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Box 20

 Container

Contains 43 Results:

Nigeria, 1986-1990

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Draft resolution by the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation Executive Committee noting that Nigeria is in violation of an International Labor Organization Convention, ratified by Nigeria, respecting the right of workers to join trade unions, October 1990; letters from the National Union of Textile Garment & Tailoring Workers of Nigeria to Mazur and other ILGWU officials inviting them to visit their union, thanking them for hosting a visit to the U.S., July and...
Dates: 1986-1990

Nygard International, 1986

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Mailgram to ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from P. J. Nygard, chairman of Nygard International, Marina Del Rey, CA, asking for confirmation about the official status of Gerald Roy, new ILGWU Canadian director, May 15, 1986

Dates: 1986

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), 1989-1993

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents Posters and flyers for Workers Memorial Day, with cover letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, February 3, 1992; official comments of the ILGWU on the Proposal to Initiate Rulemaking on Ergonomic Safety and Health Management, with cover letter from Mazur to the Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration, January 28, 1993; Labor Department press releases: “OSHA Invites Applications for $1.2 Million in Targeted Training Grants,” June 29, 1993, and “OSHA...
Dates: 1989-1993

Occupational Health, 1988-1989

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Mailgram to Mazur re meeting of the Occupational Health Forum/IUD (Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO), December 27, 1988, with attached list of members from labor and industry; letter to Mazur re meeting of Mount Sinai Hospital’s Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinic Advisory Board, April 19, 1989, with attached minutes of March 1 meeting

Dates: 1988-1989

Occupational Health-Human Resources Subcommittee, House Committee-Mazur testimony, 1989

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, before the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Governmental Operations, re occupational health and safety hazards in the garment industry, need for more funding of NIOSH, April 17, 1989

Dates: 1989

Part-time employment, 1986

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Paper by Anne Nelson, Cornell ILR, presented April 10, “Implications of the Growth of the Temporary Help Workforce,” with cover letter re recent Supreme Court ruling re sexual harassment, and testimony by NYC Women Firefighters

Dates: 1986

Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations, 1989-1990

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Letter from director Martin J. Morand to Mazur inviting him to conference on workplace participation, with attached article by Norman Eiger quoting Gus Tyler, “Organizing for Quality of Working Life,” in Labor Studies Journal fall 1989 and (unpublished?) paper by Kim Fellner, “In Search of the Movement: 1960s Activists in Labor”; paper by Morand presented at 1990 annual conference, Canadian Industrial Relations Association, “Convergence Yes: But at Whose Expense?” sent to Mazur by Morand,...
Dates: 1989-1990

Penn South Cooperative Housing, 1962-1987

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents Nonprofit cooperative housing in NYC built by ILGWU with partial city, state, and federal funding for moderate income residents, originally primarily for garment workers; statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, in Support of Application by Penn South for 25 Years Phase-in of Local Real Estate Taxes, before the NYC Board of Estimate, June 30, 1987, with note “revised by Walter Mankoff 6/25/87,” with earlier copy, 6/24; letter to Mazur from Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., re decision to...
Dates: 1962-1987

Political correspondence, 1994-1995

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Letters from candidates thanking Mazur for campaign contributions: Bob Mendez, for re-election to Congress, September 13, 1995; NYS Friends of Peter Vallone, May 2, 1994; Peter Vallone, November 3, 1995; from elected officials re substantive policy issues: House Majority Leader Dick Gephart, with attached speech, “The Democratic Challenge in the 104th Congress,” re Democratic electoral losses over economic issues, December 13, 1994; 1994 NYS election analysis by Richard Winsten of Meyer,...
Dates: 1994-1995

Political correspondence, 1986

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents Explanations from Sens. John Chafee (Rhode Island) and John Kerry (Mass.) re override vote on Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 10, 1986; letter from Sen. Robert Byrd noting support of override of veto of trade act; solicitation of financial support for the Bobby Hill for Lieutenant Governor, Georgia, campaign, July 3; letter from Peter Nadash, director of ILGWU Upper South Dept., recommending contribution to candidates for Maryland Attorney General (Steve Sachs) and Lt....
Dates: 1986