Retirement Fund. Financial Statements., 1956

The collection of the New York Dress Joint Board is composed of five series arranged by Committees. The first series consists of the Minutes of the Joint Board of the Dress and Waistmakers' Union. In 1930 after the Cleveland Convention, it was voted to separate the dress locals from the New York Joint Board. The dress locals elected delegates, and the new entity was called the Joint Board Dress and Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York. Locals included 10, 22, 35, 89, and the first meeting took place on April 8, 1930. The minutes include the first meeting of April 9, 1930, through January 21, 1976 (beginning in 1970 they minutes are no longer bound but loose pages). Also contained are minutes of July 12, 1922-May 23, 1923, which was during the first period from 1920-1923 when the dress and waistmakers' had their own Joint Board before being dissolved and merged with the Cloak Joint Board.



Within the Joint Board existed various committees which had their own meetings and minutes. The second series consists of the minutes of the Grievance Committee for the Joint Board Dress and Waistmakers' Union, from October 18, 1933- November 11, 1964. The Grievance Committee addressed charges and cases of filed grievances, often including cases involing working after regular hours, insubordination, not granted permission to work (in specific shop), absent from work, etc. The minutes provide the decision rendered by the committee, as well as the fines levied against the defendant (if warranted).



The third series contains the Minutes of the Appeal Committee from February 5, 1934-December 31, 1949. The cases are the appeals to decisions that were previously rendered by the Grievance Committee. Also included in this series are the minutes for the meetings of the Committee on Claims of the Joint Board Health and Welfare Fund (March 20, 1945-December 29, 1952). These appeals deal with sick benefits, time away from work for illness, leave of absences, and other claims, as well as decisions from the committee.



The fourth series consists of meeting minutes for the Health Fund Committee (later Health and Welfare Fund) beginning in January 10, 1945 and proceeding until 1970. Additionally, there are included the rules and regulations for the Health Fund which was adopted on December 27, 1944, and the terms, conditions, and eligibilities for benefits. Included within the minutes is also correspondence and reports, and supplemental information such as financial statements.



The fifth and final series contains financial statements and meeting minutes for the Retirement Fund of the Dress Industry of New York.