ILGWU. James Lipsig papers, 1921-1978.

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ILGWU. James Lipsig papers, 1921-1978.

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Contains the records of James Lipsig, Assistant ExecutiveSecretary of the ILGWU, as well as Treasurer of the ILGWU Campaign Committee from1966 to 1976. Included are files on the Campaign Committee, Congressionalredistricting, disability, displaced persons, equal employment opportunity, theJewish Labor Committee, and Unity House. Meeting minutes include those of theCampaign Committee, Education Committee, Union Health Center Committee, and theSocialist Party USA's New York State Convention. Reports include those from localunions summarizing their responses on their Local Union Equal Opportunity Report tothe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Also included are correspondence andapplications relating to the ILGWU's Displaced Persons Project whereby the unionsought admission of 400 individuals per the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. Lipsig'srecords also contain a draft manuscript of Gus Tyler's Organized Crime in America: ABook of Readings (University of Michigan, 1962) is also contained.

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Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives

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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

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The ILGWU Archives were established in 1973 and transferred to the Kheel Center in 1987. From the description of ILGWU. Charles Zimmerman Collection of Radical Pamphlets, 1898-1978. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 748341343 The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, the most significant union representing workers in the men's clothing industry, was founded in New York City in 1914 as a breakaway movement from the United Garment Workers. Radic...

Lipsig, James

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After working as general counsel for the Textile Workers of America, James Lipsig served as Assistant Executive Secretary of the ILGWU for thirty years. Throughout his career, Lipsig also served as secretary of the Socialist Party of New York State, as board member of the Jewish Labor Committee, the National Sharecroppers' Fund and the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory, and as a consultant to the Workers Defense League. Born in New York City, Lipsig was a graduate of City College and ...