Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 1-S, Department Store Workers Union Records Bulk, 1947-1976 1939-1997, (Bulk 1947-1976)

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Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 1-S, Department Store Workers Union Records Bulk, 1947-1976 1939-1997, (Bulk 1947-1976)

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, Local 1-S Department Store Workers Union was organized at Macy’s in New York City on June 7, 1939 by the Congress of Industrial Organizations’ Department Store Organizing Committee. Headed by Sam Kovenetsky, a stockroom worker who served as Business Manager of Local 1-S from 1939 to 1948 and as President from 1948 to 1980, the union bargained for employee benefits including increased job security, higher minimum wages, and a company-paid health insurance plan. Originally affiliated with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 1-S and other left-wing locals seceded from the RWDSU in 1948 after the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act. However, in 1951 Local 1-S re-affiliated with the CIO under a separate charter as an international union, the United Department Store Workers of America and in 1955 the Local re-affiliated with the RWDSU. The records consist of correspondence, minutes, constitutions, notes, speeches, newsletters, agreements, contract negotiations, grievances, annual reports, economic reports, memoranda, circulars and brochures. NOTE: This collection is stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.

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Kovenetsky, Sam

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Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 1-S Department Store Workers Union (New York, N.Y.)

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The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, Local 1-S Department Store Workers Union had its origins in efforts to organize the workers of Macy's department store in New York City. These efforts came to fruition with with the passage of the Wagner Act in 1935 and the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1938. Sam Kovenetsky was chosen to head the organizing drive. He began to work full-time for the union, along with other organizers including Marcella Loring ...

Macy's (Firm)

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