ILGWU, Local 23-25, 1986-1988

See also ILGWU – Negotiations – Local 23-25 1985; see also ILGWU Major Market Negotiations 1994; see also Chinatown Letter from Mazur to Edgar Romney, manager of Local 23-25, with handwritten note thanking local for “great,” “outstanding” contribution to 1988 campaign committee, December 28, 1988; letter to Mazur listing ACTWU jobbers giving work to Chinatown contractors, November 7, 1988; copies of checks, vouchers, and invoices; letter from Edgar Romney to members re status of negotiations, calling management proposals “outrageous,” April 18, 1988; meeting notices for Major Market Negotiations Strike Task Force and Metro Organizing Committee, May 6, 1988; letter to Mazur from Edgar Romney re major conflicts with the A. Philip Randolph Institute about the executive composition of the newly established Bayard Rustin Fund; correspondence between Edgar Romney and the president of Carmelton Sportswear, Inc., re intention to outsource one-third of production to non-union shops in order to keep prices competitive and retain Sears as a client, September 23 and October 31, 1987; memo re free pre-natal health education available from the March of Dimes, based on program started by Local 23-25, August 18, 1987; Complaint of Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers Union, Local 23-25, against American Thunder Ltd. For failing to pay into benefit funds, March 23, 1987; letter to Mazur from Romney re non-union jobber Walnut Sportswear, relationship with ACTWU, and agreement reached, March 11, 1987; subpoena to Local 23-25 for information about business agents from 1982 through 1986; legal brief against jobber Cinnabar Lane (Armand Leonardi) charging failure to make payments to Local 23-25 benefit fund, creation of shell corporations to defraud union, February 5, 1987; press release re guilty plea by Leonardi, industry-wide investigation into tax and labor violations of NYC garment manufacturers; letter from Gus Tyler commending member of Local 23-25 for union-building children’s event, January 5, 1987; urgent letter from Mazur to Romney requesting meeting re impending lift on ban against industrial homework, August 1, 1986; letter to Mazur from Romney requesting $250 contribution to candidate for Civil Court Judge, August 4, 1986; letter to Mazur from member of 23-25 congratulating him on promotion to presidency of the union, noting that he designed a banner in honor of the occasion for Chinatown English class; letter to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny from attorney re questions to be discussed at meeting with Justice Department Antitrust Division lawyer re various provisions of union-employer agreements with contractors and jobbers, June 16, 1986; report to Romney from director of the Management Engineering Department re inspection of floor set-up of L.C. Garment Manufacturing, May 8, 1986; letter from the deputy inspector general of the U.S. Department of Labor to the editor of Centre Daily News correcting misquote implying that ILGWU was guilty of bribery, with cover letter to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, and cover letter from Zimny to Edgar Romney noting plan to demand retraction, February 3, 1986; press release to Chinatown press from Local 23-25 denying accusations by owner of Graceful Sportswear, asserting that union staff were attacked by owner, February 6, 1986; correspondence between ILGWU president Sol Chaikin, Edgar Romney, the executive vice president of Inter Pacific Tours International, and a retired member of Local 22 re member’s dissatisfaction with local’s tour of China, January-February 1986; memorandum of agreement between Local 10, Local 23-25, and the National Association of Blouse Manufacturers, with cover letter from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny to Edgar Romney, January 28, 1986; letter to Chaikin from Edgar Romney re hardship caused by sharp cuts in benefit funds, need to restore some, noting improved financial situation, with attached financial statement, January 22, 1986; financial statement, comparing 1985 with 1983; special event permit application, City of New York Parks & Recreation for concert/picnic in Chinatown, July 27, 1986