "Outline for Discussion of Trade and Worker Rights,"
with attached memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman
Starobin, October 20, 1993; letter from Starobin to Jennifer Hillman,
chief textile negotiator, office of U.S. Trade Representative, re
ongoing denial of workers' rights in bilateral trade negotiations,
October 28, 1993; ITGLWF press release, "Unions Worldwide Demand Use
Trade to Enforce Workers' Rights," December 4, 1993; remarks by AFL-CIO
President Lane Kirkland to the Internationmal Labor Rights Coalition
International Workers Rights and Trade Conference, January 5, 1989;
newsletter of the International Labor Rights Education and Research
Fund, Worker Rights News, February 1989; AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department press release, "IUD Pledges Continued Effort on Behalf of
Workers Rights," November 16, 1988;
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Workman's Circle
National Jewish fraternal-labor organization; letter to Mazur from
assistant to NYS Governor Mario Cuomo re Department of Social Services
audit concerns, financial difficulties, February 20, 1990; memo from
Mazur to Gus Tyler requesting that he prepare a message for the 90th
anniversary and Jubilee Convention of Workmen's Circle, April 30, 1990;
edited draft and final text of message, noting common history, May 8,
1990; handwritten notes by Mazur; letter thanking Mazur for $1,000
contribution to restricted building fund for modernizing the Workmen's
Circle Home and Geriatric Center, August 30, 1990; copy of check from
ILGWU contributing $200 to Workman's Circle Division of ORT
(Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) youth program,
related correspondence, April 15, 1987; letter to Mazur with sketch of
monument headstones for his approval for Workman's Circle, September 21,
1987; press release by Workmen's Circle opposing Reagan nomination of
Robert Bork to Supreme Court, n.d.; invitation to ILGWU president Sol
Chaikin to Workmen's Circle convention, February 25, 1986; information
describing Workman's Circle Home and Infirmary for the Aged, November
10, 1986; statement by ILGWU saluting 94th anniversary
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Workplace Safety
Press release by Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman announcing
ten-point safety program, noting deterioration of OSHA enforcement under
the Reagan administration, with cover note from Holtzman to Mazur,
January 27, 1987
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Yale Political Union
Invitations to Mazur to speak at Yale Political Union, noting past
speakers of national importance, December 29, 1993, and June 14, 1994;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU ass president Gus Tyler discussing possible
topics for his address: "What the Labor Movement Stands For," "Labor's
Program for America," or "Labor Faces the 21st Century," January 6,
1994; memo from Tyler suggesting talk focus on Leslie Fay experience,
titled, "America's Economic Futrure," June 27, 1994; memo to Mazur from
CAF director Carl Proper suggesting topic for speech: "Nationalism,
Globalism and Democracy," January 10, 1994; invitation to Mazur to seak
at the New York trip of Yale's Independent Party, June 1, 1994
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Yalowity, Nat
See also National Health and Human Service Employees Union Letter to
Mazur from Yalowitz, administrator of the Local 1199 Home Care Industry
Benefits Fund, with attached resume
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Young Social Democrats
Letter to Mazur from Sam Schube, executive director of Young Social
Democrats, thanking him for contribution and congratulating him on
Eugene Debs Award, May 23, 1987; copy of $1,000 check from ILGWU to
Young Social Democrats, with letter from Mazur, March 5, 1987
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Yugoslavia
Draft statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council, "Sarajevo and Beyond:
Conflict in the Former Yugoslav Republics," condemning genocidal attacks
by Serbian forces of Slobodan Milosevic's government against the people
of Bosnia-Hersegovina and Kosovo and Croatia, urging military
intervention by U.S. and U.N., August 1992
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Zensen
See also Japan Institute of Labor; see also Speeches - Zensen 1987
Original signed joint statement at 5th Joint Conference of
ZENSEN-ACTWU-ILGWU in Kyoto, Japan, declaring trade union rights and
human rights should be a standard in determining international trade,
written in English and Japanese, November 26, 1987; opening statement by
Mazur; agenda items; draft report by Evelyn Dubrow, September 23, 1987;
Labor Department fact sheet on women workers, January 1987; longer paper
prepared by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re women workers, with cover memo to
James Parrott, September 11, 1987; memo to ILGWU international relations
director Michele Briones from director of organization Joe Danahy asking
her to find out whether Japanese zipper company YKK is unionized, with
attached report on Universal Fasteners, Lawrenceburg, KY; list of
conference attendees from ILGWU and Zensen labor organization; copies of
photos from conference (originals in Kheel photo archives)
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Zensen-5th Joint Conference-ILGWU Report
Formal presentation of background materials prepared by ILGWU on
developments in the U.S. labor force, labor movement, and other
substantive issues
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Zensen-5th Joint Conference-Zensen Report
Report by Zensen to conference
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Zensen-5th Joint Conference-Notes
Handwritten notes by Mazur
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Zensen-5th Joint Conference-Travel Arrangements
Routine documentation of travel arrangements, invoices
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Zensen-4th Joint Conference
Joint statement of conference, held in New York; agenda; list of
delegates; background materials; handwritten notes
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Zensen-4th Joint Conference-ACTWU Report
Background materials prepared by ACTWU on substantive issues
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Zensen-4th Joint Conference-ILGWU Report
Background materials prepared by ILGWU on substantive issues
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Zensen-4th Joint Conference-Zensen Report
Report by Zensen to conference
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Zensen-4th Joint Conference-Travel
Routine documentation of travel arrangements, invoices, courtesy
letters
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Zensen-Living Standards Comparison Survey
Questionnaire on comparison of living standards between the U.S. and
Japan; correspondence re delegation to New York, January 1989
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Zimbabwe
Letters to ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones from
the Zimbabwe Textile Workers Union re health and safety materials, April
22 and August 1, 1991
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Zionist Organizations of America
Letter to Mazur from Milton S. Shapiro, president of the Zionist
Organization of America, urging him to join a National Committee of
Notables to Rescind the U.N. Resolution Against Zionism, characterized
by Shapiro as a lie, March 14, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU asst pres.
Gus Tyler recommending against aligning with group, calling it
counterproductive and unnecessarily confrontational, March 17, 1988;
note by Tyler to Seymour Reich, to same effect, March 25, 1988; letter
to Shapiro from Otto von Habsburg concurring with ZOA position, December
3, 1987
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Mazur Correspondence, received March 4-March 31
Memo to Mazur recommending improvements for Union Health Center, March 6,
1986; draft report to Mayor Koch for plan to preserve industrial space,
March 6; memos re funds due from regional offices, March 14-18; map of
Pennsylvania
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Mazur Correspondence, April 1-April 28
Press release, statement by NY Gov. Cuomo on the 75th anniversary of the
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, March 25; memo to Mazur re possible dues
increase, April 9; draft introduction and section on Chaikin presidency
for inclusion in the General Executive Board report to the 39th ILGWU
convention, written by Gus Tyler, with cover memo to Mazur, April 14;
letter from Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of
Mediation, asking Mazur's opinion of Rose F. Jacobs for inclusion on
list of arbitrators, April 23; letter from architects Anschuetz,
Christidis & Lauster giving cost estimates for renovation of suite
at 275 Seventh Ave., March 25
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Mazur Correspondence, received May 5-May 30
Letter from National Consumers League, outlining agenda of issues, signed
by labor advisory committee consisting of heads of five unions, April
28; letter re unfair labor practice strike against Chicago-based Sewing
Unlimited Corp., Korean-owned contractor, outlining chronology of
events, strike expense report, requesting strike benefit payment, May 1;
letter to Chaikin from United Furniture Workers of America, requesting
copy of contract with Kolcraft Product Company, May 12; letter from
Chaikin to National Council of Senior Citizens re campaign to regulate
apparel and textile imports, May 13; letter from League for Industrial
Democracy re program to defend labor movement among American
intellectuals and political leaders, with attached minutes of April 17
executive committee meeting, May 20; letter from Western Pennsylvania
Region director to Kingston Knitwear Co. president re postal sweaters
being made in nonunion shops, May 22
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Mazur Correspondence, received June 3-June 30
Letter from NY Anti-Apartheid Coordinating Council soliciting donations
for upcoming march and rally, May 29; report by National Immigration,
Refugee & Citizenship Forum, "Immigration Reform: A Pro-Con Analysis
of Pending Proposals to Significantly Expand Temporary Foreign
Agricultural Worker Programs," May 1986; notice of annual meeting of the
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC), June 6; letter from
Committee to Legislate Ethical Action Now (CLEAN) re campaign to amend
the NYC charter to limit campaign contributions to $1,000 every two
years, June 6; letter to Mazur from consumer who wrote a letter to the
editor blaming quality of American- made garments on domestic industry's
decline, June 18; memo re APCO bill, June 30
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Mazur Correspondence, received July 2-July 30
Letter re successful strike against Jason Tynan Co., June 27; memos to
Chaikin re Calvin Klein and Russ Togs master agreements, October 24;
production analysis for Izod, August 22; list of warehouse locations for
Zayre Corp., February 14; affidavits from employees re attempts to
induce them to "get out of the union" at Hygiene Industries, July 2;
outstanding import bills for manufacturers; notice to Chaikin from U.S.
Department of Labor re contesting by Mattoon Garment Company (Illinois)
of citations and penalties by department, asking Chaikin if he wanted
participate in OSHA hearing, June 26; memo to Chaikin re Leslie Fay,
with summary of meeting re use of subcontractors, September 26; letter
from World ORT Union director general Joseph Harmatz, reporting on South
American trip, June 20; letter from Free Trade Union Institute with
attached correspondence and newspaper clippings; letter from Seafarers
International Union of North America, with attached correspondence re
merging all maritime unions and suggestions as to plan, May 28;
statement by Mazur opposing new apparel and textile trade agreement with
Hong Kong, July 1, with attached newspaper clippings; text of speech by
Gus Tyler to Council of Senior Citizens, "A Tale of Two Depressions," re
global economy, July 14; letter re national retirement benefit for ILGWU
member Louise Di Chiara, July 16; text of speech by Secretary of Labor
William E. Brock at Cornell ILR School, calling on nation's business
schools to include labor-management relations in core curriculum, as
press release by Department of Labor, May 2; UAW press release re trade
legislation, July 22; recommendations of draft report by Economic Policy
Council re newly industrializing countries, July 23; International
Rescue Committee annual report 1985
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Mazur Correspondence, received August 1-August 7
List and descriptions of companies to boycott, by AFL-CIO Union Label
& Service Trades Dept.; letters of invitation, complaints
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Mazur Correspondence, received August 8-August 13
Determination by U.S. Dept. of Labor re ILGWU election complaint; 1986
Labor Day statement by Howard Samuel, president AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Dept.; letter from Ernest Lieberman soliciting endorsement for new book,
with attached letters from union leaders, August 11; memo re contractors
registration bill, August 12; confidential profile of lobbying group
Consumers for World Trade, funded by major multinational corporations
and assembled by Republican-connected PR firms, with cover letter from
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department to staff director of congressional
Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, August
8; letter to Mazur from chairman of Honey Fashions, asking for help in
finding a shipping facility to allow firm to stay in NYC rather than
relocate to New Jersey or Long Island, August 12; letter to Mazur from
mayor's office re efforts to help firm find suitable facilities, October
3
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Mazur Correspondence, received August 18-August 22
Memo to Mazur from Southeast Region director Nick Bonnano re history of
Local 3, Independent Hotel Resort Service Union in Miami, August 13;
letter from Committee on Political Education (COPE), AFL-CIO, re
campaign skills training seminar, August 13; summary from NYS AFL-CIO of
1986 legislative session; press release from U.S. Department of Justice
re consent decree requiring State of Michigan to improve care of mental
patients at Northville and Ypsilanti Regional Hospitals, establishing
minimum staff-to-patient ratios, adequate food, other measures, August
7; OSHA citation against Joseph & Feiss Company (Utica, NY); memo
from AFL-CIO Industrial Union Dept. soliciting nominations for annual
Labor Day Dishonor Roll, August 12; letter re new "Peace on Earth '86"
project by Peace Links, described as mainstream association of women,
including wives of congressional and gubernatorial officials, concerned
about nuclear war, August 13; memo from manager of International Ladies'
Garment Cutters' Union re proposal to change Local 10's co-insurance
requirement, August 12; invitation to conference by National
Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans
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Mazur Correspondence, received August 25-September 2
Letter from AFL-CIO requesting contract provisions that deal with alcohol
or drug testing, for the purpose of resisting mandatory testing of
government employees, August 25; letter from Access-Ability Celebration
Committee of the National Park Service and the Statue of Liberty-Ellis
Island Foundation, re event showcasing recent handicapped-accessibility
modifications to Statue of Liberty, August 25; unsigned letter to Mazur
criticizing Local 23-25 officer Harris Zinn, August 29; invitations to
other events
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Mazur Correspondence, received September 2-September
29
Invitations to political and other receptions, thanks for contributions;
transcript of commentary by Michael Harrington (Institute for Democratic
Socialism) on National Public Radio, "Social Benefits and the U.S.
Worker," August 27; letter to Mazur from member who quit job at Smoler
Brothers (Herrin, PA), criticizing union for failing to represent her,
August 26; notification of settlement of claim against Phillips Center
for Public Research and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 588,
September 3; sales solicitation from Dentcare Delivery Systems, Inc.
