Box 15

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Proposal for Pennsylvania Women's Apparel Labor-Management Committee, submitted by the ILGWU, July 1990; Philadelphia/South Jersey Apparel Labor-Management Committee proposal submitted to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, May 11, 1991; letters of support from members of Congress and others to approve funding for the creation of a new labor-management cooperation program for the Philadelphia-South Jersey area, funded through the FMCS

Scope and Contents Agenda, Philadelphia Textile & Apparel Initiative, December 14, 1990 (to discuss Lehigh Valley project update); notice from Council for American Fashion of first meeting of the Philadelphia/So. Jersey Apparel/Textile Labor-Management Committee, April 11, 1991; minutes of first meeting, April 30, 1991; fact sheet re Pennsylvania's apparel industry; Overview of Services, Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center Network (?); memo re telephone conversation, December 12, 1990; proposed...

Scope and Contents Operated as an independent entity for a time until it was taken over by CAF. Letters and memos from ILGWU officials to consultant Participative Systems; steering committee agendas, lists of attendees, letter inviting ILG exec. asst. Parrott to first meeting; 7-page press release, "Gov. Casey Announces New Program to Assist Manufacturers," August 8, 1989, re Manufacturing Innovation Networks (MAIN); press release, "Gov. Casey Says Manufacturing is Resurging in Pennsylvania," Sept. 16, 1989;...

Scope and Contents Press release detailing organization of Lehigh Valley project, survey results; Summary of Activities of Lehigh Valley Labor Force Subcommittee; project agenda, March 13, 1990; minutes; outline of Private Sector Training Initiative; Survey of Working Women (in English and Spanish), sponsored by the Needle Trades Action Project, Dr. Ellen Rosen, Harvard University, and correspondence with ILG officials; employee exit survey by Participative Systems; report based on survey, "Exodus from...

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Second Quarterly Report, May 18, 1990; proposal for two-year funding; conference agenda and press release, October; publicity, technology, and steering committee meeting agendas and minutes

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Second Year Report, prepared by Participative System, summarizing accomplishments, recommendations for year 3; steering committee agendas; brochures for annual Pennsylvania Apparel and Textile Conference

Scope and Contents Memoranda discussing problem areas, whether to continue Lehigh Valley project in its current form with Participative Systems, or start a new organization led by ILGWU/Council for American Fashion (CAF); proposal to Pennsylvania Department of Commerce Office of Technology Development re economic development projects (technology access, ergonomics, worker involvement, marketing for union contractors), written by CAF executive director Carl Proper over the signatures of the executive director...

Scope and Contents Revised draft report and executive summary of the Blueprint 2000 Employment Committee, "The Challenge of Prosperity," prepared by Barry Bluestone, professor of political economy, U. Mass., July 25, 1988, with cover letter from Lt. Governor's office to advisory committee members; research proposal by Ellen I. Rosen, Radcliffe College, submitted to Needle Trades Action Project, "Labor Shortages in the Needle Trades," 1988, with cover letter to ILGWU exec. asst James Parrott from Carl Proper;...