International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Chicago Joint Board. Scrapbook of Morris A. Goldstein, Secretary-Treasurer of Joint Board. 1930s-1940s.
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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Chicago Joint Board
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The cloak industry in Chicago has a very long history, beginning with the organization of the Chicago Cloak Makers' Union in 1889. In August 1914, The Cloak Operators' Local 44, the Cloak Cutters' Local 81, and the Cloak Pressers' Local 18 united to form the Chicago Joint Board. Shortly thereafter, the new Joint Board achieved a collective agreement with the manufacturers' association in 1915, and continued to increase organizing efforts and minimum wage scales. Work hours were reduced from 50 t...
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...
Goldstein, Morris M., 1904-1984
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Morris Goldstein was a rabbi of San Francisco's congregation Sherith Israel (1932-1971) and its rabbi emeritus from 1971 to 1984. He was ordained in 1927, and he received his D.H.L. (1949) and his D.D. (1958) from Hebrew Union College, in Cincinnati. Before coming to San Francisco, Goldstein served various congregations in the U.S. and England. In addition to the books he authored on Judaism and Christianity, he also contributed to Jewish and general reference works. He also served as a presiden...