(Uniondale, NY), September 8; letters from members responding to
solicitation for political campaign fund
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Mazur Correspondence, received October 1-October 3
Letters from members responding to solicitation for political campaign
fund; original appeal from Mazur in English and Spanish, August 18;
description by Political Department re fundraising campaign, September
27; schedule of contributions from affiliates to ILGWU Campaign
Committee, 1984 and 1985-86; letters in response to members who
expressed complaints, requests, etc.; ILGWU financial statement by
Lehman Management Co., August 29; letter to Mazur from manager of
Philadelphia-South Jersey District Council re personnel matter with a
Credit Union employee who filed a grievance with Office Workers' Union,
September 29; letter from director of New Jersey Region re non-union
Alpine Fashions (North Bergen, NJ), working for union jobber Jennifer
Dale (Local 62-32), asking for help, September 26; minutes of meeting of
NAACP Special Contribution Fund Board of Trustees, September 25; letter
from Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
in the U.S.A. noting dismissals at Iranian factories, workers as victims
of repressive Khomeini regime, September 29; invitations to dinners,
events
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Mazur Correspondence, received October 6-October 10
Letters from members re grievances; requests for donations; invitations
to events; contributions to ILGWU Campaign Committee; letter from the
U.S. Dept. of Labor, introducing the Women's Bureau, October 6;
description of US Advantage, a rewards program to encourage Americans to
purchase American-made goods, proposing meeting with Chaikin, October 2;
description of complaint against Matsil Bros. (NY), September 29; letter
to Mazur re affiliates' pocketing contributions to ILGWU Campaign
Committee, need to remind directors to forward contributions to national
office, October 7; letter from NY Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health encouraging advocating for strong asbestos safety program, with
attached letter to NYC major Ed Koch, October 6; letters from Mattie
Jackson, manager, Pacific Northwest District Council, proposing staff
assistance with organizing activities, October 3 and 6; other
recommendations by Midwest and Western States regional directors re
staff hiring and salary increases; minutes of special meeting of
Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union Local 10, in which it was
decided to increase dues and remain independent, October 6; statement by
National Farmers Union in support of Save the Family Farm Act of 1986,
October 7
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Mazur Correspondence, received October 13-October 16
Letters from members responding to solicitation for political campaign
fund; letters from members with specific or general complaints; meeting
notices, event invitations; report of activities of the Department
International Relations, submitted to the General Executive Board,
October 1986; report by New York State District to GEB, October 15;
Socialist International press release re mission to Chile, October 17;
newspaper clippings re Sheet Metal Workers and plans to build a Toyota
plant with non-union workers, with cover letter, October 14; letter from
Youth Institute for Peace in the Middle East, expressing concern over
negative publicity about Israel, plans to increase campus media
campaign; memo to ILGWU exec vp Wilbur Daniels from archives department,
internal issue re Triangle Fire exhibit, October 15; financial statement
and memo re fundraising events for Statue of Liberty Campaign, October
14; letter from student researcher inquiring about ILGWU's contract
provisions for job protection and advancement that take into account
women's roles as mothers (seniority, sick leave, etc), October 13;
letter to Mazur from Bruce Miller (Miller, Cohen, Martens & Ice,
attorneys), suggesting spin-off organization that could legally organize
secondary boycotts for labor unions, October 9; press releases from
Second World Press (information network on the Soviet Union) re
dissidents; letter from Wisconsin Elections Board re changes to state
campaign finance law
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Mazur Correspondence, received October 20-October 24
Letters from members responding to solicitation for political campaign
fund; schedule of contributions from affiliates to Campaign Committee;
letters from Ohio, South Jersey District Council and Philadelphia, South
Jersey District Council members objecting to anonymous letter against
Errico Guerino, October 15; invitations to events; letter from NYS
Division of Human Rights re segregation across communities in state,
fair housing hearing, October 16; confidential memo to Social Democrats
USA National Action Committee re Socialist International Latin America
Committee meeting in Panama City, October 14, with cover letter to
Mazur; letter to Mazur from Advocates for Children, asking him to serve
on panel for hearing on status of immigrant children in public schools;
chart of population and personal income, by state, from AFL-CIO
Organization and Field Services, October 20; OSHA citations against
Downing Garment (Plymouth, PA), October 15; solicitation for review of
book, Millennium Management, by author William Lareau, Ph.D., October
19; letters from New York Anti-Apartheid Coordinating Council re visit
of president of African National Congress; letter to Mazur from
Bilt-Rite Sportswear (Bronx, NY) re need to establish relationship with
another jobber, describing production capability, October 10; press
release from Fairfield County (CT) 2000 inviting media to attend task
force meetings, October 24; ILGWU Research Dept. Cost of Living
bulletin, Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers,
changes to September 1986; job application
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Mazur Correspondence, received October 27-October 31
Letters from members responding to solicitation for political campaign
fund; invitations to events; job application; solicitations and thanks
for financial support; letter to Mazur from Western Pennsylvania
District Council describing dispute with member alleging failure to
represent, with attached contract with Bestform Foundations of
Pennsylvania, October 22; appeal for help from employees of Devon
Knitting Mill (Philadelphia), about to close, October 27; other letters
from unhappy members; letter from Social Democrats USA re Mazur's
receiving Eugene V. Debs Award, October 23; John Herling's Labor Letter
for week of October 18; letter to ILGWU from Rio Blouse (NY, NY)
describing dire operating losses, need for labor cost savings, October
17; letter to ILGWU Local 23-25 noting check from Liz Claiborne, Inc.,
for liquidated damages, October 24; press release from American Jewish
Congress urging severing diplomatic ties with Syria, October 27
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Mazur Correspondence, received November3-November7
Invitations to events; letter from members of the Philadelphia-South
Jersey District Council disavowing letter sent by anonymous office
workers, October 29; letters of complaint from members re loss of
holiday pay after Annette Fashions (Jeannette, PA) went out of business;
schedule of contributions from affiliates to Campaign Committee; copies
of checks for campaign from New England region; ILGWU list of
Salvadorian Earthquake Relief Fund Allocation by region, November 3;
mailgram to Mazur from Teamsters asking to withdraw organizing efforts
of employees at Bookcovers of Newark, NJ, represented by Teamsters Local
917, November 3; John Herling's Labor Letter for week of October 25;
letter from Midtown South Preservation and Development Committee re
problem of homeless families in neighborhood, noting lawsuit against NYC
agencies, October 24; memo from manager of Locals 415-475 advising that
he was abandoning organizing campaign for General Plastic (FL), November
7
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Mazur Correspondence, received November 12-November
14
Invitations to events; solicitations for contributions; letters and
copies of checks for Campaign Committee; memos to regional directors re
"unrelenting decline in the financial situation" of the ILGWU,
requesting plans for cutbacks, November 12; letter from officers of
Local 111, Allentown, PA, re problems with manager Ike Gordon, November
6; letter from employees of Ven-Mar (Clifton Heights, PA, Local 15),
complaining of not receiving holiday pay, November 6; similar letter
from member formerly employed at defunct Annette Fashions (Jeannette,
PA), November 11; similar letter from former employee of defunct
Westland Manufacturing (Jeannette, PA), November 14; letter from the
Legal Center, Bennington, VT, representing member trying to collect
disability benefits, November 10; U.S. Department of Justice press
release re DOJ suits against two North Dakota banks charging
discrimination against Indians because they live on reservations,
November 6; press release from Corporation for Enterprise Development re
report criticizing Grant Thornton survey of state business climate,
noting that most Third World countries would rank higher than states by
survey criteria, November 10; memo to Mazur suggesting that college
student newspapers be added to mailing list, November 10; activity
report of Joint Council on Economic Education; memo from ILGWU general
counsel Max Zimny re conviction of David Ganz, president of Local 17-18,
for embezzlement of union funds, November 12; invoices/financial
statements; requests for staff salary increases
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Mazur Correspondence, received November 17-November
20
Complaints from members re nonpayment of holiday vacation pay (Somerset
Manufacturing, Somerset, PA; Faymore Manufacturing, Confluence, PA);
schedule of contributions from affiliates and retired members to
political Campaign Committee; invitations to other events; requests for
contributions; letter re AFL-CIO Union Privilege Legal Services Program,
November 13; agenda for International Labor Solidarity conference, with
cover letter to ILGWU research director Herman Starobin, November 12;
background from Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City
re pension campaign history, November 5; memo to Mazur re logistics of
holding a reception for legislators in Albany, November 17; letter to
Irwin Solomon, copied to Mazur by Solomon, from the officers of Local
111, Allentown, PA, urging that assistant manager Cavalieri be made
manager, November 6; draft letter from Mazur supporting Salvatore
Giardina for vice president of New Jersey AFL-CIO; John Herling's Labor
Letter for week of November 8; copy of signatures of employees of
Brockton Coat, Inc. (MA) re tentative agreement between New England
Macintosh and Local 242 ILGWU, November 17; letter from member whose
employment at ILGWU office in Easton, PA, and health insurance was set
to expire one week before due date of baby, November 14; letter to Mazur
from National Association of Blouse Manufacturers, with attached list of
non-union firms copying designs, selling at lower prices to customers,
November 11; reply from vp Edgar Romney, manager-secretary of Local
23-25, November 21; letter to ILGWU vice presidents re establishing
affiliated working centers in communities with large immigrant and other
target populations for organizing drives, November 17; Department of
Justice press releases re civil suits against NYC Board of Elections to
extend time for receipt of absentee ballots, against Texas district
judge for sexual harassment, installation of federal polling monitors in
Yazoo County, Mississippi, other issues, November 7-17; summary of
meeting of Labor Committee of the Martin Luther King Federal Holiday
Commission, November 17; letters from New York Statue of Liberty
Centennial Commission; memo to governing members (including Chaikin) of
Committee on Developing American Capitalism from interim chairman asking
to identify top three policy issues, November 17; letter from the Kamber
Group offering to do public relations for the union, November 20;
critique by Michael Sheehan Associates of Mazur's CNN interview, with
transcript
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Mazur Correspondence, received November 24-November
28
Invitations to events; minutes of NYC Refugee Employment Project advisory
board, November 13; letter from member responding to solicitation for
political Campaign Committee fund; letter from Central States Region
with copy of check for Campaign Committee; letter from NYC Board of
Education appointing Mazur trustee of Fashion Institute of Technology,
November 20; letter confirming bills paid by IZOD for non-union
contracting, November 25; similar list for Dary Sue Fashions and
affiliates; letter to Mazur from district manager of Western
Pennsylvania District Council Locals 424-445 re anonymous letter sent to
Mazur complaining about business agent, describing corrective action,
November 25; draft of staff benefits manual
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Mazur Correspondence, received December 1-December 9
Correspondence between officers of the United Food and Commercial Workers
Local P-9 re dispute over Austin Labor Center board, November 17-13,
copied to FL-CIO Executive Council; letter to Mazur from KD Equities re
postponement of proposed offering amid climate of scandal re arbitrage,
November 28; letter to Mazur from International Woodworkers of America,
requesting contribution to strike fund, December 5
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Mazur Correspondence, received December 15-December
19
Letter to OPEIU re ILGWU office personnel matter (intent to discharge);
correspondence between NY Governor Mario Cuomo's office and Harold
Shames re appearance of governor in Members Only advertisement, question
of company's import policy, December 12; memo to Mazur from Personal, a
division of Leslie Fay, re number of new union jobs added in 1986 over
1985, December 15; request for contribution from the Federation of
Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, December 15; letter to Mazur
from Seymour Posner, seeking support for appointment as chairman of the
NYS Workers' Compensation Board, with attached resume, December 15;
letter from member in Brooklyn, NY, re problem receiving wages
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Mazur Correspondence, received December 22-December
26
Requests for contributions; invitations to events; memo from ILGWU
legislative department director Evelyn Dubrow with summary of U.S. House
trade bill, December 16; political campaign reporting forms from various
states; thanks from member for assistance in obtaining vacation checks
from employer, Jeanette, PA; letter from member in North Carolina, re
articles by industry executives printed in John Birch Society-affiliated
newspaper, Gastonia Gazette, December 15; correspondence re Willow Glen
Sportswear (Amsterdam, NY) unfair labor practice situation with
Baron-Abramson, Inc., December 19; letter from People for the American
Way, noting popularity of Pat Robertson, increase in religious extremism
among candidates, some claiming divine right, December 17; anonymous
letter alleging contracting problem with Baronesse, 1407 Broadway, NY,
operating a sewing facility in Hialeah, FL, December 22; memo re staff
salary increases; memo to Mazur from Local 23-25 Health and Welfare
Funds associate director re name change of firm Trebor to Spanro, sales
allowance, Crazy Horse case, December 23; letter from AFSCME executive
director Victor Gotbaum re NYC Central Labor Council election, December
23; decision by New Jersey Board of Review that strike or work stoppage
over failure to make payment to benefit fund for financial reasons does
not disqualify strikers for unemployment insurance, with cover letter by
ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, December 24; letters and copies of
checks from district councils for Campaign Committee fund; letter to
Mazur re his renomination to serve on American ORT Federation, December
23
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Mazur Correspondence, received December 29-December
31
Invitations to events; request for endorsement and contribution for
conference from Democratic Alternatives, a liberal-labor coalition
within the Democratic party, December 23; other solicitations for
contributions; letters from members re wages not paid; letter from
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to presidents of Bricklayers and Tile,
Marble, Terrazzo Finishers, re Dick Tile and Marble case, referral to
impartial umpire, December 22; letter explaining arrangement with
Personal (Miami, FL) and union-shop Jorca Mfg., December 18; memos re
staff wage increases; arbitration award decision and related
correspondence between K-Mart Apparel Corp. and Local 99, ILGWU, over
date of hire of John Leary; text of speech by Herb Magidson to JLC
National Trade Union Council Annual Human Rights Award dinner honoring
Larry Duncan, December 16; memo to Mazur expressing concern that Empire
State College was becoming a diploma factory, granting too many credits
for "life experience," December 30; letter from ILGWU president emeritus
Sol Chaikin recommending recently elected president Jay Mazur and
director of research Herman Starobin to the Council on Foreign
Relations, December 29; newspaper clippings
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Mazur Correspondence, received February-May
Invitations to events; memo to Mazur from ILGWU Welfare Fund Control
Department re unrelated NY firms Jet Styles and Accessories by Jet, May
15, 1997; letter from retired member inquiring about life insurance
benefits, April 29; letter to Mazur from president of Alliance to
Revitalize Center-City Hazelton, Inc. (ARCH) re concerns that Hazelton
ILGWU office would be closed, April 19; similar letters from Hazelton
Typographical Union No. 401 and others urging Hazelton office remain
open; letter from triathlete proposing sponsorship, April 26; memo from
Local 102 (Cloak & Dress drivers' & Helpers Union) recommending
updating allowances for eyeglass benefit, April 23; master agreement
monthly report, including settlements for outstanding bills with Calvin
Klein Jeans and Bobbie Brooks, April 30; request to Mazur to appoint
representative to Labor Committee on the President's Committee on
Employment of the Handicapped, April 30; memos re member assistance
program for workers displaced by plant closings; memo to Mazur from Jack
Sheinkman re ILGWU activity at Sanyo American from ACTWU Rochester Joint
Board, April 30; letter to Mazur from the Hispanic Labor Committee, an
advisory committee to the NYC Central Labor Council AFL-CIO, inviting
him to come on a study tour to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, March
16; letter to Mazur from the manager of the Connecticut District Council
re position of Dress Holiday Fund that workers of the Leila Dress
Company (Waterbury) are not entitled to holiday pay after the shop goes
out of business, April 7; call to national conference of the A. Philip
Randolph Institute, March 16; summary of task force meeting on Union
Privilege Benefit Programs, January14; memo asking Mazur to assign
someone to write a rebuttal against protectionism appearing in L.A.
Times; letter to Mazur from Scott Delin, president of Peek-a-Boo Styles,
proposing Employee Ownership Assistance Program, March 13; letter to
Mazur re transferring Coat & Suit Designers' division of Local 66-40
to Cutters' Local 10, March 10; list of field staff and contract
negotiation activities at various firms, other activities, for New York
State District, February 25; agenda and proposed conclusions for ICFTU
conference, February 20; financial report to Mazur from Irwin Solomon,
noting terrible operating losses in 1986, February 24; letter to Mazur
from David K. Morris of Bellbrook, OH, re organizing opportunity at a
major clothing manufacturer, with handwritten notation by Mazur to call
director of organizing Joe Danahy, February 23; letter to Mazur from
ACTWU secretary-treasurer Jack Sheinkman re $100,000 grant to South
African trade unionists, February 23; memo to Mazur re ways to approach
members, retired and active, to solicit contributions to the ILGWU
political Campaign Committee, February 2; letter to Mazur from legal
services organization re workers at Continental Handkerchief Co., Camuy,
Puerto Rico, who were told the factory would close, asking whether they
were entitled to compensation from employer or union, February 3
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ILGWU, Mazur Correspondence, December 1987-March 1989
Letter to Mazur from Cornell ILR dean David Lipsky thanking him for
lobbying state legislative leadership for school's programs, March 17,
1989; letter from U.S. Department of Labor re occupational hazard
warning label for formaldehyde, noting that comments from Mazur would be
placed in public docket, January 31, 1989; letter from Mazur to NYS
Commissioner of Labor Thomas Hartnett re meeting with Gov. Cuomo,
employer-supported child care in apparel industry, February 27, 1989;
copy of article in Technology Review, "Rags to Riches? One Industry's
Strategy for Improving Productivity," August/September 1989; memo from
Mazur to union's NYC managers re two upcoming demonstrations supported
by ILGWU, anti-apartheid and Jobs with Justice, March 2, 1988, related
flyers; correspondence and distribution list for Economic Policy
Institute report, "The State of Working America," October 13, 1988;
correspondence re "The Trade Picture," by AFL-CIO Research Department,
April 1988; correspondence re OPEIU Local 10 efforts to obtain a
collective bargaining agreement at City of Hope (Durante, CA), October
1988; correspondence re dispute between Retail, Wholesale and Department
Store Union Local 1064 and Dearborn (MI) Inn, August 19, 1988; survey
from St. John's University law professor David Gregory re multilingual
issues in labor unions, September 1988; letters from Mazur to NYC parks
commissioner Henry Stern re possibility of commemorative artwork on
Union Square for Statue of Liberty centennial, April 26 and July 19,
1988; correspondence between Mazur and Bernard Rapoport re Labor
Advisory Board and related issues, May 1988; letter from Mazur to the
president of The Limited re domestic robe production capacity, April 21,
1988; mailgram to union presidents urging lobbying for plant closure
notification; letter from Mazur to representative of Coordination
Council for North American Affairs, Republic of China, urging that he
recommend denial of import permit by Board of Foreign Trade for Judy's
Place (NY) and Lo Tung Garment Co., Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan), April 4,
1988; request for comments on description of dressmakers for career
guidance publication, March 16, 1988; letter re theory of how money
supply affects the economy, December 31; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO re
boycott of Blue Cross and Blue Shield re anti-union activity, December
4, 1987; letter to Mazur from U.S. Department of Labor soliciting
reaction to proposed Apprenticeship 2000 initiative, December 15,
1987
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AFL-CIO
See also Legislative & Political; see also Health Care; see also
Executive Council AFL-CIO Policy Resolutions, adopted October 1993 by
the AFL-CIO Convention; Policy Resolutions, adopted November 1991;
letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re upcoming meeting
with President Clinton re need for social clause in GATT, December 2,
1993; letter from Kirkland to Sen. George Mitchell opposing campaign
finance reform bill, urging public funding, July 20, 1993; talking
points for meeting with Hillary Clinton re health care reform; letter to
Kirkland from William Wynn, president, United Food & Commercial
Workers, calling for unity in lobbying President Clinton to change labor
law, December 8, 1992; letter from Mazur to Kirkland re reasons for
defeat of efforts to stop fast-track trade authority, need for greater
unity among labor, May 28, 1991; 1991 Workers' Compensation and
Unemployment Insurance under State Laws January 1, 1991, with cover
letter to AFL-CIO affiliates and summary explanation
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AFL-CIO
See also Legislative Priorities Committee; see also Executive Council
Letter from Building and Construction Trade Department, AFL-CIO,
announcing effort to place mural by pro-labor painter Ralph Fasanella in
Capitol, April 26, 1990; AFL-CIO Review the Issues, re issues of concern
to workers (Apprentice training, excess executive pay, high-definition
television, dislocated workers program, bargaining, May-June 1990;
