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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of the records of Jay Mazur, during his term as President of the ILGWU until its merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) in 1995. Included in Mazur's files are alphabetical subject files which contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, testimonies, news clippings, and other printed material on persons, organizations, and topics relating to the work of the ILGWU. Also, these papers...

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Includes legal opinion allowing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU; memo to Mazur from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler re preamble, December 9, 1994; earlier draft with marked-up edits reflecting meeting with ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman, December 7, 1994; related correspondence

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Memo to Mazur re meeting of Merger Committee, April 12, 1994; related documents

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Agenda for General Executive Board meeting, February 1993; topics for discussion at retreat; report on organizing activities, December 23, 1992; notes for February 7-8, 1993, GEB executive session; memo from Adam Klein re next steps of strategic review of ILGWU, October 30, 1991; Klein proposed work plan through June 1992; notes on Ross Perot; material from the Triangle Civic Association, Melville, NY

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Memo from Mazur re retreat to discuss strategic planning outlined in Klein study, April 10, 1992; personal and confidential memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott outlining issues for GEB executive session, January 20, 1992, with outline of remarks

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Copy of Convention Daily for 39th Convention, May 30, 1986; letter of retirement from Henoch Mendelsund, director of ILGWU archives, March 20, 1986; “On the Move” publication at 1989 convention re staff; outline re AIM, Associate ILGWU Members (former and potential members), described at founding convention, December 14, 1988

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Booklet, Signature of 450,000, pictorial history of ILGWU, for 65th Anniversary Convention, May 1965; report of the Health & Welfare Retirement and Supplementary Unemployment-Severance Funds, January 1, 1965 – December 31, 1965

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of the records of Jay Mazur, during his term as President of the ILGWU until its merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) in 1995. Included in Mazur's files are alphabetical subject files which contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, testimonies, news clippings, and other printed material on persons, organizations, and topics relating to the work of the ILGWU. Also, these papers...

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Minutes of GAC meeting of December 7 – 9, 1994, with attached analysis of Dunlop Commission recommendations, report, “Worker Rights and Trade: Democracy's Next Frontier”; meeting notice; memo to Mazur from Carl Proper recommending comments re Leslie Fay; talking points for Mazur re need to rebuild progressive base and revitalized agenda for defeated Democratic Party, Leslie Fay strike, merger with ACTWU

Scope and Contents See also Speeches – General Advisory Council 1993 Handwritten notes by Mazur, January 22, 1994; printed outline of notes for meeting, January 5, 1994; agenda for February 16, 1994, GAC meeting; agenda, summary of reports re health care from October 26-27, 1993, meeting, with cover letter to ILGWU vice presidents from Mazur, November 29, 1993; outline of remarks by Mazur for March 14 dinner re opportunities with Clinton administration, difficulty influencing trade policy; notecards for March...