ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE), 1988
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hunter College Development Office soliciting funds to establish the Paul DuBrul Fellowship, December 12, 1988, with cover note to Mazur from director of PACE Ann Hoffman; note from Hoffman re her inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women, December 14, 1988; memo from Hoffman to Sal Giardina re organizing Matawan, NJ, support staff unit, with newspaper clippings, November 3; press release, “Major Campaign Set To Bolster First-Ever VDT Health Safety Law” re information hotline by PACE to assist office workers in learning about rights under the new Suffolk (Long Island, NY) law protecting users of computer monitors (video display terminals), with PACE/ILGWU Health & Safety Department brochure, “Do You Know What the VDT in Your Office Is Doing To You?” October 19; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re establishing the hot line, July 30; urgent memo from Hoffman to Mazur re imminent wildcat strike of Borg Textiles workers in Rossville, GA, (local 550), asking him to call local president, September 29; memos to Mazur from Hoffman re several hiring recommendations (organizers, field directors, interns, and temps); memo to Mazur from Hoffman urging that the union sign on to an amicus brief in the drug testing case before the Supreme Court, June 10; memo to Mazur from Hoffman asking approval for purchase of $2,816 worth of paperclips, buttons, and bumper stickers as giveaway items, with OK notation from Mazur, June 10; memo to Mazur from Hoffman urging him to sign letter to Suffolk County Executive in support of VDT legislation, June 17, 1988; memo passing on suggestion by AFL-CIO National Organizing Committee that ILGWU use actual workers in organizing campaign ads, June 6; draft AFL-CIO National Organizing Committee Proposals for Labor Law Reform Agenda, with cover memo to Mazur from Hoffman noting that it is an alternative to Donahue proposal, June 6; memo to Mazur from Hoffman expressing extreme concern about Tom Donahue’s labor law reform proposal as making unions look weak, suggesting alternatives, May 24; policy paper by Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “Unnecessary Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack of Family and Medical Leave,” with press release, “Lack of Parental Leave Costs $715 Million Annually,” with cover letter to Mazur from Hoffman, April 7; agenda on conference by the AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees on organizing professional, technical, and salaried women, with memo from Hoffman, April 5; memo to Mazur that PACE has opened an office in Barre, Vermont, to facilitate organizing at National Life, February 17; PACE Report to the General Executive Board, February 1988; memo from Hoffman to ILGWU regional directors discussing relationship of PACE to ILGWU, October 23, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur from Hoffman that union obtained ratified agreement covering K Mart Dallas distribution center, February 24, 1988; memo to Mazur from Hoffman that contracts were obtained for three elusive companies, January 7; letter of invitation to Hoffman from People to People International, inviting her to join a delegation to China, with cover memo to Mazur noting that she declined, January 22; booklet re ILGWU benefits; newspaper clippings
Dates
- 1988
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