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Direct linkTamboukou, Maria – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2015
In this paper, I look into the papers of Fannia Cohn, an immigrant labour organizer, who served the Education Department of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) between 1918 and 1962 and became one of its few women vice-presidents. As an internationally recognized figure in the history of workers' education, Cohn left a rich…
Descriptors: Educational History, Aesthetics, Labor Education, Womens Studies
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, New York, NY. – 1989
The writings included in this student-produced publication are those of students in the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union's (ILGWU's) Worker-Family Education Program technical and English-as-a-Second-Language classes at a Bronx (New York) local unit. The collection of writings consists of personal narratives, interviews, dialogues,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Creative Writing, English (Second Language), Expository Writing
Download full textNortheastern Illinois Univ., Chicago. Chicago Teachers' Center. – 1996
This document is an anthology of participant writings from the Worker Education Program, which is a holistic workplace literacy program developed through a partnership among Northeastern Illinois University (NIU) and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textiles Workers Union (ACTWU). The document begins with a brief overview of the Worker Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Anthologies, Asian Americans
Gross, Tracy, Ed. – 1989
The student magazine of the educational program sponsored by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) is a collection of student writings. The writings are divided into the following topics: life journeys (Our Countries, Coming to the United States, and Our New Country); Our Lives (autobiographies, parents, family, remembering…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Students, Creative Writing, English (Second Language)
Freeman, Deidre; LaMar, Maureen – 1989
This teacher's guide for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) educational program provides background information, instructional materials, and instructional techniques for teaching a course in job skills and issues, with emphasis on the development of English language skills. The course is made available to union members and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
Martin, Sabrina Budasi – 1996
This teaching guide contains the materials required to teach the workplace English-as-a-second-language curriculum that was designed specifically for nonnative English speakers at a shirt and tie manufacturing plant in Kentucky. Developed through the efforts of a partnership involving the plant, the local union of needle trades and textile…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Conway, Maureen – 1999
The Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) was founded in 1984 by a 3-member partnership that included the local union, industry associations, and local government. GIDC's goal was to support New York City's garment industry, which had been steadily losing jobs. GIDC exhibits the following characteristics of sectoral initiatives: it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Corporations
Ng, Roxana; Wong, Renita Yuk-Lin; Choi, Angela – 1999
The current conditions of home workers in the garment industry in Toronto, Canada, were examined through in-depth telephone interviews with 30 Chinese-speaking immigrant women who were employed as home workers in 1999. The paper dicusses the formal training and informal learning experiences of immigrant woman who are garment workers. A comparison…
Descriptors: Child Care, Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Consciousness Raising
