Box 166
Container
Contains 82 Results:
June 20-21, 1940 - discussion re life and health insurance for members; Hillman requests leave of absence to spend more time in Washington
File — Box: 166, Folder: 1
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 6, 1940 - Hillman reelected President; Potofsky installed as Gen. Sec.-Treas.; problems re manufacture of Army uniforms - bulk of business going to non-union shops; support of Roosevelt in upcoming campaigns; appropriated sum of $50,000.
File — Box: 166
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 14-16, 1940 - Continued support of CIO; enforcement of stabilization program; educational activities to be broadened so as to include opposition to subversive influences
File — Box: 166
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...
February 28, 1941 - general wage increase
File — Box: 166, Folder: 2
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...
May 1-3, 1941 - proposal for life and health insurance; consideration of plans for purchase of radio station; aid for British labor movement
File — Box: 166
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...
July 7-9, 1941 - report on organizing activities in the South; the need for a national department of laundry and cleaning workers to organize that group; participation in NYS CIO convention
File — Box: 166
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...
October 3-4, 1941 - possibility of postponing the convention because of national situation; and routine
File — Box: 166
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...
December 4-6, 1941 - draft agreement with ILGWU re jurisdiction; and routine
File — Box: 166
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...
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File — Box: 166, Folder: 3
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...
January 14, 1942 - routine
File — Box: 166, Folder: 4
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...