Chinatown (Brooklyn), Metropolitan Fashion Center of Greater New York, 1989-1990

File — Box: 8, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents

See also Coalition against Anti-Asian Violence 1988 Project proposals: “New Chinese Apparel Marketplace 1989: A New Beginning for the Chinese Apparel Industry,” in English and Chinese; “Metropolitan Fashion Center of Greater New York: A Project for the Apparel Industry for the 1990s: A Brief Description – Background and Economic Benefits,” June 1989; newsletter of the Garment Industry Development Corporation, GIDC News, with cover story, “GIDC Sets Up Training Program for New Brooklyn Consortium,” Winter 1990; flyer for skills training classes by Metropolitan Fashion Center, touting center as worker-friendly; press releases, December 13 and 14, 1990: from GIDC announcing skills training project with Metropolitan Fashion Center; from ILGWU Local 23-25, “Metropolitan Fashion Center to Open, ILGWU Helps Chinatown Garment Industry Expand,” in English and Chinese; from Office of the Mayor, in English and Chinese; from Greater Blouse, Skirt & Undergarment Ass’n., Inc., in English and Chinese; from the Continental Garment Manufacturers Ass’n of Greater New York, Inc., in English and Chinese; from Juki America, Inc., “Juki Contributes High Technology to the Metropolitan Fashion Center”; letter from Metropolitan Fashion Center reporting on progress of planning, in English and Chinese, n.d.

Dates

1989-1990

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.