Democratic National Convention--Primary Debate Selection, 1988

File — Box: 9, Folder: 39

Scope and Contents

Lists showing status of potential ILGWU Democratic Convention Delegates as of January 26, 1988, as of February 23, 1988, and as of December 10, 1987; memo to Mazur re DNC delegate selection rules, including specific quotas for minorities and women, and difficulty of Mazur himself becoming a delegate because he is a white male, May 1, 1987; memo from local 23-25 manager-secretary Edgar Romney to members urging political participation in order to reverse Reagan anti-labor policies (in English and Chinese), March 30, 1988; memo from ILGWU exec asst Susan Cowell to Coro Foundation about issues poll of union members, c. 1987, with attached Newsday newspaper clipping re divisions within labor over foreign policy; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re ILGWU delegate selection process, suggests involving retirees, March 4, 1987, with attached text of press conference by ALF-CIO president Lane Kirkland re candidate interview and endorsement process; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re strategic criteria for primary endorsement, March 1, 1987; draft of AFL-CIO written questions to be submitted to presidential candidates, March 4, 1987, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, and cover memo from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue; responses of candidates to questions, with highlighted comments on trade, printed in AFL-CIO Federationist, May 9, 1987; transcript of responses to video question; letter to Mazur from Al Gore, soliciting support, April 7, 1988; schedule of key events of the 1988 presidential election; letter to Mazur from Jesse Jackson delegate Ed Vargas, local 23-25, thanking him for support, May 6, 1988; handwritten notes by Mazur

Dates

1988

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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