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Contents List
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Series I. ILGWU [series]: |
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AFL-CIO Boycotts
List of companies being boycotted by AFL-CIO, with cover letter from
Mazur urging that the ILGWU honor the boycott
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AFL-CIO Committees
List of AFL-CIO standing and ad hoc committees with ILGWU participants
and those with no ILGWU participants, March 8, 1988; list of all AFL-CIO
standing committees and members, Nov. 6, 1987
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Apparel Industry: Statistics, Union Membership
Memo to ILGWU president David Dubinsky from Research Dept. re analysis
(attached) of union membership in relation to U.S. Census figures, Jan.
22, 1960; statistics for total ILGWU membership, as percent of women's
and children apparel production workers, and percent change for each
year, 1961-86; census statistics for production worker employment 1972,
1977, 1982 by geographic region
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Apparel Industry: Competition
Affidavit by ILGWU director of research Herman Starobin in litigation
against ILGWU by Levi Sportswear, claiming union cartel, 1984; excerpt
from Governor's Advisory Commission final recommendations on the cloak,
suit and skirt industry, New York City, re rise of
jobber-submanufacturing system, 1926; Federal Register notice re 1984
Merger Guidelines, Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division; U.S. Census
statistics
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Apparel Industry Development Program: NYS (2 folders)
Letters from ILGWU president Mazur and CAF director Carl Proper to NYC
deputy mayor Barry Sullivan and NYS legislators urging support for a $1
million line item in the state budget for establishment of an apparel
industry development program, including a technology extension service
that would position the state for a federal manufacturing extension
center; text of proposal; schedule of events for visit to state capital;
memos; handwritten notes
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Associate Membership
Report of the Task Force on Associate Membership, which proposed a new
category to assist in organizing efforts: associate membership would be
offered to workers where organizing campaigns had failed, and to those
who left their jobs, in order to maintain contact
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Benefit Funds
Report of the Benefit Funds Department to the General Executive Board,
Feb. 2, 1988; Report of the Task Force on Vacation and Holiday Funds,
Oct. 1987; memos re drug plan, re Benefit Fund Payments, Mar. 8, 1988;
letters from retirees expressing gratitude for drug plan, 1991-92; fact
sheet, Health Services Plan, comparison 1990/1991, notes 1990 "crisis,"
"high users"; health fund fact sheet with history of fund mergers,
1986-92; articles summarizing benefit plans, printed in Justice,
1988
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Benefit Funds: National Retirement Fund
National Retirement Fund fact sheets, c. 1991; actuarial report as of
January 1, 1991, by Martin E. Segal Company; estimated employer
withdrawal liability for Steffen Manufacturing Co. through plan year
1990; Charles Weinstein Coat Co., Inc., calculation of partial
withdrawal; ILGWU National Retirement Funds Report of Withdrawal
Liability as of Dec. 31, 1991; newspaper clipping
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Benefit Funds: Union Health Center
Printed history and description of the Union Health Center, in New York
City, excerpted from Breakthroughs in Health-Care Management: Employer
and Union Initiatives, by Victoria George and William E. Hembree (c.
1986, Health Research Institute, Pergamon Press); note from physician
for ILG official Herman Starobin, Nov. 15, 1988
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Commentary: Articles & Testimony
Articles and testimony by ILGWU officials: ILG president Jay Mazur
testimony before House Ways & Means Committee re Reagan's new tax
proposals, June 13, 1985; interview with Mazur as new president, 1986;
interview with Mazur by Bureau of National Affairs re trade legislation,
1988; description of ILGWU: membership composition, history through
Carter administration; Report of Research Dept. re imports, March 10 -
Sept. 10, 1984; "Endangered Labor Market," by VP. Evelyn Dubrow and
Herman Starobin in The Journal/The Institute for Socioeconomic Studies,
summer 1984, warns global telecommunication will erode U.S. intellectual
advantage just as globalization has undercut U.S. industry in other
arenas; "Trade, Investment, and Deindustrialization: Myth &
Reality," by ILG president Sol Chaikin, in Foreign Affairs, September
1982; "The Other Economy," by Gus Tyler, in New Leader, 1978, American
Labor Conference on International Affairs
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Commentary: Articles & Testimony: President's
Columns
Columns by President Mazur in ILGWU Justice
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Commentary: Office of Technology Assessment
Critical 6-page analysis by James Parrott, Ph.D., executive assistant to
ILGWU president Jay Mazur, on the U.S. Congress Office of Technology
Assessment's report "U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry," March 1986;
also notes report by ILG Research Department re women's and children's
apparel industry and imports, sent to OTA study author
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Computer Data Processing Committee
Minutes and handwritten notes from meetings of the General Executive
Board's Data Processing Committee, 1989; Computer Services Department
Report to the Data Processing Committee, March 28, 1989; Data Processing
Evaluation Study prepared by Arthur Young, c. 1988
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Computer Project Subcommittee: Organizing Department
Initiated as a subcommittee of the Data Processing Committee to improve
the ability of organizers to obtain information on companies, campaign
efforts, and workers, explained in July 20, 1990, memo from exec. asst
James Parrott; Report of the Organizing Department Computer Project,
Feb. 26, 1992, prepared by exec. asst. Parrott; minutes of organizing
directors meeting, April 1990; minutes and handwritten notes from
meetings of the Data Processing Committee, 1992; report by Ernst &
Young, "Data Processing Evaluation Study," January 1992; comments on
study by ILG exec. asst. Parrott
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Computer PC Subcommittee: Database Management
Minutes of the PC Subcommittee, 1993; guidelines for accessing master
files; printouts
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Computer Database Software
Correspondence and descriptive literature about Grassroots PLAN, designed
for labor union legislative and political action work; brochure from
AT&T for get-out-the-vote software
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Computer Database: CAF
Lists of union apparel manufacturers and other categories; memos
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Drug Testing
ILGWU Policy Statement on Drug Testing, opposing random drug tests either
for pre-employment screening or to monitor current workers, recommending
treatment rather than punishment, and off-duty privacy rights
(intervention only when on-the-job performance is impaired), n.d.; draft
statement with handwritten notes; printed publication, "Drug &
Alcohol Testing on the Job: Safety with Personal Dignity," an AFL-CIO
Guide, c. 1987; American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME) publications: "The Drug Testing Debate: Remedy or
Reaction?" 1987, and "Questions and Answers about Drug Testing in the
Workplace," 1986; OCAW Reporter article by president Joseph Misbrener,
"Labor Must Counter Drug Testing Treat," March-April 1987
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Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign
General Executive Board special meeting materials (agenda, remarks by
president Mazur); information sheets for ILGWU staff members;
coordinators' training session materials; IRS tax preparation
instructions; correspondence with the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities; invoices, financial records related to campaign costs
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Electoral Politics (Endorsements)
Memo from VP. Evelyn Dubrow to President Mazur re meetings with five
members of the New York Congressional delegation, recommending whether
to endorse each individual or run other candidate against him, October
1, 1986; memo to all NYC managers and NYS district director from Mazur,
explaining endorsement of Mark Green for U.S. Senate against Al D'Amato,
October 14, 1986
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Financial Report |
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Garment Industry Task Force
Task force to coordinate exchange of information among existing ILGWU
representation on industry-related bodies in New York. Meeting minutes
and agendas, newspaper clippings; discusses activities particularly of
the New York Garment Industry Advisory Committee (see also), real estate
issues
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General Advisory Council
Fact sheet describing GAC: created in 1984 by ILG president Sol Chaikin,
composed of mid-level ILG officers and directors not members of the
General Executive Board; list of GAC members; first and second meeting
minutes, February 1, August 26-28, 1985; agendas, handwritten notes,
March 1986; meeting minutes, August 19- 21, 1986, discussing organizing
strategies, need to raise pay for union organizers, need to target new
(non-apparel) industries and overseas workers, possibly merge with other
unions; printed report, "The Changing Situation of Workers and Their
Unions," by AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, February 1985;
list of roll call votes on HR 1562, Oct. 10, 1985 and Dec. 3, 1985, and
Senate vote, Nov. 13, 1985; 1986 Campaign Strategy Sheet: list of
Republican Senators up for re-election, profile of each, including
voting record on key issues; AFL-CIO Legislative Alert special report,
"The Gramm-Rudman Law: How It Works - And Hurts," Feb. 3, 1986
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General Advisory Council
Printed report re deindustrialization: "Crossroads of America: Choosing a
Better Future for American Industry and the American People," with cover
letter from ILGWU president Jay Mazur, sent to GAC members in
preparation for campaign against imports; "Time to Raise the Minimum
Wage," testimony by pres. Mazur to the Congressional Roundtable,
Congressional Research Service, May 20, 1987; meeting agendas,
handwritten notes from meetings; AFL-CIO guidelines for pre-endorsement
activities by members in presidential campaign; survey of membership in
preparation for 1988 election; memo re establishment of new Dept. of
Associate Membership; presentation by Carl Proper re Council for
American Fashion, Needle Trades Action Project (MA), and Lehigh Valley
Apparel- Textile Project (PA), November 13, 1990; minutes of meeting by
ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott; suggested agenda/talking points (memo
from exec. asst Parrott to Mazur) for October 26, 1990 meeting; Mazur
agenda/talking points for September 24, 1991 meeting; summary of
meeting, including discussion of 1992 convention, reports from
committees
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General Executive Board: Minutes
Restricted. Includes summary of major decisions of the board at 1986
meeting.
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General Executive Board: Minutes
Restricted
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General Executive Board: Minutes
Restricted
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General Executive Board: Minutes
Restricted
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General Executive Board: Minutes
Restricted. Report by strategic planning consultant Klein & Co.,
Cambridge, MA; includes presentation to ACTWU General Executive
Board
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General Executive Board: Retreat
Restricted. Handwritten notes from GEB retreat, July 21-22, 1992; list,
ILGWU Goals, with letter from vice president Paul Winslow, Central
States Region, correcting list of goals
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Industry Development Working Group: Minutes
Committee of the ILGWU General Executive Board; surveyed best practices
of unionized apparel industry. Memos, minutes of meetings, handwritten
notes, newspaper clippings
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Industry Development Working Group: Surveys (2
folders)
Surveys of manufacturers and contractors, memos
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Health and Safety Department
"Safety and Health in the Garment Industry," description of activities
and structure of the department; "Health and Safety Hazards in the
Garment Industry," prepared by department; newsletter, Update Health
& Safety, Dec. 1987- Jan 1988; brochure, "Is Your Job Making You
Sick?" with cover letter by New York Committee for Occupational Safety
and Health (NYCOSH), July 1988; "Using Health & Safety in
Organizing," summary of two ILG organizing campaigns; research papers:
"Motion-related wrist disorders traced to industries, occupational
groups," by Roger C. Jensen, Bruce P. Klein, and Lee Sanderson, Monthly
Labor Review, September 1983, "Understanding Statistics on occupational
illness," by Harvey J. Hilaski, and "The job safety law of 1970: its
passage was perilous," by Judson MacLaury, March 1981; testimony of
health & safety director to county legislature in support of
protection for video display terminal (VDT/computer) operators; AFL-CIO
Right to Know Teleconference agenda, April 23-24, 1987; flyer re video,
"A Price for Every Progress: The Health Hazards of VDTs," Labor
Institute; "Women Workers: Hazards on the Job," from AFL-CIO American
Federationist, August 1978; "Information Access: Health & Safety
Documents You Have a Right to Under the Law," by department, n.d.;
contract between department and NYS Dept. of Labor, July 1, 1988, to
create an ergonomically redesigned "model shop" and conduct conferences
and training sessions in English, Spanish, and Chinese; memos and press
releases from U.S. Department of Labor re new OSHA proposals for
formaldehyde, 1991; newspaper clippings, 1988-91
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International Relations Department
Brochure, "What in the World is the ILGWU Doing?" prepared by the
department; letter from pres. Mazur to Chemical Bank president
protesting loan to South African company Minorco, Mar. 6, 1989; report,
ILG Program for Textile and Garment Unions re assisting black trade
unions in South Africa; ad copy for Johannesburg Star by New York Labor
Committee Against Apartheid; letter from Mazur to Nicaraguan president
Daniel Ortega protesting harassment of union members, July 28, 1988;
First Summit of the Textile and Apparel Unions of the Americas to
Analyze Social and Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere: No
Integration without Labor Participation, Sept. 2-5. 1991, Caracas,
Venezuela; briefing memos to Mazur re visiting international delegations
from Cyprus, Egypt, Indonesia, United Kingdom; Joint Statement of Fifth
Joint Conference of ZENSEN (Japanese Federation of Textile, Garment,
Chemical, Mercantile, and Allied Industry Workers' Unions) - ACTWU -
ILGWU, Kyoto, Japan, November 26, 1987; letter from ILG organizer in
Upper South Dept. re international solidarity, December 23, 1988;
resolution by California Labor Federation asking ALF-CIO to change its
policy to permit contact between U.S. unions and unionists of all other
nations (including socialist) without government interference;
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions weekly summary, re New
Zealand's outlawing of unions, with hand notation by Mazur, March 21,
1991; letter to Mazur from the Committee to End the Chinese Gulag, July
19, 1991; minutes of subcommittee of International Labor Organization,
March 24, 1988
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Invoices |
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Invoices: Books (2 folders) |
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Invoices: Subscriptions |
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Legal Department
Report of Legal Department to General Executive Board, re Supreme Court
reviews, March 10, 1984, September. 14, 1984, January 10, 1985, June 24,
1985; printed report by department to convention, Labor Law and ILGWU
Cases re hostility of Reagan administration to labor movement (in
convention proceedings, March 7, 1986)
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Locals & Affiliates
Memo proposing Guide to ILGWU Departments and Affiliates to be modeled
after attached NYS Banking Department, July 22, 1988
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Canada (2 folders)
Reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, and correspondence between
the ILGWU and its Canadian affiliates re imports, NAFTA/free trade, and
homework. Report to the General Executive Board, January 18, 1991,
submitted by Gerald Roy, Canadian director, ILGWU; "Conditions in the
Women's Garment Industry: Canada," March 12, 1984, prepared by the ILGWU
Research Dept.; background paper, "Canada in Crisis" by Willis
Armstrong, director, the Atlantic Council of the United States;
paperbound book, It's Not Free! The Consequences of Free Trade with the
U.S., by the Ontario Federation of Labour; ILGWU Pre-Feasibility Study
on "Toronto Sews," August 8, 1989; government report, "Assessment of
Direct Employment Effects of Freer Trade for Ontario's Manufacturing
Industries," prepared by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology,
November 1985; Ministry of Labor proposed changes to Cabinet Submission
re reform of the Labor Relations Act, August 12, 1991; newsletters:
Ontario Labour, quarterly magazine of Ontario Federation of Labour,
1985-86; Union Fabric, ILGWU Ontario District Council, 1986-89;
brochures re occupational safety and health, racial harassment,
homeworkers' rights; newspaper clippings
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Canada: Quebec
"Study to the Consultative Commission on Working Conditions," presented
by the Joint Council of Quebec of the Union Internationale des Ouvriers
du Vetement pour Dames, Montreal, December 12, 1984; annual report,
1989-90, Quebec Federation of Labor Solidarity Fund (Le Fonds de
Solidarite des Travailleurs de Quebec); Terms of Settlement between the
Quebec Joint Council of the ILGWU and the Quebec Fashion Apparel
Manufacturers' Guild (n.d.); discussion paper, "The FTQ-CLC Relationship
and Quebec Politics, July 7, 1992; French-language edition of ILGWU
newsletter Justice, December 1990; newspaper clippings
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Central States
Central States Region Report to the General Executive Board, February
1988; TV news clip transcripts, newspaper clippings; newsletter, DCWU
Local 399 (Evansville, IN) News 'n Views October/November 1989;
correspondence
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Eastern Pennsylvania
Correspondence re possible training programs, April 27, 1990; newsletter,
Union News, December/January 1989
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Midwest
Report on homework/sweatshop operations in Chicago, July 10, 1986;
newspaper clippings re black women in the labor movement (Labor Research
Review, Spring 1988, #11), fading leftist activism among youth
("Activism among the Yuppoisie," Norman Atkins, Village Voice, Feb. 24,
1987), Labor '87 News re Chicago Federation of Labor endorsement of
Chicago Mayor Washington
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New England
Letter of resignation from organizer, with impressions of ILGWU
reputation in Massachusetts, especially among electronics workers,
December 29, 1987; text of presentation by Carl Proper before TWARO
seminar in Malaysia, and trip report, September-October 1986; text of
television segment re garment industry in Massachusetts, WBZ-TV (NBC),
March 7, 1991; correspondence; newspaper clippings
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New Jersey
Faxed memos to ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman re Liz Claiborne
settlement, July 8, 1988; memo from director of New Jersey Region to
ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny re agreement with Alexandra Fashions,
North Bergen, NJ, and Fairbrook Enterprises, NYC, April 12, 1989;
newspaper clippings
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New York City Local 10
"The Union and Cutting Contractors," submitted to the General Executive
Board Committee on Local 10, Jay Mazur, February 10, 1976; collective
agreement, New York Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers'
Union with New York Coat and Suit Association, Inc., and Infants',
Children's & Girl's Sportswear and Coat Association, Inc., 1985-88;
yearly membership census, 1983-87, with percent decline, wage averages,
and arguments against wage cap; statistics about high health service
plan usage, May 9, 1988; list of membership census for all ILGWU locals,
comparing 1988 with 1985, and percent change; correspondence
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New York City Local 23-25
Newsletter, Local 23-25 News, 1987-90; Local 23-25, ILGWU, Report to the
General Executive Board, January 1988; letter from ILGWU exec. asst.
