General Advisory Council, 1985-1986

Fact sheet describing GAC: created in 1984 by ILG president Sol Chaikin, composed of mid-level ILG officers and directors not members of the General Executive Board; list of GAC members; first and second meeting minutes, February 1, August 26-28, 1985; agendas, handwritten notes, March 1986; meeting minutes, August 19-21, 1986, discussing organizing strategies, need to raise pay for union organizers, need to target new (non-apparel) industries and overseas workers, possibly merge with other unions; printed report, "The Changing Situation of Workers and Their Unions," by AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, February 1985; list of roll call votes on HR 1562, Oct. 10, 1985 and Dec. 3, 1985, and Senate vote, Nov. 13, 1985; 1986 Campaign Strategy Sheet: list of Republican Senators up for re-election, profile of each, including voting record on key issues; AFL-CIO Legislative Alert special report, "The Gramm-Rudman Law: How It Works And Hurts," Feb. 3, 1986