Collection Scope and Content Note

Letters from members responding to solicitation for political campaign fund; letters from members with specific or general complaints; meeting notices, event invitations; report of activities of the Department International Relations, submitted to the General Executive Board, October 1986; report by New York State District to GEB, October 15; Socialist International press release re mission to Chile, October 17; newspaper clippings re Sheet Metal Workers and plans to build a Toyota plant with non-union workers, with cover letter, October 14; letter from Youth Institute for Peace in the Middle East, expressing concern over negative publicity about Israel, plans to increase campus media campaign; memo to ILGWU exec vp Wilbur Daniels from archives department, internal issue re Triangle Fire exhibit, October 15; financial statement and memo re fundraising events for Statue of Liberty Campaign, October 14; letter from student researcher inquiring about ILGWU's contract provisions for job protection and advancement that take into account women's roles as mothers (seniority, sick leave, etc), October 13; letter to Mazur from Bruce Miller (Miller, Cohen, Martens & Ice, attorneys), suggesting spin-off organization that could legally organize secondary boycotts for labor unions, October 9; press releases from Second World Press (information network on the Soviet Union) re dissidents; letter from Wisconsin Elections Board re changes to state campaign finance law