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 Contains minutes, dues books, and membership records of the San Francisco-based International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lodge #68, and one ledger of minutes pertaining to the Golden West Lodge. The earliest material in the collection are five membership dues ledgers from 1900-1903, membership applications (fees) from 1903-1940 and executive and regular meeting minutes from 1908. The minutes from 1908-1946 are complete. The bulk of the collection is comprised of bound volumes of the...

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...