Joint Board Grievance Committee [cases 2800-2880], 1962-1965

The collection is composed of minutes of the New York Cloak Joint Board, as well as several of the board's committees. The minutes of the Retirement Fund are for the Board of Directors of the Retirement Fund of the Coat and Suit Industry. Other committees for the Retirement Fund include the Administrative Committee (1944-1960), Appeals Committee (1946-1962) and Special Investigating Committee (1952).



The Pension Committee minutes includes lists of individuals and local number who were applying for Retirement Benefits. Individuals would be reviewed on the basis of the Rules and Regulations of the Retirement Fund of the Coat and Suit Industry and were subject to approval based on their merits. Cases before the Pension Committee include disability cases for the years 1946-1964.



The Executive Committee Minutes encompass the years 1943-1963 and contain correspondence from the Merchant Ladies Garment Association, reports of the Retirement Fund of the Coat and Suit Industry as well as the minutes of the Executive Committee, and also the rules and regulations. Monthly Financial Reports of the Retirement Fund of the Coat and Suit Industry includes receipts, disbursements, and assets, from the years 1944-1964.



The Investment Committee of the Retirement Fund of the Coat and Suit Industry contains meeting minutes (1944-1959) and information on purchasing bonds and opening new accounts. The Rules and Regulations include information for the initial establishment of a Retirement Fund on June 1, 1943 for the Joint Board Cloak, Suit, Skirt and Reefer Makers' Union as well as resolutions and meeting minutes for the Rules Committee, 1943-1962. Additionally, there are hand-written bound minute books from the Russian Polish Cloak Makers' Union that are in Russian.