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Health, Welfare, Retirement Benefits [folder 1 of 8]

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 17

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

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Yiddish, Chinese

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

73.14 cubic feet

Repository Details

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

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