Health and Safety Department, 1983-1991

"Safety and Health in the Garment Industry," description of activities and structure of the department; "Health and Safety Hazards in the Garment Industry," prepared by department; newsletter, Update Health & Safety, Dec. 1987- Jan 1988; brochure, "Is Your Job Making You Sick?" with cover letter by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), July 1988; "Using Health & Safety in Organizing," summary of two ILG organizing campaigns; research papers: "Motion-related wrist disorders traced to industries, occupational groups," by Roger C. Jensen, Bruce P. Klein, and Lee Sanderson, Monthly Labor Review, September 1983, "Understanding Statistics on occupational illness," by Harvey J. Hilaski, and "The job safety law of 1970: its passage was perilous," by Judson MacLaury, March 1981; testimony of health & safety director to county legislature in support of protection for video display terminal (VDT/computer) operators; AFL-CIO Right to Know Teleconference agenda, April 23-24, 1987; flyer re video, "A Price for Every Progress: The Health Hazards of VDTs," Labor Institute; "Women Workers: Hazards on the Job," from AFL-CIO American Federationist, August 1978; "Information Access: Health & Safety Documents You Have a Right to Under the Law," by department, n.d.; contract between department and NYS Dept. of Labor, July 1, 1988, to create an ergonomically redesigned "model shop" and conduct conferences and training sessions in English, Spanish, and Chinese; memos and press releases from U.S. Department of Labor re new OSHA proposals for formaldehyde, 1991; newspaper clippings, 1988-91