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Strikes and lockouts

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85128731.html

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-00-00-19
Content Description The Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters Collection is a small collection consisting of six posters used by workers striking at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, in September 2005 and September 2024. Two posters from 2005 read: "Aerospace Machinists on Strike, Lodge 751 AFL-CIO, At Boeing." The other two posters from 2005 read: "Machinists Union On Strike Against Boeing, ULP!, Unfair Labor Practices!, IAM&AW District Lodge 751, AFL-CIO." The 2024 posters read: "Machinists...
Dates: 2005 September, 2024 September
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Bea Chun Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-01-01
Contents of the Collection The Bea Chun Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Chun during her tenure as a flight attendant for American Airlines and Braniff Airlines, spanning 1980-2006. The bulk of the material is from American Airlines, 1996-2006, including a 25th anniversary pin and brochure, assorted policy booklets, such as "Uniforms and Appearance Standards," "Polar Flight Operations," and "You are Alert and Alive;" printed ephemera, including crew rest seat...
Dates: circa 1980-2006
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Angela J. (Hughes) Gardner Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-04-27
Contents of the Collection The Angela J. (Hughes) Gardner Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials that relate to Gardner's time as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines (TWA) from 1962-1987. The bulk of the collection was gathered by Gardner during her employment. Materials have been divided into four series and are arranged chronologically within each series, unless otherwise noted. The first series, Flight...
Dates: 1943, 1961-2001
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James D. Griffin Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-08-25
Abstract

James D. Griffin was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The collection contains five hundred and ninety-six (596) photographs, likely collected and notated by Griffin, featuring primarily Douglas Aircraft Company airplanes manufactured during the 1910s-1970s but also, to a lesser extent, other manufacturer models; including Aero Spacelines, Boeing, Consolidated, and Northrop. There is also a small amount of clippings, newsletters, and articles.

Dates: circa 1910s-1970s; Majority of material found within ( dates 1920s-1950s)
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Esther (Hutchings) Hebrew Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-12-10
Contents of the Collection The Esther (Hutchings) Hebrew Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection consists of textual and visual materials gathered by Hebrew during her career as a stewardess for Western Airlines (WAL) in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The materials illuminate the work and life of flight attendants in the mid-twentieth century. The collection is organized in two series: Western Airlines career-related materials and other airlines. There are several files of textual materials related...
Dates: 1945-1951, undated
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Kenneth E. Schultz Western Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-06-28
Overview

Kenneth E. Schultz was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft flight engineer for Western Airlines from the 1950s to 1960s. This small collection is comprised of materials related to the Western Airlines Chapter of Flight Engineers’ International Association and Shultz’s labor disputes with Western Airlines while he was employed with the company as a flight engineer.

Dates: 1948-1989
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William S. Zoller Pilot Collection

 Collection — Box Assorted oversize box 12, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2025-11-11
Contents of the Collection

The William S. Zoller Pilot Collection is comprised of five Northwest Airlines strike posters. Two posters have 14 pilot signatures, including Zoller's. The posters were used by the pilots, likely during the August 1998 strike against NWA. The posters read: "Northwest pilots on strike" in red text and include the Air Line Pilots Association logo in blue beneath the words. The posters are 15x20-inches and have a white background with blue border.

Dates: circa 1998
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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