Box 19

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Statement by Mazur before the New York City Council Committee on Economic Development endorsing city’s “Strong Economy, Strong City” report, October 18, 1993

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Notice of Executive Budget hearings for fiscal year 1995, with attached schedule for agency hearings; list of officials of NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Scope and Contents Letters to Mazur from several candidates for NY City Council, asking for ILGWU endorsement, with campaign literature; schedule of candidate interviews by ILGWU, August 8, 1991; spreadsheet analysis of races in all 51 districts, showing status of seat (incumbent strength), names of candidates, ethnic composition of neighborhoods and ethnic percentage breakdown of registered voters, concentration of ILGWU members or retirees, number of petition signatures obtained, amount of money raised, some...

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See also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990 Notes to Mazur from vp Susan Cowell re hearing by City Planning Commission on Garment Center zoning plan, January 28, 1988; letter from Mazur to chair of City Planning Commission expressing interest in participating in planning for the next half-century of NYC, September 13, 1988

Scope and Contents Copy of letter (in English, Spanish, and Chinese) from Mazur sent to all ILGWU members and retirees in NY metropolitan area in support of striking workers at Daily News, calling for boycott, with cover letter to New York City Central Labor Council, November 7, 1990; mailgram from Gus Bevona, president of Local 328-32J, SEIU, to NYC Central Labor Council president Tommy Van Arsdale urging support of striking doormen, porters, and other building maintenance members of, April 22, 1991; Labor...

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Correspondence from Mazur to Tommy Van Arsdale, president, and other members of the New York City Central Labor Council re Labor Day parade, testimony in favor of commercial rent binding arbitration bill; draft of constitution and by-laws; page proof of pamphlet, “Human Rights for American Workers,” published by the Trade Union Leadership Institute, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, February 25

Scope and Contents List of officers and Executive Board; roster of affiliates and member census; correspondence re needs assessment survey for workplace literacy programs, August 31, November 2, 1987; strike support for Federation of Professional Athletes, September 18, 1987; letters to members of Congress (Scheuer, Schumer, Solarz, Molinari, Green) re trade legislation, August 3, 1987, with reply from Molinari opposing “protectionism,” August 14, 1987; letter withholding endorsement of Congressmen Schumer and...

Scope and Contents See also NYC – Commercial Rent Control; see also NYC Garment Center Special District; see also Speeches – NYC Commercial Rent Hearing 1989; see also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC 1984-1986; see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984; see also Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984 Letter to Mayor Ed Koch from James Gill, chairman of the Industrial Loft Advisory Council, re decline of manufacturing jobs, need to halt conversion of industrial space into...

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See also Council for American Fashion; see also Garment Industry Development Corporation; see also NYC Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also NYC – Workforce Development Commission 1993; see also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984 Letter from Mazur to commissioner David A. Smith inviting him to attend meeting of Council for American Fashion (CAF)

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...