Local 155
Scope and Contents
Includes: Vice President Sol Greene of Local 155 gives speech on talks of obtaining CORA increase, 7/1/74; Sol Greene and strikers raising hands; W7W workers on picketline during strike called because the firm refused to recognize the local as the union; Impartial Chairman George Mintzer hears case between Local 155 &; United Knitwear Manufacturers League, Sol Greene presented union's case &; Lazare Teper presented economic data, 8/1/74; Dr. Lilly Bruck, Director of Consumer Education for NYC speaks to local 155 leadership institute at Columbia University while Sol Greene stands and looks on, 8/15/74; Organizing Director Norman Lewis hands out leaflets in an organizing effort in Brooklyn, 2/1/75; Sol Greene shakes hand with assistant chairlady Maria Ramos, Elsa Mosquerra, Knitting Department Chairlady is there and Business Agent Israel Camacho looks on, 4/15/75; Union defenders leaflet before work, 5/1/76; At Local 155's annual Christmas party for members children organizer Violeta Putterman hands out gift, 12/15/76; Sol Green posing with newly elected officers, Edward Geltzer was reelected assistant manager standing to right, 2/1/77; Sol Green FIT curriculum with five students, 4/15/77; Member Dorothy Council writes a letter at home to Jimmy Carter, 5/1/77; Banner "In Union There Is Strength, Fair Trade Not Free Trade" in a parade, Oct. 1981
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