packet of newspaper clippings on 1990 Iraq war, with cover press
release, "AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland Statement on Iraq Crisis,"
August 22, 1990; statement of ALF-CIO on Social Security, endorsing
Moynihan pay-as-you-go system, January 31, 1990
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AFL-CIO
see also Economic Research Department 1989-1993; see also Health Care
Campaign; see also Executive Council Letter from ILGWU president Mazur
urging AFL-CIO president Kirkland to establish a Work and Family Office
to demonstrate commitment to child care, family medical leave, and
related issues, June 13; letter from Kirkland rejecting the idea, July
20, 1989; letters to Kirkland from Mazur re attempts by Teamsters to
organize employees of T.J. Maxx in Evansville, IN, with whom ILGWU had
preexisting bargaining relationship, Feb. 1 and June 21; memos from
AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue re effort by Air Line Pilots
and International Association of Machinists to buy Eastern Airlines, May
1989; letter to American Express CEO disapproving of promotions for
Eastern Airlines, May 12; convention schedule; report to the AFL-CIO
Executive Council on the work of the Subcommittee on Perestroika, by
Albert Shanker, chairman, AFL-CIO Committee on International Affairs,
August 1989; Report of the Standing Committee on Safety and Occupational
Health, August 1989; draft statements by the AFL-CIO Executive Council
re Namibia, Peace and Democracy in Central America, and Workers and
Communism, August 1989; statements adopted; material related to the
AFL-CIO National Health Care Campaign: Health Care Committee meeting
agenda, July 7, 1989; position papers, "What is the Health Care Campaign
and Where Do You Fit In?" "Rising Health Care Costs: The Real Story,"
"Declining Access to Care: Only in America," "Waste and Inefficiency:
The Facts on Quality of Care," "The AFL-CIO's Strategy for Health Care
Reform"; report by Segal Advisors, "AFL-CIO General Fund: Review of
Investment Program," August 1988; testimony of Lane Kirkland, President,
AFL-CIO, before the Senate Finance Committee on Leveraged Buyouts,
January 26, 1989; testimony of Thomas R. Donahue, Secretary-Treasurer,
AFL-CIO, before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and
Means, U.S. House of Representatives, on the Utilization of Pension Plan
Assets in Leveraged Buyouts and Related Transactions, April 27; white
paper on trade policy from Industrial Union Department, April 20;
nomination by Mazur of Dr. Ray Marshall to receive AFL-CIO
Murray-Green-Meany Award, January 25; proposal to create an organizing
institute within the AFL-CIO to recruit and train organizers; letter
from Mazur to Kirkland asking that the AFL-CIO add La Mode de Golf, Los
Angeles, CA, to its boycott list for illegal interference with
organizing campaign, October 23
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AFL-CIO
See also Reproductive Issues Committee; see also Executive Council Memo
and synopsis re 1990 Immigration Act; roster of AFL-CIO standing and ad
hoc committees, with cover letter to Mazur from President Kirkland
noting appreciation for service on committees, May 3, 1988; list of New
York State AFL-CIO Executive Council members, c. 1988; radio scripts for
"Union Yes" campaign, May 1988; summary of Gallup and Market Facts
research indicating success of campaign, August 1988; summary report of
Committee on the Evolution of Work, April 1988; copies of the Bulletin,
Department of International Affairs, Jan.-Dec. 1988; agenda of AFL-CIO
Reproductive Issues Committee, memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell
re divisions within the committee re legal abortion, talking points on
issue for ALF-CIO Executive Council, resolution by ILGWU and remarks,
1990; recommendations of the Committee on Defense, with memo to Mazur,
August 1987; "Numbers That Count: A Manual on Internal Organizing," June
1988
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AFL-CIO, budgets assessments, and membership totals
Budgets for activities; budgets and assessments for affiliated unions,
showing membership totals of each union comparing annual or monthly
increase or decrease
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AFL-CIO Constitution
AFL- CIO Constitution as amended at the 20th constitutional convention,
October 4-7, 1993; constitution as amended at the 19th constitutional
convention, November 11-14, 1991
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AFL-CIO Constitution Article XX and XXI (Internal disputes and
organizing)
See also Organizing Institute Report of Executive Council re disposition
of internal disputes (under Article XX) and organizing responsibilities
procedure (Article XXI) for 1990, 1991, 1992, as of December 31, 1992;
letter from Mazur to Kirkland re organizing jurisdiction dispute with
International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) over representation for
workers of Performance Team Freight Systems, Compton, CA, and Buyers
Performance International, May 12, 1993; letter from Kirkland to Mazur
and ILA president John Bowers re dispute, January 27, 1994; letter from
Mazur re dispute with Teamsters (IBT) for Gel Spice, Bayonne, NJ, April
2, 1992
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AFL-CIO Convention, November 13-16
Notification to Mazur and other ILGWU officials of appointment to
committees at the eighteenth constitutional convention; press release
announcing convention; invitation to AFL-CIO Conference on International
Affairs, to be held the day before the general convention; schedule of
meetings of Executive Council during convention; talking points for
Mazur at convention, re immigration, and related materials (status of
DeConcini bill, employer sanctions); letters to Mazur from various union
presidents announcing candidacy for position on AFL-CIO Executive
Council, asking for support; drafts of resolutions submitted by ILGWU;
draft of resolution on China, submitted by AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland, with cover letter to the Committee on China noting that
members could make changes; memo to Mazur from ILGWU international
relations director Michele Briones re plans for her activities at
convention, meetings with Lech Walesa and other international labor
leaders; letter to Mazur asking for redress by AFL-CIO Executive Council
re dispute between International Association of Black Professional Fire
Fighters and International Association of Fire Fighters; letters to
Mazur from director of ILGWU Puerto Rico District Council and anonymous
member re dispute; letters to Mazur from Howard Samuel re striker
replacement issue, to be considered by IUD Legislative Committee before
the convention
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AFL-CIO Convention-ILGWU Resolutions
Resolutions submitted for 1989 convention, developed by ILGWU vp Susan
Cowell, re: textile and apparel imports, industrial homework,
immigration reform, education (opposing English-only), child care, child
labor, minimum wage, family and medical leave, OSHA reform, reproductive
choice (abortion), South Africa (apartheid), China, international
solidarity, developing countries debt, and Chile; fact sheet by Child
Care Action Campaign; and "Child Labor," with article from AAFLI
News
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AFL-CIO Convention, ILGWU Resolutions
Resolutions submitted for 1989 convention, re: associate membership,
Central America, child care, Chile, health care for the elderly,
immigration reform, industrial homework, labor in the schools, labor
rights and international trade, minimum wage, occupational safety and
health, offshore office work, opposition to English-only statutes,
organizing, South Africa, support for CLUW's American Family
Celebration, Support for Family and Medical Leave Act, textile and
apparel imports, and unemployment insurance
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AFL-CIO Missouri Convention (Mazur speech)
Second draft of speech by Mazur re importance of 1990 elections
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AFL-CIO Regional Conferences
List of locations and ILGWU representatives; registration form with
agenda
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statements |
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statements |
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AFL-CIO Executive Council-February and May statements
Draft statements at meetings February and May; list of Executive Council
members
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, correspondence and
statements
Letter from the AFL-CIO NYC Central Labor Council to members re dispute
over election of Tommy Van Arsdale as president, November 1994; press
release from Union Label and Service Trades Department praising U.S
Customs officials for prosecuting label-switchers (North Carolina
companies sewing "Made in USA" label into imported goods), December 19,
1994; letter to Mazur from ALF-CIO president Lane Kirkland and Robert
Georgine, president, Building and Construction Trades Department, re
Fiberboard asbestos class-action case, September 21, 1994; letter to
Mazur from Richard Trumka, chairman of the AFL-CIO Strategic Approaches
Committee, re successful negotiation by Conference of Newspaper Unions
for new agreement with San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, November
21, 1994; remarks by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Tom Donahue at a
Tribute to [Secretary of Labor] Robert Reich at the Work in America
Institute, December 6, 1994; transcript of press conference by AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland re health care reform, efforts of opponents to
kill it, need for universal coverage, August 9, 1994; letter from
Kirkland to members of Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform,
criticizing proposals to cut Social Security benefits, issued as a press
release, December 13, 1994; statement of David Silverman, director,
AFL-CIO Task Force on Labor Law, before the Commission on the Future of
Worker-Management Relations, with cover press release urging new form of
worker representation but opposing company unions, August 10, 1994
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, August
Mazur talking points re policy on immigration, August 5; letter from
Mazur to Kirkland proposing special Executive Council committee to
coordinate organizing strategy in the U.S. and Latin America, August 4;
Health Care Committee report; report of the standing Committee on
Education; report on proposed new rapid arbitration rules; AFL-CIO
Campaign update #144; report by the Committee on National Information
Infrastructure; report by the Strategic Approaches Subcommittee; report
on Basic Messages for Labor Day and Near-Term; summary on long-term
communications planning; report to the IUD Executive Council re first
contract survey; resolution of AFL-CIO Executive Council amendment to
the AFL-CIO Staff Retirement Plan for Industrial Union Department
Employees; AFL-CIO Positions on GATT Uruguay Round Implementing Bill;
statements by Executive Council on: the congressional leadership's
health care reform bills, federal technology policy, justice and dignity
for immigrant workers and families, Rwanda, Uruguay Round implementing
legislation; Labor Day statement and question-and-answer roundtable with
reporters by Lane Kirkland; Labor Day statement by Thomas R. Donahue;
printed booklet, Statements Adopted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council,
February 21-24, 1994
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AFL-CIO Executive Council
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin briefing him
on status of trade policy in advance of meeting with majority leader
Rep. Richard Gephardt re GATT, noting creation of World Trade
Organization limiting U.S. sovereignty, position of U.S. Trade
Representative Mickey Kantor, disregard of human rights and labor
standards in trade agreements, February 7, 1994; draft letter to Mickey
Kantor re shutdown of Leslie Fay, May 16, 1994; memo to Mazur from
Starobin summarizing actions at meeting of AFL-CIO Subcommittee on
Trade, with attached agenda re NAFTA, Uruguay Round of Multilateral
Trade Negotiations, bilateral trade with Chile, Japan, and China, and
resolutions calling for free elections in Mexico, February 9, 1994;
statement of AFL-CIO Executive Council on those items, plus South
Africa, Federal Reserve Board policy, Teamsters' strike to save
full-time jobs, support for San Francisco newspaper unions, May 1994;
outline of Strategic Approaches Subcommittee's San Francisco newspaper
campaign; clipping from Journal of Commerce re opposition to labor
standards for WTO, January 1994; list of union contributions to NAFTA
campaign fund; report of the standing Committee on Safety and
Occupational Health; letter to Mazur from George Stephanopoulos, senior
advisor to the president for policy and strategy, thanking him for
allowing him to address the Executive Council, February 24; notices of
various committee meetings and receptions
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, February-May
Report for the Executive Council by the Employee Benefits Department,
"Domestic and International Pension Issues"; report by the Pension
Investment Committee; report of the standing Committee on Safety and
Occupational Health re Workers' Memorial Day; third draft of 1993 Media
Guide by Geto & deMilly listing topics of interest to reporters,
with cover letter to Mazur asking for comments, February 10, 1993;
personal and confidential memos to Mazur and ILGWU legislative director
Evy Dubrow from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re possible
candidates for U.S. chief textile negotiator, February 8; memo to Mazur
from Dubrow re Citizen Trade Campaign Grassroots Task Force, opposing
NAFTA, January 13; memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations
director Michele Briones re Chinese refugee Lu Jinghua, February 8; memo
to Mazur from director of AFL-CIO Department of Organization and Field
Services re AFL-CIO Organizing Institute, February 11; memo to Mazur
analyzing Secretary of Labor Robert Reich's new "free-trader's dream"
book, The Work of Nations, February 11; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp
Susan Cowell re AFL-CIO health care position, February 12, with attached
draft statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council re health care reform;
draft statements re updating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 30th
anniversary of the Equal Pay Act
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AFL-CIO General Board Meeting
List of affiliated unions and membership counts for General Board meeting
delegate qualification to 1991 convention; draft of proposed rules for
AFL-CIO General Board meeting, including rule that endorsement of U.S.
presidential candidate would be decided by roll-call vote, September 3,
1992; letter from Kirkland to Mazur inviting him to meeting, noting
endorsement decision on agenda; credential certificate signed by
Mazur
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, July-August
Meeting notices of various committees held during August meeting
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, February
Statements by Executive Council on: auto trade legislation, collapse of
Soviet Union, economic conversion, El Salvador Peace Accords, Haiti,
international trade negotiation, loan guarantees for Israel, negative
campaigning, program for economic recovery, U.S. employer interference
in Mexican law enforcement; report of the housing committee to the
Executive Council; State and Local Central Bodies Committee report to
the Executive Committee; report on cases filed under Article XX and XXI,
December 31, 1991; letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the
Joint Trade Unions Research Development Centre, Jamaica, West Indies,
noting concerns with the Uruguay Round negotiations of GATT, January 9,
1992; talking points (for Lane Kirkland?) re post-election strategy,
November 5; Garin-Hart Strategic Research Group executive summary of key
findings for the Democratic Study Center survey of likely voters;
description of state-by-state term limit initiatives, February 14;
draft, "Fashioning an Industrial Strategy for Garment Workers," by James
Parrott and Carl Proper, May 4, 1992; memo re ILGWU-sponsored apparel
technology demonstration center, February 27; related newspaper clipping
re GIDC from Women's Wear Daily; press release from the American Textile
Manufacturers Institute, "New Textile, Apparel Import Records Raise
Industry Concerns," February 20; notice of public hearing on adult
literacy in New York State; copies of AFL-CIO News
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, May
Statements of the Executive Council on: Article XX Protection for
Independent Unions, the Balanced Budget Amendment, the President's
"Beck" Orders (Executive Order re NLRB, union organizing), AFL-CIO
retiree organizations, U.S. corporations and international worker
rights, unemployment compensation, United Way of America; draft
amendments to AFL-CIO constitution; report to the Executive Council by
the Committee on Older and Retired Union Members; organizing report;
press release re Roper poll re striker replacement ban, "Public Favors
Workplace Fairness Bill by 72 Percent"; letter sent to members of
Congress, supporting reauthorization of the language assistance
provisions of the Voting Right Act
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, reports
See also Committee on Political Education (COPE) 1994 Outlook Report
1993-94, listing congressional and gubernatorial races, February 16-19,
1993; Executive Council Meeting COPE Report 1994; AFL-CIO Housing
Investment Trust Report to Executive Council 2/92
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, July
See also Industrial Union Department (IUD) Legislative Committee Reports:
"Overview of the Impact of the Collapse of the Executive Life Insurance
Company," prepared by the Employee Benefits Department; survey on
retiree groups; Labor Day statement by the U.S. Catholic Conference;
report of standing committee on Safety and Occupational Health; report
of ad hoc committee on the Harvard Trade Union Program; statements of
the Executive Council on: reinforcing China's dictatorship, unemployment
insurance, South Africa, meeting the needs of children, Yugoslavia; list
of publishing scam operations targeting union locals; presidential
process voluntary guidelines re endorsements; report by Mazur on
Industrial Union Department's (IUD) Legislative Program, July 17;
resolution on Workplace Fairness Bill, September 13
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AFL-CIO Executive Council, February
See also Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) - Support Group
1990-1991 Report of the Organizing Institute; report/description of the
Organization and Field Service Department; draft report on advisory
committee meetings for Asian American support group; report of Committee
on Asian/American Labor Support Group; Department of International
Affairs Subcommittee on Perestroika Chairman's Report to the Executive
Council of the AFL-CIO; resolutions of Industrial Union Department (IUD)
for consideration by AFL-CIO Executive Council: "Protect U.S. Mainland
Jobs," and "America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages"; correspondence
with Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees (HERE) Union local 11;
written testimony of the American Chiropractic Association in support of
the AFL-CIO's campaign for health care reform; statements of Executive
Council on: abuse of "Section 936" of the tax code, anti-recession
programs, black Revolutionary War patriots memorial, the continued
threat of corporate takeovers, foreign control of U.S. aviation
industry, democratic transition in South Africa, George Many
commemorative stamp, employee privacy, minimum wage, opposition to
limiting terms of office, Operation Stateside (Red Cross program to
support families of military personnel serving in Persian Gulf war),
prison labor programs; printed booklet of statements adopted by the
AFL-CIO Executive Council, February 1990
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Executive Council minutes from November 9, 13 and 14
Indexed by subject
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AFL-CIO Executive Council
See also AFL-CIO 1988- 1990 Draft statements by Executive Council re
Social Security, Cuba, U.N. World Summit for Children, strikers' rights
legislation, South Africa and free trade unionism, budget negotiations,
campaign finance and the Senate, the Hatch Act, reproductive issues
(with accompanying committee report), and report by Committee on Older
and Retired Union Members, August 1990; Roper Report survey, May 17,
1990; information packet for Executive Council meeting of July 31-August
2, 1990, mostly re reproductive issues; personal and confidential letter
from Mazur to Kirkland re fast-track trade negotiation authority under
GATT, December 3, 1990; letter from Mazur to Kirkland re bringing
attention to plight of workers in China, December 19, 1990; letter from
Mazur re commemoration of first anniversary of Tiananmen Square
massacre, May 29, 1990; letter from Mazur to Kirkland re creation of
Asian American support group within AFL-CIO, April 17, 1990; letter from
Mazur to Kirkland re Republican plan to gerrymander black and Hispanic
voters out of traditionally Democratic congressional districts after
census, October 9, 1990; draft report from the AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department (IUD) re lobbying and grass-roots campaign for legislation to
amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRB) re striker replacement,
July 24, 1990
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AFL-CIO Executive Council
Presentation by Roper Organization, "Labor Makes a Comeback and Other Key
Opinion Trends"; statement by the Executive Council on affirmative
action, affordable housing for families and homeless, Burma, Central
America, child labor, Chile, Eastern Airlines, industrial homework,
Hungary's unions, international trade and investment, Korea, Malaysia,
Maquiladora program in Mexico, minimum wage, negotiations in Poland,
campaign finance reform, Histadrut and Israel, implementing the national
affiliation fee, pension plan terminations, protecting the environment
at Department of Energy nuclear facilities, the savings and loan
failure, South Africa, tariffs, working families; reports by the
Committee on Older and Retired Union Members, Committee on Occupational
Safety and Health, Defense Committee re base closure, housing investment
trust and building investment trust, cases filed under Article XX and
XXI, organizing, Human Resources Development Institute, National
Leadership Commission on Health Care; Open Response to Victor Reuther by
executive officers of UAW accused of selling out to management, February
28, 1989
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AFL-CIO Executive Council-Israel
Statement by Dr. Rudolph Oswald, director Department of Economic
research, AFL-CIO, on Workers' Rights Practices of GSP Beneficiary
Countries before the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee, objecting to investigation of labor-rights abuses by Israel,
November 17 & 18, 1988; letter from AFL-CIO director of Department
of International Affairs responding to letter from the president of the
Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee concerning alleged workers'
rights abuses by Israel, August 11, 1988; executive summary of testimony
of the Jewish Labor Committee and the NJCRAC before the U.S. Trade
Representative, February 29, 1989
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AFL-CIO Executive Council
See also AFL-CIO 1988-1990 Statement by the Executive Council on the
national economy, February 18, 1986; draft statement on overriding the
veto of the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, August 1986;
letters from Mazur re health and safety, March 14, 1989; child care,
February 9, 1989; Executive Council meeting agenda; draft statements by
Executive Council re Eastern Airlines strike, march for Housing Now!,
25th anniversary of Civil Rights Act, minimum wage, Solidarnosc, May
1989; list of members and union affiliations of the Executive Council,
1989; "A Warning to the Congress and the President: America Needs
Increased Public Investment, Now," signed by 306 American economists,
headed by Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute
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AFL-CIO Executive Council reimbursement letter and
forms
Routine reimbursement forms, mostly for Executive Council meeting-related