James Parrott noting that Chinatown manufacturers were not interested in
exposing themselves to the publicity or scrutiny of nomination for the
Labor Commissioner's Award, which was set up to improve the image of
Chinatown, Feb. 11, 1992; journal clippings
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New York City Local 62-32
Newsletter, Our Union, with note to ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott,
Winter 1990
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New York City Local 89-22-1
Contract summary and brochure, "Welcome to the Union!" (both in English
and Spanish); newsletters, Local 89-22-1 News; memo re outreach to deaf
members, May 2, 1990
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New York City Local 99
Newsletter, Local 99 News, 1986-88
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New York City Local 102
Resolution re restructuring, August 15, 1988
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New York State
Transcript of testimony by ILGWU director of NYS District at hearings on
child labor held by the NYS Dept. of Labor, July 27, 1988
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Northeast
Speech script, Northeast Staff Meeting, September 13, 1989
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Puerto Rico
Newspaper, NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America)'s Latin
America and Empire Report re U.S. unions in Puerto Rico, May-June 1976;
newspaper clippings
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Southeast
Newspaper clippings; memo to ILG president Mazur from exec. asst. James
Parrott re suggested talking points for Atlanta, GA, staff meeting, July
22, 1989
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Upper South
Reports to ILG president Sol Chaikin and General Executive Board from
Upper South Department re negotiated contracts, anticipated
difficulties, lack of work, 1983-85; newspaper clippings; newsletters,
the Maiden-forum, Winter 1986, and the ILG'er Western District Council,
November 1985; handwritten notes
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Negotiations (3 folders)
Overview (schedule of opening negotiating sessions by local/industry
association; policy guidelines; history of demands and settlements;
associations (list of members); report of task force on contract
language; consumer price index; benefit funds (health fund fact sheets);
summary of demands; summary of negotiations; press release, "ILGWU and
Major Dress and Coat Employer Groups Reach Accord on 3-Year Pacts for
35,000 Workers; Higher Wages, Increased Contributions to Health Plans,
Funding to Strengthen Industry Called 'Pattern' for Northeast
Outerwear"; draft of negotiation speech for Local 23-25
manager-secretary Edgar Romney
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Negotiations: Agreements
Agreements with New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, Metropolitan
Area Apparel Association, Greater Blouse, Skirt & Undergarment
Association, National Association of Blouse Manufacturers, National
Women's Neckwear & Scarf Association, Sportswear Apparel
Association, Industrial Association of Juvenile Apparel Manufacturers,
Atlantic Apparel Contractors' Association, Association of Knitted
Fabrics Manufacturers, Passementerie & Trimming Manufacturers
Association; press releases
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Negotiations
Statistics for outerwear contracts, 1970-85; newspaper clippings
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Negotiations
Calendar of Collective Bargaining, New York State, 1987; press release,
"ILGWU Negotiates Pacesetting Parental Leave," 1987; wage and price
developments under 1985-88 industry agreement; collective agreement,
Ladies' Apparel Contractors' Association and United Better Manufacturers
Association with ILGWU and Dressmakers' Joint Council, 1985- 88; United
Rubber Workers collective bargaining policy, 1982
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Organizing Task Force
Final report to the General Executive Board, 1987
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Payroll
Financial records of salaries and reimbursements to officers
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Personnel: Policies
Sexual harassment policy, 1990; memo on hiring freeze and restructuring,
1987; agreement with local 153, 1988
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Personnel: Co-op Education Program
Personnel records of participants in the NYC Cooperative Education
Program (college interns, summer temporary staff)
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President's Office
Memos re restructuring; exec. VP. Wilbur Daniels resume; procedures
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Mazur Correspondence: Association Appointments
Letters noting appointment of ILGWU president Mazur to boards of other
organizations: AFL-CIO committees, the Atlantic Council, Committee for
National Health Insurance, Council on Foreign Relations, Fashion
Institute of Technology, National Committee on Pay Equity, National
Planning Association
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Mazur Correspondence
Memos and letters to and from ILGWU president Mazur
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Resolutions
1992 Convention policy statements
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Resolutions
1989 Convention policy statements
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Resolutions to AFL-CIO
Resolutions submitted by ILGWU to AFL-CIO or Industrial Union Department
conventions; drafts and memo re AIDS resolution, noting need to consult
with health care unions, Sept. 21, 1987
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Speeches
Speeches by ILGWU presidents Jay Mazur (Columbia University School of
Social Work, 1986; Hofstra University, 1988; NYS Council of Senior
Citizens, 1988; Social Democrats USA, 1987; Congressional Research
Service, 1987) and Sol Chaikin on trade/globalization, minimum wage, and
other economic issues
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Speeches
Correspondence and notes for speeches to the Atlantic Apparel Contractors
Association, September 1989; New York Skirt and Sportswear, October 20,
1988; ACTWU Convention, 1990
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Series II. Subject Files [series]: |
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A. Apparel Industry
see also "New York City - Apparel Industry," "New York State - Apparel
Industry," and "ILGWU - Apparel Industry"
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Apparel Industry: Articles
Newspaper, trade, and scholarly journal articles re economics, fashion,
manufacturing. New Yorker Annals of Business: "The Sweater Trade,"
January 18, 1988; special issue of the Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, "Deindustrialization: Restructuring the
Economy," September 1984; Business Week special report, "The Hollow
Corporation," March 3, 1986; ILGWU Research Department, "Conditions in
the Women's Garment Industry," November 30, 1988; article, "Leading
Virginia Industries: Textiles and Apparel: A Business Update, 1986"
Robert W. Haigh and Donald W. Lindsey, Colgate Darden Graduate School of
Business Administration
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Apparel Industry: Fact Sheets
Descriptions and statistics re ILGWU, apparel industry, New York City,
states, trade, CAF/GIDC, AFL-CIO, economic issues, income
distribution
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Apparel Industry: Statistics
U.S. Bureau of Census statistics of number and type of establishment,
number of workers by occupation; narrative, Geographic Distribution of
Apparel Employment; article, "The U.S. Apparel Industry, 1960-1985, with
Special Emphasis on Women's and Children's Apparel," Research Dept.
ILGWU, October 18, 1985
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Apparel Industry: Statistics on Conditions, Employment, Imports,
Production |
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Apparel Industry: Statistics on States, Prices, Worker
Characteristics |
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Apparel Industry: Workforce Statistics 1980 Census
Demographic characteristics of the apparel industry workforce
(educational attainment, race, sex, age); comparison with 1970 and
1960
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Apparel Industry: Trade Associations
Members lists (with addresses, number of employees) for Apparel
Manufacturers Association; Association of Rain Apparel Contractors,
Inc.; Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association; the Belt Association;
Fashion Apparel Manufacturers Association; Industrial Association of
Juvenile Apparel Manufacturers; Infants, Children's Girls Wear
Association; Knitted Outerwear Manufacturers Association; National
Association of Blouse Manufacturers; New York Coat and Suit Association;
New York Raincoat Manufacturers Association; New York Skirt and
Sportswear Association; Northeast Apparel Contractors' Association;
Philadelphia Apparel Manufacturers Association; United Knitwear
Manufacturers League
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B. Articles
see also under subject headings (apparel, trade, sweatshops, etc.)
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Newspaper
Clippings re the economy, role and perception of unionism; Journal of
State Government, January/February 1987 re labor-management
relations
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Scholarly: A-I
Includes: Albelda, Randy, with June Lapidus, "Women and Children Last,"
The Economic Report of the People, Center for Popular Economics, Boston,
MA, edited ms., c. 1985
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Scholarly: K-Q
Includes: Kahn, Shulamit, "Trends in Union Membership in the Postwar
Period: The Case of the ILGWU," University of California, Irvine,
December 1985; Kassalow, Everett M., "The Future of American Unionism: A
Comparative Perspective," Annals, AAPSS 473, May 1984, and "Concession
Bargaining - Something Old, But Also Something Quite New," Proceedings
of the 35th Annual Meeting of IRRA, 1982; Mort, Jo-Ann, "The Return of
the Sweatshop," Dissent (Democratic Socialists of America), Summer
1988
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Scholarly: R-Z
Includes: Sabel, Charles F., "Studied Trust: Building New Forms of
Cooperation in a Volatile Economy," presented at the T.E.P. Conference,
Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, June 24-27, 1990; Wilkins, Jr.,
Bruce, "The ILGWU's Approach to Strategic Planning with the New York
Garment Industry," unpublished paper, June 12, 1991
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Scholarly: Bonacich, Edna
Sociologist at University of California, Riverside. List of researchers
worldwide studying the garment industry, with cover letter from Bonacich
suggesting starting an international interest group and convening a
conference (n.d.); cover letter to ILG exec. asst. James Parrott asking
for comment on several papers: first draft, "The Swimwear Sector of the
Los Angeles Garment Industry"; first draft, "The Restructuring of the
Pacific Rim Garment Industry: A Perspective from the United States,"
coauthored with David Waller; "The Flow of Capital, Labor and Trade in
the Pacific Rim Garment Industry"; "The Current Fiber Type Overseas
Investment," Korean Fiber Industry Association, October 1990;
"Informacion Sobre las Actividad Maquiladora del Vestido en Mexico,"
Jorge Carrillo, Departmento de Estudios Sociales el Colegio de la
Frontera Norte (in Spanish), presented at a UCLA conference on the
Pacific Rim garment industry, November 29-30, 1990; program agenda
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Scholarly: Parsons, Carol
Assistant professor, urban and regional planning, University of Iowa.
Unpublished papers: "Immigration and Regional Labor Market Dynamics in
the U.S. Apparel Industry: A Research Proposal to the Immigration Policy
Group, International Labor Affairs Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor"; "The
Future of the Domestic Apparel Industry," hand-annotated briefing paper
for the Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies, CUNY; "Technological
Innovation and Industrial Location: A Political Economy Approach,"
presented at the American Collegiate Schools of Planning meeting, Nov.
5-9, 1987
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Scholarly: Piore, Michael J.
Economics professor and Mitsui Professor of Problems of Contemporary
Technology at MIT; "Can Labor Survive Re-Gomperization?" paper presented
to Industrial Relations Research Association, Dec. 28, 1982; Piore and
Thomas Bacley, draft, "Defending the Minimum Wage: Memorandum prepared
for the ILGWU," Sept. 1979; excerpts from and articles about The Second
Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity, and several other
articles (published); handwritten notes
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Scholarly: Rosen, Ellen
Sociology professor, Nichols College, visiting professor, Harvard and MIT
Sloan School of Management; unpublished papers, some with hand
annotations, on men's tailored clothing industry; women and the future
of American manufacturing; survey of job-leavers in the needle trades;
case study on technology innovation in the U.S. apparel industry;
comments on study by reviewers; researcher's vita
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Scholarly: Tyler, Gus
Published and unpublished papers and correspondence by (and about) the
ILGWU official and activist re trade policy, minimum wage, political
figures.
