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Labor unions and communism -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

ACWA Rochester Joint Board Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5273
Abstract

Meeting minutes, 1919-1932; Broadsides, 1966

Dates: 1920-1966

ILGWU Local 22, Charles S Zimmerman Papers on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/014 mf
Abstract

Primarily correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II). Among the most significant material in the collection is correspondence documenting Zimmerman's activities with the Communist Party in the U.S. and its various factions and splinter groups, as well as other political organizations and figures.

Dates: 1933-1954

ILGWU. Local 22. Charles S. Zimmerman photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/014 P
Abstract

The collection includes images of important people in Local 22, along with images of sports and cultural events, parades, marches, strikes, meetings and educational programs.

Dates: 1930-1959

ILGWU Research Department Collected Documents

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/056
Abstract

Much of the material concerns various strikes, including the New York cloakmakers' strikes of 1926 and 1929, as well as the "Protocol of Peace" of 1910. There are some additional items dealing with the New York Cloak Joint Board. A good portion of the material is administrative in nature.

Dates: 1906-1948

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Benjamin Schlesinger, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/010
Abstract

Correspondence and subject files relating to Schlesinger's term, October 1928 to June 1932.

Dates: 1928-1932.

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Charles S. Zimmerman papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/014
Abstract

The Charles Zimmerman papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II).

Dates: 1919-1958 [bulk 1920-1945].

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Morris Sigman, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/006
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, form letters, circulars, speeches and other items from Morris Sigman's term as ILGWU president.

Dates: 1923-1928.