Box 17

Scope and Contents Correspondence from anti-communist refugee from Yugoslavia and his difficulties finding a permanent professional position in the United States, apparently politically motivated; resume; letters of recommendation from Mazur; letters from members of search committee at George Mason University, Virginia, several others; letter from U.S. Embassy in Yugoslavia to U.S. Information Agency in Washington, noting Pres. Tito’s speech denouncing Mihajlov, declining hiring Mihajlov’s sister, July 2,...

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 See also Speeches – Minimum Wage 1987 Note cards, fact sheets, and display charts with statistics on minimum wage workers; draft “Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Minimum Wage,” February 1987; press release, “Out-of-Date Minimum Wage Threatens U.S. Work Ethic, Family Stability, ILGWU President Says in House Testimony,” October 14; memo re distribution of article by Mazur in AFL-CIO Federationist, “It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage,” March 21, 1987; draft statement by AFL-CIO...

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Testimony of Joseph Danahy, director, ILGWU Department of Organization & Field Services, before the General Industry Minimum Wage Board, re need for enforcement authority for NYS Department of Labor for minimum wage and overtime laws, so that enforcement does not depend on inadequate federal Department of Labor, November 12, 1985

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Correspondence with Department of Labor re manufacturer-contractor model agreement; statement by Mazur condemning San Francisco voluntary agreement, January 6, 1994; memos to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny and legislative director Evy Dubrow re position of Labor Secretary Robert Reich on enforcement, jobber responsibility; handwritten notes by Mazur

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Letter from Memphis branch to national office refusing to contribute assessment to offset national deficit until questions of accountability are answered, September 15

Scope and Contents Briefing papers by the Economic Policy Institute: “Setting the Standard: International Labor and U.S. Trade Policy,” by Richard Rothstein, “The Parallel Banking System,” by Jane W. D’Arista and Tom Schlesinger, and “The Impact of Health Care’s Financing on Family Budgets,” by Edith Rasell et al.; remarks by Mazur at the Governor’s Leadership Conference on the Future of the Economy Panel: Preparing People for the Future Economy, October 19, 1994; draft for Mazur on NAFTA, from Gus Tyler; memo...

Scope and Contents Letter to Congressional Black Caucus chairman Kweisi Mfume from ILGWU vp and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow thanking him for opposing NAFTA, noting need for president to renegotiate Mexican agreement, June 29, 1993; letter to Mfume from AFL-CIO Department of Legislation director Robert McGlotten thanking him for opposing NAFTA, June 24, 1993; fact sheet, “Partial Response to USTR Assertions that ‘NAFTA Creates Jobs and Improves Our Competitiveness’”; USTR document, with assertions; memo...

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List of sponsoring labor organizations; copies of checks from contributing unions, related correspondence

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See also Atlantic Council Memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland discussing labor’s response to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), urging activation of Fair Trade Campaign to keep issue on national election agenda, massive lawsuit against companies operating in Mexico for environmental and labor rights violations, other initiatives, August 20, 1992; statement by ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re economic effects of NAFTA on U.S. apparel industry, 1991