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Scholarly: Zeitlin, Jonathan
Published paper coauthored with Peter Toterdill; handwritten and typed
notes from talk, Dec. 1988
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Blacks
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of
Afro-American Life and History, Inc., Oct. 19, 1984: "Some Exploratory
Notes on Black Election and Appointment to Union Office: The Ignored
Democratic Revolution," by Everette J. Freeman, assistant professor of
labor studies at Rutgers University, with cover letter to ILG Research
Department inviting comments; printed booklet: Black Initiative and
Governmental Responsibility, with introduction by John Hope Franklin and
Eleanor Holmes Norton, an essay by the Committee on Policy for Racial
Justice, published by the Joint Center for Political Studies, 1987;
newspaper article about the report; First Friday Report: "Black
Unemployment: Just How Serious Is It?" issued by National Committee for
Full Employment and the National Urban League in conjunction with
AFL-CIO and several others, August 1, 1986; course guide for class,
"Black People in the American Labor Force," ACTWU - NTRTP, 1981; AFL-CIO
American Federationist reprint, "Black Workers: Progress Derailed," by
Barbara Becnel, 1978; book review by ILG official Gus Tyler, Oct. 17,
1990; newspaper clippings
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Catholic Bishops' pastoral on the Economy
Full text of first draft, November 15, 1984; full text of final letter,
"Economic Just All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the
U.S. Economy," National Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 27,
1986; statements and press releases by AFL-CIO in support of letter;
testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization,
March 19, 1985, in support of first draft: by Nobel laureate economist
James Tobin, "Running the Economy with Less Unemployment and Poverty";
by Nobel laureate economist Lawrence Klein, "On the Possibility of
Reducing Unemployment and Poverty in a Non-inflationary Growth Economy";
and by three other economists, Robert Eisner, Northwestern University;
Isabel Sawhill, Urban Institute, "Unemployment and Poverty: Can We Do
Better?"; and Nancy Barrett, American University, "Achieving Full
Employment"; newsletter from National Committee for Full Employment,
December 11, 1986, "Jobs Impact"; newspaper clippings
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Catholic Conference, U.S.
Text of 1891 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII, "On the Condition of Workers:
Rerum Novarum"; text of 1981 third encyclical letter by Pope John Paul
II, "On Human Work: Laborum Exercens"; catalog of publications
available
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Child Care
Comments by ILG VP Susan Cowell to director of NYS Division for Women re
attached proposal, "Feasibility of a Public-Private Partnership for
Child Care in New York State"
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Child Labor
Testimony by ILG president Jay Mazur before House Committee on Government
Operations, Subcommittee on Employment and Housing, re violations of
child labor laws, Mar. 23, 1990; testimony by General Accounting Office
(GAO) director of Education and Employment Issues, Human Resources
Division, re child labor law violations and sweatshops, March 16, 1990;
testimony to U.S. Department of Labor Hearings on Industrial Homework in
the Women's Apparel Industry by several individuals who performed
industrial homework, March 1989; testimony by ILG exec. VP. Edgar Romney
in support of strengthening child labor laws in New York State, February
7, 1990, with cover letter from VP Susan Cowell summarizing highlights;
testimony by ILG VP Barbara Laufman at New York State Department of
Labor hearings on child labor laws, July 27, 1988; letter from NYS
Commissioner of Labor re proposed changes to New York State child labor
laws, with press release re intent to hold hearings, June 1988; letter
from ILG VP Susan Cowell to Commissioner re need to retain current
prohibition against factory work for 14- and 15-year-olds, December 9,
1988; testimony by Mazur in support of the Child Labor Exploitation
Prevention Act of 1987 before the House Ways and Means Committee, August
19, 1988; testimony by AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue before
Subcommittee on Labor Standards of the House Committee on Education and
Labor re Department of Labor proposals to relax child labor lows, July
28, 1982; legislative history of child labor provisions of the Fair
Labor Standards Act, complied by AFL-CIO, August 2, 1982; AFL-CIO
memo/notes on House hearings on child labor laws, Aug. 3, 1982; New York
State Department of Labor News press release re fines for child labor
law violations, July 23, 1991; GAO publications: "Child Labor: Increases
in Detected Child Labor Violations throughout the United States,"
prepared for Rep. Don Pease, April 1990; "Child Labor: Information on
Federal Enforcement Efforts," June 1992; U.S. Dept. of Labor
publication: "Child Labor Requirements in Nonagricultural Occupations
under the Fair Labor Standards Act," revised July 1978; newspaper
clippings
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Clinton Presidential Campaign
"Solidarity" comic book in the style of Dr. Seuss, "The Outrageous
Adventures of George & Dan" (Bush and Quayle), September 1992;
drafts of policy papers for transition team re industrial development
policy; press releases from Clinton/Gore campaign re manufacturing,
technology; newspaper clippings
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Compensation and Executive Pay
Clipping from Apparel Industry Magazine, "Alternative Ways to Pay Your
Employees," August 1992; memo to ILG president Mazur re attached article
from Business Week, noting executive pay rose 48% in 1987, while pay for
top labor leaders was largely unchanged, April 26, 1988; "Top Corporate
Executives Take 56% Pay Hike, Workers Struggle to Keep Up With
Inflation" AFL-CIO News, May 3, 1993; "Labor Costs - From Pakistan to
Portugal," Bobbin, September 1992; newspaper clippings. See also
"Poverty/Income Distribution"
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Employee Ownership (2 folders)
Articles and publications on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs);
handwritten notes by Jay Mazur, "ESOP Study Group"; letter to Mazur from
ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman re draft proposal for a Union/Employee
Buyout Fund, with attached proposal, noting upcoming meeting of the
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department Pension and Benefit Fund Policy
Committee, Feb. 6, 1989; letter to Mazur from Omak Wood Products, Omak,
WA, re recent employee acquisition of the company, February 13, 1989.
see also New York (State) Center for Employee Ownership and
Participation
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HMOs
Newsletters for health maintenance organizations, Managed Health Care,
July 17, 1989, and Health Week, July 17, 1989
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Homework (2 folders)
"Aspects of Industrial Homework in the Apparel Trades," 1941, Teper and
Weinberg, ILGWU Research Department; Industrial Homework Fact Sheet and
chronology of Department of Labor regulatory actions, 1989; speech by
Mazur, "Industrial Homework and Sweatshops," to the National Association
of Governmental Labor Organizations, July 20, 1987; article/speech by
Evelyn Dubrow, ILG VP and legislative director, "Women and Industrial
Homework"; press release, "ILG Will Sue To Keep Prohibition against
Industrial Homework," Sept. 26, 1989; court decision re lawsuit by ILGWU
against U.S. Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole et al., for rescinding the
ban on industrial homework, December 7, 1989; court decision for similar
suit, November 29, 1983; letter to the editor by Mazur, and another by
chairman of House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, responding to article
in New York Times re homework, March 23, 1987; editorial by Mazur in New
York Times, "Back to the Sweatshop," September 6, 1986; memo from ILG
criticizing attached article from Ms, "Is Homework the Answer?" August
25, 1987; Federal Register printed proposal to rescind ban on homework,
December 30, 1988; Written Statement of M. Patricia Fernandez Kelly
(associate professor, Johns Hopkins) in Response to Advance Notice of
Rulemaking and Notice of Hearing Respecting Employment of Homeworkers in
the Apparel Industry, Department of Labor, March 9, 1989; Statement of
Homeworkers about Their Experiences, prepared by ILGWU; press release by
Rep. Major Owens opposing Department of Labor's rescinding ban on
homework; papers prepared for a conference, "The New Era of Homework:
Directions and Responsibilities," cosponsored by the Graduate School of
the City University of New York and the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Feb. 1-3, 1987: "Home-based Work and Technological and
Economic Trends, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress,"
"Protection of Clerical Homeworkers: From What, By Whom?" by Congressman
Barney Frank's office, "Homework in the Past: Its Meaning for the
Future," Eileen Boris, Howard University, "Home-work: What is it and Who
does it?" Bell Communications Network; report for National Commission on
Working Women, "Homework: Employment Option or Employment Risk?" 1985;
report by ILG VP Susan Cowell on the International Labour Organization
Meeting of Experts on the Social Protection of Homeworkers, with draft
conclusions, Geneva, October 1-5, 1990; copies of published articles,
newspaper clippings
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Homework (2 folders)
Statements, memos, and press releases by ILGWU in response to ruling by
Reagan administration's Dept. of Labor allowing homework in selected
apparel-related industries; press release from NYS Dept. of Labor,
opposing ruling; ILGWU brochure, Questions & Answers on Industrial
Homework; contract with CUNY professor Roger Waldinger to provide
analysis of census data comparing homeworkers with non-homeworkers;
newspaper clippings
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Undocumented Aliens
"U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest," executive summary of
the final report of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee
Policy, March 1, 1981, submitted to Congress and the President of the
United States pursuant to Public Law 95-412; teacher's guide,
"Immigrants: The Back Bone of America," Karin J. Gerstel, ACTWU-NTRPT,
1981; research report, "Illegal Immigration: U.S. Economic and Labor
Market Impacts," by Robert G. Ainsworth, National Commission for
Employment Policy, April 1983; Rand report, "Current and Future Effects
of Mexican Immigration in California," executive summery, Kevin F.
McCarthy, R. Burciaga Valdez, November 1985; report supported by
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "Legalization of
Undocumented Aliens: Lessons from Other Countries," by Doris Meissner
and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, December 10, 1986; Center for
Immigration Studies press release, "Future Joblessness in Mexico and
Caribbean Will Sharply Boost Immigration Pressures," November 20, 1986;
International Migration Review articles: "Geographic Distribution of
Undocumented Immigrants: Estimates of Undocumented Aliens Counted in the
1980 Census by State," by Jeffrey S. Passel and Karen A. Woodrow,
Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Censes, fall 1984; special
issue, "Women In Migration," winter 1984; Time special immigration
issue, July 8 , 1985; American Demographics article, "The Illegals," by
Courtenay Slater, January 1985; Journal of the Institute for
Socioeconomic Studies article, "How Many Illegal Aliens?" by Courtenay
Slater, winter 1986; Economic Review article, "Enforcing Sanctions
against Employers of Illegal Aliens," by John K. Hill, senior economist,
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and James E. Pearce, vice president,
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, May 1987; Annals, AAPSS,
"Undocumented Immigration," by Jeffrey S. Passel, September 1986;
Monthly Labor Review, "Estimating the Number of Undocumented Aliens," by
Jeffrey Passel, September 1986; newspaper clippings
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Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
"Workplace Discrimination under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986: A Study of Impacts on New Yorkers," New York State Inter-Agency
Task Force Immigration Affairs, November 4, 1988; statement of Jay
Mazur, President ILGWU, on S. 2104 and H.R. 5115 before the House
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law, Committee
on the Judiciary, September 7, 1988; statement of Mazur before the
Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative
Economic Development, July 14, 1989; statement of Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General of the United States, before the Senate Committee on
the Judiciary, "Immigration Reform: Employer Sanctions and the Question
of Discrimination," March 30, 1990; General Accounting Office (GAO)
briefing report to Congress, "Illegal Aliens: Influence of Illegal
Workers on Wages and Working Conditions of Legal Workers," March 1988;
GAO summary of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986;
memo to ILGWU president Mazur re Immigration Reform Act of 1990; letter
from Mazur to AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue re employer
sanctions under the Immigration and Reform Act of 1986, March 29, 1990;
letter from Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messigner to Congressman
Ted Weiss urging repeal of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986, April 17, 1990; legislative alert from the Center for Immigrants
Rights, Inc., re widespread discrimination resulting from employer
sanctions under IRCA, April 1990; paper by Jack Otero, national
president of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and
international vice president of the Transportation Communications
International Union, "Employment Discrimination: A National Shame,"
April 1990; Daily Labor Report news summary re record fine under IRCA at
textile firm, December 14, 1989; paper sent to ILGWU exec. asst. Parrot,
"Potential Impacts of New Federal Immigration Legislation on
Immigrant-Dependent Firms and Industries in California," by Wayne
Cornelius, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California,
San Diego, January 4, 1987; conference paper, "Some International
Evidence from Australia and Canada on the Relations Among Immigration,
Trade, and Labor Markets," by John M. Abowd, Cornell University and
National Bureau of Economic Research, January 20, 1988; Business Week
cover story, "The Immigrants: How They're Helping to Revitalize the U.S.
Economy," July 13, 1992, with cover note to Mazur; article by Bureau of
National Affairs, "Back Pay Blocked as Remedy Available to Alien Victims
of Unfair Labor Practices," 1992; memo re Task Force on Employer
Sanctions and Anti-Discrimination Work, February 25, 1992; article by
Mazur in New York Newsday April 17, 1990; other newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes
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Infrastructure
Printed Congressional Budget Office publications: "New Directions for the
Nation's Public Works," September 1988, and "Federal Policies for
Infrastructure Management," June 1986; AFL-CIO issues papers
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Obituaries
Sol Chaikin, David Dubinsky, M. S. Hooper, Bayard Rustin, Ted Theus,
Charles Salee
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Pension Funds
Testimony of the AFL-CIO to the House Ways & Means Committee on H.R.
6410, "The Pension Equity Act of 1982," June 18, 1982; testimony by
director of Housing & Monetary Policy, AFL-CIO, before the U.S.
Senate Finance Committee on Private Pension Fund Investment in
Residential Mortgages, May 17, 1982; testimony of the Industrial Union
Department, AFL-CIO, research director on Single-Employer Pension
Legislation, before the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations,
House Committee on Education and Labor, June 16, 1985; report, "Public
Pension Funds as a Source of Capital for Job Creation," prepared for the
California Employment Development Department, July 15, 1975; letter from
director of AFL-CIO Department of Social Security re establishment of
Committee on Investment of Union Pension Funds and its report,
"Investment of Union Pension Funds" (copy included), December 29, 1980;
Department of Labor publications; "What You Should Know About the
Pension and Welfare Law," "Reporting and Disclosure Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974," "Fiduciary Standards Employee Retirement
Income Security Act"; newsletters, NCCMP Update, by National
Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, March 1983; Business
Review: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, November- December 1980;
newspaper clippings re investment of pension funds by unions in nonunion
companies
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Poverty and Income Distribution
Press release of Bureau of Labor Statistics, "BLS Report on Displaced
Workers," November 30, 1984; Internal Revenue Service statistics of
income, 1982; Census Bureau statistical abstract of the United States,
1986; "Federal Tax Treatment of Families Below the Poverty Line,"
scheduled for a hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the
Committee on Ways and Means on April 12, 1984, prepared by the Joint
Committee on Taxation; Federal Reserve Bulletin, "Survey of Consumer
Finances," September 1984, "Survey of Consumer Finances, 1983: A Second
Report," December 1984, and "Financial Characteristics of High-Income
Families," March 1986; press releases from the Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, 1985-86; press release, U.S. Department of Commerce
News re median household wealth, July 18, 1986; articles from The Public
Interest, fall 1984: "The Hidden Prosperity of the 1970s," by
Christopher Jencks, and "The Rich, the Poor, and the Taxes They Pay: An
Update," by Joseph Pechman and Mark J. Mazur, "Why the 'Income
Distribution' Is So Misleading," by Mark Lilla; article in the Journal
of the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies, "Poverty and Equity:
Problems of Definition," by S. Anna Kondratas, winter 1985; newspaper
clippings re executive compensation, shrinking middle class, recessions;
handwritten notes. see also "Compensation"
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Sweatshops
Letter to the editor of the Daily News from Mazur, praising article on
sweatshops (attached), March 25, 1988; letter from ACTWU Research Dept.
to General Accounting Office, with bibliography of materials on
sweatshops for GAO study, December 16, 1986; transcript of testimony
before the Capitol Hill Forum on the Exploitation of Children in the
Workplace by GAO official, "Sweatshops and Child Labor Violations: A
Growing Problem in the United States," November 21, 1989; GAO reports,
"Sweatshops in the U.S." and "Sweatshops in New York City," compiled for
Rep. Charles Schumer, 1988 and 1989, with related newspaper clippings.
see also "NYC - Sweatshops"
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Technology and Automation
"A Union View of Automation and Technological Advancement in the Apparel
Manufacturing Industry," Lazare Teper, director of research, ILGWU,
presented at the second annual conference of the Apparel Research
Foundation, Oct. 9, 1968; "Blueprint for the Future: Advanced Apparel
Technologies," workbook, with hand notations (probably by ILG exec.
asst. James Parrott), for the 15th International Apparel Research
Committee of the American Apparel Manufacturers Association, October
25-26, 1988; letter to ILG exec. asst. James Parrott from the president
of Charles Gilbert Associates, management consultants, re modular
manufacturing, September 14, 1988. see also Textile/Clothing Technology
Corporation ([TC]2)
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Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Technology Demonstration: FIT
(Fashion Institute of Technology)
Memos re meeting agendas, correspondence with CAF and ILGWU, newspaper
clippings, handwritten notes
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Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Technology Demonstration: FIT
(Fashion Institute of Technology) Reports
Annual activity reports, technical reports, monthly reports, newsletters;
memos listing projects, brochures; handwritten notes; funded largely by
the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency
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Apparel Advanced Manufacturing Technology Demonstration: Clemson
University (3 folders)
Monthly technical reports; funded largely by the U.S. Defense Logistics
Agency
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Apparel Manufacturing Technology Center: Georgia Institute of
Technology
Quarterly newsletters from the Apparel Manufacturing Technology Center
(AMTC), Georgia Institute of Technology; funded largely by the U.S.
