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Plotkin, Abraham

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Plotkin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6036/016
Abstract

This collection documents Plotkin's work as an ILGWU organizer in the Midwest, Florida, Hawaii, and on the Pacific Coast. It also contains correspondence with European trade unionists, and Plotkin's diary on his time in Germany in 1932-1933 and his experiences in Berlin during the Nazi rise to power. Includes trip to International Clothing Workers Federation Congress in Vienna. Also articles in manuscript on various aspects of life in Berlin.

Dates: 1911-1978

ILGWU. Oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/110 OHT
Abstract

This collection consists of transcripts of oral history interviews with officers, staff, and members of the ILGWU.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1966-1985

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Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States 1
Clothing workers -- United States 1
Industrial relations -- United States 1
Women's clothing industry -- United States 1