Council for American Fashion (CAF), 1993-1994

File — Box: 9, Folder: 23

Scope and Contents

see also NYS Department of Economic Development see also NYC Office of Business Development Labor-management committee to promote industry cooperation, modernization, image; first called Fashion Industries Economic Development Council. Letter from Mazur to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich in support of CAF application for an Employment and Training Administration JTPA “Learning Consortia Project” grant to strengthen job retention at the plant floor level, May 11, 1994; employer survey of ILGWU firms re age and ethnicity of principals and workforce, relationship of contractors with jobbers, etc.; cover letter sent to elected officials that accompanied brochure re CAF, list of recipients, May 24, 1993; memo to Mazur from CAF director Carl Proper, summarizing “overly optimistic” NYC job creation report for apparel industry, written by exec asst James Parrott for Mayor Dinkins’s “Job Creation Program,” September 8, 1993; memo to Mazur from Proper re uses for Cupid Modular Manufacturing video, including PBS special on labor’s role in modernizing the apparel industry, March 11, 1993; memo to Mazur from Carl proper re discussion points for upcoming meeting with FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) President Allan Hirshfield re developing cooperative partnerships, incubator, March 5, 1993; letter from Mazur to Hirshfield suggesting collaboration between ILGWU retirees and FIT in mending clothing for homeless and psychiatric patients, February 12, 1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield supporting Mazur proposal to establish a technology extension service (NY-FAME), with attached proposal for a Center of Apparel Science and Technology between FIT and Cornell University, February 24, 1993; memo to Mazur from Proper re New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) receipt of a federal economic development grant for apparel manufacturing apparel industry, February 9, 1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield re FIT’s plans t go forward with incubator for FIT students, graduates, and other to start their own businesses, with attached description, January 21, 1993; speech by Mazur at NY Labor Commissioner’s Awards Luncheon, September 23, 1993

Dates

1993-1994

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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