Box 1
Container
Contains 53 Results:
Abelson, Paul (Arbitrator, NYC) 1914-18
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Abstract
United Garment Workers' (UGW) agreement with the American Clothiers Association; organizing the Bush Terminal shop.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Abramovitz, Bessie, 1914-15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Abstract
Leadership of UGW faction; "trouble with Hart, Schaffner & Marx;" 8 hour workday for Illinois women; Bessie blackballed by Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) convention as a seceder.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Addams, Jane, 1920
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Albert, S. (Secretary, Boston Joint Board) 1920
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Agnell, Paul (Amalgamated Metal Workers) 1923
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Alfred, Decker and Cohn, 1919-25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
All American Farmer-Labor Cooperative Commission, 1920
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Abstract
Sidney Hillman accepts position on executive committee.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Amalgamated Bank of New York, 1925-27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Abstract
Arrangement with Prom Bank.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
American Clothing Manufacturers Association of New York, 1915-19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Abstract
Preliminaries to the New York City Lockout, January 1916 (wages, hours, working conditions); impact of technology on work; 44 hour week demanded by union; substantial contribution to the Jewish War Sufferers Relief Fund; complaints by contractors; bidding for labor-association versus non-association.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Anderson, Mary (Women in Industry Service, U.S. Department of Labor) 1919
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)