Local 40

Includes: Henry Schwartz, manager of New York Belt makers' Local 40, died, 7/1/72; Following Gerald Grossman's election as new Local 10 Manager, Belt makers; Local 40 elected Richard Sanfilippo as new Manager and Robert Brown as assistant Manager, with Sol Sussman, Secretary to Executive Board, and Angelo Cicatto, local chairman, no date; Members of New York Belt makers' Local 40 are given a change of scene during a recent picnic at Rockland County, New York, 8/1/74; Manager Gerald Grossman of New York Belt makers' Local 40 congratulates Chairlady Alice Sereo as she turns in a 100 percent voluntary contributions collected from workers at Charles Belt for the ILGWU Company Committee Fund, with Business Agent Morris Fishbein, 9/1/74; Organizer Robert Brown releases with S. Kopel workers after ratification of first Local 40 agreement at the Belt shop in Brooklyn, 12/15/74; Members of New York Local 40 receive from Business Agent Sol Goldberg their checks for a 2 percent vacation benefit, 1/15/75; Polyform Plastics workers await physical exam at Union Health Center, 3/15/75; Local 40 manager Gerald Grossman submits for approval demands the union will be seeking in current negotiations with ladies' belt employer, 4/15/76; Local 40 manager Gerald Grossman explains terms of new agreements in men's and ladies' belt shops to membership meeting, with Local Chairman Angelo Ciccatto and Sol Sussman, secretary to Executive Board, 6/15/76; Manager Richard Sanfilippo of NY Belt makers Local 40, receives award from Kurt Lewin of Deborah and Edgar Bergman, director of Belt Industry Committee for the hospital, at fund-raising dinner, no date; Workers at FDR Industries, a belt shop in lower Manhattan, picket to protest employer's unfair labor practices, 2/15/77; Local 40 members approve resolution at recent nominating meeting to elect candidates by acclamation, with Manager Richard Sanfilippo, 2/15/77; ILGWU Assistant President Gus Tyler chats with Local 40 members following his presentation at Ramapo College seminar on multinational corporations with Clark Everling of the college's Labor Studies Program which held the seminar, Local 40 Manager Richard Sanfilippo, Education Director Delroy Scott, Business Agent Lucy Rodriguez, Nancy Scott, Morse Colon, Violet Granum and Sarah Randall, 5/1/77