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Labor-Management Committees
Correspondence from ILGWU president Mazur to other officials; minutes of
meetings leading up to the establishment of the Council for American
Fashion as the umbrella organization of labor-management committees in
the northeastern United States; speech by Mazur to NY Governor Cuomo's
Labor-Management Conference, May 15, 1990, "Labor-Management Planning
for a Revitalized Manufacturing Sector: The ILGWU Approach in the
Apparel Industry"; Gov. Cuomo's State of the State message, January 4,
1989, hand-annotated by ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott, with cover memo
to president Mazur re highlights, creation of statewide labor-management
committee; NYS Dept. of Labor newsletter, NY Works, with article about
the newly established Office of Labor-Management Affairs, September
1988; hand-drawn schematic of organization of labor-management
committees; handwritten notes of meetings
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A. Council for American Fashion (CAF)
A labor-management committee promoting economic development in the
northeast; located at ILGWU headquarters, co-chaired by ILGWU president
Jay Mazur and Eli Elias, president of the New York Skirt and Sportswear
Association; Carl Proper was executive director. Called first the
Women's and Children's Apparel Labor-Management Committee; then Fashion
Industries Economic Development Council; name changed to Council for
American Fashion as of October 26, 1989.
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Bylaws, Registration, Financial Records
Bylaws, charity registration forms, financial statements, handwritten
notes
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS): Grant
Application (2 folders)
ILGWU grant request establishing a women's and children's apparel
labor-management committee (CAF), May 1989; industry problem statement
(by Carl Proper?); research paper, "Critical Factors in the Success of
an Area Labor-Management Committee: A Comparative Evaluation," Robert W.
Miller and Frederick A. Zeller, West Va. Univ. Institute of Industrial
and Labor Relations; list of parties excluded from federal grant
programs, Feb. 24, 1992; correspondence, handwritten notes; articles
from union publication Justice (?) re establishment CAF and new GIDC
Super Sewers training program
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS): Grant
Lobbying
Correspondence (letters of support from Massachusetts governor Robert
Casey, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen
Specter, etc.) with members of Congress, Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole,
and FMCS to retain/restore funding for the CAF labor-management
cooperation program
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS): Grant
Renewal
Grant renewal application: "Women's and Children's Apparel Labor
Management Committee: Application for Continued Funding Submitted to the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service," March 2, 1991; "Notes for
Continuation Funding Application to FMCS"; letters of support;
notification of award, March 20, 1991; action plan for 1991-92; memo to
ILGWU president Mazur from CAF exec. dir. Carl Proper, noting
cancellation of funding for FMCS for 1992 due to an unnamed union
representative's having antagonized the chair of the Congressional
funding committee (notes current CAF grant will not be affected), Dec.
9, 1991; newspaper clipping
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS):
Conference
Letters to Council for American Fashion executive director Carl Proper re
presentation on CAF at the FMCS Sixth National Labor-Management
Conference, January-June 1992; outline of talk; letter from Bruce
Herman, director of the Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC),
offering to make presentation at FMCS conference, with description of
GIDC, September 30, 1991; conference program, 1990
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS): Midterm and
Final Evaluations
Letter from FMCS grants manager acknowledging receipt of quarterly
reports for period ending June 30, 1990, noting lack of progress,
suggesting that proposal be revised, August 15, 1990; memo re visit from
federal grants manager to examine records, September 18, 1990; outline
of proposal revisions, directional shifts for CAF with greater emphasis
on demonstration projects rather than studies; letter to FMCS discussing
changes in direction, Nov. 1990; memo re reorganizing CAF into project
groups, April 11, 1991; list of steering committee and other committee
meeting dates, FMCS report due dates, events, other grant due dates;
1991-92 itemized budget with note, "supporting material for Sept. 1992
FMCS budget revision"; midterm and final evaluations of CAF as required
by the FMCS grant: "Preliminary Assessment of the Council for American
Fashion: A Labor/Management Partnership for the Apparel Industry," March
1991, and "The Council of American Fashions after Three Years - An
Evaluation," May 1993, both by Norman Eiger, Professor of Labor Studies,
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey; correspondence with FMSC
director re request for grant extension, 1991-92; itemized budgets
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS): Final Report
& Audit
Correspondence, steering committee minutes, background material for audit
and final evaluation, printed brochure by CAF, "High Fashion, High Tech,
High Skill: Notes on the Future of the American Apparel Industry"
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Audit
Audit by Wolf & Schulman, CPA, for year ended December 31, 1992, and
for the period Oct. 1, 1989 to Sept. 30, 1992; grant application,
itemized budget information, memo
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Audit: Time Sheets (2 Folders)
Time sheets for exec. dir. Carl Proper accounting for major daily
activities; and for secretaries; Carl Proper's pocket planner,
1990-91
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Personnel
Applications for project director; memos re budget for staff, May 7 and
17, 1991
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): First Quarter (1989)
Includes budget change request, 13-page narrative description of project
activities, newsletter, handwritten memo from Carl Proper, letter from
FMCS noting progress
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Second Quarter (1990)
Includes financial status report, 14-page narrative, Steering Committee
minutes, Jan. 30, 1990
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Third Quarter (1990)
Includes financial status report, 10-page narrative
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Fourth Quarter (1990)
Description of Marketing/Technology study being conducted by Kurt Salmon
Associates for the Garment Industry Development Corp., the CAF
affiliated labor-management committee for NYC; financial status
report
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Sixth Quarter (1991)
Includes financial status report; 7-page narrative
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Seventh Quarter (1991)
Includes financial status report; 11-page narrative
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Eighth & Ninth Quarters (1991)
Narratives, financial status reports, correspondence
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Tenth & Eleventh Quarters (1992)
Budget change request, Aug. 11, 1992, and related correspondence;
financial status reports
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Quarterly Reports to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(FMCS): Twelfth Quarter (1993)
Financial status report; memo
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Report to ILGWU General Executive Board
Outline of structure and goals of CAF; Jay Mazur intro to report;
overhead transparencies; handwritten notes; report to the GEB meeting of
January 1991 by Carl Proper re accomplishments and near-term plans of
Council for American Fashion and related labor-management committees;
handwritten notes
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Report to ILGWU Organizing Staff
The U.S. Women's Apparel Industry: Basic Characteristics and Organizing
Potential; regional organizing plans; slide presentation on
labor-management programs; presentation to ILGWU business agents and
other staff by Carl Proper re Council for American Fashion, efforts of
labor-management committees, relevance to union objectives in
maintaining health of industry
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Financial Records
Memo re audit required for closing out FMCS grant, Sept. 23, 1992; bills
not part of grant; salary and fringe benefit costs
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Financial Record
Invoices submitted to and paid by the ILGWU
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Financial Records: Fashion Exports and New York
Invoices and memos in connection with Fashion Exports/New York
expenses
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Annual Report
Report, distribution list
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Council for American Fashion
Called first the Women's and Children's Apparel Labor-Management
Committee; then Fashion Industries Economic Development Council; name
changed to Council for American Fashion as of October 26, 1989. Minutes,
June 27, 1989; list of subcommittees and members as of Sept. 22; letter
noting approval of FMCS grant
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Council for American Fashion
Report to the ILGWU General Executive Board, May 8, 1990; agenda, CAF
Steering Committee, March 27, 1990; memo from ILGWU exec. ass. James
Parrott to CAF director James Proper re follow-up on CAF meetings, May
17, 1990; FAM Board of Directors meeting outline of talking points, May
22, 1990; talk to Rutgers Conference on Women's Work (by Carl Proper?),
May 22, 1990; memo to ILGWU president Mazur from exec. asst. James
Parrott re frustrating meeting with ACTWU labor-management committee,
with handwritten notes, May 23, 1990; memos to Mazur from Parrott re
Leslie Fay and (TC)2, April 12, 1990; letter from Greater Blouse, Skirt
& Undergarment Association to Mazur congratulating him on "swell"
CAF January meeting, need for accurate public relations for Chinatown,
February 7, 1990; press release, "Council for American Fashion to
Modernize Apparel Manufacturing," March 22, 1990
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Council for American Fashion: First & Second Quarters
(Jan.-June) (2 Folders)
Annual Report; personal note from ILGWU president Mazur to Marvin
[Feldman, president of FIT], urging that Prof. Irwin Kahn be allowed the
time to continue contributing to CAF and GIDC rather than being forced
back to the classroom, February 27, 1991; nomination by ILGWU president
Mazur of Eli Elias, exec. dir. of the New York Skirt and Sportswear
Association and co-chair with Mazur of CAF, to Crain's New York Business
as Crain's All-Star for 1990, related material; memo to ILGWU exec.
asst. James Parrott from CAF dir. Carl Proper re finding funds in
current budget for export expert, February 13, 1991; ten-page notes for
continuation budget, CAF goals, for submission to Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service (FMCS), with note from Proper to Parrott, related
memos; memo from Proper to Parrot re work situation on Long Island:
homework, Chinese and Hispanic workforce, practice of Chinese-owned
manufacturers moving from Chinatown to Long Island to avoid
unionization, discusses specific shops, strategy, May 23, 1991; memos re
export program, Hong Kong trade show; profile of Atlantic Apparel
Contractors Association in Lehigh Valley Business Digest, February 1991;
draft of minutes of New Jersey Apparel Labor-Management Committee,
January 31, 1991, with cover note from Carl Proper to James Parrott;
report of survey of Long Island, April - May 1991, by Prof. Phil Kelman,
Manufacturing Management Department, Fashion Institute of Technology; "A
Preliminary Assessment of the Council for American Fashion: A
Labor-Management Partnership for the Apparel Industry," by Norman Eiger,
professor of labor studies, Rutgers University, March 1, 1991; summary
of apparel industry labor-management activities, April 25, 1991; list of
CAF/GIDC exporters and potential exporters, newspaper clippings,
handwritten notes
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Council for American Fashion: Third & Fourth Quarter
(July-December)
Correspondence between ILGWU president Mazur and Garment Industry
Development Association (GIDC) re funding requests; description of GIDC
sent to FMCS; memo re ergonomics conference; application by GIDC to the
NYS Dept. of Economic Development, October 1, 1991; notes re
conversation with representative of Japanese retailer Takishimaya;
newspaper clippings
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Council for American Fashion (2 folders)
Agenda for Sept. 10 CAF Steering Committee meeting; draft and final text
of remarks by ILG president Mazur; agendas for Planning Committee
meetings, January 27 and February 19, 1992 (ILGWU-CAF-GIDC-FIT);
correspondence with NYC economic development officials re promotion of
garment industry, including "A Proposal to Promote New York's Fashion
Industry," submitted by ILGWU, Jay Mazur, President, August 1990;
outline of talk to FMCS, Sept. 15, 1992 (probably Mazur); correspondence
re site visit by FMCS, July-August 1992; memo re meeting with NYS
Assembly leadership re garment industry economic development needs,
Sept, 10, 1992; CAF planning meeting agendas or notes, May 15, July 6,
August 20, Oct. 13, 1992; notes on KSA/GIDC meeting (Kurt Salmon
Associates/Garment Industry Development Corp), Aug. 18, 1992; research
paper, "The Role of Big Buyers in Global Commodity Chains: How U.S.
