ILGWU, Legal Department, 1986-1994

File — Box: 2, Folder: 20

Scope and Contents

Memo re new tax rules, March 2, 1988; lobbyist annual report, Jan. 4, 1988; memo re union fees paid by nonmembers; memo re indictment against owner of garment manufacturer, Joseph Lam, for tax fraud and failure to contribute to union benefit fund, June 22, 1987; memo re federal investigation of Teamsters for alleged connections with organized crime, June 15, 1987; letter from general counsel Max Zimny to assistant U.S. attorney disavowing comments by attorney in Leonardi case re abuse of union benefit funds, April 23, 1987; ILGWU press release applauding apprehension and guilty plea by Leonardi, owner of Cinnabar Lane, for concealment of $3.6 million in payments to apparel contractors, February 6, 1987; notice of discrimination complaint filed with NYS Division of Human Rights by union organizer James Patterson, July 25, 1986; transcript of English translation of tape received from French Canadian Gilles Gauthier re internal dispute brought to the Appeals Committee of the General Executive Board, April 23, 1986; memo from ILGWU legal counsel Max Zimny re Chel La Cort case argued before the NLRB re multi-employer bargaining, December 17, 1994, with attached text of decision; memo to Mazur from Skadden, Arps firm representing major women’s clothing manufacturer, asking for information about how best to trace counterfeit clothing, December 14, 1994

Dates

1986-1994

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.