Scope and Contents

District records including a large set of agreements and negotiation files for specific employers. Also includes meetings minutes, correspondence, and files related to union elections, legal, arbitration and grievance cases, plant closings, employer shop and job lists, strikes, and benefits.

Abstract Records of Oakland-based International Association of Machinists, Lodge 284, including business agent, apprenticeship training, contracts and agreements files. The earliest material in the collection is the 1917 minutes ledger. The most recent material is 1966 correspondence in the Agreements Series. Most of the records in the collection are from the 1940s. Of the nine minutes ledgers, two date from 1917-1920 and seven date from 1941-1949. Documents in the Agreements Series range from the...