Retail Networks Affect Overseas Production Patterns," Gary Gereffi, Duke
University, presented at the Political Economy of the World-System
Conference, April 16-18, 1992; fact sheet, "Modular Manufacturing Pay
Systems: Alternatives to Piecework," Cornell ILR School, Sept. 9, 1992;
article reprint, "Modular's True Colors," from trade journal Bobbin,
July 1992, with note to ILG James Parrott from Carl Proper; memo from
Proper to Parrott endorsing collaborating with Alfred Dunner despite
being non-union manufacturer, July 23; draft proposal, Central Atlantic
Manufacturing Technology Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT) Regional MTC Program, April 7, 1992; list of contractors working
for top designers, Dec. 6, 1991; letter from Carl Proper as project
director of Fashion Exports/New York to NJIT re developing trade with
Newly Independent States (former Soviet Union), Aug, 21; list of
services that CAF and GIDC could provide to manufacturers (productivity
assessments, worker skills upgrading, short-cycle manufacturing
development), May 30, 1992; memo re phone conversation with manufacturer
requesting modular training; GIDC activity report, May-June, 1992;
summary of export grant, description of CAF and Fashion Exports/New York
program objectives; minutes of Aug. 13 CAF eastern Pennsylvania
committee planning session; text of presentation for ILGWU New York-New
Jersey Staff Conference on Labor-Management and Industry Development
Programs, Gail E. Meyer, with cover note to exec. asst. James Parrott,
June 3; New Jersey Labor-Management Committee Steering Committee
Minutes, Aug. 5, 1992; Report of the ILGWU TARP Project, submitted by
Barbara Cameron, research coordinator, September 1991 (discusses
homework as a substitute for modernizing, training, and technology);
letter appointing Prof. Philip Kelman as part-time Project Director for
the Long-Island Apparel Labor-Management Committee, July 17, 1991;
"Report of Survey: Boston Area Sewing Contractors, Week of January 14,
1991," submitted by Prof. Kelman; paper and invoice by Dr. Ellen Rosen,
"Assessing the Skills Base Among Apparel Workers in the Long Island
Labor Market Area (Nassau-Suffolk Counties), prepared for the Council
for American Fashion," Sept. 1992; handwritten notes
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B. CAF Committees |
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Marketing Committee
Strategic report of marketing committee, established to provide marketing
expertise to garment industry manufacturers, particularly for exporting;
agendas; handwritten notes
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Public Relations Committee
Proposed public relations activities to promote CAF and positive garment
industry image; agendas and minutes; handwritten notes, newspaper
clippings, press releases
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Public Relations Committee: Brochure
Drafts of manuscript, memos re text for promotional brochure, part of a
PR campaign aimed at national and state elected officials and opinion
leaders
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Steering Committee
Minutes, 11/8/89-9/25/91; "Role of Steering Committee and relation to
various local committees such as GIDC, NTAP, Lehigh Valley"; CAF mailing
list, 4/23/90; contract and reports to NYS Department of Labor with
overview of CAF, 1991
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Meeting: 6/27/1989
Agenda, report by Mazur (?), handwritten notes
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Meeting: 9/15/1989
Minutes, agenda, opening remarks, handwritten notes, committee
membership
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Meeting: 10/26/1989
Minutes, agenda, letters of invitation, reports of labor task force,
technology, marketing, public relations committees, list of committee
membership
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Meeting: 1/30/1990
Minutes, agenda, handwritten notes, reports of technology, public
relations, labor force committees, summary of Needle Trades Action
Project (Boston, MA, labor-management committee); letters of invitation
from ILGWU president Mazur; memo from ILGWU president Mazur re expansion
of committee membership, list of committee membership, description of
GIDC market and technology study, materials re TC2 educational program
and plant tour
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Meeting: 3/27/1990
Agenda, summary minutes, and draft detailed minutes; report of Technology
Committee; agenda of Public Relations Committee; letter of invitation to
FIT president Marvin Feldman; handwritten notes
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Meeting: 5/17/1990
Agenda, summary minutes, handwritten notes, attendance sheet, summary of
focus group discussion on manufacturing issues, correspondence
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Meeting:9/17-18/1990
Invitations from ILGWU president Mazur to Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service grants manager, Pennsylvania and NYC government
officials, and, from CAF director Carl Proper, to the president of Party
Formals to attend meeting; minutes, agenda, handwritten notes;
presentation by ILGWU president Mazur; notes for discussion of marketing
plan and related correspondence; list of attendees; newspaper
clippings
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Meeting: 11/8/1990
Invitations from ILGWU president Mazur to NYS economic development
commissioner Vince Tese, from CAF director Carl Proper to the president
of FIT and president of Oscar de la Renta to attend; reports of
Technology Committee, Marketing Committee, notes on discussion;
presentation by ILGWU president Mazur; agenda, handwritten notes
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Meeting: 2/7/1991
Minutes, agenda, handwritten notes, PR update, attendance sheet; letters
of invitation, newspaper clipping
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Meeting: 3/28/1991
Minutes, agenda/outline of report; Mazur's introductory remarks; finance
report, summary of technology committee meeting, report of Long Island
Labor-Management Committee; letters of invitation, attendance sheet;
newspaper clippings, handwritten notes
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Meeting: 9/10/1991
Agenda, handwritten notes; presentation by ILGWU president Mazur; report
by New Jersey Apparel Labor-Management Committee, report by Eastern
Pennsylvania/South Jersey CAF; list of attendees; newspaper
clippings
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Meeting: 9/25/1991
Minutes, agenda/outline of report; reports by New Jersey, Massachusetts
(Needle Trades Action Projects), Philadelphia/South Jersey, and Long
Island Apparel Labor-Management Committees; draft of Fashion Exports New
York brochure; handwritten notes
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Technology Committee
Notes for Technology Planning Committee Meeting, May 18, 1991; report of
Technology Committee, Oct. 26, 1989; memo and proposal (TC)2/ILGWU
Apparel Industry Training Program, January 15, 1990; booklet of 1990
educational programs by the National Apparel Technology Center (TC)2;
apparel contractors' seminar tentative schedule for January-March 1990;
vol. 1, no. 1 newsletter, GIDC News, by the Garment Industry Development
Corporation; Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association Directory (n.d.);
"Nine Steps to Manufacturing: The American Experience," Seminar
presented in Milan, Italy, June 8, 1989 by Emanuel Weintraub Associates,
Inc.; memo to ILG pres. Mazur re recommendations of Management
Engineering Dept.: don't "overdo" enforcement on OHSA rules, June 24,
1988; handwritten notes; newspaper clippings
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Export Program
Notes on the first meeting of CAF Working Group; newsletter Europe 1992,
"The American Business Report on Europe" re real estate and trading
opportunities, May 1990; press release re Fashion Institute of
Technology (FIT) Forum on trade with Eastern Europe and the Soviet
Union; announcement brochure, Export Trade Demonstration Project
Program, NYS Dept. of Economic Development; newspaper clippings re
selling American clothing in London and Japan; proposal for export
mission to Japan; proposal for CAF Export Program; list of manufacturing
company attendees to Export Breakfast, cosponsored with GIDC; Export
Survey Tentative Results re number of firms exporting or considering
exporting, by apparel product; export activities (forums) for Sept.-Oct.
1990, FIT Export Advisory Service Extension of the Small Business
Center
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Export Survey Data
List of apparel companies in NY metropolitan area, profiles, and export
status; active or potential exporters; compiled jointly with Garment
Industry Development Corp. (GIDC) and/or Exports/New York
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Export Survey Data |
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Export Survey Data |
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Export Workshops: Roundtable
Oct. 10, 1990. Agenda, list of manufacturing company attendees
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Export Workshops: KPMG Peat Marwick/Redwood
Associates/Vigdor
Agendas; lists of companies invited/attending; comments by attendees;
articles by Irving Vigdor; statistics, U.S. Export Markets
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Skills Training: Application and Contract
Application for Training Assistance to set up a modular manufacturing
unit, contracts between CAF, the NYS Dept. of Economic Development
Office of Skills Training, manufacturer Marcus and Weisen, and
consultant Prof. Peter Lazes, Cornell University, New York State School
of Industrial and Labor Relations, Jan. 31 and Oct. 16, 1992; budget
revisions; correspondence
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Skills Training: Project Design and Execution
Agendas for working sessions; orientation session outline, June 23, 1992;
preliminary design of modular work unit, October 16, 1992; updates;
memos summarizing conversations with manufacturer; handwritten notes;
correspondence re ergonomics project
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Skills Training: Report
Interim and final reports; correspondence
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Skills Training: Invoices
Correspondence, bills
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C. CAF Pennsylvania |
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Eastern Pennsylvania/South Jersey CAF: Establishment
Description, draft bylaws, and amendments to articles of association;
draft budget; application for employer identification number; memos,
minutes of meetings re formation of council; Pennsylvania Department of
Commerce list of financing programs and agencies to assist business and
industry; resource directory for small business
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Eastern Pennsylvania/South Jersey CAF
Meeting agendas and minutes; list of potential projects; memos of
conversations; correspondence soliciting contributions; handwritten
notes; census map of county business patterns for Pennsylvania, with
statistical sheet, 1986-87; list of apparel firms and number of
employees, July 1991; newspaper clippings, Eastern Pennsylvania Business
Journal, June 1990, and other regional newspapers
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Philadelphia/South Jersey Labor-Management Committee: Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Grant Application and
Lobbying
Proposal for Pennsylvania Women's Apparel Labor-Management Committee,
submitted by the ILGWU, July 1990; Philadelphia/South Jersey Apparel
Labor-Management Committee proposal submitted to the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service, May 11, 1991; letters of support from members
of Congress and others to approve funding for the creation of a new
labor-management cooperation program for the Philadelphia-South Jersey
area, funded through the FMCS
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Philadelphia/South Jersey Labor-Management Committee
Agenda, Philadelphia Textile & Apparel Initiative, December 14, 1990
(to discuss Lehigh Valley project update); notice from Council for
American Fashion of first meeting of the Philadelphia/So. Jersey
Apparel/Textile Labor-Management Committee, April 11, 1991; minutes of
first meeting, April 30, 1991; fact sheet re Pennsylvania's apparel
industry; Overview of Services, Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center
Network (?); memo re telephone conversation, December 12, 1990; proposed
rulemaking by Pennsylvania Dept. of Commerce and Statement of Policy re
Machinery Equipment and Loan Fund Program, April 28, 1990; letters of
support for committee from Fashion Apparel Manufacturers' Association,
March 1, 1991; from Philadelphia College of Textiles & Sciences, May
6, 1991; information packet to manufacturers from the New Jersey Trade
Adjustment Assistance Center (TAAC), NJ Economic Development Authority,
re impacts from imports; data sheets on Philadelphia firms, April 8,
1991; handwritten notes
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D. Lehigh Valley (PA) Apparel and Textile Project |
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Proposals, Planning
Operated as an independent entity for a time until it was taken over by
CAF. Letters and memos from ILGWU officials to consultant Participative
Systems; steering committee agendas, lists of attendees, letter inviting
ILG exec. asst. Parrott to first meeting; 7-page press release, "Gov.
