Scope and Contents
This is a collection of over twenty-five hundred photographs and over one hundred slides and several audio CD's. Pictures showing the history of UNITE, ACTWU, Labor Leaders, strikes, protests, boycotts, immigration and various types of labor actions.
Dates
- 1920-2003
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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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
6 cubic feet
Quantity:
6 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, January 31, 2012
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, February 17, 2016
- Title
- UNITE Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- February 17, 2016
- 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