expenses, and letter of explanation by Mazur re method of
calculation
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AFL-CIO- African-American Labor Center
Division of AFL-CIO concerned with international trade union development
in Africa. Report of 1988 activities to Board of Directors meeting, held
November 21, 1989; AFL-CIO Statement on Sudan, July 26, 1989; memo to
Mazur proposing allocation of supplemental administrative support by
ILGWU to provide salary differential, October 26, 1989; letter to Mazur
from executive director re 25th anniversary conference, September 14,
1989; Resolution on Lesotho by Executive Committee of the International
Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation, October 27-19, 1991;
letter from executive director asking for help in organizing a
demonstration at the Embassy of Malawi in Washington, D.C., protesting
the arrest of trade unionist Chakufwa Chihana, April 30, 1992; letter to
Mazur from regional representative re ILGWU organizing efforts at Domsey
Trading Corp. (Brooklyn, NY), noting decree in Kenya against the
importation of used clothing, difficulty of identifying clothing from
Domsey, July 26, 1990; letter to Mazur from acting executive director re
South African Clothing & Textile Workers Union, with attached
proposal to Agency for International Development for Zenzeleni Clothing
and Employment Creation Project, January 29, 1991
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AFL-CIO- African-American Labor Center
Letters re leadership seminars for African trade unionists, 1987-88;
letter from Mazur to the executive director of African-American Labor
Center re assignment of a U.S. staff member at ITGWLF headquarters in
Brussels, recommendation by ILGWU for appointment of Eric Bombart as
research assistant to health & safety project approved at recent
ITGLWF World Congress in Tokyo, description of duties, request for funds
committed to project, December 12, 1988; routine correspondence
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AFL-CIO- American Institute for Free Labor
Development
See also Committees - Cuba Committee; see also Committees - International
Organizing and Solidarity Committee; see also under specific countries
Division of AFL-CIO concerned with international trade union development
in Latin America. Suggested draft of speech for Mazur, as chair of the
AFL-CIO Committee for a Free Cuba, for luncheon honoring Mario Chanes,
August 5, 1993; excerpts from a report describing labor's role in the
1989 Salvadoran elections by the International Human Rights Law Group,
March 21, 1989; solicitation from Mazur to AIFLD for continued funding
of the health and safety department of the International Textile,
Garment and Leather Workers' Federation, with attached description of
the program, November 21, 1989; letter from finance director of AIFLD to
secretary treasurer of FITITVC, asking for an accounting to back up
attached balance sheets, September 25, 1989; newsletter, AIFLD Report,
fourth quarter 1991; fourth quarter 1990, with cover letter to ILGWU
assistant president Gus Tyler from John Justin and including article by
Tyler, "Farmers, Governments, and Market Economies"; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU director of Organization & Field Services expressing concerns
over proposed AIFLD "Free Zone Organizing Training Program," December 1,
1992; Report on the ICFTU/ORIT Mission to Haiti, April 1986; letter to
Mazur re developments in Nicaragua, with attached newsletter of the
Puebla Institute, testimony of Freedom House senior associate before the
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 24, 1991; draft of news
article re Mazur visit to Nicaragua, press transcripts of inauguration
speech of Violeta Chamorro, May 2, 1990; packet of newspaper clippings
re Cuba, 1994
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AFL-CIO- American Institute for Free Labor
Development
See also Tunnel Vision Notice to Mazur of annual meeting of Board of
Trustees, October 24, 1988; negative reviews of Tunnel Vision: Labor,
the World Economy, and Central America (Dan Cantor and Juliet Shor), a
book critical of the anti-communist stance of the AFL-CIO Department of
International Affairs and U.S. trade unions generally; draft of letter
for Mazur to U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz to terminate aid to
Pinochet regime in Chile, August 18, 1986; itinerary for trip to Central
America, with trip report by Western States AFL-CIO Delegation to
Central America, July 15, 1985; letter from Mazur to the executive
director of AIFLD re assignment of a U.S. staff member at ITGWLF
headquarters in Brussels, recommendation by ILGWU for appointment of
Eric Bombart as research assistant to health & safety project
approved at recent ITGLWF World Congress in Tokyo, description of
duties, request for funds committed to project, December 12, 1988;
routine correspondence
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AFL-CIO- Asian-American Free Labor Institute
see also China Division of AFL-CIO concerned with international trade
union development in Asia. Memo to members of AFL-CIO's China Committee
announcing Tiananmen Square demonstration at the Capitol, with attached
flyer, May 28, 1991; letter to ILGWU International Relations director
Michele Briones thanking her for the presentation to TEKSIF Women's
Symposium held in Istanbul, Turkey, December 4, 1990; agenda for the
annual meeting of the AAFLI Board of Trustees, January 8, 1991, with
minutes of the December 14, 1989, meeting and report of the executive
director updating activities in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong,
Philippines, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Pakistan,
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, Lebanon, Cyprus,
Turkey; memo to Mazur from Briones re AAFLI meeting with Tiananmen
survivor and representative of the Workers Autonomous Federation, China,
May 4, 1990; Report to the Board of Trustees, 1990, "Working with the
International Labor Movement in Asia and the South Pacific"; letter from
Mazur to AAFLD executive director asking for continued funding of health
and safety program of the International Textile, Garment and Leather
Workers' Federation, with attached description of program, November 21,
1989; AAFLI newsletter, re child exploitation, January-February 1989
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AFL-CIO- Asian-American Free Labor Institute (AAFLI)
White paper re role of trade unions and institution-building in the
Philippines, April 15, 1986; correspondence re trip by ILGWU official
Joe Danahy to TWARO West Asian Sub-Regional seminar to be held in
Bombay, India, October 19 - November 6, 1987; correspondence re
finances, repeated budget cuts, impact on AAFLI/TWARO union-to-union
program, April 25, 1986 - May 13, 1988; letter to AAFLI from ILGWU
International Relations assistant director Michele Briones re organizing
potential in Pakistan, Malaysia, and the Philippines, TWARO program,
November 6, 1986; letter to Mazur from AAFLI executive director re joint
statement with Zensen (Japanese trade union organization) re Multi-Fiber
Arrangement (MFA), January 7, 1988; letter from Mazur to the executive
director of AAFLI re assignment of a U.S. staff member at ITGWLF
headquarters in Brussels, recommendation by ILGWU to appoint Eric
Bombart as research assistant to health & safety project approved at
recent ITGLWF World Congress in Tokyo, description of duties, request
for funds committed to project, December 12, 1988
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AFL-CIO- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Convention
Division of AFL-CIO concerned with supporting Asian American union
members. Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland
summarizing accomplishments of AFL-CIO's newest labor support group,
APALA, asking for recommendation for ILGWU representative to Executive
Board, April 28, 1993; call to 1993 convention; letter to Mazur from
Kirkland re success of founding convention call for AFL-CIO's newest
labor support group, APALA, April 22, 1992; press release re founding
convention, issues discussed affecting Asian Americans, May 1, 1992;
conference materials including speech by Mazur, list of delegates, May
1, 1992
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AFL-CIO-Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Steering
Committee
Confidential memo to Mazur from the manager of the ILGWU Pacific
Northwest District Council and chair of the APALA Steering Committee,
Katie Quan, expressing concern over disputes among members of the
committee, particularly involving representatives from AFSCME, October
17, 1991; memo to Mazur from Quan re vote by Steering Committee on
composition of Executive Board calling for ethnic, geographic, gender,
and union diversity, November 8, 1991; memo to Mazur from Quan listing
members of Steering Committee, November 5, 1991; minutes of the Steering
Committee meeting, October 25-26; 1991; corrected minutes of the
September 1-2, 1991, meeting; confidential letter to Mazur from the
president of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, asking
why a member of his union was not acceptable for appointment to the
APALA Steering Committee, October 21, 1991; confidential memo to Mazur
from Quan explaining allegations of exclusion by various unions,
especially larger ones like AFSCME "throwing their weight around,"
October 30, 1991; memo to Mazur from Mike Gildea, of AFL-CIO
Organization & Field Services, outlining history of decisions by
APALA re composition of Steering Committee, October 31, 1991; detailed
letter of explanation from Mazur to Sheet Metal Workers president,
November 4, 1991; agenda and related materials for the first meeting of
the Steering Committee, held June 21, 1991; remarks by Mazur at first
meeting of interim steering committee, June 21, 1991; comparison of
bylaws with other support groups (A. Philip Randolph Institute,
Coalition of Labor Union Women, Labor Council for Latin American
Advancement); letter to Mazur from the Asian Labor Committee of the New
York City Central Labor Council, appealing rejection of member for
Steering Committee, June 7, 1991; draft of letter to presidents of
AFL-CIO unions over Mazur's signature announcing the formation of APALA,
creation of interim steering committee of representatives from the
unions, with editing by Mazur, May 3, 1991; letter to Mazur from United
Steelworkers representative to Steering Committee, accepting position,
May 11, 1991; letter to Mazur as chair of the AFL-CIO Task Force on an
Asian Labor Support Group from members of the Asian American Federation
of Union Members, asking that the search process for temporary staff
support be opened up to all applicants and that the hiring decision rest
with the Steering Committee, April 18, 1991; memo to Mazur from Katie
Quan with attached resume from applicant for staff support position,
April 16, 1991; nominations for Steering Committee to Mazur by the Asian
Labor Committee, New York City Central Labor Council, March 27, 1991;
letter to Mazur from the executive secretary-treasurer of the California
Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, giving assurance of cooperation in forming an
Asian Pacific American labor committee, March 22, 1991; memo to Mazur
and Susan Cowell from Katie Quan listing nominees to the Steering
Committee by the San Francisco ad hoc committee, March 11, 1991; Report
to the Executive Council, Committee on Asian/American Labor Support
Group, chairman: Jay Mazur, with statement of purpose, recommendations,
statistical demographic projections for year 2000, cover letter to Quan,
February 28, 1991; budget proposal for 1991; memo to Mazur from
AFL-CIO's Mike Gildea re composition of Steering Committee, February 12,
1991; letter to Mazur from the president of the New York Hotel and Motel
Trades Council recommending two members for the Steering Committee,
January 22, 1991; memo to Mazur from Quan recommending selection of
Steering Committee at the local level, financing, January 16, 1991;
minutes of second meeting of Executive Council Committee on Asian
Support Group, January 10, 1991; handwritten notes by Mazur; newspaper
clippings
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AFL-CIO-Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Support
Group
See also AFL-CIO Executive Council 2/18/91 Proposal for a Nationwide
Asian Pacific American Labor Organization, by the San Francisco Ad Hoc
Committee, September 1990; list of Asian American leaders of Bay Area
(San Francisco, CA) unions, September 1990; Asian Support Committee
confidential memorandum of meeting with Mazur, July 12, 1990; draft
budget; conference brochure and related materials; expense statement for
San Francisco Chinatown Garment Workers Center; letter from Mazur to
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland updating him on the work of the Asian
American Support Committee, with attached Preliminary Results, Survey of
Asian American Union Membership, December 20, 1990; Los Angeles
Newspaper Guild Resolution to Support a National Asian Pacific American
Labor Committee, April 20, 1991, with cover letter to Mazur re
anticipated resolutions from other unions, May 16, 1991; correspondence;
newspaper clippings; handwritten notes by Mazur
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AFL-CIO-Civil Rights Department
Civil rights organizing project questionnaire, with cover letter to Mazur
from Lenore Miller, chair of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Committee, October
10, 1990; letter to Mazur re appointment to the AFL-CIO Civil Rights
Committee, March 5, 1991
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AFL-CIO-Committees (standing)
Lists of standing committees and members, with cover letters to Mazur
from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland
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AFL-CIO-Committees (ad-hoc)
Lists of ad hoc committees and members, with cover letters to Mazur from
AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland
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AFL-CIO-Committee on Political Education (COPE)
See also Legislative & Political; see also Executive Council Reports
1994 Memo from director Richard Walsh re midterm congressional
elections, with attached draft of Congressional District Coordinator
Manual analyzing approval ratings, voter turnout, other strategic
indicators, August 10, 1994
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AFL-CIO-Committee on Political Education (COPE)
See also Legislative & Political 1992 Delegate Selection manual (for
selecting delegates to the national party presidential nominating
conventions); memo to Mazur from David Wells re presidential nominating
convention delegate selection, with attached materials, October 29,
1991; memo re Civil Rights Act of 1991, April 12, 1991; COPE Report on
Senate and Gubernatorial races around the country, February 1990; letter
to Mazur from COPE requesting the services of David Wells in
participating on COPE Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting,
with affirmative letter in reply, July 7-19, 1989; list of talking
points to present to COPE (NY State Federation?) Advisory Council re
trade legislation, approach to elected officials previously supported by
labor, August 28, 1988; receipts for two $3,000 contributions from ILGWU
Campaign Committee, March and April 1989
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AFL-CIO-Committee on Political Education (COPE)
Correspondence re New York State AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education
(COPE) conference, July 17-21, 1985; list of NY state legislators,
voting scores, and challengers, February 12, 1986; COPE Report, February
1986; remarks presented to the AFL-CIO COPE Operating Committee on
behalf of Sen. Quentin N. Burdick (D.-N. Dakota), February 16, 1987;
memo to Mazur with questions for presidential candidates re foreign
trade, budget deficit, human needs, the political process; timetable for
endorsement; text of video question for presidential candidates,
1987
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AFL-CIO-Community Services Program
Draft statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council on AFL-CIO Community
Services Policy, including strike assistance, retaining, retiree
programs, May 1990
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AFL-CIO-Cuba Committee
See also American Institute for Free Labor Development Draft of letter
from Mazur to International Monetary Fund objecting to potential
financial assistance to Cuba, February 6, 1995; confidential memo to
Mazur from ILGWU director of international relations Michele Briones re
meeting with Cuban expatriates in Florida re concerns about AFL-CIO
American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD); personal and
confidential memo to Mazur from Jesse Friedman re role of labor in Cuba,
May 6, 1994; U.S. State Department paper, "Cuba: Significant Human
Rights Developments of 1994-1993 in Reverse Chronological Order," with
biographies of political prisoners, August 5, 1994, biographies of Cuban
permanent representative to the U.N. and minister of foreign affairs,
faxed October 3, 1994; letters to Mazur from Bill Doherty, executive
director of AIFLD, re ICFTU delegation to Cuba, February 16, 1994, and
December 14, 1993, with letter to Castro (Spanish and English) from Enzo
Friso, secretary general of ICFTU, requesting permission to send
delegation, October 13, 1993; remarks of Mario Chanes de Armas to the
AFL-CIO Executive Council Accepting the George Meany Human Rights Award,
August 10, 1994; draft of article by Henry Raymont, former New York
Times correspondent in Latin America, n.d.; Human Rights Watch Americas,
"Cuba: Stifling Dissent in the Midst of Crisis," February 1994;
Submitted Statement of Jay, Mazur, Vice-President, AFL-CIO, to the
Committee of Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures,
the Free Trade with Cuba Act, March 18, 1994; agenda and related
materials for April 8, 1994, meeting of AFL-CIO Labor Committee for a
Free Cuba, with talking points for Mazur and biographies of Cuban
expatriates, including Fidel Castro's daughter Alina Fernandez Revuelta;
letter from Rep. Ieana Ros-Lehtinen (Florida) to AFL-CIO American
Institute for Free Labor Development, praising AFL-CIO position against
lifting the embargo, with attached press release, "Human Rights
Complaints Should Not Ignore Cuba," March 14, 1994; packets of newspaper
clippings distributed to committee members by AIFLD
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AFL-CIO-Cuba Committee
Description of committee, established August 1, 1990; speech by Mazur
accepting appointment to chair AFL-CIO Labor Committee for a Free China;
memo from Elvie Franqui to Mazur congratulating him on his appointment
as chair of the Cuba committee, warning of potential conflicts with
AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), alliances
with anti-worker business interests in Florida, September 15, 1993; memo
listing members of the Cuba committee, August 16, 1993; letter from SEIU
president John Sweeney to Mazur as chair of the Cuba committee, inviting
him to speak to union's Committee on International Affairs; description
of activities of the AFL-CIO Cuba Project, March 25, 1993; Cuba Update,
description of activities of the committee, July/August 1993; other Cuba
committee reports, 1992 and 1993; Unidad newsletters in Spanish and
English by the Cuban Telephone Workers Federation in Exile (Federacion
de Trabajadores Telefonicas de Cuba en el Exilio), September/October
1993; Report of the AFL-CIO Labor Committee for a Free Cuba to the
AFL-CIO Executive Council, February 1991 and August 1992; "The Cuban
Democracy Act: One Year Later," statement of Alexander F. Watson,
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, before the
Committee on Foreign Relations, House of Representatives, November 18,
1993; excerpt from the International Labour Conference 80th Session,
Geneva, re forced labor in Cuba, June 1993; draft AFL-CIO Statement on
Cuba, faxed to Mazur for his approval, September 3, 1993; statement by
President Clinton re former Cuban political prisoner, on AFL-CIO
letterhead, August 6, 1993; press release, AFL-CIO News, "Stand Worth 30
Years of His Life, Says Ex-Political Prisoner," August 9, 1993; synopsis
of Radio Marti (Office of Cuba Broadcasting, U.S. Information Agency)
1993 Solidarity Day programming, addressed to AFL-CIO American Institute
for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) executive director William Doherty,
September 22, 1993; letter to AIFLD from Republican Florida commissioner
Pedro Reboredo praising support by labor, November 15, 1993; Bulletin of
the Department of International Affairs, AFL-CIO, July-August 1993;
newspaper clippings; copy of Time with cover story, "Castro's Cuba: The
End of the Dream," December 6, 1993; handwritten notes by Mazur
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AFL-CIO-Defense Committee
Committee on Defense Report to the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO,
February 1991 and February 1990; packets of articles re national
security and defense policy, including a special report of the North
Atlantic Assembly, "NATO in the 1990s," with cover letters to Mazur from
Tom Kahn, AFL-CIO director of Department of International Affairs, March
22, 1989, and January 19, 1990
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AFL-CIO-Disabilities, President's Committee on Employment of
People with-Labor Committee
Letter to Mazur from director of Employee Benefits Department suggesting
he appoint a representative to Labor Committee, which assists union
programs for workers with disabilities
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AFL-CIO-Economic Research Department
See also Trade Subcommittee Report, "Unions and Changing Technology,"
September 1993; report, "Multinational Corporations: An Analysis by the
AFL-CIO Economic Research Department," August 1989; chartbook,
"Recession 1991: Ease the Pain...Create Jobs," February 1991
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AFL-CIO-Education Committee
Activity report
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Committee, December 16
Outline of December 16, 1993, meeting agenda; progress report, AFL-CIO
Health Care Reform Task Force Campaign Update, December 16, 1993; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re Campaign for Health Security,
coalition of unions supporting single-payer system, November 28, 1993;
memo to Mazur from Cowell re status of single payer vs. Clinton health
plan proposal, December 11, 1993; confidential memo to Mazur from Cowell
re upcoming meeting of union presidents, strategy to maintain
progressive coalition, need to keep Clinton from moving right, December
14, 1993; related memos to Mazur from Cowell; memo from Mazur to
committee members re future strategy, need to maintain greater
independence from Clinton White House and Democratic National Committee
in wake of NAFTA vote, December 1, 1993; memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland re AFL-CIO health care strategy, December 7,
1993; comparison of Clinton and other proposals; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Committee, September 21
Meeting agenda, September 21, 1993; memos from Mazur to AFL-CIO president
Lane Kirkland and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman re Clinton health care
plan, September 13, 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re
Clinton health care plan, September 12, 1993; fact sheet, Concerns with
Clinton Plan: Protection for Workers and the Unemployed, September 12,
1993; Highlights of President Clinton's Health Care Proposal: Structure;
Taft-Hartley, Multiemployer Health and Welfare Plans under the Clinton
Health Reform Proposal; Single Payer Response to the Clinton Health
Plan; comparison of benefits and cost-sharing under various health
plans; handwritten notes by Mazur
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Committee
Report of meeting with Clinton transition health policy director,
December 8, 1992; testimony of Lane Kirkland, president, AFL-CIO, before
the Senate Finance Committee on National Health Care Reform, April 9,
1991, with cover press release; letter to Kirkland from the presidents
of several unions, including Mazur, expressing concern that position of
AFL-CIO had been misrepresented to U.S. senators, calling for meeting,
August 9, 1991, with response from Kirkland, setting meeting; press
release, "Kirkland Calls State of Health Care Deplorable; Urges
Fundamental Reform," with attached statement at press conference,
January 29, 1991; Materials for Core Benefit Package Discussion, AFL-CIO
Health Care Committee, January 31, 1992; statement of Senator Edward M.
