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Scope and Contents See also Triangle Fire Commemoration 1988 “Notes on a Strategy for Industrial Homework,” by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, December 28, 1988; ILGWU press release, “Union to Fight Move by Reagan and Bush Administration Toward Upsetting a Ban on Industrial Homework in Women’s Apparel,” December 30, 1988; ILGWU press release, “”ILGWU Will Sue to Keep Prohibition Against Industrial Homework, “ November 9, 1988; note cards, “Key Dates and Sequence of Industrial Homework Events”; memo to Mazur and others...

Scope and Contents See also Speeches – Homework Draft of new rules proposed by Department of Labor lifting ban on homework, with attached draft ILGWU press release denouncing move, March 24, 1988; Federal Register Department of Labor proposed rule, March 30; Notice of Proposed Rule Making re difference between new Dept. of Labor proposal and 1986 proposal, on Shea & Gardner stationery, March 31; press release, “ILGWU Head Assails Administration on Move to Legalize Industrial Homework,” March 25; press...

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Letters from Senators and members of Congress responding to flyers mailed by constituents supporting continued ban on industrial homework or Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987; memos to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow from Rinaldo Panetta, coordinator of Roll Back Imports campaign, noting mailing of flyers to lawmakers

Scope and Contents Copies of “Homework: A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No Protections,” reprinted from the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2, 1986; written comments by homeworkers, factory owners, and others, and other documentation, including help-wanted ads, “Illegal Homework Advertized Blatantly in Newspapers,” submitted to hearings by House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Labor Standards; statement by Mazur before committee, September 16; statement by ACTWU...

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Letters to Department of Labor from unions, nonprofit organizations, and other parties, objecting to proposed changes lifting ban

Scope and Contents Letter from ILGWU president Sol Chaikin to Secretary of Labor William Brock, re need for enforcement of homework ban on knitted outerwear, March 1986; draft of proposed rule allowing homework, with memo to Mazur re complaint against Bordeau, Inc., Clarinda, Iowa, and resulting effort by Iowa congressman Jim Lightfoot to change the rules, July 3, 1986; strictly confidential memo to Mazur and Chaikin from ILGWU counsel Max Zimny reporting on meeting with Wage and Hour Administration re its...

Scope and Contents Statement in Support, ILGWU, The Russo Health Care Bill, March 6, 1991; statement of Congressman Marty Russo on the introduction of the Universal Health Care Act of 1991; news release by Russo, “Russo Introduces Comprehensive National Health Care Plan; Numerous Organizations Support Measure,” released March 6, 1991; highlights of the Russo bill; Description of the Russo Universal Health Care Plan; list of organizations in support; flyer by New York City Task Force on National Health for...

Scope and Contents See also Committee for National Health Insurance 1984-1991; see also AFL-CIO Health Care Memos from Mazur to ILGWU directors urging support of campaign; letter to Mazur from John Sweeney, chairman, AFL-CIO Health Care Committee, with attached summary of Senate Labor-Finance Working Group Proposal on Health Care Reform, May 23, 1991; memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland criticizing the Senate Democratic leadership health care proposal as severely inadequate, June 4, 1991;...

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Letter to Mazur from principal, requesting his attendance at the school’s annual fashion show, at which he would receive a humanitarian award, February 28, 1990

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Memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell expressing concern over conservative positions of newsletter (attached) of New York Coalition of Center Democrats, endorsing Democratic district leader candidates Velma Hill and Ed Rothstein, June 1987