Labor Law Reform, 1992

File — Box: 15, Folder: 15

Scope and Contents

Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the president of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, urging that labor speak with one voice in advocating for reforms under the new Clinton administration, warning against claiming a mandate, acting too quickly, instead establishing nonpartisan commission of labor, management, and the public to study possible changes in labor law, December 8, 1992; memo to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny in advance of his chairing AFL-CIO panel on Labor Law Reform, outlining critical issues requiring legislative action, need to strengthen NLRA’s remedies, expedite procedures, October 12, 1992; text of Mazur address to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department Panel on Labor Law, “Restoring the Historic Balance,” November 13, 1992; memo to Mazur reporting on meetings attended at AFL-CIO forums re labor law reform, noting specific legislative priorities, November 6, 1992; memo from Richard Trumka, president, United Mine Workers, re his appointment to chair AFL-CIO ad hoc Committee on Labor Law Reform and Organizing, noting strike replacement, legislative changes in NLRA and NLRB, highest priorities, asking for suggestions from affiliates, November 16, 1992; faxed memo from ILGWU Legal Dept. to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department proposing labor law reforms, December 11; list of members of ad hoc Committee on Organizing and Labor Law reform; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow reporting on meeting of ad hoc committee, December 9, with agenda; Administrative Changes in the NLRB Proposed by the National Organizing NLRB Subcommittee of the AFL-CIO, February 24, 1992; Summary of Proposals Made by the AFL-CIO’s Subcommittee on the NLRB, December 7, 1992; text of remarks by Prof. Ray Marshall of the University of Texas at Austin, former Secretary of Labor, re areas that need strengthening in the National Labor Relations Act

Dates

1992

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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