Defense Logistics Agency
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Articles
New York Times clipping, 9/9/90; Apparel Industry Magazine clippings,
March 1989; article, "Labour-saving versus work-amplifying effects of
micro-electronics," by Susumu Watanabe, International Labor Review,
May-June 1986
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Japan
Promotional literature for Juki, 1986-87; Automated Sewing System (in
Japanese and English), 1987; technical description for automated sewing
system, with cover letter from Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., June
15, 1989
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Modernization Forum
Nonprofit association of labor, industry, community, and academic
representatives dedicated to improving the performance small U.S.
manufacturing firms. Correspondence with CAF director/ILGWU exec. asst.
Carl Proper re talk at Modernization America's Industrial Base, May
14-16, 1991; copy of conference proceedings; biographies of speakers;
handwritten notes
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Stylometrics, Incorporated
Correspondence and proposals to develop a joint study on automated
pattern making with this National Science Foundation grant recipient
Shirley Willett; detailed description of computer-aided design
schematics
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Symagery
Business plan and correspondence with Brett Stern, president of Symagery
and developer of a one-step process of constructing garments with no
human intervention; recipient of NSF and other grants. Memos from ILGWU
exec. asst. James Parrott to president Mazur note limited application,
cool reception by manufacturers to labor-saving aspect: workers are also
consumers, and displacing them would erode consumer market for products;
handwritten notes
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Trade
Statement by Daniel K. Frierson, chairman, Fiber, Fabric & Apparel
Coalition for Trade (FFACT) and chairman and CEO, Dixie Yarns, Inc.
(Chattanooga, TN) before the Senate Finance Committee, in support of the
Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act of 1990, June 7, 1990; statement
by ILGWU president Jay Mazur before the Senate Finance Committee in
support of the bill, June 7, 1990; fact sheet by ILGWU Research
Department re the proposed legislation; statement by Mazur on
U.S.-Mexico relations to the Subcommittee on Trade, House Ways &
Means Committee, June 25, 1990; Office of the U.S. Trade Representative,
"Joint Statement on U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (FTA)," June 11,
1990; statement by Mazur to the Senate Finance Committee, on the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act, February 9, 1990; press
release, "ILGWU Calls for Suspension of U.S. Funding to Promote
Investment in Caribbean," September 30, 1992; statement by ILGWU
research director Dr. Herman Starobin before the International Trade
Commission, "The Economic Effects of a United States-Mexico Free Trade
Agreement on the U.S. Apparel Industry," April 12, 1991; report by
Economic Policy Institute, "Keeping Jobs in Fashion: Alternatives to the
Euthanasia of the U.S. Apparel Industry," Nov. 11, 1989, and 7-page
press release summarizing the report: "Report Says Government 'Sunset'
Policy for Apparel Destroying Jobs for Women, Minorities, Immigrants and
Hurting 'High-Tech' Economic Sectors," February 8, 1990, and text of
remarks for AFL-CIO Executive Council by report author, February 1990;
"Apparel, Trade, MFA and GATT Negotiations," May 9, 1990, prepared by
ILGWU Research Department; FFACT fact sheets, lists of Congressional
co-sponsors and industry supporters of Textile, Apparel and Footwear
Trade Act of 1990, strategy handbook for lobbying campaign; list of
plant closings and number of workers affected, 1989-90; statistical data
on employment at textile, apparel, and knitting mills by state,
1973-1989, prepared by ILGWU Research Dept. based on U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics figures; ILGWU internal memos to president Mazur re
public relations strategy in support of trade bill, noting link between
exporting jobs and rise of domestic sweatshops; newspaper clippings,
some with handwritten notes between ILG staff Carl Proper and Henry
Starobin. see also Economic Policy Institute
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Trade: Imports
Comments by ILG president Mazur, Economic Policy Council, May 19, 1986,
"A Labor Perspective on U.S. Policy Toward Newly Industrialized
Counties"; correspondence re presentation to National War College,
October 1986; ILGWU reprint from General Executive Board Report to the
39th convention, "The Import Problem," 1986; report, "The Textile and
Apparel Crisis," a study prepared for the Fiber, Fabric and Apparel
Coalition for Trade (FFACT), August 1985; letter to Office of U.S Trade
Representative from the American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition, June
14, 1985; from AFL-CIO, July 8, 1986; policy paper/speech by Under
Secretary Allen Wallis, Department of State, "Protecting Prosperity from
Protectionism," January 17, 1986; State Department "Gist," brief policy
statements, "Protectionism" and "Textile Import Control Program,"
February and March 1986; Statement by ILGWU President Sol Chaikin on
Caribbean Basin Initiative to the House Ways and Means Committee,
Subcommittee on Oversight, March 5, 1986; letter to Senators, press
release, and letter to ILG president Mazur from Labor Rights Coalition
re protecting labor rights in trade agreement, 1986-87; memo to Mazur
from exec. asst. Parrott re term "Third World," with Wall St. Journal
clipping, 1987; "Import Penetration in the Apparel Industry: A Technical
Study," prepared for the Fiber, Fabric and Apparel Coalition for Trade,
September 1988; handwritten notes
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Trade: Japan
Reports and memoranda by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's
U.S.-Japan Working Group on the Structural Impediments Initiative
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GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
Printed "The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: An
Article-by-Article Analysis in Layman's Language," reprint from the
Department of State Bulletin, 1961; printed "1992 Trade Policy Agenda
and 1991 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the
Trade Agreements Program" and "1990 Trade Policy Agenda and 1989 Annual
Report..." produced by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, with
cover letter discussing Bush trade policy objectives; President Bush's
Statement on Trade Policy Highlighting World Trade Week, May 24, 1990;
EC 1992: An Assessment of Economic Policy Issues Raised by the European
Community's Single Market Program, prepared by U.S. Government Task
Force on the EC Internal Market, May 1990; negotiating proposal on
Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs), May 29, 1990; correspondence
between ILGWU and critics of free trade, November 1991
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MFA (Multifiber Arrangement)
Government publications: U.S. International Trade Commission, "The
Multifiber Arrangement, 1980-84," May 1985; Subcommittee on Trade,
Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, "Background
Material on the Multifiber Arrangement," January 20, 1978; General
Accounting Office report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Trade,
"Implementation of Trade Restrictions for Textiles and Apparel,"
November 4, 1983
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NAFTA: Articles
Newspaper clippings
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NAFTA: Canada and Mexico
"Ten Reasons Why Canada Should Not Enter into a Trilateral Free Trade
Agreement with the United States and Mexico," by Bruce Campbell,
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, December 1990; paper, "Hard
Lessons: Living with Free Trade," by Bruce Campbell, North American
Congress on Latin America, May 1991; report by Action Canada Network,
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Common Frontiers, "North
American Free Trade Agreements: Draft Text, Preliminary Briefing Notes,"
April 6, 1992, with cover letter from ILGWU Canada to exec. asst. James
Parrott; handwritten notes re Canadian position; proposed agenda,
Strategy Session on the NAFTA, July 3, 1991; draft agendas for working
groups to develop alternative proposals to NAFTA; list of names and
addresses for NAFTA Strategy Session, July 3, 1991; newsletters, The
Corporate Examiner, by Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility,
1991; Economic Policy Institute briefing papers, 1991-92; "The
Continental Development and Trade Initiative: A Statement by Cuauhtemoc
Cardenas," February 8, 1991, with cover letter; summary report of First
Summit of the Textile & Apparel Unions of the Americas to Analyze
Social & Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere, "No
Integration without Labor Participation," Sept. 2-5, 1991; summary
report of "Integration, Development and Democracy, an International
Conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions,"
Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 1991; testimony by director of Education and
Employment Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office, "Occupational Safety
and Health and Child Labor Policies of the U.S. and Mexico," before the
House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities and Subcommittees on
Labor-Management Relations, April 30, 1991; U.S. Committee for Refugees
printed issue brief, "Running the Gauntlet: The Central American Journey
in Mexico," January 1991; press release by the Fiber, Fabric &
Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT) (coalition of labor unions and
business associations), "Study Shows U.S. Job Losses Resulting from
Uruguay Round Textile Trade Agreement," Nov. 7, 1991, with attached
final report, "Analysis of the Domestic Employment Effects of the
Removal of U.S. Textile and Apparel Import Quotas by 2002"
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NAFTA: Canada and Mexico
Letter to ILG president Mazur from Senate Majority Leader Richard
Gephardt expressing commitment to worker and environmental protections,
dissatisfaction with current status of NAFTA negotiations, July 30,
1992, with text of speech to the Institute for International Economics;
letter from SEIU president John Sweeney to Citicorp, discussing
opposition to NAFTA, July 29, 1992; press advisory from NY State Senator
William Stachowski, re upcoming presentation of NYS Senate Democratic
Task Force Report on the U.S.-Mexican Free Trade Agreement, August 14,
1992; Public Citizen memorandum to state legislators re General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) superceding state law, April 3,
1992; testimony by ILGWU VP Nick Bonanno before the Trade Policy Staff
Committee, August 29, 1991; testimony by ILGWU director of research
Starobin, "Economic Effects of a North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) on the U.S. Apparel Industry," before the Trade Policy Staff
Committee, August 29, 1991, with cover letter to ILG president Mazur;
testimony by ILGWU director of research Starobin on U.S.-Mexican Free
Trade Agreement before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,
U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 7, 1992; letter from
ILG director of research Starobin to Canadian member of Parliament re
trade issues, June 23, 1992; invitation to ILG president Mazur to
testify at NYS Senate hearings sponsored by the Democratic task force,
April 13, 1992, with notice of public hearing outlining possible impacts
on environmental, agricultural, wage, and other concerns; revised draft,
"Toward a Community of the Americas," with cover letter to commissioners
on the Latin American Task Force, from the NYS Industrial Cooperation
Council, May 4, 1992; press release/statement from Clinton/Gore
campaign, July 27, 1992; memo from ILG to NYC Central Labor Council
affiliates calling for every member to sign a petition (attached)
against NAFTA , July 2, 1993, with list of NYC Congressional delegation;
memo from ILG president Mazur to all vice presidents and affiliates,
calling for protests against NAFTA, December 1992; letter to ILG
president Mazur from author of article (attached) published in George
Washington Journal of International Law, March 19, 1992; direct-mail
solicitation for newsletter, "U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Reporter," with
list of subscribers
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NAFTA: AFL-CIO
Printed booklets by AFL-CIO: "International Trade: Where We Stand," 1992,
and "U.S. Mexico Free Trade Negotiations Talking Points: No Fast Track,
Fair Trade, Full Debate," January 1991; "The Trade Picture: Year End
1991," AFL-CIO Economic Research Dept., March 1992; AFL-CIO Task Force
on Trade fact sheet, 1992; testimony of AFL-CIO director of Task Force
on Trade before Subcommittee on Trade, House Ways & Means Committee,
on the Trade Expansion Act of 1992, May 19, 1992; testimony of AFL-CIO
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue before Subcommittee on Trade, House
Ways & Means Committee, on the U.S. International Trade Performance
and Outlook, March 11, 1992; letter from AFL-CIO's Donahue to U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury supporting strong rules of origin, Mar. 4,
1992; letter from Donahue to U.S. Trade Representative expressing "grave
concern" over Uruguay Round final draft, January 22, 1992, with press
release re letter; letter from Donahue to Washington Post criticizing
articles on U.S.-Mexico trade; transcript of Donahue news conference,
August 12, 1992; letter from AFL-CIO Institute for Free Labor
Development re new accord in the Dominican Republic protecting worker's
right, May 28, 1992; statements by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on
International Trade Negotiations; on U.S. Employer Interference in
Mexican Law Enforcement; and on Auto Trade Legislation, Feb. 18, 1992;
draft statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council, "U.S. Corporations and
International Worker Rights," May 1992; conference announcement, "Trade
for the 21st Century," cosponsored with environmental groups
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NAFTA: Mexico, Environmental Issues
Memoranda/reports from AFL-CIO and newspaper clippings, ABC Prime Time
Live report re cluster breakout of severe birth defects in Texas border
town of Brownsville and neighboring Mexican town Matamoros, possible
link to chemical plant, 1992; Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoros
memo; AFL-CIO Task Force on Trade fact sheets: "Brain Defects and Border
Pollution," #3, and "The Border Environmental Plan," #20, 1992;
newsletter, The Corporate Examiner, published by the Interfaith Center
on Corporate Responsibility, 1991
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NAFTA: Mexico, Environmental Issues Government
Reports
Review of U.S.-Mexico Environmental Issues, Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, October 1991 and February 1992, with cover letter to
private sector advisors summarizing contents; press releases/fact sheets
from the White House Office of the Press Secretary re environmental
effects of free trade with Mexico, February 25, 1992; press release from
U.S. Dept. of Labor re memorandum of understanding with Mexico, May 3,
1991
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Unions: General
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics News re state of union membership, 1990;
Business Week newspaper clipping re union-busting as counterproductive,
1991
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Election Process (Publications)
Publications from the U.S. Dept. of Labor Labor-Management Services
Administration: "Electing Union Officers," rev. 1980; and "Election of
Officers of Labor Organizations," 1978; article, "The Election Base of
National Union Executive Boards," by Sara Gamm, Industrial and Labor
Relations Review, vol. 32, no. 3, April 1979 (Cornell University)
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Reports: Congressional, General
"Equal Opportunity for Women as a Federal Goal," United States Commission
on Civil Rights (?), 1981; "The Role of Older Women in the Workforce,"
hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United
States, June 6, 1984; "Problems of Working Women," hearing, April 3,
1984; Bureau of National Affairs articles, including statements by Rep.
