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Local 32

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents

Includes: VP Julio Ramirez, manager of New York Local 32, reports at a chairladies meeting, 10/11/74, VP Julio Ramirez, Manager of local 32, presents demands for new corset and brassiere agreement to representatives of the employers' association, at opening of negotiations, with Executive VP Wilbur Daniels, 10/1/74; Local 32 member in chilly spring weather on picketline at Character Foundations plant in New York City, 4/15/75; VP Julio Ramirez, manager of New York Local 32, presents check for holiday backpay to some members who work at Lido Foundations, 10/1/75; Workers at Bestform plant went out on strike in support of 800 Bestform workers in Johnstown, PA, Long Island City, 2/10/75; Executive VP Wilbur Daniels and VP Julio Ramirez, Manager of New York Local 32, shake hands as Ramirez commends Daniels for his major contributions to renewal of Local 32 agreement, 1/1/75; Members of New York Local 32 hear VP Julio Ramirez, manager of the Corset and Brassier Workers' Local, discuss terms of their new agreement, with Executive VP Wilbur Daniels, and Assistant Manager Seymour Simmons of Local 32, 1/1/76; Christmas comes early for workers of Lilyette Brassier Co., who are shown in New York Local 32 office receiving checks for damages awarded on the basis of lack of full employment at the shop, VP Julio Ramirez, '32' Manager greets worker Florence Zammetti, with Business Agent Larry Birch, Robert Harper, office manager, and Assistant Manager Seymour Simmons, 11/1/5/75; President Sol C, Chaikin speaking to New York Local 32 chairladies, with VP Julio Ramirez, manager Local 32, Chairlady Anna Danna of the '32' Executive Board, and '32' Assistant Manager - Seymour Simmons, 10/1/75; At the first of his political discourses at major shops, Vice President Julius Ramirez, Manager of New York Local 32, discusses the issues with workers at Marcus and Wiesen and urges them to vote for Carter-Mondale ticket, with Asst. Manager Seymour Simmons of Corset-Brassiere Local, 10/15/76; Chairladies and other representatives of New York Local 32 members give a $2,461 check from members' contributions to aid victims of the recent Guatemala earthquake, with Alice Clemmer of Milady, Business Agents Mike Cuervas and Sophie Bueno, Gilbert Cawley, public relations representative and Father Terrence J. Mulkerin, Assistant Regional Director, both of Catholic Relief Services which received the check for distribution to Guatemala, VP Julius Ramirez, Manager of Local 32, Assistant Manager Seymour Simmons, Rafeala Fernandez of Figure Flattery, Erna Trayan of Vanity, and Marion Sumpter of True Balance, 4/15/76; VP Julius Ramirez speaks at the annual dinner-dance of the Spanish Labor Committee at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, with Local 144 VP Frank Perez, President Henry Van Arsdale of New York Central Labor Council, Manager Manuel Gonzalez at Dressmakers Local 22 - committee treasurer, Mrs. Ramirez, President Sol C. Chaikin and Jose R. Enzo - Special representative of Mayor Beame, 1/1/77; VP Julius Ramirez manager of New York Local 32, addresses members before he and others in his administration were re-elected by acclamation at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, with Assistant Manager Seymour Simmons of the Corset and Brassiere Workers' Local 32, presents $600 check, representing double paternity benefit to Archer family for birth of twins Tischa and Kischa, parents are Teresa and Jeffrey, a Local 32 member who works at Figure Flattery, 4/15/77

Dates

  • 1900-1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Yiddish

Conditions Governing Access

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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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