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Mazur Correspondence, received February-May, 1987

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 11

Scope and Contents

Invitations to events; memo to Mazur from ILGWU Welfare Fund Control Department re unrelated NY firms Jet Styles and Accessories by Jet, May 15, 1997; letter from retired member inquiring about life insurance benefits, April 29; letter to Mazur from president of Alliance to Revitalize Center-City Hazelton, Inc. (ARCH) re concerns that Hazelton ILGWU office would be closed, April 19; similar letters from Hazelton Typographical Union No. 401 and others urging Hazelton office remain open; letter from triathlete proposing sponsorship, April 26; memo from Local 102 (Cloak & Dress drivers’ & Helpers Union) recommending updating allowances for eyeglass benefit, April 23; master agreement monthly report, including settlements for outstanding bills with Calvin Klein Jeans and Bobbie Brooks, April 30; request to Mazur to appoint representative to Labor Committee on the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, April 30; memos re member assistance program for workers displaced by plant closings; memo to Mazur from Jack Sheinkman re ILGWU activity at Sanyo American from ACTWU Rochester Joint Board, April 30; letter to Mazur from the Hispanic Labor Committee, an advisory committee to the NYC Central Labor Council AFL-CIO, inviting him to come on a study tour to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, March 16; letter to Mazur from the manager of the Connecticut District Council re position of Dress Holiday Fund that workers of the Leila Dress Company (Waterbury) are not entitled to holiday pay after the shop goes out of business, April 7; call to national conference of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, March 16; summary of task force meeting on Union Privilege Benefit Programs, January14; memo asking Mazur to assign someone to write a rebuttal against protectionism appearing in L.A. Times; letter to Mazur from Scott Delin, president of Peek-a-Boo Styles, proposing Employee Ownership Assistance Program, March 13; letter to Mazur re transferring Coat & Suit Designers’ division of Local 66-40 to Cutters’ Local 10, March 10; list of field staff and contract negotiation activities at various firms, other activities, for New York State District, February 25; agenda and proposed conclusions for ICFTU conference, February 20; financial report to Mazur from Irwin Solomon, noting terrible operating losses in 1986, February 24; letter to Mazur from David K. Morris of Bellbrook, OH, re organizing opportunity at a major clothing manufacturer, with handwritten notation by Mazur to call director of organizing Joe Danahy, February 23; letter to Mazur from ACTWU secretary-treasurer Jack Sheinkman re $100,000 grant to South African trade unionists, February 23; memo to Mazur re ways to approach members, retired and active, to solicit contributions to the ILGWU political Campaign Committee, February 2; letter to Mazur from legal services organization re workers at Continental Handkerchief Co., Camuy, Puerto Rico, who were told the factory would close, asking whether they were entitled to compensation from employer or union, February 3

Dates

  • 1987

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.

Extent

39 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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