Homework, 1986

File — Box: 12, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents

Copies of “Homework: A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No Protections,” reprinted from the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2, 1986; written comments by homeworkers, factory owners, and others, and other documentation, including help-wanted ads, “Illegal Homework Advertized Blatantly in Newspapers,” submitted to hearings by House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Labor Standards; statement by Mazur before committee, September 16; statement by ACTWU secretary-treasurer Jack Sheinkman; statement by Leonard Gilberg, executive director of Fashion Apparel Manufacturers Association; prepared statement by homeworkers; opening statement by committee chairman Austin Murphy; ILGWU fact sheet on homework

Dates

1986

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.