Casey Announces New Program to Assist Manufacturers," August 8, 1989, re
Manufacturing Innovation Networks (MAIN); press release, "Gov. Casey
Says Manufacturing is Resurging in Pennsylvania," Sept. 16, 1989;
Request for Proposals (RFP) by Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry;
Confidential Proposal for Apparel and Textile Development Plan
Initiative, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, submitted by Atlantic Apparel
Contractors' Association in response to RFP, June 1, 1989, with attached
letters of endorsement; Proposal for Second-Year Funding, July 17, 1990;
Proposal for Pennsylvania Women's Apparel Labor-Management Committee,
submitted by ILGWU, July 1990; Proposal to Establish Employee Training
Programs for Selected Apparel Firms in New York State and New Jersey, by
Harry Schwartz, president, GIDC, May 18, 1988, with attached cover memo
from ILGWU exec asst. James Parrott, August 8, 1989; memos re factory
site visits; typed notes, "Summary of Chuck Sabel Presentation to Lehigh
Valley LMC"; paper by Charles Sabel re Manufacturing Innovation Network
(MAIN) project with cover memo to MAIN directors from the Pennsylvania
Dept. of Labor and Industry, "Studied Trust: Building New Forms of
Cooperation in a Volatile Economy," presented to T.E.P. Conference, Cite
des Sciences et de L'Industrie, June 24-27, 1990; ILGWU computer
printout of firms in area; written notes including list of ILGWU
concerns, newspaper clippings
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Labor Force and Training Subcommittees
Press release detailing organization of Lehigh Valley project, survey
results; Summary of Activities of Lehigh Valley Labor Force
Subcommittee; project agenda, March 13, 1990; minutes; outline of
Private Sector Training Initiative; Survey of Working Women (in English
and Spanish), sponsored by the Needle Trades Action Project, Dr. Ellen
Rosen, Harvard University, and correspondence with ILG officials;
employee exit survey by Participative Systems; report based on survey,
"Exodus from Apparel," March 1990, with press release by Atlantic
Apparel Contractors Association; ethnic data for vocational schools,
eastern Northampton County, September 1, 1989; other labor force
demographic statistics, 1980 and 1987; Northampton Community College
press release re receipt of grant to establish training center, January
22, 1990; project description; handwritten notes
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Labor Force and Training Subcommittees
Second Quarterly Report, May 18, 1990; proposal for two-year funding;
conference agenda and press release, October; publicity, technology, and
steering committee meeting agendas and minutes
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Labor Force and Training Subcommittees
Second Year Report, prepared by Participative System, summarizing
accomplishments, recommendations for year 3; steering committee agendas;
brochures for annual Pennsylvania Apparel and Textile Conference
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Lehigh Valley Project: CAF Takeover
Memoranda discussing problem areas, whether to continue Lehigh Valley
project in its current form with Participative Systems, or start a new
organization led by ILGWU/Council for American Fashion (CAF); proposal
to Pennsylvania Department of Commerce Office of Technology Development
re economic development projects (technology access, ergonomics, worker
involvement, marketing for union contractors), written by CAF executive
director Carl Proper over the signatures of the executive director of
the Atlantic Apparel Contractors' Association (AACA) and ILGWU, with
faxed messages to both for approval, January 15, 1992; summary of phone
conversation with AACA director re growing use of non-union contractors,
labor-management issues not amenable to resolution under current
approach; list, issues to work on with Atlantic Apparel; Apparel &
Textile Innovation Initiative proposed budget; Lehigh Valley Project
proposed budget; list of potential and definite Lehigh Valley projects;
list of possible activities of Lehigh Valley CAF and existing
committees; agenda for first meeting of CAF/Eastern Pennsylvania
Labor-Management Committee, Aug. 8, 1991; Apparel Steering Committee
minutes, July, August 1991; correspondence re invoices; newspaper
clippings; handwritten notes
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Massachusetts: Needle Trades Action Project
Revised draft report and executive summary of the Blueprint 2000
Employment Committee, "The Challenge of Prosperity," prepared by Barry
Bluestone, professor of political economy, U. Mass., July 25, 1988, with
cover letter from Lt. Governor's office to advisory committee members;
research proposal by Ellen I. Rosen, Radcliffe College, submitted to
Needle Trades Action Project, "Labor Shortages in the Needle Trades,"
1988, with cover letter to ILGWU exec. asst James Parrott from Carl
Proper; report of visit to the Gemini Manufacturing plant by Prof. Rosen
re work process issues, with photos (originals in Kheel holdings),
February 8, 1989; report, "Joint Marketing Opportunities for Fall River
Contractors," submitted by the Industrial Cooperative Association to the
Needle Trades Action Project Marketing Committee, August 27, 1987;
printed report, "Jobs, Justice, and Miracles: Toward a Commonwealth in
Massachusetts in 1990," by the Massachusetts Campaign for Jobs and
Justice, supported by Massachusetts AFL-CIO, June 1989; paper by Michael
H. Best, economics professor at University of Massachusetts at Amherst;
paper presented at Centro Studi Economici, Milan, Feb. 6-7, 1987,
"Industrial Policy and Employment Creation by City and State
Governments: The Greater London Enterprise Board and Quasi-Publics in
the State of Massachusetts"; unpublished paper, " Strategic Planning and
Industrial Policy by Local Enterprise Boards"; publications by
Department of Employment and Training: "Employment Review, January 1992,
and "Employment 2000: Massachusetts Employment Projections by
Occupation," July 1989; Manual for Implementing a Shared-Time
Engineering Program (STEP), September 1980 through September 1983, New
England Apparel Manufacturers' Association, Fall River, Massachusetts,
November 1983, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Background
Research, surveys, preliminary proposals and correspondence; "A Strategic
Perspective on State Labor- Management Cooperation Programs," Dr. Arnold
M. Howitt and Dr. John Calhoun Wells, Harvard University, for
presentation to the Fifth National Labor-Management Conference, May
30-June1, 1990; "Strategies for the Implementation of New Manufacturing
Techniques in the New Jersey Apparel Industry," Ellen I. Rosen, Ph.D.,
director, Labor Market & Employment Resources, December 1991
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Proposals: Lobbying
Coalition of ILGWU, industry associations, and independent manufacturers
aiming to upgrade technology, improve production and delivery methods,
and expand exporting. Proposal to Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, May 11, 1991, and letters of support from labor and industry
officials; proposal, June 1990; letters to New Jersey state officials
(Governor James Florio, Labor Commissioner Ray Bramucci, Commerce
Commissioner Barbara McConnell) from ILGWU president Mazur seeking
funding for New Jersey Apparel Labor Management Committee; memos of
meetings, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings; brochures, "New
Jersey's Urban Enterprise Zone Program" and tax questions and answers,
1992
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Minutes
Agendas, minutes, lists of members; transcript of talk to first meeting;
notes re phone conversations with Bruce Herman, Garment Industry
Development Corporation (GIDC), March 7,1991; with Richard Hatch, New
Jersey Institute of Technology, April 2; State of the State address by
Gov. Jim Florio, January 8, 1991; handwritten notes
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Minutes
June-October Agendas, minutes, lists of members; proposal for a Regional
Industry Service Center; letters from members of Congress and others
supporting grant proposal; correspondence from Council for American
Fashion (CAF); result of survey of firms, 1991; exporting workshop
flyer; newspaper clipping re legislation targeting sweatshops
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Minutes
Agendas, minutes; notice of new OSHA formaldehyde regulations, September
1992; list of programs initiated by the committee, programs the
committee should like to initiate, problematic programs; proposal to
committee for Modular Manufacturing Pilot Project at D. Glasgow &
Son, Inc., August 1992; marketing workshop proposal; letter from New
Jersey Institute of Technology re New Jersey Apparel Manufacturing
Conference, May 11, 1992; letter to Council for American Fashion from
New Jersey Division of International Trade re delegation of Italian
government officials interested in exports from U.S.
