Box 21
Container
Contains 35 Results:
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990, 1990
File — Box: 21, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
See also NAFTA; see also Uruguay Round; see also Globalization; see also Speeches – Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also Wall Street Journal Press release by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT), “FFACT Chairman Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee in Support of New Textile Bill,” June 7, 1990; transcript of statement; “Mobilize to Win: How You Can Help Enact the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Act of 1990,” prepared by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for...
Dates:
1990
Textile and Apparel Trade Legislation, 1988-1989
File — Box: 21, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU Legislative Department; see also Globalization; see also Speeches – Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also ITGLWF Fifth World Congress, Tokyo, September 26-30, 1988 Confidential memos to Mazur from ILGWU director of research Herman Starobin re Multifiber Arrangement, GATT lobbying strategies, May 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Eveyln Dubrow re meeting with Starobin, ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman, and others re strategy, October 20, 1989; letter from Mazur to...
Dates:
1988-1989
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, 1987
File — Box: 21, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 Letters from U.S. members of Congress and senators re their position on Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987; letter to Rep. Stephen Solarz from ILGWU director of research Herman Starobin, providing requested statistical analysis, March 11, 1987; letter to Mazur from president of Local 100, Transport Workers Union, with copy of response by Rep. Solarz explaining opposition to trade act based on possible loss of jobs in...
Dates:
1987
Textile and Apparel Trade Endorsement Act of 1985, 1985
File — Box: 21, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986; see also Speeches – Democratic Policy Commission; see also Imports – Roll-Back Campaign 1984-1985; see also Political Correspondence 1986 Message from the President of the United States (Ronald Reagan) transmitting his veto of Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985, with full text of bill, December 17, 1985; memo to all ILGWU regional directors from Saul Rosen noting Reagan veto as “Christmas present to America’s...
Dates:
1985
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act- Save American Jobs, 1986-1987
File — Box: 21, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 ILGWU press release, “New York Garment and Textile Workers Fight to Save Their Jobs,” re rally for Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 18, 1986; list of teleconference sites for Save American Industry and Jobs Day, June 12, 1986; letters from Mazur to individual union members thanking them for comments and interest
Dates:
1986-1987
Trade, 1993-1995
File — Box: 21, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
See also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also Imports; see also NAFTA; see also General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); see also Globilization; see also Caribbean Offshoring Subsidies Remarks by House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, “Building the Future of American Trade: A New Fusion of America’s Interests,” Economic Strategy Institute Annual Conference, March 10, 1994; press release, “Gephardt Announces Introduction of Chile Free Trade Agreement Negotiation Act of 1994,” May 9,...
Dates:
1993-1995
Triangle Fire Commemoration, 1994
File — Box: 21, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Text of speech by Mazur; letter from Mazur to Central Labor Council inviting them to 1994 rally, with the theme of supporting safe working conditions for workers throughout the world, with attached flyers and agenda, list of attendees; ILGWU press release press release “Mark 83rd Anniversary of Triangle Fire with Call for ‘No More’ Industrial Tragedies Here or Abroad; Leading Chinese Dissident, Others Spotlight Parallels with Fires That Killed 537 Workers in Thailand and China,” March 25,...
Dates:
1994
Triangle Fire Commemoration, 1993
File — Box: 21, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
List of speakers and invited dignitaries at 1993 rally; speech by Mazur, March 25, 1993
Dates:
1993
Triangle Fire Commemoration, 1992
File — Box: 21, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Flyer promoting stronger job safety laws, OSHA reform; letter from Mazur to ILGWU NYC managers announcing Triangle rally with theme supporting proposed legislation to strengthen OSHA regulations; letter of invitation to rally, with list of recipients; program, with order of speakers; outline of anti-sweatshop remarks by Mazur, text of introductions of speakers; related correspondence
Dates:
1992
Triangle Fire Commemoration, 1991
File — Box: 21, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Text of speech by Mazur, with introductions for other speakers, including NYC mayor David Dinkins, NYC fire commissioner Carlos Rivera, NYS labor commissioner Thomas Hartnett, and relatives of victims of Triangle and Happy Land Social Club fires; program agenda; list of dignitaries on stage; press release re event, noting fire drill as part of commemoration; press release demanding stricter federal workplace safety laws, “Labor Demands ‘Safe Jobs Now’ on 81st Anniversary of Triangle Fire,”...
Dates:
1991