Olympia Snowe (R.-Maine) and deputy director, Census Bureau, before the
Joint Economic Committee on Women in Workforce, 1983; "Economic Growth
and Changing Labor Markets: Those Left Behind," Linda LeGrande,
Congressional Research Service, Report No. 84-112 E, June 22, 1984;
"Women...a world survey," Ruth Leger Sivard, World Priorities, 1985;
"Women, Work and Age Discrimination," Janice DeGooyer, prepared for the
National Commission on Working Women, c. 1983; Congressional Record
minutes of House proceedings re the Economic Equity Act of 1985 -
Retirement Security, June 6, 1985; Congressional Caucus for Women's
Issues Update, May 31, 1983; press releases, News from WREI, Women's
Research and Education Institute, re congressional fellowships, new
publications, September 1987
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Reports: U.S. Labor Department, Labor Union
Remarks by Wilbur Daniels, executive vice president, ILGWU, before the
Women's Equity Action League, October 9, 1985; AFL-CIO Special Report:
Female Organizing Focus, Union Labor Report, February 5, 1981;
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO,
Daily Proceedings and Executive Council Reports, October 3-6, 1983;
Resolutions Adopted by the 16th Constitutional Convention of the
Industrial Union Department (AFL-CIO), October 3-4, 1984; "Women at Work
and in the Labor Movement: A Select Biography to Celebrate National
Women's History Month," AFL-CIO Library, March 1990; teaching aid,
"Women in the American Labor Movement: Yesterday & Today," Karin
Gerstel, educational coordinator, NTRTP and ACTWU, c. 1981; "New
Challenges for Women Workers," Carolyn Jacobson, AFL-CIO Federationist,
April 1980; "Problems of Women Workers," 1981; "Economic
Responsibilities of Working Women," U.S. Department of Labor, Women's
Bureau, November 1982; "Working Women and Public Policy," address by Dr.
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of
Labor, at the National Conference on Women, the Economy and Public
Policy, June 20, 1984; "Women's Bureau: Meeting the Challenges of the
80's," U.S. Department of Labor, 1985; "Where to Find BLS Statistics on
Women," U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, April
1989; "20 Facts on Women Workers," U.S. Department of Labor, Women's
Bureau, 1984; Labor Relations Reporter summary of Office of Technology
Assessment report, "Women in Science, Engineering," January 6, 1986;
"Employment in Perspective: Women in the Labor Force," second quarter
1985 and fourth quarter 1986, U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor
Statistics; Women & Work, news from the U.S. Department of Labor,
January 1987; A Woman's Guide to Social Security", U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services, June 1983; Bureau of Labor Statistics data
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Articles
Economic Council of Canada magazine, Au Courant, Women in the Labour
Market, 1985; "Women at Work: Gender and Inequality in the '80s," a
Dollars & Sense Anthology; Monthly Labor Review articles:
"Moonlighting by Women Jumped to Record Highs," by John Stinson, Jr.,
November 1986, and "The Female-Male Unemployment Differential: Effects
of Changes in Industry Employment," by Larry DeBoer and Michael Seeborg,
November 1984; excepted chapter on the U.S., by Barbara Mayer
Wertheimer, from Women and Trade Unions in Eleven Industrialized
Countries, edited by Alice H. Cook, Val R. Lorwin, and Arlene Kaplan
Daniels, n.d.; ILR Report, Cornell University, fall 1985, Special
Report: What's New at the Office? "Women and the Office: A Historical
Perspective," by Margery W. Davies; excerpted chapter on the U.S., by
James J. Kenneally, from The World of Women's Trade Unionism:
Comparative Historical Essays, edited by Norbert C. Soldon, 1985;
"Technological Change in the Office Workplace and Implications for
Organizing," by Judith Gregory, from Labor and Technology: Union
Response to Changing Environments, Kennedy et al., State College, PA:
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Labor Studies, 1982;
"Teaching Sedition: Some Dilemmas of Feminist Pedagogy," report from the
Center for Philosophy & Public Policy, University of Maryland, fall
1984; article by ILGWU official Gus Tyler re U.N. Nairobi conference on
women, August 12, 1985; Business Week cover story, "Women at Work:
They've Reshaped the Economy - And Now Their Wages Will Rise," January
28, 1985, and other newspaper clippings from the New York Times, New
Republic, Daily World, In These Times, 1983-85
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Comparable Worth, Wage Gap
Report by the U.S. General Accounting Office: Comments on Report on
Comparable Worth by the United States Commission on Civil Rights,
September 1985; Civil Rights Commission New Perspectives issue on equal
right for women, including comparable worth, spring 1985; Pay Equity
Trends newsletters, re Yale University pay- equity strike, political
party differences, September, November 1984; U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics News, 1985; "An Economic Analysis of
Comparable Worth," by Elaine Sorensen, New Labor Review, fall 1982;
"Replacing the Marketplace: The Trouble with Comparable Worth," by Jean
Yarbrough, The New Leader, November 26, 1984; "Comparable Worth: In
Praise of Muddling Through," by Sar A. Levitan and Clifford M. Johnson,
The Journal of the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies, summer 1985;
concluding chapter of Comparable Worth and Wage Discrimination:
Technical Possibilities and Political Realities, edited by Helen Remick,
Temple University Pres, 1984; supplementary statement by ILGWU official
Gus Tyler to Women, Work, and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value,
National Research Council, 1981; "Investigating the Differences in
Weekly Earnings of Women and Men," by Earl F. Mellor, Monthly Labor
Review, June 1984; "The Trend in the Male-Female Wage Gap in the United
States," by June O'Neill, Journal of Labor Economics, 1985; "Comparable
Worth: Where Do We Go from Here? Research Needs in Comparable Worth,"
Heidi I. Hartmann, published in Industrial Relations Research
Association Series Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting,
December 28-30, 1984; ILGWU staff memo, "What Is Comparable Worth and
How Does It Affect Workers in the Garment Industry?" June 1984; Bureau
of National Affairs, Labor Relations Reporter, and Monthly Labor Review
articles, 1985; newspaper clippings, many re U.N. Nairobi conference on
women
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Workforce Quality and Skills Training
Invitation to ILG president Mazur to testify at public hearing sponsored
by the U.S. Secretary of Labor's Commission on Workforce Quality and
Labor Market Efficiency, with outline of topics of interest, March 22,
1989; Bureau of National Affairs article, "Advisory Committee
Tentatively Agrees on Suggestions to Improve U.S. Workforce," 1989;
report, "Working Capital: JTPA Investments for the 90's," A Report of
the Job Training Partnership Act Advisory Committee, March 1989;
correspondence; newspaper clipping
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Series III. Companies [series]: |
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Andmore Sportswear
Export Trade Development Projects Program client reporting form;
nomination form for Commissioner's Award to Recognize Outstanding Human
Resources Practices in the Apparel Manufacturing Industry, with
description of Port Jervis, NY-based firm, noting labor-management
committee; correspondence from Fashion Exports New York and Council for
American Fashion (CAF) re expanding export of racing swimwear,
especially to Japan; CAF memo to ILGWU business agent analyzing new
Andmore piece-rate pay system; skills training grant approval
notification from NYS Dept. of Economic Development; handwritten
notes
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Avalon Classics
Export Trade Development Projects Program client reporting form, noting
that New York-based jobber wished to export to Europe and Asia; list of
contractors jobs for selected jobbers
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Carolyne Roehm
Newspaper clippings re closing of the high-end line; lacked adequate
licensing agreements
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Cuddle Teen Frocks
Client registration form for exporting, with description of New
York-based company (manufactured 100% domestically) and its attitude
toward exporting and competition in the popular-priced segment (sold to
Sears, JC Penny, Target, Kmart, U.S. armed forces); list, contractor
jobs created by jobber or manufacturer
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Fairbrooke Enterprises
Full-page ad in Women's Wear Daily responding to article "For Wool Coats,
It's a Struggle Just to Survive," January 16, 1990
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Finity Sportswear
List, contractor Jobs for Jobbers; ad from Saks
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Gabar
Correspondence, Gabar President and Carl Proper; Gabar contact
information; Export Trade Development Projects Program Client Reporting
Form; magazine clippings
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Gelfo
Memo from the Council for American Fashion re interview with company
management by FIT professor; notes company is being bled dry as cash cow
for parent; no upgrades provided
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Gloria Sachs
Article re closing of company
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H.W. Jan Enterprises
Apparel Survey I: Contractors to help the Labor-Management Committee for
the New Jersey Apparel Industry and the NJIT Center for Manufacturing
Systems increases competitiveness
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Hesteco Manufacturing
Memos re Hummelstown, PA- based company, certified for Federal Trade
Adjustment Assistance for losses to imports; principal jobber, Cuddle
Teen, dropped contract for cheaper overseas suppliers. Description of
company; handwritten notes by CAF director Carl Proper; newspaper
clipping re closure.
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Intimate Apparel
Data on intimate apparel firms, contractors, jobbers for local 62-32;
newspaper clippings
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Leslie Fay
Annual report, 1986; reprint from Bobbin, "The Union's Call for
Cooperation," by ILGWU president Jay Mazur, August 1990; Apparel
Industry Magazine opinion piece by Leslie Fay president Michael Babcock,
criticizing ILGWU practice of charging penalty fees to manufacturers for
imports and nonunion subcontractors, August 1994; lists of inside shops
and major contractors, 1990-92; agreement applying to plants covered by
the Pennsylvania Supplemental Agreement, 1992; arbitration demand over
pressuring contractors to lower prices, April 29, 1992; Women's Wear
Daily clipping profiling chief financial officer Paul Polishan, February
9, 1989; newspaper clippings re Chapter 11 bankruptcy after accounting
fraud misstated earnings, closure of last U.S. plant, 1995
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Ornstein Fashions
Apparel Survey I: Contractors to help the Labor-Management Committee for
the New Jersey Apparel Industry and the NJIT Center for Manufacturing
Systems increases competitiveness for Garfield, NJ-based firm; letter
from La Ventaja, Inc., inviting Harvey Ornstein to take advantage of
LVA's shelter services eliminating legal risks and maximizing
operational flexibility and cost savings through manufacturing in
Mexico, with handwritten note, "I already bought my sombrero"
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Pantagis
Export Trade Development Projects Program Client Reporting Form; list,
Contractor Jobs for Selected Jobbers; newspaper clippings
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Party Formals/After Five
Nomination of Party Formals president as Crain's All-Star by ILG
president Mazur, January 29, 1992; Export Trade Development Projects
Program Client Reporting Form; company press releases, newspaper
clipping
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Saramae/Iris Lingerie
Export Trade Development Projects Program Client Reporting Form; located
in New York City and West Newark, NJ
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Schrader
Newspaper clippings re purchase of label licensing by Kenar
Enterprises
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American Institute for Free Labor Development
Newsletters, AIFLD Outlook, article reprint
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Center for the Study of American Business
Working papers on trade/protectionism, decline of U.S. manufacturing, and
revival of the rust belt
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Council on International and Public Affairs
Press releases on decline in real wages, U.S. jobs situation
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Council on Competitiveness
Nonpartisan coalition of business, labor, and academics. Legislative and
Policy Update, Feb. 1, 1993
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Citizen Action
Copies of transparencies and scripts for slide show on the economy,
"Calling Their Bluff on Unemployment and Inflation"; correspondence with
Carl Proper; U.S. Department of Commerce News press releases; newspaper
clipping re Reagan and the economy
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Crafted with Pride in the U.S.A. Council,
Incorporated
Coalition of U.S. cotton growers and man-made fiber producers, labor
organizations, fabric distributors, and manufacturers of fabric,
apparel, and home furnishings whose aim was to raise consumer awareness
for looking for "Made in USA" labels. Press releases, brochure,
newspaper clippings, speeches, consumer preference surveys,
correspondence with advertising agency Carl Byoir & Associates,
minutes of marketing committee meeting, July 24, 1990
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Ditchley Foundation
Nonprofit British-based organization dedicated to the study great issues
through the convening of conferences. General information on foundation;
newsletters/conference reports/papers; invitation to ILG president Mazur
to attend a conference on international relations 1990, with attached
agenda and related materials; speech/talking points offered to Mazur by
ILG director of research Starobin, "Economic Management in a Global
Context"; newspaper clipping
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Dollars and Sense
Fundraising letters for progressive economics newsletter, 1992
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Economic Policy Council
A program of the United Nations Association of the USA. Agenda for first
plenary session, October 1987; summary of meeting to ILG president Mazur
by exec. asst. Parrott; member list
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Economic Policy Institute
Descriptions of institute, founded in 1986 as nonprofit think tank; list
of funders, 1986-88; biography of president, Jeff Faux; letters to ILGWU
president Mazur from EPI president Jeff Faux, thanking him for support,
noting institute's goal as alternative voice to "voodoo economics";
memos to Mazur from exec. asst. Parrott re contributions, policy issues;
letter from EPI to ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott with attached
statement, sent to Congress, signed by 447 prominent economists opposing
the Balanced Budget Amendment, June 12, 1992; letter from American
Textile Manufacturers Institute re NAFTA, Aug. 19, 1992; EPI briefing
paper, "The Myth of the Coming Labor Shortage in Rural Areas," by Ruy A.
