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Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union. Unity. March 25, 1927-April 27, 1928 (weekly).

 Collection
Identifier: 6036/074

Scope and Contents

"Unity" was a Jewish labor weekly published every Friday by the Unity Committee of the Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and the Joint Furriers Union. This collection is composed of of volume 1 and a portion of volume 2. Volume 1, No. 1 begins on March 25, 1927 and ends with No. 35 from December 16, 1927. Volume 2, No. 1 begins on February 24, 1928 and ends with No. 6 from April 27, 1928. The publication is written in Yiddish.

Dates

  • 1927-1928

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

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Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States, the ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve working and living conditions of its members through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. In 1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).

Extent

0.67 cubic feet

Abstract

The collection consists of a Yiddish weekly published by the Joing Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and the Joint Board Furriers Union.

Related Materials

Quantity:

0.67 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Periodical.

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
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, July 22, 2013
EAD encoding:
Kathryn Dowgiewicz, July 22, 2013
Title
Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union. Unity. March 25, 1927-April 27, 1928 (weekly).
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
July 22, 2013
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