Garment Industry Advisory Committee, 1989-1992

Text of 1981 Garment Industry Job Retention Act, establishing the Garment Industry Advisory Committee, with cover letter inviting ILGWU representation on committee; draft annual report, 1990-91; minutes and agenda of meetings, May 2, 1989, December 4, 1990, FebruaryDecember 1991, held at ILGWU headquarters; report of the Subcommittee on Industry Development, Nov. 14, 1991; letter to NYS Labor Commissioner from the chair of the NYS Garment Industry Advisory Committee expressing concern over five vacancies on the Apparel Industry Task Force as well as decreased staffing of the Division of Labor Standards, October 22, 1991; other letters from the committee to the commissioner calling for maintenance of staffing levels, funding for the task force; official letter of complaint from ILGWU of industrial homework against Bronx/Manhattan firm Teammate Fashion/Reflex Accessories/Lending Trimming and intermediary New Light Enterprises with the NYS Dept. of Labor Fair Labor Standards Division, Sept. 7, 1989, and memos in response following 18-month investigation, noting largest fine in history, February-March 1991; newspaper clippings re fine; ILG memo to Mazur re additional further action in union context against industrial homework violators, February 25, 1991; statement of chief labor standards investigator and program administrator, NYS Apparel Industry Task Force, against lifting the ban on industrial homework, March 29, 1989; Status of Memorandum of Understanding between U.S. Dept. of Labor and NYS Dept. of Labor to enhance each agency's ability to enforce labor laws and regulations in the apparel industry, Sept. 19, 1991; press release from NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams's office re criminal prosecution of Brooklyn garment manufacturer for violations of labor law, with personal cover letter from Abrams to ILG present Mazur, May 20, 1991; press releases from NYS Dept. of Labor re expansion of enforcement inspections upstate, fines issued for homework violations, other fines, 1990- 91; statistical report to ILG pres. Mazur re child labor law and other violations, fines, number of investigations and complaints, showing dramatic increases from 1988 to 1990; statistical report, Jan. 1 Aug. 31, 1991; printed Apparel Industry Task Force Report, c. 1989, re sweatshop policing; cover letter and first newsletter by NYS Dept. of Labor, Highlights & Issues, for advisory boards, March 4, 1991; handwritten notes; newspaper clippings