Kennedy at the AFL-CIO Press Conference on Health Acre, January 29,
1991
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Committee
National Health Spending under Alternative Universal Access Proposals,
prepared for the AFL-CIO and Lewin/ICF, a division of Health and
Sciences International, October 26, 1990; graphs comparing Canadian
model and current system; related correspondence; handwritten notes by
Mazur
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Committee
Report, "Background on Major Healthcare Reform Options"
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Model Plan
Memos to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell discussing strategy for the
AFL-CIO's adopting an ideal model for a health care system against which
legislative proposals can be judged, July 30, 1990, and January 20,
1991; outline, "AFL-CIO Health Care Model," describing deficiencies of
AFL-CIO limited-payer plan; "Key Points in Support of a Single Payor
Plan"; longer position paper, "American Single Payor National Health
Care Plan"; letter from Massachusetts Building Trades Council to
president of AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department
describing rise in health care costs, need to take it off the table as a
bargaining point by enacting a single-payer health care system, January
28, 1991; list of members of AFL-CIO Executive Council, affiliations,
and addresses; list of Executive Council members by likely preference
for single-payer plan
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Reform-Training Program Manual
AFL-CIO Health Care Task Force "Health Care Reform Training Program
Manual," with cover letter to Mazur, January 28, 1994
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AFL-CIO-Health Care, New York State
Resignation from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Board of Directors by Ed
Cleary, president, New York State AFL-CIO, in protest of firing of 29
cafeteria workers (members of N.Y. Hotel-Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO)
and replacement with nonunion workers, February 14, 1993; letter from
Empire board member Harold Wolchok, executive assistant to the president
of Local 144, Hotel, Hospital, Nursing Home & Allied Services Union,
suspending participation on board over firing, February 15; letter to
Mazur from Cleary re national AFL-CIO Health Care Grassroots Campaign,
asking for participation by ILGWU re Health Security Act, February 10,
1994
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Campaign
AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees)
Memo re Campaign for Health Security, summarizing meeting between
several unions and public-interest groups, February 16, 1994, with
attached summary of congressional campaign, draft of leaflet opposing
substitute legislation (Cooper-Breaux and Chaffee-Thomas), February 17,
1994; AFL-CIO Campaign Update #95, discussing findings of Congressional
Budget Office analysis of Clinton health plan proposal, February 17,
1994; AFL-CIO Health Care Campaign Report, re lobbying and grassroots
efforts, February 22, 1994; memo (on stationery of Sen. Paul Wellstone,
D-Minn.) notifying health care advocates of press conference with eight
senators, June 29, 1994, with attached fax cover note to Mazur from
AFL-CIO
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AFL-CIO-Health Care Campaign
See also AFL-CIO 1989 Agenda and background materials, including
questions asked of witnesses, for AFL-CIO Health Care Hearings, October
17, 1990; letters from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to ILGWU
president Jay Mazur re hearings and related events, August 1990; list of
regional hearings and rallies; AFL-CIO booklet, A Comparison of
International Health Care Systems, 1992; summary of pending legislation,
Health Care Choice Act of 1992 (H.R. 5514) and Health Care Cost
Containment and Reform Act of 1992 (H.R. 5502); letter from ILGWU
Benefit Funds Department director Theodore Bernstein discussing
drawbacks of New Jersey Health Care Plan, stating union's position re
need for national approach, October 10, 1990; "invoice" to be sent to
Pres. Bush protesting piecemeal approach to health care reform;
newspaper clippings from AFL-CIO News re hearings, 1990; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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AFL-CIO-Housing Now!
Materials related to march on Washington, D.C., October 7, 1989
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AFL-CIO-Immigration Committee
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU officer Muzaffar Chishti re proposed AFL-CIO
statement on immigration, with copy of previous year's (1993), August 1,
1994; draft of AFL-CIO Executive Council statement, August 1994; draft
talking points by Mazur to AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting re
statement on immigration, August 5, 1994
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AFL-CIO-Immigration Committee
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU officer Muzaffar Chishti re creation of AFL-CIO
Committee on Immigration, focus on employer sanctions, August 30, 1993;
memo to Mazur from Chishti recommending that he express opposition to
employer sanctions, with talking points to immigration committee chair
Bill Wynn, September 17; 1993; memo to Mazur from Chishti re talking
points for meeting with NY Governor Mario Cuomo re immigration, with
attached article by Cuomo from USA Today, July 27, 1993; Mazur Remarks
to AFL-CIO Convention, 1993, re repel of employer sanctions; letter from
AFL-CIO Department of Economic Research to INS, commenting on proposed
rule, noting support for employer sanctions, June 23, 1993; Statement by
Ralph F. Jimenez, president, Labor Council for Latin American
Advancement to AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee on Immigration,
urging repeal of employer sanctions, September 21, 1993; APALA (Asian
Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO) Resolution from August 1993
convention, "Fair Immigration Policy"; Report of the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights, February 1992: "Civil Rights Issues Facing Asian Americans
in the 1990s: Discrimination Caused by the Immigration and Reform and
Control Act"; article by Mazur in Washington Post re Clinton's support
for NAFTA, "Not Yet Lemonade," August 24, 1993; article in New York
Times, "Study Sees Illegal Aliens in New Light," September 2, 1993, with
cover letters from Mazur to AFL-CIO immigration committee chair Bill
Wynn, and from Wynn to rest of committee; article re California, "A
Welcome for Immigrants Turns to Resentment," New York Times, August 25,
1993; other newspaper clippings, many with cover memos to Mazur
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AFL-CIO-Immigration Committee, resolutions
Compilation of AFL-CIO immigration resolutions from 1957 to 1990,
reviewed on August 30, 1993; draft report of AFL-CIO Executive Council
Immigration Committee, October 2, 1993, referring to August 30 meeting,
with attached resolutions referred to AFL-CIO Executive Council, by
ILGWU, "Rights of Immigrant Workers," and by ACTWU, "Immigration
Policy," 1991
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department
Press release announcing appointment of Joe Uehlein to direct IUD
Organizing Department, August 1, 1994; memo to IUD Executive Council re
assessment and financial report for lobbying campaign for defeated
Workplace Fairness Bill, August 3, 1994; summary meeting report, IUD
Coordinated Bargaining Subcommittee Meeting, September 28, 1994; call to
IUD Executive Council for National Conference on Organizing, Workplace
Rights and Building Our Union, October 6, 1994
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department (IUD)
Memos and statements re trade; memo from Mazur to Lane Kirkland re
post-election strategy, problems with Clinton, need to bring unfocussed
anger of Perot constituency into strategic coalition, November 5,
1992
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department (IUD)
See also AFL-CIO Executive Council 7/91 IUD Guide to the 101st Congress
United States House of Representatives, listing members, their district,
and their party affiliation; Senate and House worksheets as of February
25/26, 1991, listing members, party affiliation; letter to Mazur from
Elmer Chatak re Chatak's bid for presidency of IUD, with attached
resume, September 24, 1992; IUD Legislative Report; memo to Mazur re
103rd Congress legislative agenda, November 4, 1992; agenda for IUD
Committee on Organizing & Labor Law, December 9, 1992; IUD Executive
Council Resolution on protecting retiree pension and health benefits,
September 13, 1991; resolution on the Workplace Fairness Bill, September
13, 1991; reports, "Justice for Women Workers: Achieving the American
Dream," Women's Leadership Committee for Workplace Fairness, September
1991; "Recruitment: Two International Experiences," TUC Seminar;
"Strikers' Rights Project," Economic Policy Institute; 1991 Labor Day
Statement by Howard Samuel, president of the IUD
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department, case studies
Memo to IUD Executive Council detailing four confidential case studies of
union victories: UMWA at Pittston, UAW at Colt Firearms, CWA and IBEW at
NYNEX, and OCAW at BASF, February 13, 1991
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department (IUD)
AFL-CIO legislative fact sheet re Hatch Act reform, February 15, 1989;
newsletter, The Paperworker (UPIU), January 1989; IUD legislative
priorities 1989; fact sheet on concentration of newspaper ownership;
code of conduct for foreign employers in the United States, March 22,
1989; field strategy and outline of video re striker replacement, April
30, 1990
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department (IUD)
Financial statements; correspondence with members of Congress re trade,
1985; manual for coordinated campaign, 1985
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AFL-CIO-IUD Executive Council
List of committees and members, December 9, 1992; audited financial
statements for 1991 and 1989, with cover letters noting excess income
resulting from austerity program; statement on asbestos compensation,
February 19, 1992; agenda of committees on trade and
reindustrialization, September 18, 1991; draft letter to Securities and
Exchange Commission urging revision of rules governing proxy shareholder
voting, April 23, 1991; materials for Executive Council meeting of
January 3-4, 1991, including reports and resolutions; Testimony of Ray
Marshall before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on
America's Choice: High Skills of Low Wages, January 7, 1991; materials
for Executive Council meeting of January 4-5, 1990, including reports
and resolutions; summary of actions at Executive Council meeting of
January 5, 1990; resolution to protect timber workers and their
communities, related correspondence December 1990; resolution to protect
U.S. mainland jobs, brought by the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers
International Union, December 4, 1990; correspondence re striker
replacement legislation, October-November 1990; reprint of article from
Harvard Business Review, "Political Advantage: Japan's Campaign for
America," September-October 1990; paper by the Economic Policy
Institute, "Strikers' Rights Project," with cover letter from the IUD
Legislative Committee, August 21, 1990; national opinion survey showing
strong support for right to strike, by Penn + Schoen Associates, January
1990; signed ballot by Mazur approving assessment on affiliates to
support campaign to outlaw permanent replacement of strikers, February
20, 1990 (incorrectly dated 1980)
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AFL-CIO-IUD-19th Constitutional Convention
Proceedings, November 11-13, 1992; memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president
Lane Kirkland re post-election strategy after Clinton victory, November
5, 1992; post-election strategy talking points; memo from Mazur to
Kirkland re NAFTA, August 20, 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research
director Herman Starobin re option on NAFTA for discussion at IUD
meeting, November 5, 1992;
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department (IUD) Convention
Speech by Mazur on child labor, November 16, 1988
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AFL-CIO-Industrial Union Department, publications
See also IUD (Industrial Union Department) Legislative Committee
1988-1993 "Workplace Rights: Democracy on the Job," "Assault on Workers'
Rights: Case Studies," and "Insurmountable Obstacles: An international
comparison of the path to Union recognition between the U.S. and the
industrialized democracies"
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AFL-CIO-IUD-Health, Safety, Environment Committee
See also Speeches - Health and Safety in Organizing Conference 1989 Memo
re precedent-setting proposal for genetic testing, April 26, 1993;
recommendations of standing committee on improvements to OSHA, February
2, 1989; memos re health and safety issues in organizing campaigns,
1989; remarks by Mazur before the IUD Conference on Health and Safety in
Organizing, March 16, 1989; conference agenda; correspondence
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IUD-Labor Law Conference
Speech by Mazur, "Labor Law: Restoring the Historic Balance," November
13
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AFL-CIO-IUD-Legislative Conference
Opening remarks by Mazur, March 24, 1993; conference agenda; newsletter,
IUD Action, Winter 1993; drafts of statements on technology and on
asbestos compensation, February 19, 1992; related correspondence
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AFL-CIO-IUD-Legislative Conference
Copy of public law, Competitiveness Policy Council Act; newsletter, IUD
Digest, February 1992; speech by Mazur, February 26; related
correspondence
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AFL-CIO-IUD-Legislative Conference
See also AFL-CIO Executive Council 7/91 Agenda; brochures, correspondence
re theme, workplace fairness (legislation banning striker
replacement)
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AFL-CIO-IUD-Legislative Conference
See also AFL-CIO Executive Council 1990 Agenda, reports, and
correspondence re striker replacement legislation
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AFL-CIO-IUD-Legislative Conference
Agenda; draft outline of talking points (theme: Fight for a Better
America); correspondence; 1988 Report on Congress, by AFL-CIO president
Lane Kirkland; reprint from AFL-CIO Federationist, "It's Time to Raise
the Minimum Wage," by Mazur; fact sheets re industrial homework, child
care; comparative study of U.S., Canadian, and British health-care
systems, reprinted from Health Management Quarterly, first quarter 1989,
with cover letter to Mazur; booklet, "Tips on Lobbying"
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AFL-CIO-IUD-Legislative Committee
See also AFL-CIO Executive Council 7/91 Proposed program 1989, by Jay
Mazur, chairman; list of members of newly formed committee and
affiliations, 1988; meeting agenda, November 15, 1988; report of the IUD
Legislative Committee to the Executive Council, by Jay Mazur, chairman,
March 22, 1989; Legislative Committee Report, January 5, 1990; report of
IUD Committee on Legislation, by Jay Mazur, chairman, May 21, 1990;
opening remarks and agenda, legislation committee, by Jay Mazur,
chairman, September 6, 1990; agenda a meting and remarks by Mazur,
August 30, 1991; minutes of first conference, September 15-17, 1991;
Roper Report public opinion survey, April 15, 1991, with cover letter
from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland; summary of legislative activity re
NAFTA and other issues, May 6, 1991, with attached brochures by the
Religious Committee on Workplace Fairness, "Restoring the Balance:
Toward Justice for Working People," and by the Economic Policy
Institute, "Employee Rights in a Changing Economy; outline of activities
re "Don't Fire Strikers" campaign; power structure analysis of
Ravenswood Aluminum Corp. (RAC), West Va., May 7, 1991; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU legislative director Evy Dubrow re Citizens Trade Watch, with
attached joint statement by over 300 groups in opposition to fast track,
August 30, 1991; draft of speech, "Justice for Women Workers: Achieving
the American Dream," Committee for Workplace Fairness, August 1991;
legislative report on NAFTA, workplace fairness, other issues, November
10, 1993; printed publications re legislative priorities, trade crisis,
toxic crisis, 1985
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IUD-Technology Conference
Comments by Mazur on paper by Jeff Faux, director, Economic Policy
Institute, "Government Policies: for High Performance Workplaces: What
is Labor's Role?" at IUD conference, "New Technology: Workplace and
Collective Bargaining Issues," January 30
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AFL-CIO International Affairs Department
See also International Affairs Committee; see also American Center for
Labor Solidarity; see also Organizing and International Solidarity
Sub-Committee (International Organizing and Solidarity Committee)
Correspondence from Mazur to Lane Kirkland re Textile and Apparel Trade
Act of 1987; report to Mazur by ILGWU international relations director
Michele Briones re AFL-CIO International Affairs conference, with
attached list of attendees and agenda, December 8, 1986; copy of the
Bulletin of the Department of International Affairs, December 1988; copy
of Federationist, January 1977, "Labor's Stake in the World Economy"
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AFL-CIO International Affairs Department
Report on president Lane Kirkland's visit to Poland and the USSR and
delegation to the Second Miners Congress in the USSR, November 1990,
"Across Frontiers: Spreading the Message of Free Trade Unionism,"
prepared by the AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs, with cover
letter to Mazur; Report to the AFL-CIO Executive Council: AFL-CIO
President Land Kirkland's Visit to Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia:
April 17 - May 2, 1990, prepared by the AFL-CIO Department of
International Affairs, May 22, 1990
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AFL-CIO Foreign Policy
Brochures, "AFL-CIO's Foreign Policy" and "The AFL-CIO Abroad," with