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Workplace Literacy
Proposal for a Workplace Literacy Program, submitted by the Institute for
Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, in partnership with
the ILGWU and the New Jersey Apparel Labor Management Committee, July
10, 1992
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Surveys: Data
ILGWU Advisory Committee on Training job skills questionnaire results, by
local, 1990; lists of firms for possible employer assessments, 1991
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Surveys: Management
ILG/Council for American Fashion (CAF) management assessment surveys of
contractors, lists of companies, memos, 1991; CAF newsletter re
relationship with Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Fashion
Forward, 1990; trade journal clipping
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F. Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC)
Nonprofit public-private labor-management coalition of small and midsize
apparel firms producing in the New York City area, worked closely with
Council for American Fashion, Fashion Exports New York; activities
focused on vocational training, English as a Second Language (ESL)
instruction, and facilitating exporting
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Records
Summary of Activities, First Year of Operation, June 1984-85; memo by
ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott, Plan of Action for Restructuring GIDC,
August 27, 1987; memo from Parrott to Mazur re NYC/NYS garment industry
development issues, August 19, 1987; memo to ILG president Mazur,
summary of labor-management committee activities, July 28, 1987; letters
from Mazur to commissioner of NYC Office of Business Development and to
NYS director of economic development Vince Tese in support of GIDC grant
application for skills training for dislocated garment workers in
Chinatown, October 6, 1987; press release from Office of the Mayor
announcing creation of industrial garment condominium in Chinatown;
newspaper clippings, handwritten notes
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Records
"An Introduction to the Garment Industry Development Corporation," by Jay
Mazur and Eli Elias; Annual Reports, 1987- 1988, 1988-1989; Proposal for
Expanded City Assistance to New York City's Garment Industry, March
1988, ILGWU; agenda, Board of Directors meeting, June 28, 1989; fact
sheet and press release re training center; marketing and technology
project summary and request for proposals; letter to NYC Office of
Business Development re joint newsletter between GIDC and CAF; newspaper
clippings, handwritten notes; photos from fashion show (modeled by
sewers? originals in Kheel photo archives)
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Koch
Correspondence with office of Mayor Ed Koch, internal memos and
handwritten notes re Koch briefing, newspaper clippings; outline of
proposed activities, 1988-89, proposed activities for expanded GIDC,
October 9, 1987
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Chinatown
GIDC brochure, "Help for the Chinatown Garment Industry"; draft report,
"Rents, Lease Terms and Utility Charges in the Chinatown Garment
Industry: 1981, 1984 and 1986," prepared by GIDC, April 1986; analysis
of local 23-25 members by borough and zip-code place of residence;
analysis of Chinatown industrial lofts converted from factories into
office space, October 1986
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Chinatown: Press
Summaries and full text of major news stories carried in Chinatown
newspapers
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Chinatown: Press
Summaries and full text of major news stories carried in Chinatown
newspapers
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Chinatown: Press
Summaries and full text of major news stories carried in Chinatown
newspapers
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Advisory Committee on Training (ACT): Job Referral Task
Force/Jobnet (2 folders)
Established by the ILGWU to assist GIDC staff in skills training. Working
guidelines for NY Metro Area Job Referral Network; meeting notices and
minutes; remarks by ILGWU executive VP Edgar Romney at counselor
training session; lists of counselors; corresp. re JobNet Coordinator
position. see also NYC Industrial Literacy Program
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Advisory Committee on Training (ACT): Skills Training (2
folders)
Agendas and minutes of ACT, September, October 1990; memo outlining
objectives of the ACT Task Force on Job Referral, November 26, 1990;
description of Task Force on Needs Assessment, November 27, 1990;
comments on New Jersey survey results; list of local job development
agencies, 1989- 90; draft proposals for classes, joint ILGWU-GIDC skills
training programs; memo to ILGWU president Mazur re literacy/adult
education issues to be discussed with NJ governor Florio; memos re
coordination of programs, restrictive funding criteria, need for
programs to recruit and train new sewing machine operators from pool of
welfare recipients; meeting agendas and minutes; transcripts of
newspaper articles (World Journal); descriptive brochure re sewing
machine operators; letter to ILGWU from Center for Law and Education re
meeting with unions on vocational education, agenda, project
description; outline of increased funding needs for Employer Specific
Skill Training grants, noting funding sources; letter to NYS Dept. of
Labor re shortage of skilled labor; analysis of responses to survey of
members of Federation of Apparel Manufacturers re need for skill
upgrading; report, "The Labor Market Experience of ILGWU Technical-ESL
Students," prepared for the Worker-Family Education Program of the ILGWU
by Sheila Collins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science,
William Patterson College, January 1990
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Advisory Committee on Training (ACT): Skills Training
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Jobs Created: List of Firms
List of contractor jobs created by jobbers or manufacturers; firms
involved in labor-management activities
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Marketing and Technology Study
Proposal summaries, letters in support to New York State Dept. of
Economic Development/Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Commissioner
Vince Tese from ILGWU Mazur; letter in response from Tese; letter to
Association for a Better New York; letter to Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey; newspaper clipping, handwritten notes
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Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA): Marketing and Technology
Study
Report, "Keeping New York in Fashion," 1992, prepared for GIDC by Kurt
Salmon Associates (KSA); agenda for meeting describing project, June 13,
1990; Request for Proposals, Women's and Children's Apparel Marketing
and Technology Study; interim report, November 26, 1990; list of
potential participants in Quick Response project; newspaper clippings,
handwritten notes
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Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA): Quick Response Project (2
folders)
Proposal outline draft, August 30, 1991; primary notes from the focus
group, June 26,1991, with cover letter to GIDC president Bruce Herman;
draft, Succeeding in Apparel in the Nineties, by KSA, June 1991; report,
"GIDC: Keeping New York in Fashion," by KSA, August 18, 1992;
"Saks/After Five Quick Response Demonstration Project," by KSA, April
1992; draft, "Saks/Carole Hochman Quick Response Demonstration Project,"
by KSA, May 1992; press releases, KSA newsletters, and other printed
publicity materials; handwritten notes, newspaper clippings
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Board of Directors
Board of Directors meeting minutes, March 28 and June 13; memo to ILGWU
president Mazur from GIDC president Adam Friedman, "Program Status
Report," summarizing activities of first three quarters of fiscal year,
April 2, 1990; Application to the New York State Department of Economic
Development Regional Economic Development Partnership Program, submitted
by the Garment Industry Development Corporation, July 6, 1990, with
cover note to ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott; supporting materials re
nomination of GIDC for U.S. Dept. of Labor "LIFT" outstanding training
award, including history and achievements of GIDC and overview of
garment industry in NY; newspaper clippings; letters and telegrams from
ILGWU president Mazur to NYS Senate and Assembly leaders re restoring
funding to Employer Specific Skills Training Grant (ESSTG) program,
related correspondence; Marketing and Technology Study Interim Report re
needs of NYC manufacturers, by Kurt Salmon Associates; Discussion
Outline for GIDC covering the Strategic Planning Study by Kurt Salmon
Associates; application to NYS Regional Economic Development Partnership
Program for Employer Needs Project; memos to Mazur re GIDC budget
cuts
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Annual Report
Annual Report, 1989-90; list of board members, 1990-91; press release re
marketing study commissioned with Kurt Salmon Associates, Sept. 10,
1990; correspondence between ILG president Mazur, coat manufacturer
Fairbrooke Enterprises, and Vince Tese, NYS Commissioner of Economic
Development re grant to train employees on new state-of-the-art
equipment that had been sitting idle for lack of skilled operators,
August 1990; letter from, Mazur to U.S. Secretary of Labor supporting
GIDC proposal for grant for bilingual vocational training to upgrade
skills of dislocated garment workers, Aug. 29, 1990; GIDC budget and
salary recommendations to the board of directors, June 5, 1990
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Board of Directors
January-February Activity Report; 1991; "Summary of Accomplishments
During 1989-90 Program Year"; memo to ILG president Mazur re GIDC
accomplishments, 8/21/90; statement to auditors signed by GIDC president
Bruce Herman and treasurer Jay Mazur, Aug. 31, 1990; auditor's report,
June 30, 1990; financial records (revenue sources); correspondence with
consultants Kurt Salmon Associates; handwritten notes from board
meeting, 12/12/90; correspondence with speaker of the NYS Assembly re
budget cut, Jan. 28, 1991; from Regional Education Center for Economic
Development, thanking Mazur for successful lobbying effort to restore
funding, Jan. 14, 1991; memo to Mazur from Bruce Herman re invitation
from Australian Manufacturing Council (attached) for trip, and proposed
trip to Hong Kong to examine competition, March 15, 1991; press release
by Hong Kong Trade Development Council re 1991 Fashion Week; edited
press release re appointment of Bruce Herman as president of GIDC, Jan.
31, 1991; profile of GIDC president Bruce Herman in Crain's New York
Business, Mar. 1, 1991; correspondence with applicants for president of
GIDC, attached list of applicants; child care survey (English and
Spanish); edited copy for newsletter, Nov. 9, 1990; memo to Mazur's
exec. asst. re state audit of old Super Sewer's program, requesting
intervention with Dept. of Labor to avert "tremendous waste of both our
resources" and "nightmare" review of eligibility issues, Nov. 19, 1990;
positive evaluation of Super Sewers program by NYC Dept. of
Employment
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Board of Directors
Mar.-Apr. activity report; report on NY area garment industry: Interim
Review of Findings, Analyses, Recommendations of Strategy Planning for
GIDC, by Kurt Salmon Associates; data on children's wear firms; memos re
training for ex-Domsey (Brooklyn) workers, alternative funding sources
to federal grants due to ineligibility of undocumented immigrants;
report on problems with training program: lack of cooperation by
employer partner/grant recipient Metropolitan Fashion Center (MFC; see
also separate heading) in hiring trained graduates, need for ILGWU to
assist in placement in decent jobs to restore integrity of program;
letters from Mazur to department stores Macy's, Bloomingdale's,
Alexander's, re meeting with GIDC to discuss market trends; statistical
analysis of child care survey of ILGWU garment workers; profile of GIDC
president Bruce Herman in Crain's New York Business, Mar. 1, 1991
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Board of Directors
July-Sept. Board of Directors meeting agenda and handwritten notes, 7/25;
minutes, 4/17; memo to Executive Committee re FY92 budget and salary
recommendations, GIDC budget, 1991-92; memo re ILGWU contributions for
FY91 and 92 by local; letters to local managers from ILGWU president
Mazur soliciting contributions; correspondence re personnel issues; job
description for job development consultant; invoices for equipment;
memos re union benefits policies as impediments to training recruitment,
employer evasion of unemployment insurance payments and impact on worker
retraining eligibility under federal guidelines
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Board of Directors: Exports
Agenda, Fashion Exports New York, 7/1; project budget; computer printout,
U.S. Export Markets by country of destination and apparel category,
1987-91; newspaper clippings
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Board of Directors
Oct.-Dec. Board of Directors meeting agenda, 11/19; minutes, 7/25;
Sept.-Oct. activity report; GIDC FY92 budget; A Child Care Study of the
Garment Industry executive summary and newspaper clippings; project
proposal and list of advisory committee members for Women's Apparel
Quick Response Supplier Network to develop faster production turnaround
capabilities for high-value product; Fashion Exports New York brochure;
printed article re lack of government support for NY garment industry by
ILGWU president Jay Mazur in Crain's New York Business
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Board of Directors
Jan.-Mar. Activity reports re training program, child care; Small
Business Advisory Board member list and mission statement; conference
program, "Moving Toward a Safer and More Productive Workplace," proposal
to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation by the Urban Research Center of the
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (NYU) for feasibility study on
reviving specialized manufacturing in the outer boroughs, request from
program officer to GIDC for evaluation; letters from NYS Dept. of
Economic Development re grant approvals for GIDC and Metropolitan
Fashion Center of Greater NY (MFC); proposal for Expo Tech 92,
educational event re computer automation for small business, by
Manhattan Development Corp.; audit of GIDC 1990-91 financial statement;
draft of Kurt Salmon Associates' marketing and technology assessment of
NY women and children's apparel industry; initial planning meeting
agenda for project of Clark Foundation, "How Can We Get NY Working
Again? Employment Strategies for New York City" with note from GIDC
president Bruce Herman to ILGWU exec. Asst. James Parrott; handwritten
notes of meetings; newspaper clippings
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Board of Directors: Forum
Jan.-Mar. Keeping NY in Fashion forum: list of participants, executive
summary, draft and final script of speech by ILGWU president Jay Mazur,
letter from NYS Office of the Governor inviting Mazur to speak; press
release, newspaper clippings; copy of photo of Bob Frazier, Kurt Salmon
Associates (original in Kheel photo archives); photocopies of slide
presentation re garment industry
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Board of Directors
Apr.-June Board of Directors meeting agenda, 6/30/92; minutes, 11/19/91;
FY92-93 salary recommendations; correspondence with Consortium for
Worker Education re contract for vocational training for dislocated
sewing machine operators, ESL instruction; course evaluation survey
results; lists of training programs, 1991-92; correspondence with Mazur
re promotion of exports; budgets
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Board of Directors
July-Sept. July-August activity report; draft of agreement between GIDC
and Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA) to develop Quick Response Supplier
Network demonstration projects to improve garment manufacturing
turnaround time; KSA consulting rate sheet; letter from KSA reporting
poor response from high-end department stores and manufacturers; letters
from ILG president Mazur to locals, requesting contributions to GIDC;
discussion of RFP from Con Edison to implement energy efficient
technologies; description of project manager position, letters of
application, recommendation for hire; memo re skills training programs;
memo re exhibit at annual Bobbin Show; 1992-93 budget amendment
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Metropolitan Fashion Center
Proposed production facility at the Brooklyn Army Terminal serving
Chinatown manufacturers, financed by a grant from the State of New York,
with training of factory workers provided by GIDC. Letter from NYS
Department of Economic Development Commissioner Vince Tese to
Metropolitan Fashion Center, notifying of award of grant, Mar. 27, 1992;
description of center; report, "A Day Care Center in the Brooklyn Army
Terminal: A Needs Assessment: Current and Potential Demand," prepared by
the ILGWU with the cooperation of the Public Development Corporation,
Dec. 6, 1990; letter from NYC mayor David Dinkins to ILG president Mazur
thanking him for doing the needs assessment for a pilot day care center;
memo from ILG vice president Susan Cowell to Mazur re ILG support for
day care center as an economic development issue, Feb. 6, 1991; draft
marketing proposal by ILG exec. asst. James Parrott, with cover letter,
Jan. 4, 1991; update, Feb. 15, 1991; hand-edited draft of letter/request
for proposals for consultant to develop marketing plan; Request for
Proposals for Women's and Children's Apparel Marketing and Technology
Study; ILG memos expressing frustration with MFC for not putting up its
share of funds for the marketing project, concern that further delay
will damage credibility of ILG and GIDC, Aug. 1991; correspondence
between MFC principals Sherman Ng and Edison Wong and ILG exec. asst.
