Homework--Steve Pollack (Shea and Gardner), 1988

File — Box: 12, Folder: 14

Scope and Contents

See also Speeches – Homework Draft of new rules proposed by Department of Labor lifting ban on homework, with attached draft ILGWU press release denouncing move, March 24, 1988; Federal Register Department of Labor proposed rule, March 30; Notice of Proposed Rule Making re difference between new Dept. of Labor proposal and 1986 proposal, on Shea & Gardner stationery, March 31; press release, “ILGWU Head Assails Administration on Move to Legalize Industrial Homework,” March 25; press release, “Firefighters Salute Victims of Triangle Disaster as ILGWU Leader Blasts Reagan Administration for ‘Supporting Sweatshop Conditions’ in Decision to Allow Industrial Homework,” March 25; article by Gus Tyler, “Reagan’s Secret War Against the Working Poor,” with attached cover note from Tyler to Mazur; questions and answers developed for Mazur re industrial homework, n.d.; profile of homework investigations, FY 1987, by industry; letter from Mazur to Labor Secretary Ann McLaughlin protesting failure of department to give opportunity to review and comment on lifting ban, March 28; letters to U.S. Department of Labor from NYS Department of Labor commenting on proposed rulemaking, describing unenforceability of wage and other fair labor standards, urging retention of ban, with cover letter to Mazur, May 12; Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report, “ILGWU Seeks Probe of FLSA [Fair Labor Standards Act] Enforcement,” March 31; newspaper clippings re industrial homework, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, May 20, 1988; other clippings; handwritten notes by Mazur

Dates

1988

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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