Teixeira and Lawrence Mishel, March 1992; list of conservative think
tanks, Sept. 6, 1991; press releases, correspondence, newspaper
clippings, handwritten notes
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Economic Policy Institute: Trade
Papers by University of Maryland business professor Robert E. Scott on
trade, refuting book by William R. Cline; memo to ILG president Mazur
from research director Herman Starobin discussing Cline book, with
attached discussion by ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman, October 2, 1987;
letter from Economic Policy Institute inviting ILG exec. asst. James
Parrott to a luncheon discussion of research proposal of Prof. Scott;
letter to researcher Richard Rothstein from institute, discussing
statistics on displaced workers; handwritten notes re Scott proposal;
draft of letter to the Washington Post by Prof. Scott refuting op-ed
piece re trade protection, Sept. 18, 1990; correspondence, handwritten
notes
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Economic Policy Institute
Letter from Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole re EPI report "Workforce
Policies for the 1990s," March 2, 1989; letter to EPI from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin critiquing report by Richard
Rothstein, "Keeping Jobs in Fashion: An Alternative to the Euthanasia of
the U.S. Apparel Industry," with memo from ILGWU exec. asst. Parrott to
pres. Mazur, Nov. 16, 1989, and related correspondence; letter to ILGWU
exec. asst. Parrott asking him to sign "Economists' Statement in Support
of Increased Public Investment," April 14, 1989; press releases,
correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes
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Economic Policy Institute
Briefing paper, "Getting Rid of the Trade Deficit: A Cheaper Dollar Is
Not Enough," by Jeff Faux, March 1988, and responses (press clippings,
letters); invitation, agenda, and related materials for conference, "The
First 100 Days," June 1988; correspondence, newspaper clippings,
handwritten notes
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Economic Policy Institute
Invitation, agenda, and related materials for conference, "Trade,
Competitiveness, and the American Standard of Living," March 1987, with
registration request by ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott; draft of paper
for presentation at EPI Seminar on the Measurement of Manufacturing
Output, "Trends in Manufacturing's Level and Share of Output," by
Lawrence Mishel, with invitation to ILGWU exec. asst. Parrott, November
1987; briefing paper, "Competitiveness and Balanced Budgets," July 1987;
reprint from the World Policy Journal, "The Post Reagan Economy: A New
Democratic Deal," by Jeff Faux, spring 1986; correspondence, newspaper
clippings, handwritten notes
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Enterprise for the Americas Initiative
Letter to ILG president Mazur from the U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and
the Treasury re Bush administration program to foster economic growth in
Latin America; related materials
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Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Board of Trustees meeting minutes, Oct. 2, describing 11 grants received
by FIT for vocational training; "Report on Locations for Apparel
Manufacturing Research," listing academic sites nationwide, prepared for
ILG by FIT Professor Irwin Kahn; memos to ILGWU president Mazur re
issues discussed at meetings with FIT president Marvin Feldman;
follow-up letter from Mazur to Feldman re combining efforts to develop
management training programs, model production plant, inviting him to
serve on Fashion Industries Economic Development Council; brochure, "An
Invitation to AAMTD: Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Technology
Demonstration," sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency of the U.S.
Department of Defense, associated newsletters re training program,
proposed joint robotics program; memo re meeting with FIT professor Kahn
re ESL program, model plant, computerized production courses;
newsletter, "FIT Economic Development News"; resolution by ILGWU Local
23-25 commending FIT for assistance to GIDC; press releases and memos re
FIT export conference
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Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Memos re meetings with FIT president Marvin Feldman; agenda for seminar,
"Key Issues of the 90s"; newsletters, newspaper clippings, handwritten
notes
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Export Program
Descriptive material re the FIT Export Advisory Extension Service;
correspondence and publicity material for "Export with the Experts"
workshop; list of exporters and potential exporters compiled by the
Council for American Fashion (CAF) and Garment Industry Development
Corp. (GIDC); brochures
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Skills Training
Correspondence re March 29, 1990, meeting re entry-level sewing skills
training program for women living in public homeless shelters; "A Report
on Future Independence through Training at the Fashion Institute of
Technology," November 1989; handwritten notes
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Federation for Industrial Renewal and Retention
(FIRR)
Coalition of labor unions and nonprofit groups concerned about plant
closings. Correspondence and report re Industrial Renaissance
Conference, 1989; membership list; annual report, Midwest Center for
Labor Research, 1989-90; FIRR newsletter, spring 1991; newspaper
clippings; handwritten notes
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Federation of Apparel Manufacturers (FAM)
Testimony of Federation of Apparel Manufacturers before the New York City
Council Committee on Economic Development, November 11, 1988; Remarks by
Jay Mazur, New York Skirt and Sportswear, re commercial rent, GIDC,
trade legislation, TC2, homework, October 20, 1988; statement of Eli
Elias as executive director, New York Skirt and Sportswear Association,
and testimony of Eli Elias as president of the Federation of Apparel
Manufacturers (with list of members), to the House Subcommittee on Labor
Standards, September 16, 1986, against lifting the ban on homework;
letter from Somerset Knitting Mills, Inc., to the House Subcommittee on
Labor Standards, against lifting the ban on homework, September 8, 1986;
letter from FAM to NYC director of economic planning re zoning plan, May
23, 1986; newspaper clipping and trade reports re chargebacks; retail
performance inquiry sheet
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Freedom House
Drafts of Statement on America in the Post-Cold War Era, a statement on
the 50th anniversary of Freedom House; critical memos from ILG president
Mazur and other ILG officials re wording of statement, anachronistic
themes, simplistic characterization of the poor, economic and social
issues; printed Freedom at Issue, "Freedom around the World: U.S. Policy
& the U.N." January/February 1989
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Seminars
Reports: "A Profile of the Labor Market in the Apparel Industry," David
Weil, December 18, 1990; "Allied, Federated, and Campeau: Causes,
Outcomes, and Implications," Daniel M. G. Raff and Walter S. Salmon,
Harvard Business School, January 1991; article reprint from Harvard
Business Review by Salmon et al.; notes re key points of Salmon
presentation; seminar agendas (with handwritten notes from
presentations) re robotics and automation, human resources, logistics;
letter re new director of Needle Trades Action Project, 1991; newspaper
clippings
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Seminars: Men's Shirts
Workshop agenda, participant list, reports: "A Statistical Profile of the
Men's Shirt Industry," "Improving the Performance of the Men's Dress
Shirt Industry: A Channel Perspective," August 6-7, 1991; newspaper
clippings, article reprint from Harvard Business School Bulletin,
academic journal article
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International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
(IFCTU)
Executive Board minutes, November 20-22, 1991; statement on the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations, urging inclusion of minimum
labor standards, adopted by Executive Board, November 19-21, 1986, and
GATT newsletter outlining plans; minutes of several other agenda item of
November 19-21 Executive Board meeting; IFCTU publications on trade
union rights and survey of violations, 1983-84, 1984-85; on Asian labor,
September-October 1984; March-April and May-June 1985; Free Labour
World, noting 35th anniversary of IFCTU, 1984; draft report on child
labor, with cover letter to all affiliates, June 10, 1985; statement on
United Nations International Year of Peace, 1986; minutes of ICFTU
Working Party on Peace, Security and Disarmament, Sept. 11-12, 1986
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International Labour Office
Part of the International Labour Organisation, a United Nations agency.
Questionnaire to ILG president Mazur from the ILO in preparation for the
1992 meeting re the footwear and leather industry, with summary of
resolutions from previous meetings; resolutions of meetings on the
clothing industry, 1986; letter to Mazur from ILO Washington branch
director with article re failure of U.S. to meet U.N. financial
obligations, 1988; newsletters, ILO Information, re aging, Eastern
Europe, 1991; ILO Washington Focus, re need for labor standards for
part-time workers, 1991; Worker Rights News, published by the
International Labor Rights Education and Research Fund, February 1989;
Publications Update, World Bank, April 1992
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Invest in America Working Group
Coalition of organizations, chaired by the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the U.S. Conference of
Mayors, lobbying for a shift away from federal military spending in
favor of domestic initiatives; list of members, description of
organizational structure, activities
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Labor Research Association (2 folders)
Correspondence re dispute within ALF-CIO over alleged support by LRA for
Communist-controlled World Federation of Trade Unions, 1986;
newsletters
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Southern Finance Project: Financial Democracy
Campaign
Organization opposing savings-and-loan bailout, banking and insurance
deregulation; Financial Democracy Campaign was a coalition of community
organizations, churches, and unions, co-chaired by several labor
organization leaders. Briefing papers: "Holes in the Safety Net: The
NOLHGA Bid for Executive Life," re National Organization of Life and
Health Guaranty Associations purchase of failed S&L, November 7,
1991; "Protecting the Public From Insurance Company Insolvencies: The
Swiss Cheese Safety Net and How to Fix It," June 19, 1991; "What's the
Guaranty? Insurer Insolvencies, the Public, and Guaranty Funds in the
South," February 1990; fact sheets, legislative updates; Testimony of
Marty Leary, Research Director, Southern Finance Project, before the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate,
February 27, 1991; research prospectus, "Retirees at Risk: Pension Plan
Exposure to Insurance Industry Insolvencies," with cove letter to ILGWU
exec. asst. James Parrott, November 11, 1991; "Overview of the Impact of
the Collapse of the Executive Life Insurance Company," prepared by
AFL-CIO Employee Benefits Department, c. 1991; newspaper clippings
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Southern Poverty Law Center
Materials by the Klanswatch Project: "The Ku Klux Klan: A History of
Violence and Racism," third edition, 1988; brochures; descriptive
letter
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Southern Regional Council
Report, "The Climate for Workers in the United States: A Study and Report
by the Southern Labor Institute, a special project of the Southern
Regional Council," August 29, 1986, with transcript of article by the
Bureau of National Affairs summarizing findings; letter to ILG president
Jay Mazur re report; newsletter, Southern Changes, re industrial
recruitment (Saturn in Tennessee), racial issues
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Tri-State Economic Justice Network
Association of labor, community, and religious organizations. Draft
proposal, "A Concept Proposal to Establish a Development Bank for the
New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Region" with cover letter; article by
director Stephen Strahs in City Limits, March 1991, promoting use of
Port Authority resources for establishment of development bank
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Work in America Institute
Board of Directors meetings minutes, November 20, 1991; updates on
activities and services; printed Progress Report, 1990-92;
correspondence with ILGWU officials
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Productivity Forum
Productivity Forum "New Roles for Unions" agenda, list of attendees, and
presentations by United Auto Workers and Communications Workers of
America, United Steelworkers of America, Energy and Chemical Workers
Union local 800;
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Publications
Newsletters, including headliner, "ILGWU: A Model Union Role in
Industrial Development Efforts"; press releases; brochures library and
information service subject index; policy study, "New Roles for
Managers, Part IV"
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Saturn Plant Visit
Correspondence inviting ILGWU president Mazur to tour of plant; 1992
Saturn annual report; presentation materials
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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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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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G. Metropolitan Fashion Center |
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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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Statistics |
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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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Economic Research Department
AFL-CIO reports: "Years of Devastation: The 1980's Record: Loss of Jobs,
Loss of Real Earnings, Crisis in Health Care," August 1992;
"Multinational Corporations," August 1989; "The Trade Picture, Year End
1988," Feb. 1, 1989; several newsletters, "AFL-CIO Reviews the Issues,"
re workers in the year 2000, corporate takeovers, infrastructure,
investment, unions and productivity, energy, capital gains tax, 1988;
statement by economic research department director to the Joint Economic
Committee on Employment in the Year 2000, April 19, 1988; "The Economy:
Domestic Issues, Employment and Training, Trade: AFL-CIO Policy
Recommendations for 1988"; "America's Trade Crisis," February 1987;
"What's Happened to Earnings & Jobs?" July 1987; Workplace Topics,
re worker participation, December 1991
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Human Resources Development Institute (HRDI)
Annual report, 1992, re participation of labor in job training;
newsletters: "Accountability," "Year in Review," "HRDI Advisory," "Job
Training Update"
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New York City Central Labor Council
Newsletters
|
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Industrial Union Department: Newsletters
Digest
|
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Industrial Union Department: Technology Working Group
Agenda and attendance list of working group meetings, September and
November 1992; copy of a bill introduced into the House of
Representatives, "National Competitiveness Act of 1993," amending the
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 re manufacturing
technology transfer; union newsletters re trade, health care;
handwritten notes
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Jobs with Justice Campaign
Meeting minutes re pan-AFL-CIO efforts; letters and copies of checks
contributed by ILGWU to campaign; draft plan, "Florida's Campaign for
Jobs with Justice - A Joint Project of the Florida AFL-CIO, the Florida
Consumers Federation, and the Center for Labor Research Studies"; media
information kit; list of attendees, national planning conference,
Nashville, TN; draft of slide show, "How to Ensure Clinton's Victory Is
Our Victory"; newsletters, newspaper clippings, pledge cards, bumper
stickers, handwritten notes
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union
(ACTWU)
Report of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union to the Sixth
Joint Conference of ZENSEN - ILGWU - ACTWU, March 12-15, 1990;
settlement between ACTWU and the Clothing Manufacturers Association,
October 22, 1990, with cover letter addressed to ILGWU
secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon; Bureau of National Affairs article,
"ACTWU Members Ratify New Pact with Clothing Manufacturers Group,"
October 9, 1990; Addendum to the Application of the National Clothing
Industry Labor-Management Committee to the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, with letters of support, 1988; memo to ILG
president Mazur from exec. asst. James Parrott re frustrating meeting on
ACTWU labor-management committee, May 23, 1990; memo to Mazur from
Parrott suggesting points for speech to ACTWU convention, February 24,
1990; correspondence from Parrott to ACTWU associate director of
research, July 23, 1990; ACTWU and Western New York Joint Board,
Rochester Joint Board Proposal to the Western New York Economic
Development Corp. to Support a Health- Based Re-Engineering Program for
Men's Apparel Employers in New York State, May 16, 1990; Monthly Labor
Review article, "Patterns of productivity change in men's and boy's
suits and coats," Mark Scott Sieling and Daniel Curtin, November 1988;
newspaper clippings; handwritten notes
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Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers
Draft, "Adversary Participation in the Brave New Workplace: Technological
Change and the BCT," Raymond Scannel, director of research, Bakery,
Confectionary and Tobacco Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, October
1990; booklet, "Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges Today: Reports of the
Leadership Development Task Force, Youth Involvement Task Force,
Technology Task Force, BCT 33rd Constitutional Convention, July
1990"
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Communication Workers of America
Letter from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to president of American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) urging that the CWA
organizing effort of tape department employees be respected (with cover
note to ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott)
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International Association of Machinist and Aerospace
Workers
The Machinist, publication of the International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers, January 1987
|
| 24 |
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International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers'
Federation
Correspondence between ILGWU president and ITGLWF general secretary Neil
Kearney re trade issues (GATT, MFA), health and safety issues
|
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Presidium Meeting
Presidium meeting, April 28-29, Brussels, discussion of trade union
developments in Eastern Europe; paper re GATT; Executive Committee
meeting agenda, Caracas, Venezuela, October 28-30; draft of speech with
introduction in Spanish (given by ILGWU international director Michele
Briones?), 10/3/90, expressing solidarity with Latin America;
correspondence with FITITVC general secretary Jose Ramirez, in Spanish;
speech by ITGLWF general secretary Kearney to the ILO
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Presidium Meeting
April 1991. Memo re ILGWU contributions to ITGLWF; general secretary's
report; minutes of 1990 meeting; auditor's and other financial reports;
reports on trade union situation around the world, international
trade
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Presidium Meeting
October 1991. Summary of key information about ITGLWF; agenda; text of
article/speech, "Changing the Czechoslovak Economy," signed by ILGWU
director Herman Starobin, November 26, 1990; materials for Executive
Committee meeting
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Presidium Meeting
Minutes of 1991 meeting; general secretary's report; auditor's and other
financial reports; reports on trade union situation around the world,
international trade
|
| 24 |
|
Presidium Meeting
Presidium meeting agenda, related correspondence
|
| 24 |
|
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Article from Bureau of National Affairs re Service Employees
International Union (SEIU) organizing, 1992
|
| 24 |
|
United Auto Workers
UAW research bulletins; newspaper clippings, several with attached memos
to ILG president Mazur re conflict with union leadership over
labor-management cooperation at General Motors; Solidarity coverage of
convention
|
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters And Joiners
Letter to ILG president Mazur asking for support for AFL-CIO position
opposing Ancient Forest Protection Act and similar legislation limiting
timber harvesting on public lands, instead supporting Forests and
Families Protection Act; press releases
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United Farm Workers
Letter to ILG president Mazur from United Farm Workers president Cesar
Chavez asking him to write a letter to Prudential Life Insurance, owner
of land operated by Bluestone farm management, urging negotiation with
union; letter from ILG president Mazur to chairman and CEO of
Prudential, June 8, 1992, urging wage increases; reply from Prudential
Agricultural Group, June 9, 1992; letter from Chavez thanking Mazur,
reporting success, June 16, 1992; Chavez statement on fast, July 19,
1988; letter to Mazur inviting him to join honorary committee; newspaper
clippings, copies of Food and Justice newsletters re leukemia outbreaks,
1986-87
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United Mine Workers
Journal covering special convention, January 1987; article from Bureau of
National Affairs re United Mine Workers organizing, 1990
|
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United Mine Workers: Jobs with Justice Rally
Letter from UMW president Richard Trumka to ILG president Mazur and
officials of other unions re participation in rally in Miami, FL,
against Pittston Company, May 1989, during ILG convention; flyers, ILG
press releases, TV press report transcripts, newspaper clippings,
biography of Trumka, speeches by Mazur, Trumka, Edgar Romney at rally;
letters of thanks for contributions, cancelled checks
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United Mine Workers: Enoxy Demonstration
Letter from Trumka to Mazur asking for support for picketing the U.S.
