Health, Welfare, Retirement Benefits [folder 1 of 8]
Scope and Contents
includes: Jewish Labor Committee, including Pearl Halpern; Antonini presenting the annual contribution to the March of Dimes; Mother receiving maternity benefits from Antonini and Hochman; Dressmakers eligible for retirement being interviewed; Vaccinations and flu shots; Meeting of the Eastern Region Retirement Executive Committee; Group Photo - Welfare Committee; Salvation Army truck with "ILGWU Flood Relief Program" sign, people handing clothing to the Salvation Army Truck; ILG Giving a $120,000 check to Pinchus Lavou, presenting are David Dubinsky, Antonini and Zimmerman; Scholarship Conference; Molisani presenting checks to two retired members; Red Cross Bold Bank - Local 60 Members giving blood to Korean Vets; David Dubinsky Presenting checks to retiring members - George Rubin, Hyman Weinstein, David Silverstein, Jacob Philips, Joseph Brown and David Lebrow; Local 48 Members receiving Retirement Checks; David Dubinsky and Charles Kreindler presenting retirement check to Anna Incrocci, an 87 year old woman who was involved in the General Strike in 1910; Woman receiving welfare benefits at a barred window; Karen James, Regional Coordinator for the Health and Retirement Fund, ready to travel in her plane to Kansas City; Photo of "Health, Vacation, Retirements, Sick Benefits" Window; Check presented to a polio stricken girl for the March of Dimes; Coat drive for underprivileged kids; Scout troop; Retirees receiving checks; Local 10 Blood Drive - photo of Joseph Posner on table giving blood; David Dubinsky presenting a check to Walter Barber, Chairman of the Red Cross; Eleanor Roosevelt on her way to City of Hope, greeted by Louis Levy; Presentation of check to Chicago Community Fund - includes CC Murphy, Harry Messer, Sol Flack, Fred Salomon, Morris Bialis, and Sam Eisenberg, Wife of a cutter in bed with newly born triplets; Group of children of Union members; Group Photo - women about to collect money for the fight against cancer; David Dubinsky presenting a check to Memorial Center to construct a dental clinic; Masquerade and Costume Ball of the San Francisco Joint Board, 1938, San Francisco; Local 105 donation of 3 sewing machines to the James Weldon Johnson Community Center; Presentation of a plaque to Frederick Umhey by a young girl with Polio; Women holding ILGWU Defense Stamp Booklets; Shop scene - umbrella manufacturer; 1956 Hungarian Food Relief project; Donation of an "Iron Lung" to an Emergency Rescue Unit in South River
Dates
- 1835-1992
Creator
- From the Collection: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Yiddish, Chinese
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
73.14 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository