Puerto Rico [folder 1 of 8]
Scope and Contents
Includes: Members of Local 91 in New York City hand out Spanish language edition of Justice; televised debate with ILGWU members; group with David Dubinsky negotiating first Puerto Rican pact, 1/15/56; group photo including the Governor of Puerto Rico, don Luis Munoz Marin, and David Dubinsky, 9/23/54; Gov. Munoz shakes hands with David Dubinsky, 2/1/56; David Dubinsky, Gov. Munoz at the groundbreaking of an ILGWU housing project, May, 1957; Sen. Hipolito Marcano, Regional Director for the AFL-CIO speaks at the groundbreaking, May, 1957; Gov. Munoz speaks at the groundbreaking, May, 1957; Gov. Munoz and David Dubinsky shake hands at the groundbreaking, May, 1957; David Dubinsky - speech at groundbreaking, May, 1957; sign welcomes Local 22 members to Puerto Rico, Zimmerman also present; Sol Chaikin with the President of the retiree club, 5/3/81; Chaikin with retirees, 5/3/81; strikers, Feb. 1973; strikers at Complex Undergarment Corp, Feb. 1973; Sol Chaikin with the president and secretary of the ILGWU retiree club of Puerto Rico; banquet scene with David Dubinsky; David Dubinsky talking with Admiral William D. Leahy, Gov. of Puerto Rico, 1930; Robert Gladnick, Puerto Rico ILGWU director, gives a check to Gov. Munoz; women on strike at Florida Undergarment Co.; Mobile Health Unit being unloaded from a ship; Mobile Health Unit with Hispanic women and Robert Gladnick; David Dubinsky - speech to crowd of Hispanic women; Teodoro Moscoso, David Dubinsky, and Fernando Sierra Berdecia, Jan. 1954; a view of the slums in Puerto Rico; man harvesting sugar cane; Robert Gladnick addresses ILGWU members at Louisa Bra Co.; Gov. Munoz with Sec. of Labor Fernando Sierra Berdecia and David Dubinsky; man and women look at a copy of "Justicia", the Spanish edition ILGWU newspaper; N.M. Minkoff, Louis Hollander, Chester Bowles, Fernando Berdecia, Zimmerman, and Harry Laidler at luncheon, 4/13/57; women and doctors in front of the Mobile Health Unit; women striking Superior Products; Zimmerman, ILGWU members at Puerto Rico television station; David Dubinsky and ILGWU members including Gladys Dickason, 1/20/54; Teodoro Moscoso with David Dubinsky, 1/15/54; David Sternback from the C.I.O., Teodoro Moscoso, and David Dubinsky, 1/12/54
Dates
- 1835-1992
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Yiddish, Chinese
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
73.14 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository