Box 1
Container
Contains 29 Results:
A. 1928-31.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Abstract
Includes correspondence between Associated Raincoat Manfacturers of N.Y. and Local 20 (Waterproof Garment Workers Union) on negotiations for agreement, 1928-30.
Dates:
1928-1932.
C.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Abstract
Includes letters from Thomas C.T. Crain (N.Y. District Attorney) on racketeering, 1930
Dates:
1928-1932.
H-L:.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Abstract
Includes list of bonds purchased by affiliated locals, 1929.
Dates:
1928-1932.
M.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Abstract
Includes ltr. from William Mack offering impartial assistance, 1929; Tom Mooney Defense Committee, 1929.
Dates:
1928-1932.
N.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Abstract
Includes letters to N.Y. Times and N.Y. World on Communist appeal in Daily Worker for Communists to participate in mass picketing in the dress industry, Feb. 1929.
Dates:
1928-1932.
O-P.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Topics covered in these materials include: communist activity in the garment industry unions; contract negotiations; Schlesinger's role as business manager of the Jewish Daily Forward (Chicago); labor disputes in the women's garment industry of New York City; racketeering; socialism; garment industry strikes in New York City (including the 1929 Cloakmakers' Strike and the 1930 Dressmakers' Strike); the Tom Mooney Defense Committee; relations between manufacturers' associations and the union;...
Dates:
1928-1932.