Sources and Links
RELATED SOURCES
Bibliography:
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers homepage.
http://www.iamaw.org .
Perlman, Mark. The Machinists: A New Study in American Trade Unionism.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1962.
Rodden, Robert G. The Fighting Machinists: A Century of Struggle.
Washington, D.C.: Kelly Press, Inc. 1984.
Tindall, George Brown & David E. Shi. America: A Narrative History. 4th
ed. , vol. 2. New York: W.W. Norton. 1996.
Books:
Berstein, Aaron. Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern
Airlines. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Mailhot, Ernie. The Eastern Arilines Strike: Accomplishments of the
Rank-and-File Machinists and Gains for the Labor Movement. New York:
Pathfinder, 1991.
McCann, John. Blood in the Water: A Hisotry of District Lodge 751 of then
International ssociation of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Seattle /
Olympia: District Lodge 751 / Labor Education & Research Center, 1989.
Perlman, Mark. Democracy in the International Association of Machinists.
New York: Wiley, 1962.
Rodde, Robert G. The Fighting Machinists: A Century of Struggle.
Washington, D.C.: Kelly Press, 1984.
Rosen, Hjalmar. The Union Member Speaks. New York: Prentice-Hall,
1955.
Walsh, Davic J. On Different Planes: AN Organizationa l Analysis of
Coopertaion and Conflict among Airline Unions. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press,
1994.
Winpisinger, William W. Reclaiming Our Future: An Agenda for American
Labor. Edited by John Logue; foreward by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. San
Franciscio: Westview Press, 1989.
Winpisinger, William W. and Eugene Glover. Original Rebuilding America Act.
Washington, D.C.: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
1984.
Monographs:
Colorado Machinist Council of the Machinists Union in Colorado 1890-1990
(1990).
Highlights in the History of Local Lodge 598 (1975).
Journal Articles:
Schultz, James. T. and Marian C. Schultz. "Northwest Airlines Strike and
Labor Negotiations."
American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal. Vol. 2
(Fall 1999).
Videos and Films:
Anatomy of a Lie. IAM, 1962. 19 minutes, color. Refutes
details shown in "And Women Must Weep", produced by the Naitonal Right to Work
Committee.
And Women Must Weep. National Right to Work Committee, 1962,
26 minutes, color. Anti-union film dramatizing a wildcat strike staged by the
IAM in Princeton, Indiana in 1956-57.
Step by Step: 100 years of St. Louis Machinists Lodge 41.
1989. A film by Rosemary Feurer.
We Didn't Want It to Happen This Way. AFL-CIO Education
Films, 1979. 30 minutes. This film protrays the personal tragedy experienced by
IAM members at Zenith Corporation after the company announced that it was moving
production to Mexico. It also focuses on the unregulated actions of
multinational corporations and their impact on the welfare of all U.S. ctizens.
(To order: (202) 853-3000)
RELATED LINKS
Organizations:
International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers
This site acts as "home base" for the IAM's web presence, and it's easy to
contact our union's headquarters' people as you move around the site. "Surf's
up," brother and sister Machinists!
* I.A.M. Journal Online
I.A.M.A.W. - Sioux City,
Iowa (Siouxland) Lodge 1426
Information about International Presidents, General Secretary Treasurers, and
the Machinist's Union's history.
HistoryLink.org
Information on the Boeing Machinists Strike, 1948, with images
AFL-CIO
Want to know what "AFL-CIO" means at the end of our union's name and the names
of so many of our brother and sister unions? Click here to see what's happening
at the AFL-CIO.
United Lodge 66 History
United States Department of Labor
See how our tax dollars are spent to serve working Americans, and find out how
all those government agencies fit together in the Department.
Other archives and General History:
Industrial
Relations Libraries, Urban and Labor Archive Links- Reuther Archives
The "Reuther's" site has many valuable links to labor archives everywhere, so
bookmark this "site to sites."
Kheel Center Labor
Management Documentation & Archives, Catherwood Library, Cornell University
The center's holdings are rellated specifically to the needle rades, railroads,
teachers, arbitration, mediation, and management theory. Make sure you "visit"
the web exhibit on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, an even tat the core of
workplace safety issues.
Southern Labor
Archives, Georgia State University
The SLA is the official repository of the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers materials. Trained people here (Julia Marks
Young, Pam Hackbart-Dean, and Annie Tilden) welcome your questions about IAM
archival holdings at the SLA, as well as inquiries concerning union records you
might be keeping now.
W. J. Usery,
Jr.
William Usery joined the I.A.M. in 195 and served the Cocoa Beach / Cape
Kennedy, Florida area from the late 1950's to 1969. Known for his arbitration
skills, he eventually was appointed to high positions in the Department of Labor
and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services. The Usery Papers are a part
of the Southern Labor Archives in Georgia State University's Special
Collections.
Tamiment Institute
Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
This "unique center for scholarly research on labor history, and the history of
socialist, anarchist, communist and other radical political movements" also
houses the editorial offices of Labor History, a journal enjoyed by
scholars which has great appeal for union members as well. The Tamiment
Institute and Wagner Archives encourage site visitors to contact them concerning
the keeping of "non-current" [archival] union records.
www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html Repositories of
Primary Sources
This site list of over 2500 web addresses describing holdings of manuscripts,
archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources.
Including the United States, Canadian, Mexican, Central and South American and
other Caribbean, European, Asian, and African countries' repositories, on-line
visitors can search geographically for information. Look for local
records in your state's listed repositories and amaze your union brothers and
sisters by how rapidly you can find out who has what.
The Archives Web
This list of web sites of national archives around the world will enable you
to visit other countries' resources much faster (and more cheaply!) than the
Concorde could ever put you there – no jet lag either!
State Archives
Referral
"Secretary of State" [for Georgia] might be the banner on this site, but it is a
comprehensive link to state archives web addresses, phone numbers plus "snail
mail" information. Also accessible from this site are many international "hot
links."
National Archives and Records Administration
(US)
This site includes information about the National Archives and its holdings, and
a link to the NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL), a searchable database of
NARA’s holdings across the country. NARA has a very savvy site, and the people
there are known for their quick response time via e-mail, phone, or letter.
Historical Newspapers Online
Have fun at this site as it helps you travel back to many versions of the "news
of the day." Newspaper indices covering the time period of the events you are
researching will guide you in identifying contemporary accounts.
RLIN Archives and
Manuscript gateway
Search the Research Library Information Network (RLIN) via the Internet for
original source material from archives and manuscript repositories throughout
the United States. RLIN is fast and fun as you think of subjects and people to
investigate.
Labor and Working Class History Association
An organization of scholars, union members, students, and citizens developed to
propmote a wider understanding of the history of working class people, their
communities, and their organizations in the U.S.
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