White House, 1993-1995

File — Box: 22, Folder: 39

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Executive and congressional branches: faxed message from White House comparing President Clinton’s budget proposal to Republican congressional proposal, vowing veto, May 19, 1995; Congressional Quarterly list of congressional committees and subcommittees, profiles of new Republican members; letter from Mazur to Labor Secretary Robert Reich, urging continued ban on industrial homework in women’s apparel industry, with attached position paper crafted for ILGWU by Shea & Gardner, May 10, 1993; testimony on the World Trade Organization by Dr. Herman Starobin, research director, ILGWU, before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, June 17, 1994; statement by Evelyn Dubrow, vice president and legislative director, ILGWU, before the Subcommittee on Trade, re trade with China, August 4, 1994; letter to Mazur from Pres. Clinton acknowledging attendance at AFL-CIO convention, stating support for longstanding pro-labor legislation, November 22, 1995; letter to Mzur from Harold Ickes, deputy chief of staff, noting support by Clinton for increase in minimum wage, August 28, 1995; letter to Mazur from Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan re health care reform, status of Health Security Act, December 5, 1994; address by Moynihan to Democratic National Convention, with cover letter to Mazur, December 16, 1994; letters to Mazur from Vice President Al Gore (addressed to “UNITED”), Sen. Dick Gephart, Rep. Pat Schroeder (re opposition to Immigration in the National Interest Act: to limit the number of refuges we admit would be a “crime against humanity”), Rep. Charles Rangel (thanking him for campaign contribution), and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (re itinerant Hong Kong tailors using unfair sales tactics); letters to Mazur from Department of Labor re Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act, August 4, 1994, and rule change by Office of the American Workplace, December 5, 1995; NYS Department of Labor press release, “State Labor Commissioner Sweeney Urges Cooperation of U.S. Labor Secretary Reich: ‘Meet Us Halfway’ in fighting garment sweatshops,” with attached letter, November 1, 1995; letter to U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor from Authur Andersen & Co. supporting NAFTA, October 9, 1995; invitation to joint symposium by Departments of Labor and State, “Forced Labor: The Growing Tragedy of the Prostitution of Children,” September 29, 1995

Dates

1993-1995

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.