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Box 1

 Container

Contains 53 Results:

Clothing Manufacturers Association of Cleveland, 1920 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 48
Abstract

Differences of opinion between the Cleveland Joint Board and manufacturers.

Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Cohen, B. (Organizer, Rochester) 1914 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
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)

Cohen, J. (Amalgamated Ladies Garment Cutters, Local 10, New York, New York) 1915 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
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)

Abelson, Paul (Arbitrator, NYC) 1914-18 Request Item

 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 Request Item

 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 Request Item

 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 Request Item

 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)