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UNITE Local 169 Amalgamated Northeast Regional Joint Board Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6000/016 P

Abstract

This collection includes photographs from the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), and Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).

Dates

  • 1944-2003

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

UNITE, the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial, and Textile Employees was formed in 1995 after a merger between the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).

In 2004 they announced they would merge with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) which created UNITE HERE.

Jay Mazur served as president of UNITE from its beginning until his retirement in 2001. Bruce Raynor was elected president at that time and served until the HERE merger.

Extent

9.89 cubic feet

Quantity:

9.8 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Photographs.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, January 27, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, October 30, 2015
Title
UNITE Local 169 Amalgamated Northeast Regional Joint Board Photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
October 30, 2015
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853