ALPA Contracts: Airline Employees
Collection
Identifier: LR002540
Scope and Content
The ALPA Contracts: Airline Employees collection is made up of contracts for agents, clerical employees, clerks, communications employees, airline employees, flight dispatchers, flight engineers, flight instructors, flight simulator operators, flight superintendents, food service employees, maintenance employees, mechanics, meteorologists, navigators, passenger service employees, port stewards, ramp servicemen, security employees, and station employees from various U.S. airlines from the 1940s to the 1970s. Included are contracts, letters of agreement, side letters, memorandums of understanding, and other negotiations, negotiated by the Air Line Pilots Association, the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, the International Association of Machinists, the Air Line Employees Association, the Communications Workers of America, the Air Line Dispatchers Association, the Flight Engineers’ International Association, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the Transportation Workers Union of America, and others. Contracts are ALPA unless otherwise noted.
Dates
- 1939 - 1973
- Majority of material found within 1959 - 1967
Creator
- Air Line Pilots Association (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (3 SB)
Abstract
The ALPA Contracts: Airline Employees collection is made up of contracts for agents, clerical employees, clerks, communications employees, airline employees, flight dispatchers, flight engineers, flight instructors, flight simulator operators, flight superintendents, food service employees, maintenance employees, mechanics, meteorologists, navigators, passenger service employees, port stewards, ramp servicemen, security employees, and station employees from various U.S. airlines from the 1940s to the 1970s. Included are contracts, letters of agreement, side letters, memorandums of understanding, and other negotiations, negotiated by the Air Line Pilots Association, the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, the International Association of Machinists, the Air Line Employees Association, the Communications Workers of America, the Air Line Dispatchers Association, the Flight Engineers’ International Association, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the Transportation Workers Union of America, and others. Contracts are ALPA unless otherwise noted.
Arrangement
Contracts are arranged and described item level by airline and in chronological order.
Acquisition
This is an artificial collection made up of various shipments.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Kathy Makas on August 14, 2014.
Creator
- Air Line Pilots Association (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the ALPA Contracts: Airline Employees
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Kathy Makas.
- Date
- 2014-08-14
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA