Box 165
Container
Contains 25 Results:
April 16-18, 1936 - (incomplete, several pages missing) Reports from cities; discussion re CIO Committee for Industrial Organizations); re difficulties in organizing in the South; organizing with shops making leather goods
File — Box: 165, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration. Significant individuals represented in the collection include Sidney Hillman, Joseph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Dorothy Jacobs...
August 11, 1936 - Reports from cities; organizing in the south; includes address of Philip Murray; split in the AFL; Steel Organization Campaign contributions; union label; re the adoption of a pension plan for the Amalgamated.
File — Box: 165, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration. Significant individuals represented in the collection include Sidney Hillman, Joseph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Dorothy Jacobs...
November 10-11, 1936 - re the re-election of Roosevelt and the need to work out a program for minimum wages and maximum hours; establishment of a legislative bureau; discussion re notice to employers for a general increase; discussion re union label; discussion re the AFL and CIO - the Amalgamated stating its position in support of the CIO
File — Box: 165, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration. Significant individuals represented in the collection include Sidney Hillman, Joseph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Dorothy Jacobs...
April 19-22, 1939 - discussed problem of standardization of labor costs; report of price committee on recommended minimum standards; jurisdictional problems re ILGWU and Amalgamated; extensive discussion re problems concerning laundry workers
File — Box: 165, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration. Significant individuals represented in the collection include Sidney Hillman, Joseph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Dorothy Jacobs...
August 9-12, 1939 - reports on stabilization program; report from Union Label Dept.; and other routine
File — Box: 165, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration. Significant individuals represented in the collection include Sidney Hillman, Joseph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Dorothy Jacobs...