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Introductory speech by Mazur, noting history of ILGWU with NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), of which Hooks was executive director

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United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Executive Board Statement on Local P-9 Strike (Austin, MN) against Hormel, decrying militancy, February 13, 1986; special report

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Draft of letter from Mazur urging ILGWU members to vote for Brooklyn district attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes for NYS attorney general, 1994, July 12, 1994; letter from Hynes campaign to Mazur with first draft of letter, June 20, 1994

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...

Scope and Contents Letter to Mazur from Council on Foreign Relations inviting him to comment on evolution of labor’s position on immigration at next study group, February 23, 1995; summaries of papers for discussion; talking points for Mazur on papers under discussion by Council of Foreign Relations; copies of papers to be discussed, including “Contemporary American Attitudes Toward U.S. Immigration,” by Thomas J. Espenshade and Katherine Hempstead, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, February...

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Memos re pending legislation; materials sent under previous name, National Immigration, Refugee & Citizenship Forum, 1990-92, including board of directors meeting agenda, January 26, 1990

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Correspondence re legislation to stop deportation of Salvadorans and Nicaraguans; statement by Mazur re negative effects of Immigration and Control Act of 1986, need for new law, October 13, 1989

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Memo to Mazur from Muzaffar Chishti re status of immigration bill and Schumer proposal giving permanent status to agricultural workers, July 21, 1986; report to manager of Local 23-25 re Immigration Project for second quarter 1986; ad for book, Undocumented Aliens in the New York Metropolitan Area: An Exploration into Their Social and Labor Market Incorporation, by D. Papademetriois and N. DiMarzio

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Memos re status of legislation, 1984-1990; letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Tom Donahue expressing concern over discrimination, March 19, 1990; handwritten notes

Scope and Contents see also Trade; see also Textile and Apparel Trade Graph projecting relative change in textile imports and U.S. production through year 2000, from Milliken & Company, August 18, 1989; ILGWU publication, “The Import Problem,” excerpted from the General Executive Board meeting, May 30-June 6, 1986; “Import Penetration in the Apparel Industry: A Technical Study,” prepared for the Fiber, Fabric and Apparel Coalition for Trade, September 1988; correspondence requesting sharing expenses for...