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Guide to the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, Local 1-S Department Store
Workers Union Records
WAG.012
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 1-S Department Store Workers
Union (New York, N.Y.).
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| Title: |
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 1-S, Department Store
Workers Union Records
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| Dates [inclusive]: |
1939-1997, (Bulk 1947-1976) |
| Dates [bulk]: |
Bulk, 1947-1976 |
| Abstract:
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Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, Local 1-S Department Store Workers
Union was organized at Macy’s in New York City on June 7, 1939 by the Congress of
Industrial Organizations’ Department Store Organizing Committee. Headed by Sam Kovenetsky,
a stockroom worker who served as Business Manager of Local 1-S from 1939 to 1948 and
as President from 1948 to 1980, the union bargained for employee benefits including
increased job security, higher minimum wages, and a company-paid health insurance
plan. Originally affiliated with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
(RWDSU), Local 1-S and other left-wing locals seceded from the RWDSU in 1948 after
the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act. However, in 1951 Local 1-S re-affiliated with
the CIO under a separate charter as an international union, the United Department
Store Workers of America and in 1955 the Local re-affiliated with the RWDSU. The records
consist of correspondence, minutes, constitutions, notes, speeches, newsletters, agreements,
contract negotiations, grievances, annual reports, economic reports, memoranda, circulars
and brochures.
NOTE: This collection is stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. |
| Quantity: |
13.0 linear feet (13 boxes) |
| Call Phrase: |
WAG.012 |
