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Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 241 Collections and/or Records:

ILGWU. Women's Wear Daily Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/128
Abstract

This collection consists of scrapbooks containing clippings from Women's Wear Daily from 1977 to 1985. While some articles feature the ILGWU, others address the women's garment industry more generally.

Dates: 1977-1985.

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Benjamin Schlesinger, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/010
Abstract

Correspondence and subject files relating to Schlesinger's term, October 1928 to June 1932.

Dates: 1928-1932.

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Benjamin Schlesinger, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/009
Abstract Correspondence, form letters, circulars and subject files relating to Schlesinger's second term as president, June 1914 to January 1923. Topics covered in these materials include union organizing; strikes, labor disputes, working conditions, and other labor issues in the women's garment industry, particularly in New York City; inter-union relations; relations between manufacturers' associations and the union; efforts by Schlesinger and others to form an alliance of garment workers' unions;...
Dates: 1914-1923.

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Charles S. Zimmerman papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/014
Abstract

The Charles Zimmerman papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II).

Dates: 1919-1958 [bulk 1920-1945].

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Frederick F. Umhey, Executive Secretary. Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/005.
Abstract

The Umhey Executive Secretary records consist primarily of organizational records, subject files, and correspondence dealing with union administrative matters.

Dates: 1934-1955 [bulk 1940-1950].

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Louis Stulberg, General Secretary-Treasurer. Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/003.
Abstract

The Stulberg General Secretary-Treasurer records consist primarily of correspondence dealing with union managerial matters during Stulberg's term in office, though there is also some correspondence from his tenure as executive vice-president (April 1956-May 1959), as well as a small amount (ca. 1 linear foot) of personal correspondence in the collection.

Dates: 1956-1966 [bulk 1959-1966].

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Louis Stulberg, President. Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/004
Abstract

The Stulberg presidential records consist of correspondence, memoranda, photographs, speeches and subject files primarily dealing with union matters during Stulberg's term in office, though there are some personal materials in the collection as well.

Dates: 1945-1977 [bulk 1966-1975].

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Morris Sigman, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/006
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, form letters, circulars, speeches and other items from Morris Sigman's term as ILGWU president.

Dates: 1923-1928.

Local 1199 Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: 5680 OH
Abstract

The unedited oral history interviews of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees discuss the evolution of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union drugstore local (known as Local 1199 and District 1199), representing pharmacists and drug clerks in New York City, into an international union of professional and non-professional workers in voluntary and non-profit health institutions, including hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, as well as drug stores.

Dates: 1975-2008