Association for Union Democracy: Women's Project Records

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Association for Union Democracy: Women's Project Records

1947-2004

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/wag_331/

The Association for Union Democracy: Women's Project Records describe the activities and work of the Women's Project from its creation in 1985 into the early 2000s. These files include printed ephemera, newsletters and circulars, correspondence, serial publications, court cases, and organizational reports. The collection contains both records created and collected by the Women's Project that correspond to its work and mission as an advocate for women in unions and nontraditional trades, as part of the larger organization Association for Union Democracy.

20 linear feet

kur, Arab

spa, Latn

eng, Latn

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11632940

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

United Tradeswomen (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb5xcx (corporateBody)

United Tradeswomen was founded by women working in the construction industry in New York City to promote the training and employment of women, and to combat discrimination in employment and in the workplace. United Tradeswomen was founded in 1979 as an outgrowth of activity surrounding the entrance of women into the construction trades in New York City. Overt resistance to the entrance of women, persistent discrimination in hiring, and the on-going need for support for those women in the trad...

Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.) (New York City Chapter)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh6h9w (corporateBody)

The New York City (NYC) chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) has been in existence since at least 1980. Past presidents include Joan Levinson-Cohen and Emagene Walker. The NYC chapter was established in the 1970s or 1980s. The national organization was formed in Chicago in March 1974 to discuss the formation of a new AFL-CIO body that would directly address the concerns of women in the labor movement. The organization strives to strengthen the position of women in unions and u...