Williamsburg Organizing: Campaign Outreach, 1990-1992

File — Box: 12, Folder: 19

Scope and Contents

Press releases from NYS Department of Labor re labor law violations, esp. homework, 1987-90; lists of members, Citizens’ Committee for Justice in Brooklyn; letters urging support, with list of recipients (labor leaders, clergy, elected officials, community leaders), 1/90; press release from ILG Western States Region re legislation introduced by California assemblyman Tom Hayden holding garment retailers jointly liable with manufacturers for labor law violations, 3/2/90; letter from ILG president Mazur to Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes re criminal case against Three Sisters Sportswear, 1/24/90; letter from Mazur to Daily News praising coverage of working conditions, 1/24/90; letter to congressman Stephen Solarz’s office from ILG (Melman), 1/19/90; letter from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman to members of Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union in support of campaign, with note from Sheinkman to Mazur that 2,000 letters had been sent; letter from Sonny Hall, president of Transport Workers’ Union, to members in support; ILG memo re possibilities for church-union partnership, list of clergy; draft letter by New York City Labor Religion Coalition to ILG vice president Susan Cowell

Dates

1990-1992

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.