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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)

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)