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ALPA Governing Bodies: Central Executive Council Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002439
Abstract
The Central Executive Council (CEC) was formed by the Board of Directors in 1932 and consisted of the President, First Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and regional Vice Presidents. The council functioned mainly as an advisory body to the President, and also worked on policies, planning, and programs for ALPA. The records are made up of minutes of CEC meetings from 1933-1946. Many of the subjects focus on the Council’s work interpreting and creating policies for the still new Association,...
Dates:
1933 - 1946
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Herndon EAL Strike Center Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002456
Abstract
The Herndon EAL Strike Center Records document the 265 day strike on Eastern Airlines (EAL) from March 4, 1989 - November 23, 1989. During this period 3400 of 4200 EAL pilots went out on sympathy strike along with the flight attendants represented by the Transportation Workers Union (TWU), both of whom voted to honor the International Association of Machinists (IAM) strike of Eastern Airlines. The Herndon EAL Strike Center Records focus on the records of EAL Council 142 located in Herndon, VA,...
Dates:
1986 - 1990; Majority of material found in 1989 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Miami EAL MEC Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_Miami
Abstract
Parts 1 and 2 of the EAL MEC Records spans 30 years but focuses mainly on the last
decade of Eastern’s operations. Major subjects include mergers, air safety and bankruptcy litigation.
Dates:
1960 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1990
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA President's Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247
Abstract
The President's Department records are arranged in three parts.
Part I: The Air Line Pilots Association was formed in secret in 1930 by a group of “Key Men” from each airline, they formed openly and affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1931. In that same year David Behncke was elected president of ALPA, an office he held twenty years, until being recalled in 1951 (and off and on through 1952 during his legal battle with ALPA). His successor, Clarence Sayen, held...
Dates:
1931 - 1998
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Publications
Collection
Identifier: LR002495
Abstract
The ALPA Publications is a collection of pamphlets, newsletters, magazines, bulletins, manuals, constitutions and by-laws, arbitration transcripts, and research reports produced by, or involving ALPA from 1933-2006. ALPA’s main publication, Air Line Pilot, is still in print and so not included here, but both ALPA national, and individual
Master Executive Councils (MEC) also produced a wide variety of publications during
the past 80 years which are included in this collection.
Dates:
1933 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Publications: Air Line Pilot
Collection
Identifier: LR002500
Abstract
Air Line Pilot is ALPA’s main publication and has been in continuous print since April
1932. The first volumes were published twice a month, and came in newspaper form,
running about 4 pages each. ALPA soon began to produce Air Line Pilot monthly and
steadily increased the page count, eventually publishing in the present magazine form in
1949. Air Line Pilot covers a variety of topics relevant to pilots such as news in the
airline industry, ALPA structure and Association news, technical...
Dates:
1931 - 2019
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
George Hopkins Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001362
Abstract
The George Hopkins Papers document ALPA’s activities during the Southern Airways (SOU) strike of 1960. Hopkins is a historian and the author of a number of books concerning airline pilots. He obtained the files from John Boyd, a SOU pilot who spent considerable time lobbying for ALPA in Washington DC during the strike.The main issue of the SOU strike was equal pay for equal work. ALPA maintained that all pilots should receive the same salary regardless of the size of the airline,...
Dates:
1958 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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