James Parrott, NYS director of Industrial Effectiveness Programs, and
others, re MFC's cash flow projections, shifting commitment to the
project, 1990-91; press releases from MFC and equipment maker Juki
Corporation, 1990; newspaper clippings, handwritten notes
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Metropolitan Fashion Center (MFC): Marketing Proposals (2
Folders)
Responses to Request for Proposals by: Emanuel Weintraub Associates (with
handwritten notes of meeting, Mar. 14, 1991); Deloitte & Touche,
1990; KPMG Peat Marwick, "Market Plan for Recapturing the Competitive
Edge in Apparel Manufacturing," Mar. 8, 1991; handwritten notes
comparing proposals, Mar. 91
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Metropolitan Fashion Center (MFC): Marketing Study, Kurt Salmon
Associates
Correspondence from Kurt Salmon Associates; revised project plan; notes
of meetings with detailed internal issues discussion, final report, May
7, 1992; projected levels of employment
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Management Consultants: Emanuel Weintraub
Proposals and reports by management consultant on marketing, flexible
manufacturing systems; seminar materials on competitiveness; article
reprints, authored by Weintraub, from Bobbin; newsletters, The Weintraub
Report; correspondence with ILGWU exec asst James Parrott; handwritten
notes
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Management Consultants: Emanuel Weintraub
Proposals and reports by management consultant on marketing, flexible
manufacturing systems; seminar materials on competitiveness; article
reprints, authored by Weintraub, from Bobbin; newsletters, The Weintraub
Report; correspondence with ILGWU exec asst James Parrott; handwritten
notes
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Fashion Exports/New York (FE/NY)
A cooperative project of the Garment Industry Development Corporation
(GIDC) and the Council for American Fashion (CAF). Letter from NYS
Department of Economic Development commissioner Vince Tese to the
Garment Industry Development Corp. (GIDC), notifying them of a grant
award to develop an Export Trade Development Project, January 10, 1991;
overview of FE/NY's mission, May 28, 1992; letters of application for
resource coordinator; memos discussing sending FE/NY director/program
coordinator Leah Kaplan to European trade show Igedo, outline of plans,
and letters of support; project budget; typed notes on
meetings/conversations, 1/22/91 and 1/24/91; Export Success Stories,
August 13, 1992, re Maidenform and Andmore; drafts of brochure; printed
brochures: "Canada First!" "Selling to Latin America," and "Fashion
Exports New York"; descriptive text, with hand editing, for overseas
brochure re Fashion Exports/New York, with cover letter requesting
comments, Aug. 7, 1992; description of Request for Proposals for GIDC
Export Grant Application, Sept. 10, 1992; correspondence between FE/NY's
Kaplan and CAF re meetings with local firms, Russian and other
international companies interested in exports, Japan Apparel Initiative
(see also Japan, Kobe Mart); letters of support from firms and NYC
government for grant renewal; advisory notices to ILGWU local managers
re export assistance given to firms in their jurisdictions; newspaper
clippings, handwritten notes
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FE/NY Budget
"Notes on FE/NY Spending"; CAF Budget Check, 11/6/91; memo, "Export
Contract Extension Request," Apr. 23, 1992; CAF Finance Report: Report
to Steering Committee, Mar. 23, 1991
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FE/NY Client Companies
Lists of companies receiving assistance from FE/NY export program;
general mailing list; correspondence
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FE/NY Financial Reports (4 folders)
Quarterly reports to the New York State Department of Economic
Development
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FE/NY Invoices
Copies of invoices and checks written by the ILGWU or GIDC for Japan
export trade show and other joint export projects with the Council for
American Fashion (CAF), the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), and
Fashion Exports/New York
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American Apparel Manufacturers' Association (Export
Promotion)
Handwritten list of members; list of ILG firms belonging to AAMA,
12/19/91; memo from Council for American Fashion expressing eagerness of
CAF, GIDC, and FIT to participate in an event similar to the Au
Printemps promotion (copy of article attached)
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Consultants
List of export experts used in Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
seminars in 1990; correspondence and materials from export consultants
APCO Associates, Assist International, Hedy Wilder Associates, Coopers
& Lybrand, and Redwood Associates/Irving Vigdor; plan for export
expansion seminars cosponsored by KPMG Peat Marwick, the U.S. Dept. of
Commerce Office of Textiles and Apparel, and Irving Vigdor; copy of
slide presentation on the European Commission; handwritten notes;
brochures
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Export Assistance: Federal Government
Announcement by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce of the establishment of the
Consortia of American Businesses in the Newly Independent States
(CABNIS) grant program for companies interested in exporting to the
former Soviet Union and aiding in its privatization, July 13, 1992;
Small Business Administration fact sheets, export workshop calendar,
publications; newspaper clippings
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Announcement by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce of the establishment of the
Consortia of American Businesses in the Newly Independent States
(CABNIS) grant program for companies interested in exporting to the
former Soviet Union and aiding in its privatization, July 13, 1992;
letter from the Council for American Fashion to the New Jersey Institute
of Technology endorsing its application for CABNIS grant, August 21,
1992; handwritten notes
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NYC
Letter from ILG president Mazur to NYC mayor Dinkins requesting meeting
to plan promotion of exports to Japan, December 12, 1990; letter from
GIDC/ILGWU to NYC deputy assistant commissioner requesting additional
grant money for Fashion Exports/New York for FY 1992-93; confidential
letter from ILG president Mazur to NYC deputy mayor requesting
additional grant money, noting state aid will run out; descriptive
summary of Pilot International Matchmaking Program, a project of the NYC
Office of International Trade & Investment (Department of Ports
& Trade) with the European Cooperation Network; correspondence
between Office of International Trade & Investment and Council for
American Fashion re working together, May 7, 1990; draft text of
brochure to promote NYC manufacturing facilities to foreign designers;
description of Motexha international trade fair held in Dubai, United
Arab Emerites, 1990; newspaper clippings
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NYC: Brooklyn Goes Global
A project of Brooklynworks, a coalition of industry, academic, and labor
institutions. Program description; description of proposed global
fashion show; letter from Garment Industry Development Corp. (GIDC) to
ILG officials expressing reservations about show as promoting
fragmentation of industry, but interest in telemarketing aspect, March
30, 1993
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NYC: Holtzman Report
Study by New York City comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman re possible public
initiatives to promote exporting, with summary press release
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New York State
Letter from NYS Dept. of Economic Development commissioner Vince Tese to
Garment Industry Development Corp. (GIDC) that grant has been approved
under the Global Market Export Service (GEMS), Feb. 2, 1993; letter from
Council for American Fashion (CAF) to NYS Dept. of Economic Development
suggesting revising GEMS grant eligibility to reflect how NYC garment
industry is organized (jobber/contractor distinction), August 4, 1993;
announcement from NYS Dept. of Economic Development re availability of
export assistance grants to small businesses and nonprofits, August 15,
1991, with application form; letter from the executive director of the
Port Authority of NY & NJ to ILG president Mazur discussing closer
collaboration with the Garment Industry Development Corp. (GIDC), Sept.
19, 1990; memo from FE/NY coordinator to GIDC proposing areas of
collaboration with Port Authority, July 12, 1993; brochures for NYS
Global Export Market Service (GEMS); for World Trade Center Network;
bulletin from NYS Dept. of Economic Development, "Export Opportunities
for New York State Businesses"; flyer from NYS Dept. of Economic
Development, "Export to Europe Now"; description of Eximbank Working
Capital Loan Guarantee Program, Port Authority of NY & NJ; brochure,
"Bringing New Products to the World's Great Marketplaces," by XPORT, the
Port Authority's export trading company
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Nonapparel Industries
Newspaper clippings
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Canada
Brochure, "Canada First! Textiles/Apparel Seminar," March 18-19, 1991;
press release from accountants KPMG Peat Marwick, "'Canada First'
Program Offers Apparel and Textile Companies Business Strategies for
Canadian Market," September 3, 1991; newspaper clippings
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Europe
"Trade Opportunities: Europe," summary sheet by Fashion Exports/New York;
list of international trade shows; memo re Premier trade show in
England; list of European buyer groups for apparel and letter sent to
them from FE/NY offering free services, April 20, 1992; breakfast
meetings sponsored by FE/NY about exporting opportunities to Europe
(Igedo trade show); list of apparel and textile export trade shows
around the world through October 1992, by U.S. Dept. of Commerce; the
Euro-American Club's Bulletin, Sept./Oct. 1991; announcement by the U.S.
Dept. of Commerce of the establishment of the Consortia of American
Businesses in the Newly Independent States (CABNIS) grant program for
companies interested in exporting to the former Soviet Union and aiding
in its privatization, July 13, 1992; letter to ILGWU from Scott Tag
& Label, re need for conversion to metric system; newspaper
clippings on trade fairs, including pullout of ACTWU and Clothing
Manufacturer's Association from SEHM show in Paris; handwritten
notes
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Europe: Igedo Trade Show
Announcements/information packets for annual Igedo Dusseldorf (Germany);
memos from Council for American Fashion; list, "FE/NY Firms Potentially
Interested in IGEDO"; list of U.S. exhibitors, 1991, with question as to
whether any are ILGWU firms; newspaper clippings
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Europe: Igedo Trade Show Preparations and Follow-up
Memos from CAF re funding and letters of support for FE/NY coordinator
Leah Kaplan to attend; letters from Kaplan to firms preparing to attend;
post-conference briefing memos to firms re contacts made, interest
expressed by German buyers
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Europe: Germany
Report by the Roche Group under contract to Kormos, Harris &
Associates for Industry, Science and Technology Canada, "European Market
Entry Planning: West Germany"; overview of market outlook; Business Week
article, "Think Small"
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Europe: Netherlands
Apparel market study for the Netherlands, Aug. 1989; correspondence
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Hong Kong
"Hong Kong's Market for Apparel and Clothing Accessories"; "Industry and
Product Profile: Hong Kong's Clothing Industry", 1991; visitor arrival
statistics, 1991; correspondence between Garment Industry Development
Corp. and Council for American Fashion re first trade mission of Hong
Kong buyers to the U.S., expressing concern over whether intent of
delegation is to "knock off" New York designers for local producers;
faxed notice to ILGWU local managers re status of buyers' mission,
noting concern over intent, Oct. 7, 1992; briefing itinerary at U.S.
