International
Scope and Contents
Includes: Sol C. Chaikin greeted Andre Bergeron - the Secretary General of the French Labor Federation, Force Ouvriere (FO), with Patrick J. O'Farrell, Executive Director of the African-American Labor Center, VP Jay Mazur - Local 23-25 Manager, Antoine Laval - an aide to Bergeron, VP Edward Schneider - Sportswear Joint Board General Manager, Jay Lovestone - ILGWU International Affairs consultant, Harry Van Arsdale - President of the New York City Central Labor Council, Henoch Mendelsund - Director of ILGWU International Relations Department, Irving Brown - AFL-CIO representative to European labor organizations, VP Sam Nemaizer - new York Cloak-Dress Joint Board General manager, Executive VP Wilbur Daniels, and VP Edward Kramer, New Jersey Region General manager, 1/17/79; Scene in Tavha Shirts plant, China, June 1979; Cutting department in Tavha Shirts plant , China, June 1979; Folding shirts by window light in Tavha Shirts plant, China, June 1979; Fashions in store window, China, June 1979; Working hard for low government-set wages, Tavah Shirts plant, China, June 1979; President Sol C. Chaikin was featured at an executive council meeting of the Inter-American Textile, Leather and Garment Workers Federation, with Mike Ruano - Local 415-475 manager, Anita Cofino - '415-475' Political Department, Gustavo Rodriguez - '415-475' President, Angel Cofino - exiled Cuban Labor leader, Carlos Bedoya - Secretary General of the IATLGWF, Enrique Miko - President of the Garment Workers Union in Argentina, and VP Edward Schneider -a member of the executive council, Miami, Sept. 1979; President Sol C. Chaikin confers with delegation of top Italian labor leaders, with Irving Brown - AFL-CIO representative in Europe, Henoch Mendelsund - Director of ILGWU International Relations Department, VP frank Longo - Local 89 manager and Santo Pernicone of the Italian American Labor Council, Oct. 1979; Andrei Sakharov is barred by a Soviet policeman from attending the trial of dissident Yuri Orlov, Moscow, Nov. 1979; The Kremlin, 1979; President Sol C. Chaikin lashes out at Soviet repression of dissident Andrei Sakharov at national press conference held January 30, with Tatyana and Yefrem Yankelovich, the scientist's daughter and son-in-law; President Sol C. Chaikin and top union officers confer with representatives of the Egyptian Federation of Labor, with Hassan Ead - Secretary-General for International Relations, Abu Bakr Gad Al Mawla, Treasurer, and Mustafa Ibrahim Mustafa - Assistant Treasurer, with Chaikin were General Secretary-Treasurer Shelley Appleton, Executive Vice Presidents Wilbur Daniels and Frederick R. Siems, Henoch Mendelsund - Director of the ILGWU International Relations Department, VP Edward Schneider - General Manager of the Sportswear Joint Board, and Robert Richter - Program Officer of the African-American Labor Center
Dates
- 1900-1991
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Yiddish
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853