ACTWU's Department of Occupational Safety and Health Records, 1934-2001

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ACTWU's Department of Occupational Safety and Health Records, 1934-2001

This collection consists of correspondence, reports, standards, protocols, OSHA case files, and other files regarding industrial hazards in the textile industry compiled by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health of the Textile Workers Union of America and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Some of the materials date from after the ACTWU merger with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union(ILGWU), these records are scattered throughout the collection and could not be easily separated out to be placed in the related UNITE collection, 6000/019, and was left in place. Industrial hazards featured in this collection include brown lung (byssinosis), carcinogens, asbestos, formaldehyde, vinyl chloride, among others.

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