Dept. of Commerce office in NY; speech delivered to the Asia Society in
New York by Kazuo Wada, chairman, Yaohan Department Store Company,
"Yaohan's International Strategy," April 23, 1990, re why store is
relocating to Hong Kong, with note from GIDC to CAF; press release from
the Hong Kong Trade Development Council re Hong Kong Fashion Week 1991;
press release from the Italian Trade Commission re participation in Hong
Kong Fashion Week 1991; letter to Garment Industry Development Corp.
from Hong Kong Trade Development Council confirming exhibit space at
Hong Kong Fashion Week 1992, noting past participants from Italy and
Japan;
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Japan
"The Japanese Apparel Market: A Brief Industry Report"; export
regulations re labeling requirements, tariffs, list of trade shows;
correspondence re trade shows, incl. announcement from the U.S. Dept. of
Commerce re U.S. Children's Fashion Trade Fair, 1992; lists of Japanese
buying delegation and other contacts; list of Japanese organizations in
the Japan Apparel Initiative (JAI); letter from the U.S. Embassy in
Japan to ILG exec. asst. Parrott re possible Japanese markets for New
York apparel firms, Oct. 1991; newspaper clippings
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Japan: CAF Exports Workshop
Letter of invitation from Fashion Exports/New York (FE/NY) to
manufacturers, with description of program; list of invited firms;
agenda; prepared comments to participants
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Japan: Japan Apparel Initiative (JAI) Fashion Show and Buying
Mission
A cooperative effort of the Council for American Fashion (CAF), Fashion
Exports/New York, Garment Industry Development Corp. (GIDC), the Fashion
Institute of Technology (FIT)'s Xport Advisory Service Extension (EASE),
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's trading company XPORT,
and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). "Briefing on Japan
Apparel Initiative" includes descriptive sheet with overview of each
entity, description of Japanese market, agenda for August 12, 1991,
briefing, preview description of October NY Women's Apparel Buying
Mission (fashion show), preview description of Japan Trade Mission to
Kobe Fashion Mart and Tokyo (Feb. 1992); press releases; letters of
invitation to briefing; description of benefits of participating in
Japan Apparel Initiative; description of fashion at Oct. 1991 show;
newspaper clippings
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Japan: Japan Apparel Initiative (JAI) Fashion Show and Buying
Follow-Up
List of Japanese participants; thank-you letter translated into Japanese;
largely negative follow-up questionnaire of Japanese buyers at Oct.
buying mission/fashion show; largely negative follow-up with U.S. firms
participating in Oct. buying mission/fashion show; confidential memo re
meeting with representative of Takishimaya department store, notes
different view of Japanese demand for U.S. goods than thought by
bureaucrats, poor timing of show set by Port Authority; memo from CAF
director Carl Proper to ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott re meeting with
Xport/Port Authority, perception by Japanese of U.S. apparel as low
quality, Dec. 5, 1990; list of jobbers/manufacturers and contractor jobs
created; export surveys
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Japan: Japan Apparel Initiative (JAI) Japanese
Retailers
Report, "Japan's Ten Leading Department Stores"; Japanese Trading Firms
in the City of New York; Local Branches of Japanese Department Stores;
memo re Japanese department store Isetan's request for coat
manufacturers, with list; printed corporate literature of conglomerate
Tomen, with cover letter from Tomen Apparel Group; correspondence with
Ben, Ltd., chain store re buying trip for casual wear, men's wool
sweaters
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Japan: Japan Apparel Initiative (JAI) Showroom Visits
Letters from Council for American Fashion to apparel design firms asking
to visit showroom with representative of the Japanese External Trade
Organization
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Japan: JETRO
Printed publications and statistical information by the Japan External
Trade Organization (JETRO) re doing business in Japan; NYS Dept. of
Economic Development announcement re JETRO Leisure and Recreation Import
Fair 1992
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Japan: Kobe Fashion Mart
Printed materials by the Japanese Market Center and correspondence with
the Council for American Fashion (CAF), Fashion Exports/New York, and
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey re exhibiting at the
Japanese trade show; lists of invited companies
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Japan: Market Studies
"Overview of the Japanese Distribution System," by Asia Link Consulting
Group; several printed editions of "Your Market in Japan" series re
formal wear, sportswear, and swimwear, 1990; business facts &
figures for 1992; excerpt from report, "The Apparel Market in Japan,"
1988
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Mexico
Market report prepared by Fashion Exports/New York (FE/NY); list of
contacts expressing interest in NY manufacturers, 1993; fact sheets on
NY firms with Spanish cover letter; brochure for export conference,
"Negocios Mexico: Doing Business in Mexico," Mexico City, June 5-8,
1993; newspaper clippings
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Middle East and Motexha Trade Fair
"The Apparel Market in Saudi Arabia," analysis for the Dept. of Commerce;
memorandum from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce for prospective participants
in the Motexha International Trade Show in Dubai, United Arab Emerites;
announcement for 21st Motexha Childexpo International Trade Fair
(Fashion 1993), 22-25 October 1992, Dubai World Trade Centre, for men's
and women's wear, children's wear, fabrics, home textiles, fashion
accessories, printed brochure for the U.S. Pavilion at the trade show;
letter to ILGWU from president of Denmarie, Inc., of Burlington, VT,
offering assistance with exports to Turkey, with enclosed information re
free trade zones
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1. New York City
see also "Garment Industry Development Corporation" and "Fashion Exports
New York"
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Apparel Industry
Overview of New York City garment industry, July 21, 1986; New York
Garment Industry Task Force (ILGWU) memo re issues for discussion, with
attached discussion papers, December 20, 1983; "Restructuring for
Competitiveness within the Knitwear Production Industry in New York
City," working paper by the New York Knitwear Industry Center (Queens
County Overall Economic Development Corporation and Ridgewood Local
Development Corporation), October 1988; census statistics
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Business Relocation Assistance Corporation (2
folders)
Retention and Relocation Program Rules, with cover letter to ILGWU for
comment, 1992; report to the Business Assistance Relocation Assistance
Corporation, "Renewing the Retention and Relocation Program," prepared
by the Economic Policy and Marketing Group, Office o f the Deputy Mayor,
February 1992; letters from ILG president Mazur to Mayor Dinkins and
others, urging change of rules that disqualified businesses in
traditional industrial neighborhoods, 1991; statements of Mazur,
Manhattan borough president Ruth Messinger, and ILGWU associate director
of research Walter Mankoff before the NYC Planning Commission, and press
release, 1991; fact sheets re links between Manhattan and Queens in the
ladies' apparel industry, consequences of displacement of garment
district, 1984; list of approved manufacturers, 1986, 1988; notes of
meetings and phone conversations; memos to Mazur; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes
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Business Labor Coalition
Known officially as the Coalition of Business, Labor and Community
Organizations of New York; devoted to lobbying for national policies to
benefit cities. Mission statement; draft report of task force for
rebuilding the port and rail transportation for New York City; press
release, "Dinkins to Present City's Agenda for Clinton Administration to
New York's Congressional Delegation," November 13, 1992; remarks of
chairman Maurice S. Paprin, November 17, 1992
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Economic Development Manhattan: Planning Committee
Reports
Reports of committee and correspondence between Manhattan Borough
President David Dinkins and ILGWU president Mazur; Overall Economic
Development Planning Committee meeting minutes, June 17, 1986; list of
committee members; Progress Report, New York County Overall Economic
Development Program, submitted by Manhattan Borough Development
Corporation, June 1986; Draft and Draft II, New York County Overall
Economic Development Program Report, June 1987; 1988 report, with
comments by ILG exec. asst. James Parrott
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Economy: General
Press release, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, February 25,
1988; ILGWU (?) papers: "Economic Growth and Opportunities for New
Yorkers," re economy under the Koch administration, "New York City's
Garment Industry: Key Events, 1983-1988," "ILGWU Proposals to the City,"
"Garment Center Manufacturing Preservation District Zoning," March 25,
1988; newspaper clippings re abuse of funds by Harlem Commonwealth
Council, job market
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Employment
Report, "New York City in the New Economic Environment: New Risks and a
Changing Outlook," by Samuel M. Ehrenhalt, regional commissioner, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics in New York, March 1988; press release
summarizing report; Women's Wear Daily newspaper clipping re report;
census statistics re employment by borough, 1949-83
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Government
City Council resolution condemning NAFTA, faxed to ILG's Carl Proper for
comments, February 2, 1993; minutes of meetings between ILG officials,
including president Mazur, and deputy mayor of NY, members of City
Council, and other city officials; letter from Mazur to NYC mayor David
Dinkins requesting meeting to plan promotion of exports to Japan,
December 12, 1990; description of the New York City Alliance for
International Business, Community Development Agency job readiness grant
eligibility guidelines, Nov. 23, 1992; press release by NYC Ad Hoc
Housing Capital Budget Coalition, "Ad Hoc Coalition Protests Elimination
of Affordable Housing Production from the City's Capital Budget," April
9, 1992; newspaper clippings re job trends, misdirected public
incentives, 1993 mayoral race (Giuliani); list of campaign contributions
by ILGWU to all candidates for public office in NYC in 1989
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Industrial Literacy Project (ESL instruction)
A program of the New York City Industrial Technology Assistance
Corporation in cooperation with ILGWU and Garment Industry Development
Corporation (GIDC). Grant proposal and correspondence with ILGWU
president Mazur, 1991; grant proposal for New Jersey project and
correspondence with K-Mart re on-site English as a Second Language (ESL)
training, 1992; Federal Register notice/request for proposals re
Department of Education National Workplace Literacy Program, 1992; draft
of study by St. John's School of Law professor David Gregory re
workplace literacy, cover letter to Mazur, September 27, 1988. see also
GIDC Advisory Committee on Training
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New York Urban Coalition
Critical analysis of Urban Coalition draft, "A Vision of a Just New York:
The Decade Ahead," March 18, 1988; analysis by exec. asst. James
Parrott, June 14, 1998; Mazur's comments to Urban Coalition on draft
report, August 5, 1988; agenda and minutes of the Board of Directors,
March 16, 1988; fund development statement and cover letter to Mazur,
noting expectation that board members make a personal financial gift to
the coalition, September 6, 1988; correspondence re luncheon honoring
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Rep. Charles Rangel
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Real Estate: Reports and Articles
Drafts of "Real Estate Pressures and the New York City Garment Industry:
The Pressing Need for a Public Policy Response," with handwritten
comments (by ILGWU vice president Susan Cowell?); April 4, 1986; "The
Outlook for New York City in Real Estate and Construction," by Seymour
B. Durst; "New York City Garment Center Study: Program and Zoning
Recommendations," and "New York City Economic Development Programs and
Strategies: Manufacturing, Office, and Small Business Sectors," June
1986, Policy Analysis Division, NYC Office for Economic Development;
Dept. of City Planning; newspaper clippings, including special issue of
Crain's New York Business
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Real Estate: Reports Garment Center Study
"NYC Garment Center Study: Program and Recommendations," NYC Office for
Economic Development, Department of City Planning, Public Development
Corporation October 1986
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Real Estate: Reports Garment Center Enforcement
Project
A project of the Office of Midtown Enforcement, a department of the
mayor's office. Final report, October 1991; use & occupancy survey,
August 1, 1991; quarterly reports, 1990, 1992; newspaper clipping
reporting drop in crime with increased police presence
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Real Estate: Commercial Rent
Memos of conversations with City Councilmen re pending legislation;
testimony by ILGWU president Mazur in favor of Commercial Rent Binding
Arbitration legislation (Intro. 1237), November 15, 1988; against
substitute bill (Intro. 1245), June 14, 1989; testimony by Dennis
Keating, assoc. prof. of law, Cleveland State Univ., in favor of Intro.