cover letter from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland
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AFL-CIO Persian Gulf Conflict (Iraq)
Letter to Mazur re meetings by AFL-CIO Committee on Defense studying
American policy in the Persian Gulf, January 16, 1991; "AFL-CIO
President Lane Kirkland Statement on the American Response to the Iraq
Crisis," August 22, 1990; resolution of Congress authorizing use of
military force against Iraq, from Washington Post, January 13, 1991;
transcript of press conference by President G.H.W. Bush on U.S. military
incursion into the Gulf, November 30, 1990; reprint from December 10,
1990, U.S. Department of State Dispatch, statement of Secretary Baker
before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "America's Strategy in
the Persian Gulf Crisis"; excerpts from other White House press
conferences; white paper, "The Military Option: The Conduct and
Consequences of War in the Persian Gulf," by Rep. Lee Aspin, chairman,
Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of representatives, January 8,
1991; advertisement, "An Open Letter to President Bush: Let the
Sanctions Work," signed by several union leaders, Washington Post,
January 10, 1991; newspaper clippings
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AFL-CIO-Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
See also Speeches - LCLAA 2001 and 1988 "Hispanic arm" of AFL-CIO
dedicated to encouraging voter registration, get-out-the-vote efforts,
and other advocacy among Latino Americans. Political Action Program
1986, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative affairs director
Evelyn Dubrow; financial statements for years ended December 31, 1986
and 1985; "Hispanics in America: We Are the Future/Somos el Futuro,"
February 1987, with cover letter to Mazur; official calls for membership
meeting and related materials, July 19, 1990, and June 1, 1988; AFL-CIO
resolution on employer sanctions, c. 1990; personal letter to Mazur from
national president re major campaign to inform resident aliens of the
amnesty provisions of the recently enacted Immigration Reform and
Control Act, requesting financial support, with attached budget for
video proposal, January 7, 1987; correspondence re election of ILGWU
members to Executive Board of LCLAA
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AFL-CIO Legislation Department
See also below; see also AFL-CIO Executive Council 1995 Packet of status
report of major legislation
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AFL-CIO Legislative Action Committee Program
List of targeted congressional districts
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AFL-CIO Legislative Priorities Committee-Social
Security
See also COPE (Committee on Political Education) Materials re Social
Security tax cut proposal by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, requiring
pay-as-you-go dedicated fund: article discussing details of proposal,
U.S. News & World Report, January 29, 1990; comparison of tax rates
under current system and Moynihan proposal; letter from Rep. Bill
Gradison (R.-Ohio) against Moynihan proposal; handwritten notes by
Mazur
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AFL-CIO-legislative and political
Urgent memos to Mazur from ILGWU Department of Organization and Field
Services and report re Dunlop Commission "devastating" recommendations
that would weaken the National Labor Relations Act (NLRB), meeting of
AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee on Political Action, December 12-15,
1994; Status Report on Federal Legislation (Semi-Annual): Final Summary
of the 103rd Congress, December 9, 1994, prepared by the AFL-CIO
Department of Legislation; letter from Mazur to Sweeny expressing
UNITE's concern over AFL-CIO support of Republican bill to allow
compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, December 5, 1995; letter from Mazur to UNITE general
counsel Max Zimny re proposal, urging that low-income workers be
excluded in any alternative bill proposed to Democrats; letter to Mazur
from UNITE legislative director Evy Dubrow re status of bill, December
15, 1995; memo from Economic Policy Institute president Jeff Faux,
"Rebuilding the Party, Step One: Taking Back the House," December 8,
1994; "104th Congress Grass Roots Legislative and Political Activities,"
May 1995
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AFL-CIO-legislative and political, redistricting
Memo from Mazur to Kirkland re Republican plans for gerrymandering after
the 1990 census to siphon off and segregate black and Hispanic voters
into discrete districts, leaving traditionally Democratic congressional
districts vulnerable, October 9, 1990
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AFL-CIO-legislative and political information. Soror Miranda
Askew-Brown (NY Upstate Coordinator) would like chapter rosters for the
upcoming sorority year. Full Name Home Address Primary email Secondary
email (if applicable) Primary phone contac
"Report on Congress," by Lane Kirkland: review of major legislation,
anti-labor policies of Reagan administration
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AFL-CIO-legislative and political, Democracy at Work
Memo from Land Kirkland to presidential candidates re questionnaire, with
cover letter to Political Work Committee, March 13, 1987; copy of
questionnaires and answers from candidates; videotape transcripts of
candidate responses, published by AFL-CIO and Labor Institute of Public
Affairs, May 6, 1987
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AFL-CIO-New York State AFL-CIO
Printed booklet, "This Is the New York State AFL-CIO"; New York State
AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) New York City Poll,
February 27-March 6; material for Executive Council meeting: executive
summary of interim report by the New York State Organized Crime Task
Force, "Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction
Industry," June 1987; "National Campaign Plan to Counter Union Corporate
Strategy and Intimidation Tactics," presented to the Board of Directors
of Associated Builders and Contractors, December 1, 1987; legislative
memos in support of three labor bills re minimum wage, disability
compensation, and unemployment insurance, May 27, 1988; minutes of the
March 15, 1988, Executive Council meeting; newsletter, New York State
AFL-CIO Unity, June 1988; Report on Union Busters (RUB) fact sheet,
April-May 1988; letter from Mazur to New York State AFL-CIO president Ed
Cleary re replacement for retiring ILGWU exec asst Wilbur Daniels on
Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, January 4, 1988; letter of
resignation from Mazur to Cleary and letter of thanks to Mazur from
Cleary for serving as vice president of the NYS AFL-CIO, November 2 and
28, 1988; 1988 New York State AFL-CIO Recommendations for Endorsements
for congressional and state legislative office; letter to Mazur re new
upstate Community Services substance abuse education and referral
program, April 14, 1988; letters from Cleary to state legislators James
Donovan and Jose Serrano thanking them for assistance in obtaining a
labor representative to the New York State Board of Regents, nominating
ILGWU vp Edgar Romney, March 1, 1988; letter from Cleary re plans to
impose a voluntary assessment of one cent per member per month to fund a
public relations television campaign, September 30, 1988; letter from
Mazur to Cleary thanking him for support of successful boycott of Soho
Manufacturing Company, September 20, 1988; drafts of letters from Mazur
to be sent to congressmen who failed to support the Textile and Apparel
Trade Act of 1987 and therefore failed to receive AFL-CIO endorsement,
September 1, 1988; resolutions submitted by Mazur to the New York State
AFL-CIO Twenty-Fifth Constitutional Convention, endorsing passage of the
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987 and withholding endorsement by
AFL-CIO of any member of Congress not supporting the bill, August 22,
1988; letter from Mazur to Cleary suggesting creating a fund for radio
public relations campaign, August 18, 1988; letter from Cleary to
affiliates inviting them to a meeting to re-establish a video display
terminal (VDT) coalition to push for relevant health and safety
legislation, July 8, 1988; letter from Mazur and ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman urging withdrawal of support by New York State AFL-CIO for
members of Congress who voted against Textile and Apparel Trade Act of
1987, July 5, 1988; agenda of Executive Council meeting of June 20,
1988; New York State AFL-CIO Community Service News, summarizing
legislative and other labor-related activities, June 1988; letter from
Mazur thanking Cleary for lobbying Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan in
support of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, requesting copy of his
response, April 14, 1988; letter from Cleary asking Executive Council
members to vote their preferences for endorsement of candidates to fill
NYS Assembly vacancies, February 12, 1988
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New York State AFL-CIO
Correspondence re Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987; recommendations
for endorsements, U.S. Congress and NYS legislature, 1986; Argument to
Withhold N.Y. State AFL-CIO Endorsement from Congressional Candidates
Who Did Not Override the Reagan Veto of HR 1562; letter from Mazur to
NYS AFL-CIO president Ed Cleary urging taking trade vote into account
when considering endorsement of members of Congress, August 13, 1986;
statement submitted by ILGWU to NYS AFL-CIO Convention re Textile and
Apparel Trade Enforcement Act; list of members of NYS AFL-CIO Executive
Council, 1986
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AFL-CIO-New York State AFL-CIO Industrial Division
Letter announcing creation of Industrial Division and its first annual
conference; conference brochure, September 15,17, 1991; memos between
Mazur, ILGWU exec asst James Parrott, and vp Gus Tyler re outline of
speech, "Industrial Revitalization: the Key to New York's Prosperity,"
how NYS industrial policy echoed Reagan blanket tax-cut policy for
business, June-August, 1991; letter thanking Mazur for giving the
keynote address, October 10, 1991; industrial division meeting agenda,
July 30, 1991
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AFL-CIO Organization and Field Services
See also Organizing Committee 1991; see also Organizing Committee, Los
Angeles, Orange Counties 1995; see also International Organizing and
Solidarity Committee Special Report by the Department of Organization
and Field Services, February 1994
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AFL-CIO organization manual
Basic Organizing Manual, American Federation of Government Employees,
April 23, 1973
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AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
See also Constitution - Articles XX and XXI Decision by impartial umpire
re Homak Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois, and representation
dispute with International Union of Allied Novelty and Production
Workers, ruling ILGWU in violation of AFL-CIO constitution, with cover
letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, November 17, 1992;
letter to Mazur, February 1, 1993, describing the Organizing Institute,
created by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in 1989; letter to Mazur from
ILGWU Department of Organization and Field Services director Jeff
Hermanson, commenting on Organizing Institute, February 11, 1993;
description of the Organizing Institute's Task Force on Organizing, list
of initial members; article by Organizing Institute executive director
Richard Bensinger, "When a Democracy Isn't a Democracy: Organizing
Unions under the National Labor Relations Act," c. 1992; organizing
brochures and flyers; article in Dissent by Clinton speech writer David
Kusnet, "The New Young Organizers: What Makes Them Run?" winter 1992;
other newspaper clippings
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AFL-CIO Organizing Committee
See also Organization & Field Services Department 1994 Activity
report
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AFL-CIO International Organizing and Solidarity
Committee
Confidential memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re Leslie
Fay strike and ongoing organizing efforts in Dominican Republic, August
4, 1994; agenda of September 23, 1994, meeting and statement of purpose;
draft minutes of September 23 meeting; memos re direction of organizing;
memo re organizing activities in Honduras, August 13, 1994; agenda and
materials related to December 15, 1994, meeting; handwritten notes by
Mazur; draft of article by Mazur, "International Labor Solidarity in the
Garment Industry," with cover letter to ILGWU international relations
director Michele Briones from AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor
Development (AIFLD), asking for Mazur's approval, October 5, 1992
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AFL-CIO Pension Fund
See also Conference for Union Pension Fund Trustees (Mazur speech) 1997
Draft, principles for AFL-CIO pension fund investments May 1990
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AFL-CIO-Donahue, Thomas R. (Secretary-Treasurer)
letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Donahue re need to
coordinate anti-NAFTA activities, December 18, 1992, with attached memo
to president Lane Kirkland, August 20, 1992, and memo to Mazur from
ILGWU research director Herman Starobin, January 5, 1993
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AFL-CIO-Kirkland vs. Executive Council
Letter from Mazur to directors of ILGWU in support of Lane Kirkland for
reelection as president of the AFL-CIO, May 15, 1995; letter from Lane
Kirkland to Arthur Coia, president Laborers' International Union, May
17, 1995, copied to other unions; list of refutations, "Charges Made
against Lane Kirkland," developed by the American Federation of
Teachers, May 22, 1995; letter to Coia from Morton Bahr, Communication
Workers of America, in defense of Kirkland, May 15, 1995; press release,
"Our Fight Is for the American Workers and Their Families: Majority of
AFL-CIO Executive Council Members Fault Kirkland Opponents for Fight
That Does Not Serve the Interests of Workers," May 11, 1995, with
attached letter to the editor of the Washington Post signed by several
Executive Committee members
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AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees
Report by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME), "Fact versus Fiction: Debunking the American Legislative
Exchange Council's Report Blaming Public Employees for Government's
Fiscal Problems," with cover letter by Public Employee Department, 1992;
list of affiliates of the Department for Professional Employees; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott recommending affiliating with
DPE to help ILG's organizing of clerical workers in apparel-related
firms, March 10, 1987; letter from Mazur requesting affiliation, April
21, 1987; affirmative reply from director, with attached constitution of
department; memo from Mazur designating ILG representatives Irwin
Solomon and Ann Hoffman to DPE Executive Board
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AFL-CIO, Reproductive Issues Committee
See also AFL-CIO 1988-1990 List of committee members; summary of mail
received by AFL-CIO on reproductive issues, mostly urging neutrality,
April 1990; example of letters received by AFL-CIO, compiled April 1990;
Policy Position of Coalition of Labor Union Women, April 1990; examples
of correspondence from other organizations (Planned Parenthood,
Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention,
Archdiocese of Washington); examples of correspondence from Members of
Congress; background information on abortion statistics and legal
issues; adoption statistics; referred resolutions on abortion issues;
current AFL-CIO policy on abortion; letters from national and
international unions, citing divisiveness of issue; letters from AFL-CIO
state federations; letters from AFL-CIO central bodies; United Food and
Commercial Workers poll results on abortion; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp
Susan Cowell re meeting of the reproductive issues committee, status of
ILGWU pro-choice resolution, with copy attached, April 9, 1990; possible
compromise language in key areas; letter from Mazur endorsing "March for
Women's Lives" in Washington, D.C., March 2, 1989; anti-abortion
brochures, poster; press release, United States Catholic Conference,
"Humanity of Unborn Child Being Forgotten in Post-Webster Debate, Say
U.S. Catholic Bishops," August 9, 1989; fact sheet re March of Dimes
funding policy, May 21, 1981; statement, "On 'The Utmost Respect for
Life,'" released October 12, 1984, signed by 62
obstetrician-gynecologists; article, "Redefining Abortion Politics,"
First Things, March 1990; article, "Uncivil Liberties: A Descendant of
Slaves Thinks about Abortion," Alan Keyes, Crisis, March 1990; article,
"A World Without Roe: How Different Would It Be?" New Republic, February
20, 1989; article, "Beyond the Legal Right," Jason LaPerle, Washington
Monthly, April 1989; Media Monitor, Center for Media and Public Affairs,
"Roe v. Webster: Media Coverage of the Abortion Debate," October 1989;
"Liberals and the Class War over Abortion," Commonweal, February 12,
1983; Connecticut Mutual Life Report on American Values in the '80s: The
Impact of Belief, 1981; editorial, "A New Ethic for Medicine and
Society," California Medicine, journal of the California Medical
Association, Sept. 1970; newspaper clippings
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AFL-CIO, Older and Retired Union Members Committee
See also Committee on Political Education (COPE); see also Retiree
Organizations 1992 Correspondence re retiree services programs, Florida
Project, efforts to increase political involvement by retirees; Report
to the AFL-CIO Executive Council by the committee, re Florida Project
and other activities, February 20, 1991; Tampa Tribune newspaper
clipping re Florida's political shift to Republican with influx of
retirees, March 20, 1990, and cover memo
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AFL-CIO, retiree organizations
See also Older and Retired Union Members Committee "How to Organize