corporate headquarters of Enoxy Coal Corporation's parent company, Ente
Nazionale Indocarbusi (ENI), in NY; UMW press releases, press statement
at demonstration, newspaper clippings; letter from U.S. Dept. of State
to Italian Ministry of Budget re alleged violations of guidelines for
multinational enterprises
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Energy Cost Issues |
| 25 |
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Sub-metering |
| 25 |
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New York City Business Services |
| 25 |
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Jay Mazur |
| 25 |
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Correspondence |
| 25 |
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Clinton Trade Policy: NAFTA/NAO |
| 25 |
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New York City Planning Study |
| 25 |
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New York City Department of City Planning |
| 25 |
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New York City Planning: Schaffer |
| 25 |
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Chinatown Zoning Study |
| 25 |
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Brooklyn Planning |
| 25 |
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Mankoff Response to Citywide Industry Study |
| 25 |
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New York City Productivity Council |
| 25 |
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New York City: Tax Breaks |
| 25 |
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New York City Workforce Development Commission (WDC) |
| 25 |
|
New York City Workforce Development Commission (WDC): Final
Report |
| 25 |
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New York City: Mayor Giuliani Communications |
| 25 |
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New York City: Giuliani Administration |
| 26 |
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Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association (AACA) |
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF): Tax
Exemption |
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF):
Meeting |
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF):
Forms |
| 26 |
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Pennsylvania Labor-Management: Application for
Exemption |
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF):
Insurance |
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF): Shimmy
Cohen Contract |
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF): Shimmy
Cohen |
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Conference |
| 26 |
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Arnold Delin |
| 26 |
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Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association (AACA):
Riverview |
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey Council for American Fashion
(CAF)
March
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| 26 |
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Lehigh Valley Exit Survey |
| 26 |
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Lehigh Valley Exit Survey |
| 26 |
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Lehigh Valley Exit Survey: Year 3 |
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Bylaws |
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Meeting
July 1
|
| 26 |
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Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF):
Funds |
| 26 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF):
Memo |
| 26 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania Council for American Fashion (CAF):
Listing |
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council: Articles,
Bylaws, and Amendments |
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Meeting
May 5
|
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Projects |
| 26 |
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Mid-Atlantic Regional Employee Involvement Council |
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council: MRC |
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Meetings
February 1
|
| 26 |
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Kahn, Karpman, Proper, and Delin Correspondence |
| 26 |
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The Limited: Pennsylvania |
| 26 |
|
Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Meeting
September 1
|
| 26 |
|
Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Meeting
November 9
|
| 26 |
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Greater Blouse |
| 26 |
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Exports |
| 26 |
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Greater Blouse: Strategic Program |
| 26 |
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Greater Blouse |
| 26 |
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Greater Blouse: Labor-Management Committee |
| 26 |
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Supervisory and Shopleader Training |
| 26 |
|
Exodus from Apparel |
| 26 |
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New York is Fashion
2 copies
|
| 26 |
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Eastern Region Apparel Labor-Management Council:
Letterhead |
| 26 |
|
Greater Blouse: Asian Media |
| 26 |
|
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association (AACA): Show |
| 26 |
|
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association (AACA): Online Database
Correspondence |
| 26 |
|
Before 1990 |
| 26 |
|
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association (AACA) and Garment
Industry Development Corporation (GDIC) Homepages |
| 26 |
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Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association (AACA) |
| 27 |
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Roosevelt Reelection Scrapbook |
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Minutes
September 28- 29
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Regional Reports
September
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Department Reports
September
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Reports
September
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Read on Cards
September
|
| 28 |
|
ILGWU Policy Statements
June
|
| 28 |
|
ILGWU Stationary |
| 28 |
|
David Melman Stationary |
| 28 |
|
Trip Planning |
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Irwin Solomon Report
September
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Committees List |
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Minutes
June
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Regional Reports
June
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Department Reports
June
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Reports
June
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Minutes
February
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Regional Reports [folder 1 of
2]
February
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Regional Reports [folder 2 of
2]
February
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Department Reports
February
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Reports
February
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Executive Committee
Minutes
December 8
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Executive Committee
Minutes
March 8
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Minutes
October
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Reports
October
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Minutes
February
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Regional Reports
June
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Executive Session
June
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Financial Statement
June
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Census and Finances
June
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Topics
February
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Executive Committee
February 5
|
| 28 |
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General Executive Board (GEB): Jay Mazur
Announcements
February
|
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Finances |
| 28 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): UNITE Ad Campaign
February
|
| 28 |
|
Jay Mazur Read at Board Meeting |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Database |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Export Correspondence |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Leah Kaplan |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Governor's Award |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Media |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Manager Messages |
| 29 |
|
Exports: Vigdor Workshop |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Publications |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: Company Profiles |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Exports New York: International Business
Seminar |
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion: Apparel Contractors
Seminar |
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion: European Market Entry |
| 29 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Keeping New York
in Fashion |
| 29 |
|
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department: Technology and Work
Organization Seminar |
| 29 |
|
National Conference on Women Garment Workers |
| 29 |
|
Safer Workplace Seminar |
| 29 |
|
New York is Fashion |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): Japan Apparel Initiative
Seminar |
| 29 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania: Council for American Fashion
(CAF) |
| 29 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania: Council for American Fashion (CAF)
Meeting
January
|
| 29 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania: Council for American Fashion (CAF)
Easton/Bethlehem
June 8
|
| 29 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania: Ardmore/Quartet Project |
| 29 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania Labor-Management: Kaufman
Meeting
April 20
|
| 29 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania: Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association
(AACA) |
| 29 |
|
Eastern Pennsylvania: Arnold Delin |
| 29 |
|
Business Surveys |
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion (CAF): Steering Committee
Meeting
September 22
|
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion (CAF): Steering Committee
Meeting
September 10
|
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion (CAF): Steering Committee
Meeting
January 20
|
| 29 |
|
Pennsylvania Contractors Seminar
January 20
|
| 29 |
|
Boston Contractors Seminar
January 11
|
| 29 |
|
New York Contractors Seminar
February 10
|
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion (CAF) Public Relations: American
Fashion Designers Show |
| 29 |
|
Public Relations |
| 29 |
|
Public Relations Brochure |
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion (CAF) Brochure |
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion (CAF) Public Relations: Brochure and
Mailing List |
| 29 |
|
Council for American Fashion (CAF) Public Relations |
| 29 |
|
Fashion Industry Promotion Group |
| 29 |
|
Stan Herman New York Times Op/Ed
March 28
|
| 29 |
|
Seventh Avenue to City Hall |
| 29 |
|
Seventh on Six |
| 30 |
|
Convention and Committee Reports and Oversight Notes [folder 1 of
3] |
| 30 |
|
Convention and Committee Reports and Oversight Notes [folder 2 of
3] |
| 30 |
|
Convention and Committee Reports and Oversight Notes [folder 3 of
3] |
| 30 |
|
Correspondence
October 1992 - January 1993
|
| 30 |
|
Correspondence
February - May
|
| 30 |
|
Correspondence
June - September
|
| 31 |
|
Triangle Fire Miscellaneous |
| 31 |
|
Triangle Fire Exhibit Layout |
| 31 |
|
Sequins |
| 31 |
|
Sequins |
| 31 |
|
LaGuardia Community College |
| 31 |
|
IGLWU Health Service |
| 31 |
|
Sweatshop State Enforcement: New Jersey |
| 31 |
|
Sweatshop State Enforcement: New York |
| 31 |
|
Sweatshop Enforcement: Spitzer |
| 31 |
|
Garment Industry Advisory Committee (GIAC) |
| 31 |
|
Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown
Brochure |
| 31 |
|
Brooklyn Garment Industry Study |
| 31 |
|
Sunset Park [folder 1 of 2] |
| 31 |
|
Sunset Park [folder 2 of 2] |
| 31 |
|
Draft Merger Constitution [folder 1 of 3]
February 16
|
| 31 |
|
Draft Merger Constitution [folder 2 of 3]
February 16
|
| 31 |
|
Draft Merger Constitution [folder 3 of 3]
February 16
|
| 31 |
|
New Jersey Garment Industry Advisory Committee |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2) |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2):
Ergonomics |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2): Brand |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2) |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2): Interactive
Distance Learning Network |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2) |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2): Dues and
Bills |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2): Quick
Response |
| 31 |
|
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation (TC2): Board Meeting
Minutes
March 29
|
| 32 |
|
Triangle Fire |
| 32 |
|
ILGWU Miscellaneous Publications |
| 32 |
|
ILGWU Citations Cornell University |
| 32 |
|
ILGWU Literacy Program Magazines |
| 32 |
|
George Meany Biography |
| 32 |
|
Diego Rivera: Paradise Lost |
| 32 |
|
New York, Our City, Our Union |
| 32 |
|
Zoning and Blueprints [folder 1 of 2] |
| 32 |
|
Zoning and Blueprints [folder 2 of 2] |
| 32 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN): Garment Center
Land Use Analysis [folder 1 of 3]
April 9 copies total
|
| 32 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN): Garment Center
Land Use Analysis [folder 2 of 3]
April 9 copies total
|
| 32 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN): Garment Center
Land Use Analysis [folder 3 of 3]
April 9 copies total
|
| 32 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN): Garment Center
Land Use Analysis Executive Summary
April 8 copies
|
| 32 |
|
Garment Center Employment and Real Estate Profile
October 2 copies
|
| 32 |
|
Committee to Preserve the Garment Center |
| 32 |
|
Albany: Sheldon Silver, Speaker of the House |
| 32 |
|
Zoning Press Conference
April
|
| 32 |
|
White Paper Distribution |
| 32 |
|
Move Smart |
| 32 |
|
Zoning Press Conference Follow-up Letters |
| 32 |
|
Press Conference Mailings
April
|
| 32 |
|
Schumer |
| 32 |
|
Real Estate Issues |
| 32 |
|
Real Estate Press Conference
April
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning |
| 32 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN):
Breakfast
February
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning Meeting
February 6
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning
February
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning Meeting 3
November 27
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning Meeting
December 11
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning Group Meeting
October 25
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning Rules Background |
| 32 |
|
Spitzer |
| 32 |
|
Schumer Meeting
December 8
|
| 32 |
|
Planning Meeting 1
October 13
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning State/City Agenda |
| 32 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) Chinatown
Meeting
November
|
| 32 |
|
Zoning Chinatown |
| 32 |
|
Fact Sheets |
| 33 |
|
Fashion Center New York City: Tenant Survey |
| 33 |
|
Fashion Center New York City: Economic Profile |
| 33 |
|
Fashion Center New York City: Economic Profile 1997 |
| 33 |
|
Fashion Center New York City: Economic Profile |
| 33 |
|
Walsam 36 Company Economic Analysis Report |
| 33 |
|
Miller Advertising Agency |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Kurzman Karelsen and Frank |
| 33 |
|
New York City Atlas of Industrial Areas |
| 33 |
|
New Opportunities for a Changing Economy in New York
City |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: 315-325 West 36th Street |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Chelsea |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Real Estate Board of New York |
| 33 |
|
Schumer Communication |
| 33 |
|
K. Fried |
| 33 |
|
Municipal Art Society |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Community Board Memo
September 26
|
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Media |
| 33 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN) Study |
| 33 |
|
Garment Center Study |
| 33 |
|
Factory Space Buroughs |
| 33 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN): Manhattan
Report |
| 33 |
|
Linda Dworak, Garment Industry Development Corporation:
Testimony
September 28
|
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Association Meeting |
| 33 |
|
91 East Broadway |
| 33 |
|
Fashion Center Business Survey |
| 33 |
|
Pine Fashions |
| 33 |
|
Tahari Protests |
| 33 |
|
Chinatown Survey |
| 33 |
|
Chinatown Contractor Responses |
| 33 |
|
Garment Center Buildings |
| 33 |
|
Municipal Art Society |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: UNITE Strategy |
| 33 |
|
UNITE Shop Lists |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Pauls Study |
| 33 |
|
Empire Zones |
| 33 |
|
Zoning and New York City's Garment Industry by Jay
Mazur |
| 33 |
|
Impact of 42nd Street Redevelopment |
| 33 |
|
Long Island City Industry Study |
| 33 |
|
Garment Center Survey |
| 33 |
|
Trucking Survey |
| 33 |
|
Zoning Survey Responses |
| 33 |
|
Survey Responses: Suppliers |
| 33 |
|
Survey Responses: Contractors |
| 33 |
|
Survey Responses: Showroom |
| 33 |
|
Queens Country Overall Economic Development
Corporation |
| 33 |
|
Organizers Survey Midtown |
| 33 |
|
Garment Center Zoning Issues |
| 33 |
|
Zoning Meeting
March 7
|
| 33 |
|
Zoning: Bowles Study |
| 33 |
|
Zoning: New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN) |
| 33 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN)/Amalgamated Bank
Proposal |
| 33 |
|
New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN) Hearing |
| 33 |
|
Apparel Textile Location |
| 33 |
|
Business Relocation Assistance |
| 34 |
|
Marketing Workshop |
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Labor-Management Contractor Marketing
Workshop |
| 34 |
|
Made in the USA |