1237, June 9, 1989; letters from labor unions lobbying for passage of
Intro. 914A; ILGWU press release re Intro. 1237, June 9, 1989; Fact
Sheet, Commercial Rent Binding Arbitration New York City Council Intro.
914A, prepared by ILGWU; list, Firms Forced to Move as a Result of Rent
Increase; memo summarizing survey of firms displaced due to rent
pressures, July 9, 1985; memo re displaced firms and garment center
zoning, January 7, 1987; Housing and Vacancy Report, prepared for the
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, April 1988;
background points for Manhattan Borough President Dinkins cable show,
"Should Manufacturing Be Retained in Manhattan?", related
correspondence; statement by Dinkins on inclusionary zoning, May 21,
1987; statement by Dinkins in favor of vacant building program, March
10, 1988; newspaper clippings re structure of New York City Council,
negative impacts of rent control; handwritten notes
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Real Estate: Industrial Loft Advisory Council
Meeting minutes; letter/report to NYC mayor Ed Koch re preserving
industrial space; newspaper clippings; testimony by ILGWU president
Mazur before the NY City Council on Intro 914A, Commercial Rent Binding
Arbitration, Nov. 15, 1988; testimony by Thomas Van Arsdale, president,
New York City Central Labor Council; testimony by head of NY Chamber of
Commerce against commercial rent control; testimony by NYC Corporation
Counsel; testimony by the NY regional vice president of the American
Arbitration Association; notes re telephone conversation; newspaper
clippings, handwritten notes
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Real Estate: SoHo Alliance
Report, "The Prospect of Hotels in Soho," prepared for the SoHo Alliance
by planning consultants Abeles Phillips Preiss & Shapiro; letter
from Friends of SoHo to NY City Planning Commission "vehemently"
opposing hotel development; letter to Mayor Dinkins; newspaper
clippings
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Real Estate: Times Square Redevelopment Project
Testimony on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 42nd Street
Development Project, by Jay Mazur, general secretary-treasurer, ILGWU,
expressing concern with impact of Times Square redevelopment on adjacent
garment district, leading to commercial conversions of production
facilities and higher rents, March 26, 1984; testimony by Mazur at UDC
hearing on redevelopment project, asking for balanced economic planning,
mitigation measures, September 6, 1984; comments of the ILGWU to the
UDC, May 1984; press release, "Union Calls for Measures to Counteract
Effect of 42nd Street Redevelopment on Garment Center," Sept. 6, 1984;
Statement by Mayor Edward I. Koch, Comptroller Harrison J. Golden, and
City Council President Carol Bellamy, pledging to work with ILGWU to
preserve and create apparel jobs in the garment district and elsewhere
in the city, Nov. 8, 1984; statement by Dr. Roger Waldinger, City
College of New York, "The Impact of the 42nd Street Redevelopment Plan
on the Garment Industry," presented to the Board of Estimate hearings,
October 25, 1984, arguing that merchandise mart plans for apparel should
be abandoned; draft of report by Tom Davidoff (?) with cover note asking
for comment by ILG staff; newspaper clippings; oversized poster
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Real Estate: Trends
Newspaper clippings re real estate changes and events; Crain's New York
Business paper, "Changing face of New York"
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Sweatshops
Letter from Chinese Staff & Workers' Association asking for support
in campaign against sweatshops in NYC, March 31, 1991, with attached
fact sheet re Wai Chang Fashions, "Brooklyn garment shop owes workers
over $100,000 in unpaid wages" and sample letter to NYS Dept. of Labor;
correspondence between Assemblyman Frank Barbaro, chairman of the Labor
Committee, and ILG president Mazur; transcript of testimony by Mazur
before the committee re effectiveness of Apparel Industry Task Force,
created by Barbaro, March 20, 1992; testimony by NYS Labor Commissioner
John Hudacs; transcript of interview with Chinese worker; copies of four
bills in Senate and Assembly to increase civil and criminal penalties
for violating labor laws and holding manufacturers equally liable for
violations by their contractors; certified letter from U.S. Dept. of
Labor's Wage and Hour Division re enforcement of Fair Labor Standards
Act, and attached letter sent to every manufacturer, contractor, and
subcontractor in the U.S., citing high levels of noncompliance,
stressing prohibition against homework in apparel industry, March 6,
1992; press release from U.S. Dept. of Labor re temporary restraining
order against NYC garment manufacturer, April 30, 1992; newspaper
clippings. see also "Sweatshops" (general subject files)
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Workforce Development Commission
Letter from NYC mayor Dinkins to ILG president Mazur inviting him to
become a member of the Workforce Development Commission, with attached
concept paper, June 28, 1993; text of address to commission (by Mazur?),
"ILGWU Experience with Education, Training, Job Creation, Job Retention,
Job Enhancement"; report by the commission, "New York City Labor Force
Demand and Supply," heavily hand-annotated with critical comments (by
Mazur?); draft recommendations ("confidential"), December 21; drafts of
Research Project Approach, Discussion with Commissioners, hand
annotated, September 14 ("confidential"); committee minutes, agendas,
remarks by Mazur, notes
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Workforce Development Commission: Task Forces
Committee minutes of education task force and demand and supply task
force; issues papers
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Workforce Development Commission: Task Forces on
Training
Training committee minutes; preliminary findings, training, placement,
and support services, Oct. 13; issues papers
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Workforce Development Commission: Worker Focus Groups
Transcripts of worker focus groups re workplace training programs,
November; confidential summary and discussion by consultant McKinsey,
November 16
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Workforce Development Commission: ILGWU Internal
Discussion
Draft of letter to deputy mayor to be sent over Mazur's signature, with
memo to several advisors seeking input, August 18; notes re
recommendations for ILG participation in commission, internal ILG and
Council for American Fashion (CAF) memos re issues
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Apparel Industry: New York State
Narrative, "The Apparel Industry in New York State: A Statistical
Profile," prepared by the NYS Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Business
Research, March 1986; NYS Department of Labor report, "Occupational
Needs in the 1980s: New York State 1987-1989" (projections); U.S. Dept.
of Labor employment, hours, and earnings survey data, 1939-82 and
supplement for 1980-84; overview of apparel industry, New York State,
1985; NYS apparel and knitting mill statistics by county, prepared by
ILGWU Research Dept., based on data from U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, 1973-86; U.S. Dept. of Commerce/Bureau of the Census "County
Business Patterns: New York" by industry, 1981-84; newspaper
clipping
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Economic Development/Enterprise Zones
Department of Economic Development program. Program description;
"Rebuilding Our Cities: The Case for Enterprise Zones," report by the
Legislative Commission on Public-Private Cooperation, Senator Roy M.
Goodman, Chairman, September 18, 1985; statements on enterprise zones,
submitted by ILGWU president Jay Mazur before the Senate Finance
Committee, June 17, 1992; before the House Ways and Means Committee,
July 18, 1991; by ILG president Sol Chaikin before the Senate Finance
Committee, April 21, 1992 and May 3, 1983; talking points for meeting
with Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, August 6, 1993; memos to
Cisneros, April 1 and 6, 1993
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Economic Development/Enterprise Zones
Letter from ILGWU president Mazur to NYS AFL-CIO president Edward J.
Cleary re concerns expressed to Economic Development Zone Review
Commission; draft of legislation; transcript of testimony before hearing
by local EDZ officials from Elmira, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Auburn,
Ogdensburg, and Essex County, March 6; state-by-state list of enterprise
zone incentives; meeting agendas; handwritten notes
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Economic Development/Enterprise Zones: Comptroller's
Audits
Office of State Comptroller Report of Examination: Economic Development
Zone Program, September 1, 1990; report by Office of the State Deputy
Comptroller for the City of New York, October 23, 1990
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Economic Development/Enterprise Zones: Review Commission
Hearing
Transcript of hearing re Progress and Effectiveness of the NYS Economic
Development Zones Program, held by Special Economic Development Zone
Review Commission, April 3
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Economic Development/Enterprise Zones: Review Commission
Reports
Updated proposed findings and recommendations, sent to commission members
for comment, May 7, 1991; comments by ILGWU president Mazur, May 30,
1991; interim report, "Summary Findings and Recommendations of the
Economic Development Zones Review Commission," June 19, 1991; final
draft, for commission review, October 4, 1991; memo re future of EDDZ
program; Mazur's recommendation, April 23, 1991; New York State Economic
Development Zones Program Review Commission Final Report, November
1991
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Economic Development/Enterprise Zones: Articles
Scholarly and newspaper articles on enterprise zones, most of it
negative; AFL-CIO Reviews the Issues: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise
Communities: Promise and Pitfalls, June 1994; "Enterprise Zones: New
Directions in Economic Development," Roy E. Green, editor (Sage
Publications); "The Political Economy of States' Job-Creation Business
Incentives," Bennett Harrison and Sandra Kanter, AIP Journal, October
1987
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Excelsior Fund
A program of the Governor's office. Description of program, list of Board
of Directors and advisory committees; press releases announcing creation
of award recognizing quality performance and cooperative
labor-management relations in public, private, and educational sectors;
noting first recipients; printed booklet describing criteria; newspaper
clipping from Crain's NY Business, noting loan pool for midsized
companies; memo to ILGWU president Mazur
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee
Text of 1981 Garment Industry Job Retention Act, establishing the Garment
Industry Advisory Committee, with cover letter inviting ILGWU
representation on committee; draft annual report, 1990-91; minutes and
agenda of meetings, May 2, 1989, December 4, 1990, February - December
1991, held at ILGWU headquarters; report of the Subcommittee on Industry
Development, Nov. 14, 1991; letter to NYS Labor Commissioner from the
chair of the NYS Garment Industry Advisory Committee expressing concern
over five vacancies on the Apparel Industry Task Force as well as
decreased staffing of the Division of Labor Standards, October 22, 1991;
other letters from the committee to the commissioner calling for
maintenance of staffing levels, funding for the task force; official
letter of complaint from ILGWU of industrial homework against
Bronx/Manhattan firm Teammate Fashion/Reflex Accessories/Lending
Trimming and intermediary New Light Enterprises with the NYS Dept. of
Labor Fair Labor Standards Division, Sept. 7, 1989, and memos in
response following 18-month investigation, noting largest fine in
history, February-March 1991; newspaper clippings re fine; ILG memo to
Mazur re additional further action in union context against industrial
homework violators, February 25, 1991; statement of chief labor
standards investigator and program administrator, NYS Apparel Industry
Task Force, against lifting the ban on industrial homework, March 29,
1989; Status of Memorandum of Understanding between U.S. Dept. of Labor
and NYS Dept. of Labor to enhance each agency's ability to enforce labor
laws and regulations in the apparel industry, Sept. 19, 1991; press
release from NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams's office re criminal
prosecution of Brooklyn garment manufacturer for violations of labor
law, with personal cover letter from Abrams to ILG present Mazur, May
20, 1991; press releases from NYS Dept. of Labor re expansion of
enforcement inspections upstate, fines issued for homework violations,
other fines, 1990-91; statistical report to ILG pres. Mazur re child
labor law and other violations, fines, number of investigations and
complaints, showing dramatic increases from 1988 to 1990; statistical
report, Jan. 1 - Aug. 31, 1991; printed Apparel Industry Task Force
Report, c. 1989, re sweatshop policing; cover letter and first
newsletter by NYS Dept. of Labor, Highlights & Issues, for advisory
boards, March 4, 1991; handwritten notes; newspaper clippings
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee
Feb. 9, May 4, Sept. 7, 1993, and Feb. 8, 1994, meeting minutes; text of
four proposed bills introduced in the NYS legislature strengthening
contractor registration law, increasing funding for unemployment
insurance, and ensuring terminated workers receive accumulated vacation
pay, with cover letter from ILG exec. asst. noting need to fill five
investigator positions on the Apparel Industry Task Force; letter from
Garment Industry Advisory Committee to Commissioner of Labor urging him
to call on legislature to fill the vacant positions; joint proposal by
U.S. Dept. of Labor and NYS Dept. of Labor to the Garment Industry
Advisory Committee re Feasibility of Master Agreements in the Garment
Industry (examining San Francisco Master Agreements, investigative
trends in NY, etc); newsletter, Greater Voice, published by Greater
Blouse, Skirt and Undergarment Association (NY Chinatown manufacturers;
Chinese and English language), issue 1, April 1993; newspaper
clippings
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Awards by Media
Subcommittee
Minutes of subcommittee on media/image, mostly ILG officials, discussing
creation of award program
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Awards
Notice of annual awards to responsible garment manufacturers, press
release announcing recipients; memos discussing criteria, related
documentation
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Awards
Printed program for the NYS Labor Commissioner's Awards ceremony,
"Outstanding Practices in the Apparel Manufacturing Industry," April 8,
1992, sponsored by the Council for American Fashion; text of remarks by
keynote speaker Karen Schaffner, publisher, Apparel Industry Magazine,
re efforts by manufacturers to improve workplace environment, attract
and retain workers; text of welcoming remarks by ILGWU president (and
co-chair of Council for American Fashion) Jay Mazur; list of attendees
and award recipients; copy of declaration of Apparel Week, signed by
Gov. Mario Cuomo, April 6, 1992; press release announcing the awards,
from NYS Dept. of Labor; press release announcing the awards, from
Council for American Fashion; letters of notification to award
recipients; memos between ILG officials; editorials in Apparel Industry
Magazine
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Minutes
Feb. 11, May 5, September 24, December 1, 1992, meeting minutes, held at
ILGWU headquarters
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Registration Law
Press releases, memoranda, and text of legislation of the Apparel
Registration Law of 1988, requiring all garment industry contractors and
manufacturers in the state to register with the NYS Commissioner of
Labor and also establishing an enforcement task force within the Dept.
