Box 16

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Letter from Mazur to Roy Fox following up on interview, noting incomplete discussion of union, garment industry, role in overall economy, July 24, 1986; transcript of interview

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Background notes and memos for Mazur prepared by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and exec asst James Parrott re NYC manufacturing and immigration, for interview on “People Working for People” interview by Sonny Hall (president, local 100, TWU) and Barry Feinstein (president, local 237, IBT), handwritten notes

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 Congressional Record re minimum wage, September 8, 1988; Gallup Poll report indicating support for labor unions, 1988, with AFL-CIO statement; AFL-CIO American Federationist article by Mazur re industrial homework, “A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No Protections,” August 2, 1986; testimony of Mazur before Senate Finance Committee in support of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, July 30, 1987; Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT) fact sheets;...

Scope and Contents See also Geto & de Milly 1993-1995 See also Michael Sheehan Associates, Inc. 1986 Memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re compilation of daily major news clippings, and plans to produce a weekly news summary for Mazur and other ILG executive staff, July 21, 1986, with attached clippings; memo to Mazur from Michael Sheehan Associates (affiliated with Ogilvy & Mather) proposing media training, video production, lobbying, and other public relations services, November 7,...

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Letter to Mazur thanking him for support for annual dinner, May 11

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Articles and newspaper clippings from Business Week and the New York Times re Martin Wygod, chairman of Medco Containment Services, who sold the mail-order drug distributor to Merck after making it profitable by gradually increasing patient copays and requiring generics and limiting choice of medications; chronology of pricing changes

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Report, “A Survey of Immigrant Visa Applicants Handled by the Mexico City Consular District,” April 10, 1985; record of contributions; newspaper clipping re relief effort, AFL-CIO News, October 19, 1985

Scope and Contents See also Mexico – Maquiladoras Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, inviting him to join him on a trip to Mexico as part of an official delegation, December 19, 1997; Spanish-language documents, including text of remarks by Sweeney; text in English; memo from Mazur to Sweeney, “Mexican Labor Movement – Overview and Policy Considerations,” December 8, 1997, essentially final draft of memo to Mazur from UNITE organizing director Jeff Hermanson, October 24, 1997; AFL-CIO media...

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...