Williamsburg Organizing: Domsey, 1990

File — Box: 12, Folder: 21

Scope and Contents

Fact sheets, Campaign for Justice in Brooklyn; newspaper clippings, Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, New York Times, Women’s Wear Daily, Amsterdam News, The Tablet, Craine’s New York Business; correspondence with National Council of Young Israel; notes from meeting with rabbi, Young Israel Congregation; letter from Mazur to congressman Major Owens requesting intervention with NLRB to expedite election; letter from Rep. Owens to Department of Labor requesting investigation of labor law violations by Domsey Trading Company; letter to judge from Domsey attorney requesting injunction to further limit number of picketers due to anti-Semitic remarks by picketers; letter from ILG attorney re racist provocations by Domsey management; letter to NYC Human Rights Commission by Jewish community activist attesting to Domsey management remarks to picketers; correspondence between congressman Stephan Solarsz, ILG, and Domsey management; affidavit by strikers re harassment on picket line; WTA ad in Greenline, North Brooklyn Community News; letter from Mazur to NYPD commissioner re firebombing of home of Domsey employee, summons to Domsey manager to appear before criminal court for harassment, order of protection by employee against Domsey manager, deposition by Domsey employee re harassment; article reprints, “Economic Affairs,” from Justice and Judaism, Albert Vosspan and Rabbi Eugene Lipman, 1959, and “Labor – Rights and Responsibilities.” from Issues of Conscience: The Way of the Upright, A Jewish View of Economic Justice, by Rabbi Richard Hirsch, 1973

Dates

1990

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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