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 History of District Lodge 751 of the International Association 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 Organizational 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 the film And Women Must Weep, produced by the National 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 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 event at 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 archivists here 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.
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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