AFL-CIO Retiree Clubs and Councils"; statement on policy of affiliation,
February 1993
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AFL-CIO, Strategic Approaches Committee
Activity reports
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AFL-CIO, Safety and Occupational Health Committee
Activity reports; remarks by AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland at National
Safety and Health Conference, September 14, 1992
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AFL-CIO-Trade Subcommittee
Statement of Purpose, Subcommittee on Trade, Executive Council Committee
on Economic Policy; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman
Starobin summarizing February 8, 1994, meeting of Subcommittee on Trade;
memo to Mazur from Starobin discussing issues for upcoming August 4,
1992, meeting of subcommittee (NAFTA, GATT, MFA); personal and
confidential memo to Mazur from Starobin with paragraph-by-paragraph
critique of proposal by ACTWU's Ron Blackwell for alternative to NAFTA,
July 24, 1992, and original proposal with handwritten comments by
Starobin; memo to Mazur from Starobin re NAFTA, July 27, 1992; outline,
Principal Details of the New Senate and House Textile/Apparel Bill; memo
to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re campaign to defeat
NAFTA, August 18, 1993; article by Mazur for AIFLD, "Will Free Traders
Heed Buchanan's Blast?" (English and Spanish), March 15, 1996; "Another
Look at the NAFTA Labor Accord," remarks to LLC conference workshop,
Labor Law in the Era of Free Trade, May 16, 1996, with descriptive
summary, "Worker Rights in U.S. International Trade and Investment Law";
press release, "Sierra Club, AFL-CIO Join Forces in Campaign to Defeat
Proposed NAFTA," September 14, 1993; booklet prepared by AFL-CIO
Economic Research Department, "Multinational Corporations," February
1995; report, "The Trade Picture, Year End 1994," prepared by AFL-CIO
Economic Research Department, April 1995; handwritten notes by Mazur
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AFL-CIO, Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and
Trade Policy
AFL-CIO press release, "Labor Panel Protests Draft of GATT Treaty
Changes," January 22, 1992, with attached six-page letter to U.S. Trade
Representative Carla Hills from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas
Donahue, detailing problems with Uruguay Round of trade negotiations;
statement/report of Labor Advisory Committee re Uruguay Round, with
cover letter from Donahue to U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Cantor,
January 12, 1994
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AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department
Brochure of union labels, "Hands That Build and Serve America," with
cover letter to Mazur requesting confirmation or update of ILGWU label,
April 6, 1992; constitution of Union Label and Service Trades
Department, with cover letter to affiliated unions, March 9, 1992;
publicity packet for Union Label Week, with suggested activities and
sample editorial, proclamations, and clip-art, and cover letter, June
1988; announcement brochure and invitation to 59th convention of
department, March 14, 1986; minutes of Union Label and Service Trades
Department Executive Board, May 17, 1995
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Abstracts/Index-List of Speechers, Eulogies and
Introductions
Abstracts of speeches
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Adult Education
Testimony by Mazur as president of the ILGWU and president of the
Consortium for Worker Education before the NYS Legislative Committee on
Skills Development & Vocational Education, January 27, 1992
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Associate ILGWU Membership Program (AIM), second general
meeting
Mazur's opening remarks
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ACTWU (Amalgamated Clothing)
Remarks by Mazur at ACTWU Southern Regional Conference, June 3
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Remarks by Mazur at the ACTWU 6th Constitutional Convention, June 9,
1993
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(ACTWU)
Remarks by Mazur at the ACTWU 5th Constitutional Convention, June 6,
1990
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(ACTWU)
Remarks by Mazur at the ACTWU convention, June 18, 1987
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American Committee on Italian Migration
See also Italian American Labor Council 1988 Speech by Mazur accepting
humanitarian award, December 3
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Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
See also Speeches - Evelyn Dubrow Speech by Mazur at 45th Anniversary
dinner honoring ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler, March 16, 1992, re
history since New Deal, political challenges
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Andrade,Kathy
Letter from Mazur for recognition dinner for ILGWU education director
Kathy Andrade
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Apparel Industry Task Force, New York State Department of
Labor
See also NYS Apparel Registration Law 1986-1988; see also Speeches -
Sweatshops Testimony by Mazur before the NYS Assembly Labor Committee re
return of sweatshops, need to hold retailers and manufacturers
responsible for contractors, March 20, 1992
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Berger, Sol
Speech by Mazur at retirement party for Sol Berger, executive director of
ILGWU Union Health Center, September 26
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Briones, Michelle-Turkey
Opening speech by ILGWU international relations director Michelle Briones
at TEKSIF (counterpart labor union) women's seminar in Istanbul,
Turkey
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Byer, Sam
Speech by ILGWU secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon, March 25
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Caribbean Basin Initiative-Economic Recovery Expansion
Act
See also Speeches - Starobin, Herman; see also NAFTA; see also
Globalization Statement by Mazur before the Subcommittee on
International Trade, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, on the Caribbean
Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act, February 9, 1990; summary of
written statement, documenting that export-oriented production fails to
provide economic growth in CBI nations; drafts of statement with cover
memos to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin, January 31
and February 1, 1990, and comments by Mazur
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Center for Labor and Industrial Relations, February
18
Speech by Mazur on theme of conference, "Labor Relations: Will We Survive
the 1990s?" February 18
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Chavez, Cesar
Speech by Mazur, June 2
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Child Labor
Statement of Mazur before the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, April 18, 1994
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Child Labor, Conference, Mt. Sinai
See also Speeches - Sweatshops Speech by Mazur re return of sweatshops,
lack of OSHA enforcement, elimination of ban on industrial homework, May
29
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Child Labor
Speech by Mazur before the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department (IUD)
Convention, November 16, 1988
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Chinatown Day Care Center
See also Speeches - Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening 1993; see also
Speeches - Child Care - Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown;
see also Speeches - Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown 1993;
see also Chinatown Day Care (subject files) Remarks by Mazur at dinner,
March 8
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Chinese Students Rally
Speech by Mazur at rally calling for change in U.S. policy toward China,
January 31
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Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening
Remarks by Mazur, June 29, 1993; fact sheet re Garment Industry Day Care
Center of Chinatown (NYC)
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Chung Pak Day Care Center, press conference
Outline and remarks announcing kickoff of fundraising drive for new day
care center in NYC Chinatown
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Cleary, Ed (AFL-CIO)
Keynote Remarks of Edward J. Cleary, President, AFL-CIO at the
Twenty-Sixth Constitutional Convention 1990
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Communication Workers of America (CWA)
Speech by Mazur at demonstration/rally in support of workers in dispute
with AT&T, June 16
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Convention
Mazur opening speech for 41st convention, June 10
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Convention
See also subject files, ILGWU Conventions 1986-1989 Mazur acceptance
speech as president at ILGWU 40th convention, June 1989
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Council for American Fashion (CAF)
See also Speeches - Labor-Management Councils Remarks by Mazur at
luncheon to present the NYS Labor Commissioner's Awards for Human
Resources Practices, April 8
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Cuba, Labor Committee for a Free (AFL-CIO)
Speech by Mazur accepting chairmanship of AFL-CIO Labor Committee for a
Free Cuba, September 29, 1993; introduction of Mario Chanes, August 9,
1993
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Democratic National Committee-Platform Committee
Testimony by Mazur re international trade and health care, May 18, 1992;
speech for same event by ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re
international trade and health care, with attached memo to Mazur from
ILGWU research director Herman Starobin with talking points (Q&A) re
importance of maintaining U.S. apparel industry jobs
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Democratic Policy Commission
Statement by Sol. C. Chaikin, president, ILGWU, submitted to the
Democratic Policy Commission, re imports in the apparel industry, U.S.
trade policy, January 20, 1986
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Dinkins, David-mayoral reelection
See also subject files Speech by Mazur endorsing David Dinkins for
reelection as mayor of New York, July 29
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Domsey Rallies
Mazur remarks at demonstrations in support of striking Haitian workers at
Domsey (Brooklyn) clothing company, May 31 and July 17 (Jesse Jackson in
attendance)
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Donahue, Tom--Dunlop Commission
Statement of Thomas R. Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO, on the
Fact-Finding Report of the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management
Relations, June 1, 1994, with attached memo from Lane Kirkland,
president, AFL-CIO, re background and highlights of the commission
report
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Dubinsky, David
Speech by Mazur at induction of David Dubinsky into the Labor Hall of
Fame, January 21
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Dubrow, Evelyn--American ORT
See also American ORT Speech by Mazur at tribute dinner for Dubrow,
September 23
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Dubrow, Evelyn--Americans for Democratic Action
See also Speeches - Americans for Democratic Action Speech by Mazur at
award presentation, April 4
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Dubrow, Evy--Citizen Action Award
Speech by Mazur at Citizen Action awards ceremony honoring Dubrow and
Sen. Tom Daschle, May 4, 1989; at Citizen Action lifetime achievement
award dinner, June 15, 1993
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Dubrow, Evelyn, Scholarship Awards
Speech by Mazur, September 8, 1993; newspaper clipping re award
recipients of Evelyn Dubrow Post-Graduate Scholarship
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Dunlop Commission
Testimony by Mazur before the Commission on the Future of
Worker-Management Relations, July 25, 1994; document prepared by ILGWU
Legal Department, "Protecting the Contingent Work Force: Lessons from
the Women's Garment Industry," July 21, 1994
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Earned Income Tax Credit
Opening remarks by Mazur at ILGWU training session for earned income
credit education campaign coordinators, March 2, 1989
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Economy, Governor's Conference on Future
Speech by Mazur to Governor's Leadership Conference on the Future of the
Economy panel, Preparing People for the Future Economy, October 19
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Education Director
Opening remarks at the ILGWU Education Directors Conference, February 26,
1990; outline of remarks for meeting of education directors, January 18,
1989
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Education Program Graduation Day
See also Speeches - Vocational Training Remarks by Mazur at ILGWU
Worker-Family Education Program graduation day, June 17, 1988
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Elias, Eli--80th Birthday Party
Speech by Mazur
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Ergonomics Conference
Speech by Mazur at Apparel and Textile Topics for the 90's Conference on
Ergonomics; text of press conference statement, April 30
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FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology)
See also subject file Speech by Mazur at opening reception for exhibit by
Tracy Sugarman re history of New York's fashion center and ILGWU
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FIT-Tech Demonstration Facility Dedication
Remarks by Mazur at dedication ceremony of Advanced Apparel Manufacturing
Technology Demonstration Facility, November 10
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FITTVCC
Speech by Mazur before FITTVCC/ORI Congress, Santiago, Chile, September
30, 1994
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Fashion Center BID |
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Fasanella, Ralph--Ellis Island Dedication
Remarks by Mazur at dedication of painting on immigration at Ellis Island
in NY, May 16
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Remarks by Mazur at managers' meeting, September 15
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Garment Center (NYC)--Remarks by Mayor Koch
Remarks at press conference announcing report on real estate, Harris
survey
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Garment Center (NYC)--Remarks by Deputy Mayor
Townsend
Remarks by Deputy Mayor for Finance and Economic Development at press
conference re report on real estate, Harris survey
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Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown
See also Speeches - Child Care - Garment Industry Day Care Center of
Chinatown; see also Speeches - Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening 1993;
see also Chinatown Day Care (subject files) Speech by Mazur
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Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC)
Speech by Mazur, November 22
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Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC)
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation (subject files); see
also Speeches - Labor-Management Councils 1995; see also Speeches -
Fashion Center BID 1994 GIDC Forum, Keeping New York in Fashion, remarks
by Mazur, March 31
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General Advisory Council
See also subject files ILGWU - General Advisory Council Speech by Mazur,
March 15
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Policy statement, "GATT and the Social Clause," re need for clause in
GATT and Multifiber Arrangement (MFA) creating labor standards and
allowing workers to organize and bargain collectively, November 7, 1993;
statement by Mazur before the House Subcommittee on Trade, January 24,
1992
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Gray Area Phenomenon
See also Immigration; see also NAFTA; see also GATT 1993; see also
Trilateral Commission; see also National Strategy Information Center -
Conference (Greece) 1991 Remarks by Mazur re new security challenge
facing Trilateral Commission countries posed by international and
national migration and resulting ethnic conflicts and urban crime,
relationship to NAFTA, GATT, and other trade policies
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Haiti
Speech by Mazur re U.S. policy toward Haiti, to National Labor Committee,
April 23, 1993; testimony by Mazur re status of Haitian refugees,
December 20, 1991
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Health and Safety in Organizing
See also AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department - Health, Safety, and
Environment Committee 1988-1993 Speech by Mazur before the AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Department (IUD) Conference on Health and Safety in
Organizing, March 16
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Health Care Rally
See also Speeches - Jobs with Justice Health Care Campaign 1993 Speech by
Mazur, "Special Interests Make Us Sick," referring to insurance
companies, drug companies, doctors, and hospitals, calling for universal
health care, expressing hope that the new president (Clinton) will lead
change, April 1, 1993
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Health Insurance
Testimony by Mazur before the House Ways and Means Committee re
comprehensive health insurance legislation, October 22, 1991
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Hill, Stanley
See also National Committee for Labor Israel Speech by Mazur at National
Committee for Labor Israel award dinner honoring Stanley Hill, November
19, 1992
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Homework
Testimony by Mazur before the U.S. Department of Labor hearings on
Industrial Homework in the Women's Apparel Industry, in New York City,
March 29, 1989; list of questions and answers for review by Mazur as
follow-up to testimony, March 24, 1989; Mazur press conference
statement, March 29, 1989; statement by Mazur on panel by the NYS Dept.
