ILGWU, International Relations Department, 1986-1988

File — Box: 2, Folder: 17

Scope and Contents

see also FITITVC; see also ITGLWF Memo from ILGWU International Relations Department director Michele Briones re meeting of International Rescue Committee re situation in Afghanistan post Soviet defeat, refugee problem, perception of Afghans toward U.S., Nov. 16, 1988; report, “Technological Innovation in Textile and Apparel Industries: Its Impact on Employment and Labor Situation and the Response of Zensen,” by Tsuyoshi Takagi, general secretary, Zensen (Japanese labor organization), September 1988; drafts of resolutions (FITITVC?), “Trade Union & Democracy” and “The International Debt Problem”; copy of the Ditchley Newsletter, Autumn 1988; agenda for meeting to discuss relationship between FITITVC and ITGLWF, August 16, 1988; memo re seminar in Mexico re worker education, Aug. 2, 1988; memo re Canadian affiliation; memos and text of cable message supporting striking textile and garment workers in Mauritius, July 1988; memo re meeting with British Labour Party delegation, May 20, 1988; press release by the American Institute for Free Labor development re Nicaraguan labor unions, Feb. 1988; draft of Mazur speech before South African consulate calling for sanctions against government crackdown on Congress of South African Trade Unions, March 3, 1988; letter to TWARO (Japanese labor organization) updating on organizing activities in Pakistan, Malaysia, Feb. 23, 1988; mailgrams to Chilean president Pinochet condemning arrest of labor activist Manuel Bustos, urging restoration of trade union and human rights, Feb. 17, 1988 and Jan. 15, 1986, with letter to ITGLWF affiliates calling for solidarity activities; letter from Egyptian textile union president asking to send delegation, with cover memo from ILGWU director Briones to Mazur, Feb. 8, 1988; memo from Briones re trip to Panama Women’s Conference, Jan. 13, 1988; invitation to AFL-CIO Conference on International Labor Solidarity, with agenda, Nov. 7, 1986; schedule for visit of general secretary of Nigerian Textile & Garment Workers Union, Jan. 16, 1986; translation of statement to the French press by Force Ouvriere re assistance by U.S. trade unions, Jan. 13, 1986; lists of expenses for department for 1985

Dates

1986-1988

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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