Homework, 1984-1987

File — Box: 12, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents

Letter from ILGWU president Sol Chaikin to Secretary of Labor William Brock, re need for enforcement of homework ban on knitted outerwear, March 1986; draft of proposed rule allowing homework, with memo to Mazur re complaint against Bordeau, Inc., Clarinda, Iowa, and resulting effort by Iowa congressman Jim Lightfoot to change the rules, July 3, 1986; strictly confidential memo to Mazur and Chaikin from ILGWU counsel Max Zimny reporting on meeting with Wage and Hour Administration re its plans to lift homework ban, June 17, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU attorneys Shea & Gardner reporting on meeting with Labor Secretary Brock re plans to lift homework ban, July 11, 1986; Shea & Gardner talking points for meeting with Secretary Brock, July 9, 1986; Shea & Gardner timeline of key dates in homework ban since 1943, July 6, 1986; statement by ILGWU in Opposition to the Removal of Restrictions on Industrial Homework in the Knitted Outerwear Industry, before the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division, May 11, 1984; drafts of Mazur’s article, “Homework: Return to the Industrial Dark Ages”; draft of homework press release by Mazur, August 1986; National NOW Times article by ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, “The Case Against Industrial Homework,” April 1987; speech outline/notes re homework, freedom to work, n.d.; handwritten notes by Mazur (and Chaikin?); newspaper clippings

Dates

1984-1987

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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