| 34 |
|
Media |
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Computer Marking and Grading Grant |
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Industry Service Center |
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Apparel Industry Survey: Summary Results |
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Apparel Industry Survey: Original
Responses |
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Industrial Modernization Project with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology |
| 34 |
|
Bronx Economic Development |
| 34 |
|
Bronx and Fernando Ferrer |
| 34 |
|
South Bronx (SOBRO) Overall Economic Development
Corporation |
| 34 |
|
Brooklyn Focus Group |
| 34 |
|
Brooklyn Economic Development |
| 34 |
|
Queens Economic Development |
| 34 |
|
Pennsylvania Government Assistance |
| 34 |
|
Pennsylvania Ben Franklin Centers |
| 34 |
|
Rand Corporation Requests |
| 34 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation and Council for American
Fashion Services |
| 34 |
|
Regional Planning Authority |
| 34 |
|
Region Plan Association |
| 34 |
|
Carl Proper, Resume |
| 34 |
|
Resumes |
| 34 |
|
Research on Apparel Networks and Channel Partnerships |
| 34 |
|
Clemson University: Apparel Research |
| 34 |
|
Columbia University: Palpacuer Study [folder 1 of 2] |
| 34 |
|
Columbia University: Palpacuer Study [folder 2 of 2] |
| 34 |
|
Cornell University: Apparel and Textiles |
| 34 |
|
Cornell University: New York State School of Industrial and Labor
Relations |
| 34 |
|
Cornell University: New York Conference
October 14
|
| 34 |
|
City University of New York |
| 34 |
|
City University of New York: Industrial Relations
Seminar |
| 34 |
|
City University of New York: Labor-Management Research by
Menzi |
| 34 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology: Incubator |
| 34 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology: Quick Response Electronic Data
Interchange |
| 34 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology: Courses |
| 34 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology: Projects |
| 34 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology: ILG Committee |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Textile Study Summary |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Study of U.S. Apparel Industry |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Study of U.S. Apparel Industry |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Survey |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Seminars |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Reports and Correspondence |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Quick Response |
| 34 |
|
Harvard University: Miscellaneous |
| 34 |
|
John Dunlop
December 6
|
| 34 |
|
Dunolp, Abernathy, Weil
June 13
|
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 34 |
|
New Jersey Institute of Technology: Proposal |
| 34 |
|
Northampton Community College |
| 34 |
|
Northampton Community College: Technology Course |
| 35 |
|
Buyer Services Program |
| 35 |
|
New York State Childcare |
| 35 |
|
Commercial Rent Arbitration |
| 35 |
|
Consortium for Worker Education |
| 35 |
|
Contractor Referral Services |
| 35 |
|
Curriculum: Management and Worker Training |
| 35 |
|
Employers Advisory Committee |
| 35 |
|
Enterprise Zones: Harlem-Bronx Empowerment Zone |
| 35 |
|
Safer Workplace |
| 35 |
|
Fashion Center Business Improvement District (BID) |
| 35 |
|
New York is Fashion |
| 35 |
|
Fashion Show
July 14
|
| 35 |
|
Democrat Fashion Show |
| 35 |
|
Fashion Shows |
| 35 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) Committee |
| 35 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): Hershfield |
| 35 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): Export Program |
| 35 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): Small Business
Center
October
|
| 35 |
|
Focus Groups |
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC) |
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC): Meeting
November 12-14
|
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC): Survey |
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC): Labor-Management Advisory
Committee |
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC): Labor-Management Advisory
Committee Folder |
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC): Labor-Management Advisory
Committee Initial Membership |
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC): Talk Notes
December
|
| 35 |
|
General Advisory Council (GAC): Background |
| 35 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB) |
| 35 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Meeting
June
|
| 35 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): Meeting
October
|
| 35 |
|
General Executive Board (GEB): First UNITE Meeting
October
|
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Activity
Reports |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Projects with
ACTWU |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Board Member
List |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Budget Dispute
Internal Memos |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Budget Core
Issues |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Budget New York
State Issues |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Funding
Sources |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Funding
Grants |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Focus Groups on
Quick Response |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Chinatown
Contractor Quality Control
English and Chinese September
|
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Management
Survey |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Modernization
Forum Proposal |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC):
Budget |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC):
Budget |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Services and
Work Referrals |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Lloyd Quality
Project |
| 35 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Quarterly
Reports |
| 36 |
|
Incubator: Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) |
| 36 |
|
Incubator: Toronto |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Quarterly
Reports |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Quick Response
Project |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Record of
Services |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Strategic
Industries Group Services (SIGS) Proposal |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Bios |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Staff
Summaries |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC):
Summaries |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Council for
American Fashion (CAF) Summaries |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Training
Programs |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Training and
Extension Programs |
| 36 |
|
Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC): Vendor
Report |
| 36 |
|
Complete Paper Set of Transparencies |
| 36 |
|
Graphics: Doc Briefing
January 28
|
| 36 |
|
Graphics: General Information and Presentations |
| 36 |
|
Graphics: Old Less Used |
| 36 |
|
Graphics: Washington |
| 36 |
|
Graphics: Union Organizing |
| 36 |
|
Health and Safety: Factory Fires |
| 36 |
|
ILGWU Convention |
| 36 |
|
ILGWU Economics |
| 36 |
|
Labor-Management Summaries |
| 36 |
|
Textile Research Institute |
| 36 |
|
Brian Uzzi |
| 36 |
|
Staff Training |
| 36 |
|
Local 10 Cutting Class |
| 36 |
|
Staff Training: Pennsylvania |
| 36 |
|
Staff Meetings: Pennsylvania |
| 36 |
|
Staff Training: New England |
| 36 |
|
Strategic Analysis Working Group |
| 36 |
|
Third World |
| 36 |
|
Trade: Social Clause |
| 36 |
|
Trade: Global Sourcing |
| 36 |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
Networks |
| 36 |
|
Federal-State Industrial Modernization
July
|
| 36 |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): State
Technology Extension Program (STEP) |
| 37 |
|
Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture (DAMA): Meeting
Amtex |
| 37 |
|
Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture (DAMA) |
| 37 |
|
Amtex |
| 37 |
|
Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture (DAMA):
Plans
February
|
| 37 |
|
Amtex Directory
February
|
| 37 |
|
Amtex / Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture (DAMA):
General Information |
| 37 |
|
Amtex / Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture (DAMA):
Reports |
| 37 |
|
Boston |
| 37 |
|
Boston |
| 37 |
|
Boston |
| 37 |
|
Boston: Strategy Study |
| 37 |
|
Boston: Implementation |
| 37 |
|
Boston: Project |
| 37 |
|
Boston: Engineering Project |
| 37 |
|
Bridgton Knitting Mills [folder 1 of 2] |
| 37 |
|
Bridgton Knitting Mills [folder 2 of 2] |
| 37 |
|
Bridgton: Newsletter |
| 37 |
|
Malden Mills: Lawrence Facility Opening |
| 37 |
|
Malden Mills: Newsletter |
| 37 |
|
Malden Mills |
| 37 |
|
Malden Mills |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Labor Management |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Strike |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Consulting |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Stakeholders |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Congressional Hearings |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Letters |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Boycott |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Articles |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Clippings [folder 1 of 2] |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Clippings [folder 2 of 2] |
| 37 |
|
Leslie Fay: Time Magazine
June 13, pages 56-58
|
| 37 |
|
New York Times Magazine
February 15, Fleece Article pages 20-23
|
| 37 |
|
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU):
Conference
September
|
| 37 |
|
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU):
Labor-Management Committee |
| 37 |
|
Labor-Management Cooperation and Critique |
| 37 |
|
Labor-Management Strategy |
| 37 |
|
Incubators: Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) |
| 37 |
|
Incubators: New York City |
| 37 |
|
Incubators: Elsewhere |
| 37 |
|
Justice |
| 37 |
|
ILG Network |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Tour Reports |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: General |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Mediation Agreement |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Communications |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Conversation Process |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: American Committee |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Facilitator Meeting |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Final Round |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Deloitte Pre-report |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Interviews |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Potential Consultant Background |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Justice |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Bad Faith |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Additional Scenarios |
| 38 |
|
Leslie Fay: Newsletter |
| 38 |
|
QWL/EI Process |
| 39 |
|
Industry Associations |
| 39 |
|
Negotiation |
| 39 |
|
Industry Associations |
| 39 |
|
UNITE: Miscellaneous |
| 39 |
|
UNITE: Health and Welfare Fund Easter States
March
|
| 39 |
|
IGLWU: Miscellaneous |
| 39 |
|
Binder |
| 39 |
|
Outerwear Negotiations |
| 39 |
|
Contract Agreement |
| 39 |
|
Association Lists |
| 39 |
|
Code of Conduct |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Jay Mazur |
| 39 |
|
Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) |
| 39 |
|
Reopener |
| 39 |
|
Counter-Proposals |
| 39 |
|
Contingent Workers |
| 39 |
|
Negotiation Update |
| 39 |
|
Mobilization |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Benefits |
| 39 |
|
Distribution Center versus Drop-Ship |
| 39 |
|
Distribution Center Issues |
| 39 |
|
Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Union Presentations |
| 39 |
|
New Warehouses |
| 39 |
|
Breakaway Company Studies |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Major Market |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Code of Conduct Overseas |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Labor-Management Issues |
| 39 |
|
Major Market Task Force on Benefits |
| 39 |
|
Jay Mazur Notes |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Regional Meetings |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Staff Training |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: GEB Sessions |
| 39 |
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Contract Language Task Force |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Demands |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Warehouse Task Force |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Media, Communications, Press Releases |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Correspondence |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Meeting Notes |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Binder |
| 39 |
|
Amalgamated Clothing and Textiles Workers Union
(ACTWU) |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Strike Preparation |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Mobilization |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Liz Claiborne Task Force |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Schedule |
| 39 |
|
Funds |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Meeting
March 14
|
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Warehouse |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Communication |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations |
| 39 |
|
Contract Comparisons |
| 39 |
|
Warehouse Meeting
March 14
|
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Carl Proper |
| 39 |
|
GEB Outerwear Session |
| 39 |
|
Negotiations: Language |
| 40 |
|
Negotiation Memos |
| 40 |
|
Major Market Negotiations Mailing Notes |
| 40 |
|
Shops with Expiring Contracts |
| 40 |
|
Association Codes |
| 40 |
|
Alpha Firm List
November 27
|
| 40 |
|
Association Codes |
| 40 |
|
Alpha Firm List [folder 1 of 2]
February 6
|
| 40 |
|
Alpha Firm List [folder 2 of 2]
February 6
|
| 41 |
|
Politics: Presidential Campaign |
| 41 |
|
Campaign for New Priorities |
| 41 |
|
US Congressman Gerry Nadler |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Campaign: Industrial Policy |
| 41 |
|
Clinton General Information |
| 41 |
|
Clinton General Information: Code of Conduct |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: Ron Brown and Chicago
Conference |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: Ron Brown and Prabhakar
Package |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: Corporate Governance |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: Briefing |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: Briefing Follow-up |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Emspak [folder 1 of 2] |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Emspak [folder 2 of 2] |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Commerce Department: National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Technology Reinvestment Project Grants |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Dunlop Commission |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Dunlop Commission: IGLWU-DOL Communications |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Dunlop Commission: Press Coverage and AFL-CIO
Response |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Dunlop Commission: Work and Technology Institute (WTI)
Conference on International Evidence |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Health Policy |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Health Policy: Health Care Briefing
October
|
| 41 |
|
Clinton Health Policy: ILGWU Proposal |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Health Policy: Ira Magaziner |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Labor Department: Employment and Training |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Labor Department: High Performance Workplaces
July
|
| 41 |
|
Clinton Labor Department: New American Workplace |
| 41 |
|
Clinton Labor Department: Retraining |
| 41 |
|
Clinton: US Budget
February 17
|
| 41 |
|
Clinton Technology Policy |
| 41 |
|
AFL-CIO Evolution of Committee Work |
| 41 |
|
AFL-CIO Work and Technology Institute (WTI) |
| 41 |
|
AFL-CIO Work and Technology Institute (WTI): Agile
Project |
| 41 |
|
New York State Industrial Effectiveness Program |
| 41 |
|
New York State Legislature: Lobbying ILGWU Agenda |
| 41 |
|
New York State Legislature: Sweatshop Legislation |
| 41 |
|
New York State: Pataki Administration Department of Economic
Development |
| 41 |
|
Port Authority |
| 41 |
|
Caret |
| 41 |
|
Case Study: Proper and Mathews |
| 41 |
|
Work and Technology Institute (WTI): Brian Turner |
| 41 |
|
Work and Technology Institute (WTI): Current |
| 41 |
|
Work and Technology Institute (WTI): Case Studies |
| 41 |
|
Mazur-Cuomo Meeting
August 19
|
| 41 |
|
Mazur-Cuomo Meeting
March
|
| 41 |
|
New York City: Ruth Messinger |
| 41 |
|
New York City Planning Commission: Meeting with Jay
Mazur
March 29
|
| 41 |
|
New York City Public Relations |
| 41 |
|
New York City Council: Living Wage Bill |
| 41 |
|
New York City Council Hearing
June 24
|
| 41 |
|
New York City Council Hearing on Job Creation |
| 41 |
|
Ira Brophy, Brooklyn |
| 41 |
|
New York City Department of Employment |
| 41 |
|
New York City: Barry Sullivan |
| 41 |
|
New York City Mayor Dinkins: Meeting Background
Information
April 5
|
| 41 |
|
New York City Mayor Dinkins: European Trip |
| 41 |
|
New York City Mayor Dinkins: Policy Statement |
| 41 |
|
New York City Mayor Dinkins: Policy Statement |
| 41 |
|
New York City Mayor Dinkins: Promotion and Development
Proposal |
| 41 |
|
New York City Economic Development Corporation |
| 41 |
|
New York City Economic Development Corporation: Financial
Aid |
| 41 |
|
New York City Economy |
| 41 |
|
New York City Entrepreneurial Government Report
May
|
| 41 |
|
New York City: Mark Green |
| 41 |
|
New York City Job Creation Report |
| 41 |
|
New York City Partnership |
| 41 |
|
New York City Mayor Giuliani: ILG Background |
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