ILGWU, Organization and Field Services, 1984-1987
Scope and Contents
“AFL-CIO Organizing Survey, 1986-87 NLRB Elections”; “Using Health and Safety in Organizing”; testimony by Dept. of Field Services director Joseph Danahy before the General Industry Minimum Wage Board, New York City, November 12, 1985; memos re status of organizing activities at Leaseways Distribution Center, Brea, CA, April 29, 1987; at New Bedford Apparel, MA, April 7, 1987; at Winnipeg Leather in Manitoba, Canada, March 5, 1987; at Haymons wedding gown manufacturer in Union City, NJ, February 25, 1987; at Stepping Stone Mfg. Co., Chester, SC, December 19, 1986; report on an organizing training institute by a Chicago-area Chinese American participant, January 2, 1986; letter from training participant praising experience, August 14, 1987; five-page letter of resignation from organizer Rand Wilson, reviewing status of organizing work among 15 companies in the printed circuitry industry in Nashua and Lowell, MA, December 11, 1987; letter from International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers re discontinuation of organizing activities at Union Underwear in Campbellsville, Kentucky, October 30, 1987; letter from National Labor Relations Board to AGF Sportswear and Liberty House Trading, New York, re posting notice, October 21, 1987; memo re Calvin Klein Company’s new warehouse in Wayne, NJ, plans for second one in Mahwah, November 6, 1986; memo proposing salary increases for organizers, June 11, 1986; list of organizers, dates of hire, and salaries as of June 10, 1987; notes by Mazur for National Organization Director’s Meeting, Unity House, June 24, 1984; memo from Joe Danahy re COHOP merger with “Dues File,” May 30, 1984; memo from Milton Spitz re dues status of several locals, January 14, 1985
Dates
- 1984-1987
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Extent
39 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853