ILGWU. Local 226 records, 1946-1973.

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ILGWU. Local 226 records, 1946-1973.

Contains records of Local 226, including agreements witharea companies, as well as correspondence with those companies and union members.Also included are periodicals from several district councils in New England andPennsylvania: Southern New England District News, Seamlines (Upstate New York andVermont District), Garment Square Chronicle (Southern New England District), NeedleNews (Allentown-Reading District), and Needlepoint (Wilkes-Barre-Pittston-NanticokeDistrict).

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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...

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 226.

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