of Labor, 1993
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Homework
Testimony by Mazur, ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman, and home worker Jo
Carmack at oversight hearing on Department of Labor's proposal to lift
the ban on industrial homework before the Subcommittee on Labor
Standards of the House Committee on Education and Labor, in Washington,
D.C., September 16 and 23, 1986; correspondence
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Immigration-Caribbean and Central America
See also Speeches - Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) Parity; see also
Speeches - Gray Area Phenomenon 1993; see also NAFTA; see also Speeches
- GATT Statement by Mazur before the congressionally mandated Commission
for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic
Development re causes of Western Hemisphere migration, particularly from
Central America and the Caribbean, and U.S. policy affecting it, July
14, 1989
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Immigration, Refugees and International Law
Statement by Mazur before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International Law, House Judiciary Committee (Peter Rodino, chair), on
S. 2104 and H.R. 5115, September 7, 1988
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International Industrial Relations Association |
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Israel-Vocational School Dedication
See also Speeches - National Committee for Labor Israel Speech by Mazur
at dedication of Dubinsky-Chaikin Vocational School, named for
predecessor presidents of ILGWU
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Italian American Labor Council
Speech by Mazur introducing Ray Marshall, December 11
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Italian Trade Unionists
Speech by Mazur to FILTEA/FILTA/UILTA conference in Florence, Italy,
"Women's and Children's Apparel in the U.S.: Situation, Problems and
Perspectives; Trade Union Strategies," September 8
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Italian Trade Unionists
Speech by Mazur welcoming delegation of Italian trade unionist to ILGWU
headquarters in New York, December 9, 1992
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Jobs with Justice Health Care Campaign
See also Speeches - Health Care Rally 1993; see also Jobs with Justice
(subject files) Speech by Mazur advocating universal health care
coverage, April 29
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King, Martin Luther Jr. Event
Speech by Mazur on 20th anniversary, April 3, 1988
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Kirkland, Lane-Cronh's and Colitis Foundation
Speech by Mazur accepting Man of the Year award for AFL-CIO president
Lane Kirkland from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, December 8,
1994
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Kourpias, George
Speech by Mazur to the Workers Defense League honoring George Kourpias
with the David Clendenin Award, June 2, 1994
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Labor and Human Resources Committee
See also Speeches - Vocational Training 1992 Statement of Anthony Patrick
Carnevale, chief economist, American Society for Training and
Development, and executive director, Institute for Workplace Learning,
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Edward
Kennedy, chair)
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Labor Council for Latin American Advancement |
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Labor-Management and Industry Development
Speech by Mazur to ILGWU NY-NJ Staff Conference on Labor-Management and
Industry Development Programs, May 14
|
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Labor Movement, future of
See also Speeches - Wages; see also Speeches - Center for Labor and
Industrial Relations 1990 Remarks by Mazur at the D.C. 37 Education
Conference, re globalization, industrial homework, growing income
disparity, June 15, 1987
|
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Labor Law Reform (Marshall, Ray)
Remarks by Professor Ray Marshall, University of Texas at Austin, re
labor law reform
|
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Leslie Fay Strike Rally
Speech by Mazur, June 9, and testimony at hearing, July 7
|
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Liberty Park Grandparents' Vote Rally
Speech by Mazur at rally for Clinton and Gore at Liberty Park in NYC,
October 13, 1992
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Manufacturing Matters in NYC
See also Speeches - NYC Commercial Rent Hearing 1989; see also NYC -
Industrial Loft Advisory Council Testimony by Mazur before NYC
Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman, December 5, 1990
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Mazur Acceptance Speech, ILGWU
Acceptance speech by Jay Mazur upon election as president of ILGWU, June
6, 1986; newspaper clippings
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Minimum Wage
See also subject file Statement by Mazur before the Senate Committee on
Labor and Human Resources re the Minimum Wage Restoration Act of 1987,
July 23 1987
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NAFTA
"NAFTA is a Disaster" remarks by Mazur, adapted from a speech delivered
to the New York City Central Labor Council, April 15, 1993; statement
and speech by Mazur at New York City Council meeting, March 26;
statement and speech by Mazur at a New York Times rally, protesting
newspaper's refusal to sell advertising space to critics of NAFTA, July
20, 1993
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NAFTA
See also subject file NAFTA 1992-1993; see also Speeches - Caribbean
Basin Initiative; see also Speeches - Democratic National Committee
1992; see also Globalization and Speeches - Globalization; see also
Speeches - Sweatshops; see also Speeches - Gray Area Phenomenon; see
also Speeches - Starobin, Herman; see also Speeches - Trade & Jobs
Testimony by economist and ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on
Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, re effect of
international trade agreements on apparel workers, May 7, 1992; letter
to Starobin from Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the subcommittee,
inviting his testimony, April 28, 1992; testimony by Starobin before the
United States International Trade Commission, criticizing U.S. Trade
Representative Carla Hills's failure to request assessment of potential
apparel job loss resulting from NAFTA and other trade agreements, March
17, 1992; testimony by Starobin before the Trade Policy Staff Committee,
"The Economic Effects of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
on the U.S. Apparel Industry," August 29, 1991; testimony by Mazur
before the Subcommittee on Trade, House Ways and Means Committee, re
impact of NAFTA on U.S. apparel industry jobs, November 16, 1992; press
conference statement by Mazur re NAFTA, at NYC City Hall, December 17,
1992
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National Committee for Labor Israel-Israel Symposium
Remarks by Mazur at Israel symposium cosponsored with the Jewish Labor
Committee and the New York Trade Council for Histadrut, c. 1990
|
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National Committee for Labor Israel
Speech by Mazur honoring Histadrut's Menorah Award recipient Philadelphia
mayor Edward Rendell, April 21
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National Council for Senior Citizens
Remarks by Mazur re Social Security, Medicare, and Reagan tickle-down
economics, at 19th constitutional convention, June 6-10
|
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Nationalities Service Center
Speech by Mazur accepting award at luncheon in his honor by American
Council for Nationalities Service, discussing challenges of Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986, December 13, 1988
|
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NYC Commercial Rent Hearing
Testimony before the City Council of New York City on Intro 1245 by
Mazur, calling it a poor substitute for bill which would have provided
commercial rent binding arbitration, June 14, 1989; newspaper
clippings
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New York Is Fashion, press conference
Two versions of remarks (one for press, one for industry leaders) by
Mazur at Gracie Mansion (Mayor Dinkins) breakfast, in anticipation of
the Democratic National Convention, March 26
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NY Democratic Senate Campaign Committee
Speech by Mazur at fund raiser, October 6
|
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NY Skirt and Sportswear Convention
Outline and speech by Mazur giving overview of garment industry in NYC,
successes of labor-management partnerships such as CAF and GIDC (see
also subject files), October 16, 1993
|
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NY Skirt and Sportswear Association
Speech by Mazur, October 19-23
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NYS Council of Senior Citizens
Speech by Mazur at the Second Annual Intergenerational Service Awards, re
meaning of "liberal," need for comprehensive health care, October 12
|
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On the Mend Project--Bellevue Hospital
Remarks by Mazur praising a volunteer effort by ILGWU retirees; thanks
NYC locals 132-98-102 and 23-25, FIT, and the Metropolitan Fashion
Center; speech by Mazur at October 27, 1993, benefit concert for "On the
Mend" project, introducing NYC mayor David Dinkins
|
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Penn South Houses--Board of Estimate
Statement by Mazur before the NYC Board of Estimate, requesting 25-year
phase-in of real estate taxes, June 30, 1987
|
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Penn South Houses--25th Anniversary
Remarks by Mazur, June 7
|
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Penn South Houses-30th Anniversary
Remarks by Mazur, June 7
|
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Puerto Rican Congress of New Jersey
Speech by Mazur, May 6
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Puerto Rico Housing Dedication
Remarks by Mazur, April 13
|
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Queens College (CUNY)
Speech by Mazur honoring Sol Chaiken at the Center for Labor & Urban
Analysis, Queens College of the City University of New York, June 6,
1992
|
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Ramirez, Jose
See also subject files and speeches, FITTVCC Speech by Mazur honoring
secretary general of Inter-American Federation of Textile, Garment,
Leather and Shoe Workers, February 13, 1992
|
| 36 |
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Retirees' Concert
Speech by Mazur at ILGWU retiree concert, November 1; outline for
introductions of Mario Cuomo, Carl McCall, and Karen Burstein; full
introduction of Cuomo
|
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Retirees' Concert
See also Speeches - On the Mend Project 1993; see also Dinkins, David,
NYC Mayoral Campaign (1) Speech by Mazur introducing NYC mayor David
Dinkins at ILGWU retirees benefit concert for "On the Mend" project
|
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Retirees' Concert
Remarks by Mazur at Town Hall concert, October 24
|
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Sheinkman, Jack-American ORT
See also American ORT Speech by Mazur at tribute dinner for ACTWU
president Sheinkman, May 16
|
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Sheinkman, Jack-Cornell University
Speech by Mazur honoring Sheinkman at the dedication of an endowed
professorship in his name, November 2
|
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Sheinkman, Jack
See also Work in America Institute Draft of remarks by Mazur re ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman at awards ceremony by Work in America
Institute, November 1992; remarks by Mazur at ACTWU convention re state
of American labor, general economic and political prospects under
Clinton, 1992
|
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Social Democrats USA
See also subject file Speech by Mazur at testimonial dinner for Mazur,
given the Eugene V. Debs Award by Social Democrats, June 10, 1987
|
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South Africa
Greetings by Mazur welcoming John Coplyn of SACTWU (South Africa Clothing
and Textile Workers Union?), January 12
|
| 36 |
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Starobin, Herman-Keynesian Economics
See also Speeches - NAFTA 1991-1992; see also Democratic National
Committee 1992 Paper, "Labor's Reaction to Keynesian Economic Policy,"
by Dr. Herman Starobin, director of research, ILGWU, at the Centennial
Forum, Hofstra University, September 22-24
|
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Stove, Furnance and Allied Applicance Workers
Remarks by Mazur at convention, re trade deficit, loss of manufacturing
jobs, growing income gap, July 16
|
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Sweatshops-Hofstra
Speech by Mazur, "Multinational Corporations and the Global Sweatshop in
the 21st Century," delivered to the Hofstra University Symposium on
International Competition and the Transnational Corporation, cosponsored
by UAW District 65, January 23, 1988
|
| 36 |
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Tax Proposal
Testimony by ILGWU president Sol Chaikin before the Committee on Ways and
Means, U.S. House of Representatives, opposing President Reagan's
proposal to tax employer contributions to health insurance coverage and
to fully tax unemployment compensation, eliminate deductibility of state
and local taxes, and lower tax rate for wealthy, June 13, 1985
|
| 36 |
|
Trade and Jobs
See also Textile & Apparel Trade Legislation; see also ITGLWF Fifth
World Congress, Tokyo, September 26-30, 1988; see also NAFTA and
Speeches - NAFTA Speech by Mazur, "The Effect of International Trade on
Jobs," presented at A Dialogue on Social and Ethical Concerns in a
Changing Economy, January 26, 1989; speech by Mazur to the ITGLWF Fifth
World Congress, Tokyo, September 26-30, 1988
|
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Trade and Workers' Rights
See also subject file Workers' Rights & Trade; see also Speeches -
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1993 Speech by Mazur to
ITA (International Trade Group?) re trade and workers' rights; draft for
Mazur by ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones,
"Linking Trade to Workers' Rights: Developing Mechanisms to Enforce
Internationally Agreed Standards on Workers Rights"
|
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Trumka, Richard
Remarks of Richard L. Trumka, president, United Mine Workers of America,
to the America Bar Association Labor and Employment Section luncheon,
speaking as a coal miner and as an attorney, re national labor policy,
August 7, 1990
|
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Trumka, Richard-Workers Defense League
See also Speeches - Workers Defense League Remarks by Mazur at award
presentation honoring Richard Trumka, May 13
|
| 36 |
|
Tyler, Gus
See also subject file Speech at Hofstra University upon receipt of
honorary doctorate
|
| 36 |
|
Union Label and Service Trades Awards
Remarks by Mazur, May 11
|
| 36 |
|
United Hebrew Trades
Speech by Mazur at testimonial (centennial) luncheon, December 11,
1988
|
| 36 |
|
United Housing Foundation
See also subject file United Housing Foundation - National Housing Policy
Forum 1992 Drafts of remarks to forum by Mazur
|
| 36 |
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Vocational Training
See also Speeches - Labor and Human Resources Committee 1992; see also
Speeches - Education Program Graduation Day 1988 Statement by Mazur as
chair of the Consortium for Worker Education before the Assembly
Committee on Skills Development and Vocational Education, January 27
|
| 36 |
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Wages
See also Speeches - Labor Movement, Future of Testimony by Ray Marshall,
chairman of the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce,
before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, "America's
Choice: High Skills or Low Wages," January 7, 1991; background material
for Mazur speeches: poverty data from U.S. Census Bureau, with memo from
ILGWU exec asst James Parrott and talking points, 1987; summary of State
of Working America report re wages, income gap, purchasing power, 1988;
NY Times clipping, "Rebuild America by Rebuilding Labor," by Ernest
Lieberman, noting labor accounts for 10 percent of manufacturing costs
but 75 percent of cuts, January 8, 1989; U.S. News & World Report
clipping, "Labor's Agenda for the '90s" re efforts to stem decline in
membership, March 19, 1990; clipping from the Economist re wages, July
7, 1990; handwritten notes by Mazur
|
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Winpinsinger, William
Tribute message by Mazur on occasion of retirement of Winpisinger as
president of International Association of Machinists, June 23, 1989;
letter inviting Mazur to event, May 2, 1989
|
| 36 |
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Zensen
See also subject files Zensen Opening remarks by Mazur at the eighth
U.S.-Japan Joint Conference, December 12-14; talking points re 1994
congressional and state elections
|
| 36 |
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Zensen
See also subject files Zensen Opening remarks by Mazur at the fifth joint
conference, November 1987
|
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Series VII. ILGWU General Executive Board [series]: |
| 37 |
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GEB Executive Session (ACTWU/ILGWU Merger), February |
| 37 |
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ACTWU GEB Seating Arrangement, May 18 |
| 37 |
|
GEB Committee/Task Force |
| 37 |
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GEB Meeting (Tom Donahue Letter about Lane Kirkland) |
| 37 |
|
UNITE GEB Meeting, 6/31, David Melman Committee Task
Force |
| 37 |
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GEB, December |
| 37 |
|
ILGWU General Executive Board-Minutes of GEB Meetings
September-October |
| 37 |
|
ILGWU General Executive Board (GEB)
Minutes, correspondence; inventory of documents on the Leather Workers'
Union, c. 1995; memo from Irwin Solomon re Affiliates' Assistance Fund,
handwritten memo re merger of Leather Workers, c. 1995
|
| 37 |
|
ILGWU General Executive Board
Minutes; index of minutes for May and September 1993 meetings
|
| 37 |
|
ILGWU General Executive Board
Minutes, report of Dept. of Organizing and Field Services; GEB Report by
Strike Preparation Task Force, January 15, 1991
|
| 37 |
|
ILGWU GEB Meeting, October
Agendas, memos, reports
|
| 37 |
|
ILGWU GEB Meeting, June
Agendas, memos, reports
|
| 37 |
|
ILGWU General Executive Board-reports, Chicago,
October
Highlights from regional reports excerpted by exec. asst. David Melman
for Mazur; report to the General Executive Board by the Organization
Dept.; report on finances of New Jersey Region, with plans for
cost-cutting; report of Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE);
report of Tennessee locals; report by general organizer Joe Danahy; list
of education issues for Mazur's report; report of New England Region,
including organizing activities and possible target shops; report of the
Central States Region; Midwest Region; Southeast Region; Upper South
Dept.; Philadelphia/South Jersey District Council; Northeast, Western
Pennsylvania and Ohio Dept.; Local 132-98- 102; Local 23-25; Local
89-22-1; Puerto Rico District Council; report of Benefit 10Funds Dept.;
Retiree Service Dept.; Health and Safety Dept.; Iernational Relations;
Political Dept.
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ILGWU GEB Meeting
Agendas, memos
|
| 37 |
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ILGWU GEB Meeting
Agendas, memos
|
| 37 |
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ILGWU General Executive Board, Baltimore, MD, October
Agenda; reports by Benefit Funds Department and Department of
Organization and Field Services; bylaws of Western Canadian Region;
correspondence from Canadian manager; correspondence re drug testing
|
| 37 |
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ILGWU GEB Meeting, June
Printed program, GEB Report to the 40th convention
|
| 37 |
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ILGWU General Executive Board, Washington, DC, April
Agenda; minutes of eighth GEB meeting, Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 1988, San
Francisco, CA; reports of Health and Safety Department, Retiree Service
Department, Department of Associate Membership, Social Services Task
Force; report of financial status of Southwest District Council; report
of Subcommittee on Workers' Compensation at the Union Health Center; GEB
convention report re organizing; proposed constitutional amendments;
testimony by Jay Mazur before the U.S. Dept. of Labor hearings in
Industrial Homework in the Women's Apparel Industry, March 29, 1989;
statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council on Industrial Homework, February
1989; related newspaper clippings; Justice, Chinese edition, February
1989; memo from organizer re flight of Chinatown contractors to Brooklyn
to "escape" union, need to organize there; letter from Sen. Daniel
Patrick Moynihan praising Chinatown Day Care Center; summary and full
statement by Mazur opposing the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Expansion Act of 1989; memo re new GEB Organizing Subcommittee; memo
from public relations consultant Ethan Geto (Geto & deMilly) re
David Dinkins mayoral campaign strategy; Dinkins Daily newsletter;
personal and confidential memo from ILGWU research director Herman
Starobin to ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman as FFACT legislative
committee chairman re report of a meeting with Pres. Bush, Republican
senators, and industry representatives re imports; memo from vp Evelyn
Dubrow re Senate minimum wage bill and letter to senators; valuation and
review of ILGWU Staff Retirement Fund as of January 1, 1989; list of
senators and congressmen invited to GEB reception; letter of invitation
from Mazur
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| 37 |
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ILGWU General Executive Board, November
Agenda of 11/88 GEB meeting; minutes of the February 2, 1988, June 7,
1986, and November 1988 GEB meetings; Synopsis of the 1988 Gallup Study
of Public Knowledge and Opinion Concerning the Labor Movement; Joint
AFL-CIO/CTM (Confederation of Workers of Mexico) Statement, April 20,
1988; draft, AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Maquiladora Twin Plant Committee
Textile/Apparel Industry Committee agenda; list of ILGWU vice
presidents, weekly salaries, date of employment, date of birth, age at
last birthday, November 4, 1988; list of ILGWU individual and local
campaign contributors in 1988; letter from anonymous rank-and-file
members, postmarked Johnstown, PA, complaining of poor representation by
manager and business agent, November 14, 1988; letter to director of
Staff Welfare Plan re raising life insurance program to conform with
non-discrimination standards, November 18, 1988; report on contract
negotiations, organizing activities, education and political activities,
from Pacific Northwest District Council, November 14, 1988; confidential
memo to Mazur from ILGWU researcher Herman Starobin re strategy on
textile/apparel legislation, November 10, 1988; memo re status of
negotiations with Jonathan Logan over proposed drug and alcohol abuse
policy, November 19, 1988; statement of ILGWU drug and alcohol abuse
policy for United Merchants and Manufacturers, October 31, 1988; press
release, "Major Campaign Set to Bolster First-Ever VDT Health Safety
Law," October 19, 1988; letters from district manager of Northern New
England District Council complaining of preemption by union lawyer in
negotiations with Malden Mills, March-May, 1987; letter re status of
negotiations for Fall River contract extending 35-hour week, January 19,
1988; newspaper clippings
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ILGWU General Executive Board (GEB), Unity House,
June
Agenda, June 1988; Report by Mazur to board; memo from exec. Asst. James
Parrott re suggested items to report; Report of the Union Label
Department to the General Executive Board, 1988; Report of the Benefit
Funds Department to the General Executive Board, June 20, 1988; PACE
Professional and Clerical Employees Report to the General Executive
Board, June 1988; Conditions in the Women's Garment Industry, Canada, by
Research Dept., June 21, 1988
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| 37 |
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ILGWU General Executive Board, February
Decisions made at 10/87 GEB re staff changes (Susan Cowell elected to
GEB, Susan Briones as director of International Relations Dept., James
Parrott executive assistant to the president, David Melman assistant to
the president), hiring freeze, opposition to use of temporary foreign
workers; minutes of fifth meeting of GEB, October 7-13, 1987; Mazur
report to GEB, February 1988; Report of the Benefit Funds Dept. to the
GEB, February 2, 1988; Executive Committee Meeting Agenda, Dec. 15,
1987; 1988 Major Market Negotiations Task Forces; confidential Policy
Decisions Arrived at 2/88 GEB Meeting
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ILGWU General Executive Board (GEB), October
Opening remarks by Mazur
|
| 37 |
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ILGWU GEB minutes, October
Summary of decisions made at October General Executive Board meeting
|
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Series VIII. Miscellaneous files [series]: |
| 38 |
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AFL-CIO Director's Report, February 17 |
| 38 |
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Chishti, Muzaffar |
| 38 |
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Coia, Arthur A. |
| 38 |
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Clinton/Commerce Department/Workplace of the Future Conference,
Chicago |
| 38 |
|
Clinton/Commerce Department/Workplace of the Future Conference,
Chicago |
| 38 |
|
104th Congress-grassroots legislative and political
activities |
| 38 |
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Mazur, Jay, talk at Harvard University, April 19 |
| 38 |
|
Donahue, Tom, file (Sweeney) |
| 38 |
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Dyson, John, Deputy Mayor of Finance, meeting |
| 38 |
|
Evolution of Work, March 30 |
| 38 |
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Future of U.S. Workplace/Evolution of Work, Q&A |
| 38 |
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NYC,Giuliani Administration/Economic Development
Commission |
| 38 |
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NYC, Giuliani/Washington, Fashion Industry article |
| 38 |
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NYC, Giuliani Administration/meetings/NYC Economic Development
Corporation (EDC)/ Lifflander, Clay |
| 38 |
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NYC, Giuliani Administration/privitization |
| 38 |
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Jay Mazur notes, January-June |
| 38 |
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Sturz, Herbert, April 8 |
| 38 |
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Jay Mazur testimony, Dunlop Commission, July 25 |
| 38 |
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Townsend, Alair, November 27 |
| 38 |
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Trade/Starobin-Dubrow |
| 38 |
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Trade/Current |
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