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Irving Joseph Brown was born in New York City on November 20, 1911, to a family long active in trade unions in the United States. His father was a leader in New York City's Teamsters' union local. After attending New York City public schools, Brown put himself through New York University, completing in 1932 a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in economics. He participated in the initial efforts to form an automobile industry union, becoming a national organizer for the Automobile Workers Union of the American Federation of Labor in 1936. In 1939, he was elected to the Automobile Workers Union Executive Council. He also served as its regional director in the East.
In 1940, Brown became a national organizer for the American Federation of Labor. In 1942, AFL President William Green named Brown as one of labor's representatives to the War Production Board (WPB). Brown became the WPB's deputy vice-chairman for labor in 1944. Through an agreement between the AFL and CIO, Brown received an appointment as the director of the labor and manpower division of the United States Foreign Economic Administration, the group that implemented labor policy in occupied areas. He served in that capacity for less than a year, resigning in September 1945 over a disagreement regarding official American policy towards the reactivation of the German trade union movement.
In October 1945, Brown accepted a position that would keep him in Europe for almost two decades. As the AFL's European representative, Brown played a major role in the formulation of the federation's international labor policy, establishing the organization's influence and staunch anticommunist position throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He kept in close contact with Jay Lovestone, first as executive secretary of the Free Trade Union Committee and later as director of the International Affairs Department while carrying out this work. In July 1949, he joined with labor leaders from around the world to create the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), a global labor organization designed as an alternative to the World Federation of Trade Unions, which Brown and others perceived as communist-dominated. Brown returned to New York in 1962 to become the director of the ICFTU's office to the United Nations. Three years later he left that office to serve as the first executive director of the African-American Labor Center. This organization, which he persuaded the AFL-CIO leadership to create, supported the growth of free trade unions in Africa.
In 1973, Brown returned to Europe to serve as the AFL-CIO's international representative. He remained there until AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland appointed him director of the International Affairs Department in 1982. In 1986, Brown became a senior adviser to Kirkland. He died in 1989.
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Irving Joseph Brown was born in New York City on November 20, 1911, to a family long active in trade unions in the United States. His father was a leader in New York City's Teamsters' union local. After attending New York City public schools, Brown put himself through New York University, completing in 1932 a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in economics. He participated in the initial efforts to form an automobile industry union, becoming a national organizer for the Automobile Workers Union of the American Federation of Labor in 1936. In 1939, he was elected to the Automobile Workers Union Executive Council. He also served as its regional director in the East.
In 1940, Brown became a national organizer for the American Federation of Labor. In 1942, AFL President William Green named Brown as one of labor's representatives to the War Production Board (WPB). Brown became the WPB's deputy vice-chairman for labor in 1944. Through an agreement between the AFL and CIO, Brown received an appointment as the director of the labor and manpower division of the United States Foreign Economic Administration, the group that implemented labor policy in occupied areas. He served in that capacity for less than a year, resigning in September 1945 over a disagreement regarding official American policy towards the reactivation of the German trade union movement.
In October 1945, Brown accepted a position that would keep him in Europe for almost two decades. As the AFL's European representative, Brown played a major role in the formulation of the federation's international labor policy, establishing the organization's influence and staunch anticommunist position throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He kept in close contact with Jay Lovestone, first as executive secretary of the Free Trade Union Committee and later as director of the International Affairs Department while carrying out this work. In July 1949, he joined with labor leaders from around the world to create the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), a global labor organization designed as an alternative to the World Federation of Trade Unions, which Brown and others perceived as communist-dominated. Brown returned to New York in 1962 to become the director of the ICFTU's office to the United Nations. Three years later he left that office to serve as the first executive director of the African-American Labor Center. This organization, which he persuaded the AFL-CIO leadership to create, supported the growth of free trade unions in Africa.
In 1973, Brown returned to Europe to serve as the AFL-CIO's international representative. He remained there until AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland appointed him director of the International Affairs Department in 1982. In 1986, Brown became a senior adviser to Kirkland. He died in 1989.
AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Irving Brown papers, 0074-LBR-RG18-004. Special Collections and University Archives. Accessed January 04, 2023.
Irving Joseph Brown was born in New York City on November 20, 1911, to a family long active in trade unions in the United States. His father was a leader in New York City's Teamsters' union local. After attending New York City public schools, Brown put himself through New York University, completing in 1932 a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in economics. He participated in the initial efforts to form an automobile industry union, becoming a national organizer for the Automobile Workers Union of the American Federation of Labor in 1936. In 1939, he was elected to the Automobile Workers Union Executive Council. He also served as its regional director in the East.
In 1940, Brown became a national organizer for the American Federation of Labor. In 1942, AFL President William Green named Brown as one of labor's representatives to the War Production Board (WPB). Brown became the WPB's deputy vice-chairman for labor in 1944. Through an agreement between the AFL and CIO, Brown received an appointment as the director of the labor and manpower division of the United States Foreign Economic Administration, the group that implemented labor policy in occupied areas. He served in that capacity for less than a year, resigning in September 1945 over a disagreement regarding official American policy towards the reactivation of the German trade union movement.
