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Local 22

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

Includes: VP Israel Breslow, Local 22 manager, congratulates Sol Lipnack on new post as Assistant Manager of the New York Dressmakers; Local, as fellow unionists look on, 11/15/71; Saby Nehama, Dressmakers Local 22 staffer, explains union procedures and benefits to new Spanish-speaking members, 8/15/69; Members of New York Dressmakers' Local 22 register prior to entering voting booths, 3/1/62; New Local 22 Manager Manny Gonzalez, former VP Charles Zimmerman who headed Local 22 from 1933 until 1958 when he became General Manager of the New York Dress Joint Board, and VP Israel Breslow, 9/15/75; Saby Nehama, Charles S. Zimmerman, Murray Gross, Sam Byer - Joint Board Secretary-Treasurer, Pearl Halpern, Jessie Friedman of AIFLD, Manuel Gonzalez, Mrs. Celia Nehama, Sol Lipnack, 5/15/70; President Louis Stulberg swears in newly elected administration of Dressmakers Local 22, headed by VP Israel Breslow - Local Manager, with Sam Shuch - Local Chairman, Louis Gilbert - Local Vice Chairlady, VP Salvatore Noto - Local 89 Chief, Mrs. Bebe Stulberg, VP Murray Gross - Associate General Manager, VP Charles S. Zimmerman - General Manager of Dress Council, 3/15/71; Dr. Sidney Hook addresses monthly forum of dressmakers on "Campus Unrest - Cause and Cure," with VP Israel Breslow - Local 33 Manager, and Manuel Gonzalez Spanish Department, 2/1/71; Former Mayor Robert F. Wagner got hearty response from Local 22 members as he ripped into Lindsay's reward, with VP Israel Breslow - Local Manager, and other dress union leaders, 6/15/69; VP Israel Breslow, Local 22 Manager, and VP Charles S. Zimmerman, Dress Joint Board General Manager, admire huge mural of New York City which adorns Local 22 council room, 12/15/68; Huge and spirited turnout of New York dressmakers of Local 22, at meeting in Statler Hilton Hotel on January 31, 1968, participated in nomination for local officers, executive board and convention delegates, with VP Israel Breslow - Local Manager nominated for another term by VP Charles S. Zimmerman - Joint Board General Manager, 2/15/68; ILGWU veteran Edith Ransom is praised by her long-time colleague on the picket line, Pearl Halpern, on the occasion of her retirement, 4/15/64; CP Charles S. Zimmerman, Rasina Prescod, Pearl Halpern, VP Israel Breslow at gathering in honor of retiring activists, 6/1/67; Saby Nehama Local 22 staffer recently returned from trip to South America where, as representative of American Institute for Free Labor Development, he joined in preparation for Garment and Textile Workers' Federation Convention, with Jorge Machrang - General Secretary, Uruguay Textile Union, Ruben Rotondaro - AIFLD program coordinator Argentina, E Romenelly - President, Uruguay Textile Union, Jaun C. Loholaberry General Secretary Argentina Textile Union, Jesse Friedman - AIFLD Regional Director, Charles Wheeler - AIFLD Program Director, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9/8/69; A number of ILGers attended the second annual banquet of the National Association for Puerto Rickan Civil Rights at Hotel Commodore highlighted by presentation of an award to Director Cesar Chaves of the United Farm Workers, with Dressmakers Local 22 members Louise Delgado, Iliad Irizarry, Louise Lescano, Francis Lescano, Manuel Gonzalez, Director of Local's Spanish Department and his wife Helen. Saby Nehama, Gonzalez' predecessor and his wife, Celia, also Louie Rodriguez and Louie Escobar of Local 23 and Roy Pizarro Martinez of Local 99, New York, 1/1/71

Dates

  • 1900-1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Yiddish

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Extent

12 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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