Sweatshops, 1995

File — Box: 21, Folder: 7

Scope and Contents

Press release announcing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU to take on sweatshops and forge new international strategies, February 20; bullet points re legislation to enhance anti-sweatshop enforcement in NYS apparel industry; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec vp Susan Cowell re NYS sweatshop legislation, January 19; analysis of New York Times article of February 6, describing sweatshops throughout NYC; letter from Mazur to Eli Elias, president of the New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, asking for united labor-industry support for legislation enhancing enforcement against sweatshops, January 23; letter from concerned citizens of Chinatown to firefighters, ILGWU, senators, asking for investigation of sweatshops, March 29; letter to Mazur from Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, praising ILGWU ad in New York Times against sweatshops, with attached letter from clothing retailer GAP, September 14; Coalition of Labor Union Women memo, October 8, with attached information packet including press release, “Secretary Reich Announces Results of Labor Department’s Sweep of New York Garment Industry Sweatshops,” November 30, fact sheet on the NYC Garment Sweatshop Initiative, list of co-sponsors of Stop Sweatshop Act of 1997, “Dear Colleague” letter from Reps. William Clay and Nydia Velazquez urging support of act, sample letter to Guess, calling for elimination of sweatshops; resolutions submitted by UNITE to AFL-CIO Convention, on sweatshops and other issues, October 1995; remarks by Mazur at sweatshop rally, October 26; memo from Mazur to UNITE vice presidents re anti-sweatshop campaign, November 10; report to Mazur by UNITE legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re press conference by Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on his anti-sweatshop campaign, December 5; newspaper clippings

Dates

1995

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.