In October 1945, Brown accepted a position that would keep him in Europe for almost two decades. As the AFL's European representative, Brown played a major role in the formulation of the federation's international labor policy, establishing the organization's influence and staunch anticommunist position throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He kept in close contact with Jay Lovestone, first as executive secretary of the Free Trade Union Committee and later as director of the International Affairs Department while carrying out this work. In July 1949, he joined with labor leaders from around the world to create the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), a global labor organization designed as an alternative to the World Federation of Trade Unions, which Brown and others perceived as communist-dominated. Brown returned to New York in 1962 to become the director of the ICFTU's office to the United Nations. Three years later he left that office to serve as the first executive director of the African-American Labor Center. This organization, which he persuaded the AFL-CIO leadership to create, supported the growth of free trade unions in Africa.
In 1973, Brown returned to Europe to serve as the AFL-CIO's international representative. He remained there until AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland appointed him director of the International Affairs Department in 1982. In 1986, Brown became a senior adviser to Kirkland. He died in 1989.
International affairs files of President James B. Carey, 1939-1965 (bulk 1957-1962).
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. International affairs files of President James B. Carey, 1939-1965 (bulk 1957-1962).
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International affairs files of President James B. Carey, 1939-1965 (bulk 1957-1962).
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. International affairs files of President James B. Carey, 1939-1965 (bulk 1957-1962).
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ILGWU. International RelationsDepartment records, 1968-1995
ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995
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ILGWU. International RelationsDepartment records, 1968-1995
The International Relations Department records consistchiefly of the correspondence of its director, Henoch Mendelsund, during his tenurefrom 1968-1980, and Michele Briones. The collection also includes articles, reports,conference materials, photographs, and other items.
ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995
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Brown, Irving, 1911-1989
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AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Jay Lovestone Files
AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Jay Lovestone Files
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AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Jay Lovestone Files
Jay Lovestone was an major leader of the international labor movement through his work with Free Trade Union Committee, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and the AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, among many others. This collection contains a portion of Jay Lovestone's records for the years he worked most closely with the AFL and AFL-CIO. Types of materials in the collection include correspondence, reports, financial records, clippings, publications, photographs, and audiotapes.
The Personal Documents series contains resumes, correspondence concerning the attempted publication of Elly's manuscript on Germany in the post WWI years, letters regarding Leo's admission to the New School for Social Research and several other items. The Work Related Materials primarily contain reports and correspondence. Most documents concern the efforts of the AFL and AFL-CIO to counteract the U.S. There is especially thorough documentation on Germany. Principal correspondents, in addition to Elly and Leo Borochowicz, are Jay Lovestone and Irving Brown, head of the International Affairs Department of the AFL-CIO. Some correspondence is in German. There are several folders of articles, reports and speeches written by Elly for Lovestone, George Meany and others. There are copies of Soviet and Chinese labor regulations and reports on labor in these and other countries. The Writings and Personal Correspondence series contains a lengthy correspondence, entirely in German, between Elly and Leo Borochowicz, 1950-53, and other correspondence. There are also lectures given by Elly in 1942 at Cedar Crest Women's College (PA), a typescript of her unpublished "Political struggle for economic reconstruction" which discusses the German situation in the years 1918-20. Materials created by Leo include brief constitutional histories of 46 countries done for a UN human rights project, research notes on Russia, and papers written for classes taken at the New School.
ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. International Relations Dept. ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995.
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ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995.
The International Relations Department records consist chiefly of the correspondence of its director, Henoch Mendlesund, during his tenure from 1968-1980, and Michele Briones. The collection also includes articles, reports, conference materials, photographs, and other items. Individuals represented in the collection include Irving Brown, Sol Chaikin; Jay Lovestone, George Meany, Saby Nehama, Lazare Teper, and Charles S. Zimmerman. Organizations include the AFL-CIO and its International Affairs Dept.; Gewerkschaft Textil-Bekleidung; the Interamerican Textile, Leather and Garment Workers' Federation; the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation and its Asian Regional Organization; the Korean National Textile Workers Union; the Namibian Trade Union Council; the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO); the Tailors and Garment Workers Union (Great Britain); the Tailors and Textile Workers' Union (Kenya); the Textile, Knitting, and Clothing Workers Union of Turkey; the Textile Labour Association (India); the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affiars; and Zensen Domei (Japan).
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. International Relations Dept. ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995.
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Brown, Irving, 1911-1989
ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. International Relations Dept. ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995.
Title:
ILGWU. International Relations Department records, 1968-1995.
The International Relations Department records consist chiefly of the correspondence of its director, Henoch Mendlesund, during his tenure from 1968-1980, and Michele Briones. The collection also includes articles, reports, conference materials, photographs, and other items. Individuals represented in the collection include Irving Brown, Sol Chaikin; Jay Lovestone, George Meany, Saby Nehama, Lazare Teper, and Charles S. Zimmerman. Organizations include the AFL-CIO and its International Affairs Dept.; Gewerkschaft Textil-Bekleidung; the Interamerican Textile, Leather and Garment Workers' Federation; the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation and its Asian Regional Organization; the Korean National Textile Workers Union; the Namibian Trade Union Council; the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO); the Tailors and Garment Workers Union (Great Britain); the Tailors and Textile Workers' Union (Kenya); the Textile, Knitting, and Clothing Workers Union of Turkey; the Textile Labour Association (India); the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affiars; and Zensen Domei (Japan).
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Charles S. Zimmerman papers, 1919-1958 [bulk 1920-1945].
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Charles S. Zimmerman papers, 1919-1958 [bulk 1920-1945].
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Charles S. Zimmerman papers, 1919-1958 [bulk 1920-1945].
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).
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