Massachusetts: Needle Trades Action Project, 1983-1992

Revised draft report and executive summary of the Blueprint 2000 Employment Committee, "The Challenge of Prosperity," prepared by Barry Bluestone, professor of political economy, U. Mass., July 25, 1988, with cover letter from Lt. Governor's office to advisory committee members; research proposal by Ellen I. Rosen, Radcliffe College, submitted to Needle Trades Action Project, "Labor Shortages in the Needle Trades," 1988, with cover letter to ILGWU exec. asst James Parrott from Carl Proper; report of visit to the Gemini Manufacturing plant by Prof. Rosen re work process issues, with photos (originals in Kheel holdings), February 8, 1989; report, "Joint Marketing Opportunities for Fall River Contractors," submitted by the Industrial Cooperative Association to the Needle Trades Action Project Marketing Committee, August 27, 1987; printed report, "Jobs, Justice, and Miracles: Toward a Commonwealth in Massachusetts in 1990," by the Massachusetts Campaign for Jobs and Justice, supported by Massachusetts AFL-CIO, June 1989; paper by Michael H. Best, economics professor at University of Massachusetts at Amherst; paper presented at Centro Studi Economici, Milan, Feb. 6-7, 1987, "Industrial Policy and Employment Creation by City and State Governments: The Greater London Enterprise Board and Quasi-Publics in the State of Massachusetts"; unpublished paper, " Strategic Planning and Industrial Policy by Local Enterprise Boards"; publications by Department of Employment and Training: "Employment Review, January 1992, and "Employment 2000: Massachusetts Employment Projections by Occupation," July 1989; Manual for Implementing a Shared-Time Engineering Program (STEP), September 1980 through September 1983, New England Apparel Manufacturers' Association, Fall River, Massachusetts, November 1983, U.S. Department of Commerce