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Scope and Contents Letter to Sheinkman from ILGWU general secretary treasurer Irwin Solomon re success of recent pooling of both unions’ general funds for investments, proposing pooling of health and welfare funds, with attached financial documents, July 27, 1987; letter asking for support for strikers, boycott of Juvenile Shoe, Aurora and Carthage, MO, November 20, 1987; letter from recruitment firm soliciting applications for organizers for ACTWU in California, Southeast, and Southwest, with cover note to...

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Legal memos and other materials re Cirel Fashions, Inc. (141 W. 36th St., New York, NY), which had a collective bargaining agreement with ACTWU Local 169, in Union City, NJ, and an agreement with ILGWU Local 105 in Hazantown, arbitration issue; copies of financial audits, handwritten notes

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Copies of ledgers detailing audits of apparel contractors in Chinatown (NY); note re evidence needed to support case before impartial chairman, method of concealment, method of billing; statements by several Chinatown contractors releasing J.N. Apparel from obligation to pay union percentage to Local 23-25

Scope and Contents See also ALICO; see also United Housing Foundation 1995 Original draft of article re universal health insurance submitted to New York Times, printed copy, and cover letter to Mazur from author Harvey Sigelbaum (president, Amalgamated Life Insurance) noting Times edited article without opportunity for review, September 22, 1988; personal and confidential letter to Mazur from Sigelbaum comparing rates of life insurance plans offered by AFL-CIO and Amalgamated Life Insurance, March 15, 1988;...

Scope and Contents Annual reports, minutes, and financial statements; summary of arbitration awards, August 15, 1992; letter to Mazur acknowledging renewal of membership, March 15, 1991; curriculum vitae of arbitrator Jesse Simons, July 1989; letter from Mazur to AAA president expressing disappointment that ILGWU was dropped from Board of Directors and Executive Committee, March 30, 1988; letter to Mazur from AAA president informing him of his nomination to Board of Directors, March 9, 1988; packet of press...

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Report, “Liberty at Work: Expanding the Rights of Employees in America,” 1989, with distribution list; letter to Mazur re formation of National Task Force on Civil Liberties in the Workplace, March 13, 1991

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Invitation to Mazur to attend seminar on immigration, re pending legislation (Simpson-Mazzoli bill) and the position of labor and management on penalties for employers of illegal aliens, February 24, 1984; notice of San Remo Holiday Ball, honoring Jay Mazur as recipient of 1988 Humanitarian Award

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Correspondence re Child Care Action Campaign, Textile and Apparel Trade Act, list of major speakers at 20th convention

Scope and Contents See also Speeches – Shanker, Albert, Memorial Service 1997 Letter to New Hampshire Sen. John Durkin from AFT political director Rachelle Horowitz expressing disgust at his pledge not to accept PAC money, pointing out that he won his seat mainly through the support of the pooled resources of working people, June 11, 1990; program for a Labor Salute to Amnesty International, February 24, 1987, with attached statement by Sen. Paul Sarbanes in Congressional Record of March 6, 1987, and cover...

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See also Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act Letter from AFTAC to Treasury Secretary James Baker III re failure to involve U.S. industry and labor in the advisory process in international textile and apparel trade negotiations, particularly recent agreements with Hong Kong and Turkey, July 2, 1986; copy of check and correspondence re payment of assessment toward AFTAC legal expenses against importer Yuri Fashions, July 1986; handwritten notes by Mazur