International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Airlines Service Organizing Campaign files
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Scope and Contents of the Records
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Airlines Service Organizing Campaign files, 1991-2000, consist of handbills, campaign literature, organizing materials, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, correspondence, and digital files created for the organizing drive website.
Dates
- Creation: 1991-2000
Creator
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.
Historical Note
Originally founded in Atlanta in 1888 as a trade union for railroad machinists, today the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) represents workers in a large and diverse number of fields. Over the course of the 20th century the machinists moved from representing railroad workers to machinists and others working for airlines and the aerospace industry.
In the 1990s, the Machinists ran a campaign to organize and represent the workers at United Airlines, pioneering new organizing techniques to do so. Gate agents, mechanics, and other employees at United voted to join the IAMAW in 1998.
Extent
2.0 Linear Feet (in 3 boxes)
30.9 Megabytes (22 disk image files captured from 3.5-inch floppy disks; disk images contain an unknown number of total digital objects)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Airlines Service Organizing Campaign files, 1991-2000, contain handbills, campaign literature, organizing materials, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, correspondence, and digital files created for the organizing drive website. In the 1990s the Machinists ran a campagin attempting to organize and represent the workers at United Airlines. The gate agents, mechanics, and other employees at United voted to join the IAMAW in 1998 and the campaign and the pioneering new organizing techniques proved their worth.
Arrangement
Original order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, courtesy of Bill Upton, former Assistant Director of Communications, December 2015.
Subject
- United Airlines (Organization)
- Title
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to the United Airlines Service Organizing Campaign files at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hal Hansen
- Date
- May 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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