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Scope and Contents Letter to Mazur re meetings by AFL-CIO Committee on Defense studying American policy in the Persian Gulf, January 16, 1991; “AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland Statement on the American Response to the Iraq Crisis,” August 22, 1990; resolution of Congress authorizing use of military force against Iraq, from Washington Post, January 13, 1991; transcript of press conference by President G.H.W. Bush on U.S. military incursion into the Gulf, November 30, 1990; reprint from December 10, 1990, U.S....

Scope and Contents See also Speeches – LCLAA 2001 and 1988 “Hispanic arm” of AFL-CIO dedicated to encouraging voter registration, get-out-the-vote efforts, and other advocacy among Latino Americans. Political Action Program 1986, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative affairs director Evelyn Dubrow; financial statements for years ended December 31, 1986 and 1985; “Hispanics in America: We Are the Future/Somos el Futuro,” February 1987, with cover letter to Mazur; official calls for membership meeting...

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See also below; see also AFL-CIO Executive Council 1995 Packet of status report of major legislation

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List of targeted congressional districts

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See also COPE (Committee on Political Education) Materials re Social Security tax cut proposal by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, requiring pay-as-you-go dedicated fund: article discussing details of proposal, U.S. News & World Report, January 29, 1990; comparison of tax rates under current system and Moynihan proposal; letter from Rep. Bill Gradison (R.-Ohio) against Moynihan proposal; handwritten notes by Mazur

Scope and Contents Urgent memos to Mazur from ILGWU Department of Organization and Field Services and report re Dunlop Commission “devastating” recommendations that would weaken the National Labor Relations Act (NLRB), meeting of AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee on Political Action, December 12-15, 1994; Status Report on Federal Legislation (Semi-Annual): Final Summary of the 103rd Congress, December 9, 1994, prepared by the AFL-CIO Department of Legislation; letter from Mazur to Sweeny expressing UNITE’s...

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Memo from Mazur to Kirkland re Republican plans for gerrymandering after the 1990 census to siphon off and segregate black and Hispanic voters into discrete districts, leaving traditionally Democratic congressional districts vulnerable, October 9, 1990

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“Report on Congress,” by Lane Kirkland: review of major legislation, anti-labor policies of Reagan administration

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Memo from Land Kirkland to presidential candidates re questionnaire, with cover letter to Political Work Committee, March 13, 1987; copy of questionnaires and answers from candidates; videotape transcripts of candidate responses, published by AFL-CIO and Labor Institute of Public Affairs, May 6, 1987

Scope and Contents Printed booklet, “This Is the New York State AFL-CIO”; New York State AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) New York City Poll, February 27-March 6; material for Executive Council meeting: executive summary of interim report by the New York State Organized Crime Task Force, “Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry,” June 1987; “National Campaign Plan to Counter Union Corporate Strategy and Intimidation Tactics,” presented to the Board of Directors of...