Chinatown, 1988-1994

File — Box: 8, Folder: 12

Scope and Contents

See also ILGWU Local 23-25 “Growth and Development of the Chinatown Garment Industry,” by Jay Mazur, n.d.; Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) Chinatown Garment Industry Bulletin re new capital equipment loan program for contractors, in English and Chinese, January 1986, with attached brochures, one in English, one in Chinese, “Help for the Chinatown Garment Industry”; letter to Mazur from the Chinese American Medical Society re managed care, December 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from manager of Local 23-25 Edgar Romney re meeting with Paul Yee, president of CCBA (business association?), outlining talking points, including history of union’s involvement with Chinatown, January 17, 1991; letter to Mazur from Romney re decision by Local 23-25 to resign from planning committee for 1989 Chinatown Labor Fair, citing hostility of organizers, June 29, 1989; press release from New York Chinatown History Project re exhibition on Chinese American women in the NYC garment industry, September 8, 1989; “From the Chinatown Press,” compilation of English translations of newspaper articles re Graceful Sportswear, Local 23-25, February 1986; New Yorker Reporter at Large article: “Chinatown,” June 10, 1991; Women’s Wear Daily (1993), Newsday profiles (1990) on Chinatown; booklets, in Korean, describing Union Health Center and history of ILGWU, with cover letter from Mazur to Francisco Chang, Department of Organizing and Field Services, Garment Workers Justice Center, NY, May 18, 1994

Dates

1988-1994

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.