Southeast Region

Includes: ILGers distributing leaflets outside Rich's Department Store in Atlanta, GA; Higher Department Store in Cleveland, R.H. Stearns in Boston and Hess' Department Store in Allentown, PA- 4/15/62; Jerry Levine, Al Gross, President B.O. Young, Mayor William B. Hartsfield sign proclamations that make September 4-10 Union Label Week in Atlanta- 9/1/62; Southeast Region Business Agent Benny Dansavage and Arthur Mason and Ike York lead workers in strike against Oneita Knit in Andrews, South Carolina- 8/1/63; Miami Local 415 demonstrate- 8/15/63; ILGers and South Carolina state labor leaders are outside governor's office to talk to him about strike on Oneita Knit with Nick Bonanno, E.T. Kirkland- state AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, Wayne Dernacourt- TWVA representative, Mac Rose, AFL-CIO COPE representative, Leroy Crane- president Local 371, Sinway Young- president state AFL-CIO, Mary Cameron- Local 371 business agent, Hazel McLaurin- chairlady, Hazel Brantley, Peggy Swails, Louise Wheeler, Mary Altman, Vincent Payne, and Judy Ackerman- 9/1/63; strikers at Oneita Knitting Mills in Andrews South Carolina hold strike pay checks- 1/15/64; Local 371 executive board members with business agent Mary Cameron and organizer Horace Boan- 3/15/64; installation of newly elected officers area locals in Columbia, SC with Mary Cameron- business agent, Martin Morand- regional director, Sinway Young and E.T. Kirkland- 5/1/564; worker asks Local 378 president Maruella Shoddy for another leaflet to hand out outside G.C. plant in Town Creek, AL- 7/15/65; ILGers conduct intensive telephone campaign for Tobacco Worker's Union- 6/15/65; ILGers in NY picket Alba-Waldensian, Inc. at Empire State Building; picket woman and three children outside Kayser-Roth-Local 457-6/15/59; ILGer Bonnie Justice of Greenville, SC holds up ILGWU publication at Southeast Regional Conference in Atlanta, GA- 10/1/65; Randi Roberto workers Algeria Vasquez and Evis Ramirez initiate picket- 10/1/65; Executive Board members of Southeast Local 534 of Lake City, South Carolina celebrate birthdays of Era Strokes- chairlady and Mary Cameron- South Carolina director- 11/1/65; contract terms are spelled out for employees of Brookfield Mills of Sanford, FL by Bill Krost- business agent, Alix Scheinman- firm's general manager, Rosa Holloway- member of negotiation committee, George Castelli- shop manager, Helen Kailin and Rose Clark- chairlady and Dorothy Brown, and Robert Gladnick- Miami manager- 11/15/65; members who helped organize the Cherokee Plant- Clayton Fox, Jean Moser, Hellen Webb, Johnnie Helms, Pearl Prince, David Russell and Bill Moore- 12/15/65; a motorcade in Madisonville, TN to mobilize Cherokee sportswear- 12/15/65