Paul Abelson. Series 1. Arbitration and mediation files, part c, 1916-1953.

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Paul Abelson. Series 1. Arbitration and mediation files, part c, 1916-1953.

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Consist of documentation (decisions, correspondence, agreements, miscellaneous materials and clippings) relative to Abelson's arbitration and mediation cases. Files for the handbag industry (1930-1953) include decisions for the International Ladies' Handbag, Pocketbook and Novelty Workers (LHPNW) and Pocketbook Workers' Union of New York (PWU) on issues of dismissal, holiday and vacation pay, wage adjustment, and contract violations. Major correspondents include Ossip Walinsky (executive director, PWU); Teddy Prince; and Maurice Mosesson (executive secretary, National Authority for the Ladies Handbag Industry). Agreements involve New York Industrial Council of the National Authority for the Ladies' Handbag Industry and PWU. Files for the hat industry (1916-1942) include decisions for the United Cloth Hat and Capmakers of North America (UCHC); and United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW) on issues of wages, layoff, dismissal, unemployment fund, and work stoppage. Major correspondents include M. Geller (organizer, Joint Council of New York); E.M. Hecker (manager, Cloth Hat and Cap Manufacturers' Association); Max Zaritsky (UCHC); Isidor M. Jaffe (president, Wholesale Hat and Cap Manufacturers' Association); Michael F. Greene (general secretary, UHCMW); Dale Purves (vice-president, John B. Stetson Company); and Arthur A. Foster (president, UHCMW). Agreements involve Chicago Cloth Headwear Manufacturers' Association; UCHC (Joint Board and locals); Cloth Hat and Cap Manufacturers' Association; Hat Block and Die Manufacturers' Association; Hat Block and Die Workers' Union of Greater New York; Eastern Women's Headwear Association; Allied Hat Manufacturers; and UHCMW. Files for the hosiery industry (1927-1947) include decisions for the American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers (AFFFHW) on issues of wages, piece work, work week, holidays, vacations, work stoppage, contracting out, and dismissal. Major correspondents include Joseph Haines, Jr. (Haines Hosiery Mills, Inc.); Herbert H. Lehman (lieutenant and acting governor, State of New York); Joseph H. Willits (Wharton School of Finance and Commerce); and William Smith (general secretary and treasurer, AFFFHW). Agreements involve AFFFHW and Full-Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers of America. Also, minutes of contract negotiations (May-June 1930), publications, and clippings. Files for the infants' wear industry (1934-1950) include decisions for the United Infants' and Children's Wear Association and International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) on the issue of contracting out. Major correspondents include Henry L. Moskowitz; Charles Baker; Louis Posner (executive director, Children's Dress, Cotton Dress and Sportwear Contractors' Association, Inc.); and Harry Greenberg (manager, secretary, Children's Dress, Infants' Wear, House Dress and Bathrobe Makers' Union). Also miscellaneous materials regarding union demands for one week vacation. Files for the jewelry industry (1934-1939) include decisions for the International Jewelry Workers' Union (IJWU) on issues of dismissal, reemployment, and work claim. The major correspondents and parties involved in the agreements are IJWU and the Jewelry Crafts Association, Inc. Files for the knit goods industry (1924-1944) include: decisions for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Agreements involve Strutwear Knitting Company and the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Files for the leather industry (1931-1950) include decisions for the International Ladies' Handbag, Pocketbook and Novelty Workers' Union (ILHPNW); Ladies' Handbag and Pocketbook Workers of New York (LHPW); and Pocketbook Workers' Union of New York (PWUNY) on various grievance issues. Major correspondents include Maurice Mosesson (Leather Goods Manufacturing, Inc.); Barnet Wolf (International Pocketbook Workers' Union); Henry L. Moskowitz (impartial chairman); and Louis Waldman (lawyer). Agreements involve ILHPNW; International Pocketbook Workers' Union; Association of New York Handbag Manufacturers; and New York Council of the National Authority of the Ladies' Handbag Industry and Pocketbook Workers' Union of New York.

Series 1, parts a, b, c and d: 34.6 linear ft.

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