Proposals, Planning, 1989-1990

Operated as an independent entity for a time until it was taken over by CAF. Letters and memos from ILGWU officials to consultant Participative Systems; steering committee agendas, lists of attendees, letter inviting ILG exec. asst. Parrott to first meeting; 7-page press release, "Gov. Casey Announces New Program to Assist Manufacturers," August 8, 1989, re Manufacturing Innovation Networks (MAIN); press release, "Gov. Casey Says Manufacturing is Resurging in Pennsylvania," Sept. 16, 1989; Request for Proposals (RFP) by Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry; Confidential Proposal for Apparel and Textile Development Plan Initiative, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, submitted by Atlantic Apparel Contractors' Association in response to RFP, June 1, 1989, with attached letters of endorsement; Proposal for Second-Year Funding, July 17, 1990; Proposal for Pennsylvania Women's Apparel Labor-Management Committee, submitted by ILGWU, July 1990; Proposal to Establish Employee Training Programs for Selected Apparel Firms in New York State and New Jersey, by Harry Schwartz, president, GIDC, May 18, 1988, with attached cover memo from ILGWU exec asst. James Parrott, August 8, 1989; memos re factory site visits; typed notes, "Summary of Chuck Sabel Presentation to Lehigh Valley LMC"; paper by Charles Sabel re Manufacturing Innovation Network (MAIN) project with cover memo to MAIN directors from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry, "Studied Trust: Building New Forms of Cooperation in a Volatile Economy," presented to T.E.P. Conference, Cite des Sciences et de L'Industrie, June 24-27, 1990; ILGWU computer printout of firms in area; written notes including list of ILGWU concerns, newspaper clippings