of Labor; designed to eradicate sweatshops in New York State. Notice of
law, in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean; correspondence with ILG
president Mazur negotiating terms of legislation (disclosure, exemption
of men's wear); registration form and certificate; handwritten notes;
newspaper clippings
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Enforcement Legislation
Proposals
Proposed legislation designed to more effectively enforce labor laws in
the garment industry, eradicate sweatshops and industrial homework;
confiscation was major point of contention with Republican-controlled
Senate. Drafts of Enhanced Apparel Registration Enforcement bill, 1988;
mailgrams to members of state legislature, 1988; legislative program of
NYS Dept. of Labor, 1989 and 1987, with cover letter to ILGWU president
Mazur seeking support; correspondence between ILGWU president Mazur,
union staff, and state officials; press releases from NYS Dept. of Labor
announcing closer coordination with U.S. Dept. of Labor, report of
advisory council1990; memo to Mazur analyzing governor's upcoming State
of the State message, Jan. 6, 1988; newspaper clippings
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Enforcement Worksheets
(Violations)
Dept. of Labor press releases re fines for homework and other labor law
violators; worksheets of Apparel Industry Task Force re outcomes of
contacts with manufacturers/contractors
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Garment Industry Advisory Committee: Registration
List
List of garment industry firms registered under the Apparel Registration
Law in 1992; Freedom of Information request from ILGWU to NYS Dept of
Labor for names of firms cited for labor law or other violation during
the first quarter of 1990
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Industrial Cooperation Council
A program of the Governor's office. List of NYS programs of use to
apparel businesses and workers, January 27, 1989; Request for Proposals
by ICC; grant proposal prepared by Emanuel Weintraub Associates (see
also Management Consultants) for an Apparel Industry Strategic
Development Project, working with ILGWU, ACTWU, and NYC-area apparel
firms, September 1989; suggested amendments to proposal; "Scope of
Apparel Industry Project," November 1, 1989; confidential memo from
Weintraub to ILG re findings on NYC garment industry: most firms driven
by marketing, not manufacturing, use Chinatown contractors, not
interested in production improvements, May 1990; letters to ILG local
62-32 manager from the Associated Corset and Brassiere Manufacturers,
Inc., the Intimate Apparel Manufacturers' Association., Inc., and the
Pleaters, Stitchers & Embroiderers Association, Inc., recommending
members to participate in a New York State grant program, January 1990;
related correspondence and meeting notes; proposed "compact," agreement
between the state and the business and labor communities re economic
adjustments for plant shutdowns, with critical comments by ILGWU exec.
asst. James Parrott, 1986; handwritten notes
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Industrial Cooperation Council: Policy Papers
Reports on apparel/garment industry, steel industry, comparative study on
telecommunications in Europe, Japan, and U.S.; effect of deregulation
and international competition; financial services; trade, technology,
debt crisis, macroeconomic policy; food processing industry in western
NY; handwritten notes
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Industrial Cooperation Council: Cuomo Commission on Trade &
Competitiveness
Drafts of apparel industry study and final report, "A New American
Formula for a Strong Economy," by the Cuomo Commission on Trade and
Competitiveness, a broad-based entity under the governor's Industrial
Cooperation Council; identified national trade imbalance, declining
exports as major cause of job loss in NYS. Critical comments on the
report's apparel section by ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott; comments by
commission member Jack Sheinkman, president of ACTWU; press releases
from the governor's office; newspaper clippings, some annotated; John
Herling's Labor Letter, June 25, 1988
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Industrial Cooperation Council: Task Force on Latin
America
Draft of task force report , with handwritten comments; letter from ILGWU
president Mazur giving critical comments
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Industrial Cooperation Council: New York Center for Employee
Ownership and Participation
A program of Gov. Cuomo's Industrial Cooperation Council. Cover letter
and announcement brochure for Sixth Annual Conference for Unions on
Employee Ownership, cosponsored by center, October 9, 1987; letter from
center to ILG president Mazur with materials from conference, including
agenda, text of remarks by Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine, ALF-CIO representative
Bert Siedman, press release, survey results, list of top ten ESOP
companies, special report by Harvard Business Review, December 1, 1987;
letter from center to Mazur requesting meeting, January 7, 1988, with
attached materials: 1987 annual report, Industrial Cooperation Council;
executive summary of research report by center, "Getting a Piece of the
Action: Employee Ownership in New York State," October 1987; article
from Bureau of National Affairs, "Employee Ownership Plans: Two Union
Views" re Bricklayers and Steel Workers; newspaper clippings;
descriptive brochures re center; announcement flyer for conference
cosponsored by center and Cornell ILR Extension, "Labor's Experience
with Employee Ownership: A One-Day Workshop for Union Leaders," May 6,
1988; Employee Ownership: Common Questions, New York State Industrial
Cooperation Council, 1990
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Department of Labor Library
Selected Additions lists (new books and pamphlets available to DOL
staff)
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Unemployment Insurance
Statement on Unemployment Insurance and Statement on Legislative
Priorities for 1985, before the NYS Assembly Committee on Labor, by
ILGWU exec. VP Wilbur Daniels, December 10, 1984; letter to ILG general
secy. treas. Jay Mazur from Assemblyman Frank Barbaro re proposed
increase in unemployment insurance benefits, February 3, 1988; AFL-CIO
letter discussing recent national developments, March 8, 1991, with
attached statistical report, "Worker's Compensation and Unemployment
Insurance under State Laws, January 1, 1991"; NYS Department of Labor
reports, "A History of Unemployment Insurance Legislation in the United
States and New York State, 1935-1983" and "Shared Work: Maintaining the
Foundation of Economic Security: Interim Evaluation Submitted to the
Legislature," U.S. Dept. of Labor occasional paper, "Beginning the
Unemployment Insurance Program - An Oral History," 1985; April 1987;
Industrial Relations Research Association Series Proceedings of the
Thirty- Seventh Annual Meeting, December 28-30, 1984; memo re rise in
weekly claims, December 13, 1984
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Urban Development Corporation
Annual Report on Jobs Create and Retained, April 1994; press releases re
awards to individual companies; memos to ILGWU president Mazur from
exec. asst. James Parrott with analysis for meetings; meeting agendas;
newspaper clippings
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Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Board of Directors
Meetings
11/19/1992. Complete agenda and background information; items under
consideration included grant for Bronx Land Use and Urban Design Study,
permanent homeless family housing for Brooklyn (Kings County), Town of
Huntington Olympic Corporate Headquarters Project
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Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Board of Directors Meetings:
Huntington Olympic Project
11/19/1992. Town of Huntington Olympic Corporate Headquarters Project
draft environmental impact statement, with cover memo from UDC chairman
and CEO Vince Tese and proposed resolution, December 4, 1992
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Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Board of Directors
Meetings
9/21/1994. Complete agenda and background information; items under
consideration included regulations for Minority and Women-Owned Business
Development and Lending Program, 42nd St. Development Project, Regional
Economic Development Partnership Program (REDPP)
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Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Board of Directors
Meetings
2/17/1994. Complete agenda and background information; items under
consideration included grants for Chinatown Business Improvement
District (Manhattan Neighborhood Renaissance Local Development
Corporation), redevelopment plan for Staten Island Naval Station; with
note from ILGWU president Mazur to CAF director/ILG staff Carl Proper,
"see me - confidential - to call personally"
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Regional Economic Development Partnership Program
(REDPP)
A program of the NYS Urban Development Corporation. Grant application
form
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World Trade Council
A program of the Governor's office. Executive order establishing the
World Trade Council, with primary responsibility to improve NYS
competitive standing as an exporting state; letter from Gov. Mario Cuomo
appointing ILGWU president Mazur to council; memo re committee
assignments for Mazur; meeting minutes, agendas, follow-up
questionnaire; publications: papers on "GATT Uruguay Round of
Multilateral Trade Negotiations," "U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement:
Implications for the NY-NJ Region," informational brochure re World
Trade Institute courses, seminars, meetings
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