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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers fonds [textual record (some microform), graphic material, object]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

ca. 1888-1986.

Reference:

R3894-0-6-E, MG28-I191

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105298

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers fonds
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Fonds includes:

18 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

ca. 1888-1986.

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

United States

Extent:

35.168 m of textual records.
1 microfilm reel : negative and positive.
ca. 1736 photographs : chiefly b&w.
11 buttons : 8 lapel.
1 pencil with pocket clip and button.
1 sticker.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French
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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers fonds [textual record, object]

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers fonds [textual record]

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers fonds [textual record]

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers fonds [textual record]

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers fonds [textual record]
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Fonds documents the Canadian Office of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). The fonds documents: Local Lodges and District Lodge files; abandoned organizing campaigns and disbanded lodges; subject files (specific industries and firms, and general topics); correspondence of Harold E. Thayer; education, public relations, publicity, and political action; other labour organizations; charters of locals and ephemera (vol. 120 to 127); and minute books of Lodge 122 and Lodge 103 (microfilm reel M-7776).

The fonds also consists of the records of the IAMAW Montreal office, including subject files (general topics, specific industries and firms) and files of local lodges. Fonds also includes photographs documenting the IAMAW and eight union lapel buttons.

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
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New Democratic Party of Canada

Canadian Labour Congress

Laberge, Louis, 1924-

Quebec Federation of Labour

Scotton, Clifford

Thayer, Harold E

Canadian Machinists Political League

Machinists Non-Partisan Political League

Canadian Railway Labour Executive Association
Biography/Administrative history:

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers : The first Canadian local of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) was established at Stratford, Ont. in 1890, two years after the foundation of the IAM in Atlanta, USA. With a membership initially composed largely of railroad machinists, the IAM in Canada grew rapidly during the boom in railroad construction prior to the First World War and by 1919 was the country's largest union. The IAM played an important part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, which was precipitated by a walkout of machinists at Dominion Bridge.

During the 1930s, the union experienced a serious decrease in membership. A recovery after the Second World War was marked by a change in the composition of the union; a steep decline in railroad membership was offset by increase in membership of aircraft workers, who became the predominant group in the IAM. In 1965, the union became the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). By this time, there were some 40,000 Canadian members, organized in 161 local lodges and 5 district lodges.

The IAM was active in the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) from 1895, and subsequently became an affiliate of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Machinist lodges participated in the foundation of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1961, and in 1963, the IAM established the Canadian Machinists Political League to coordinate the union's political and educational program. As of 2017, there were 40,000 IAMAW members in Canada organised in 65 locals.

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Textual material, graphic material and objects (Electronic) Finding Aid consists of an inventory appended with a file list. Finding aid describes vols. 1 to 188. MSS1119 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000175.pdf
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003398.pdf
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003458.pdf

Photographs (selected) (Paper) See "photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number". FA-500 (90: Open)

Buttons (Paper) Medal inventory cards: 9247 to 9254. (90: Open)

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General note:

Documents were received from: the IAMAW Canadian National Office (1976); H.C. Aubrey (regarding local lodges 412 and 1223); Bob Haddow of Montreal, Que. (regarding local lodge 712, received 1981); and the Montreal Office (received 1985).
A note on the history of the IAMAW in Canada is found in volume 60.
In 1964, the union membership voted to change the name from International Union of Machinists (IAM) to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW).
Subject heading:

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Canada - Officials and employees

Ontario Federation of Labour

St. Thomas (Ont.)

Religion-Labour Council of Canada

Trade-unions - Canada

Labour - Canada

Labour conditions - Canada

Labour disputes - Canada

Labour movement - Canada

Labour organization - Canada

Labour movement - Education - Canada

Labour relations - Canada

Trade and professional associations - Canada

Trade unions - Canada - Strikes

Trade unions - Machinists - Canada

Trade unions - Aerospace industry employees - Canada

Trade unions - Membership

Airlines - Canada

Automobile industry and trade - Canada, 1934-1972

Construction industry - Canada, 1934-1972

Electronics industry - Canada, 1934-1972

Machine tool industry - Canada, 1934-1972

Railroad equipment industry - Canada, 1934-1972

Canada - Industry, 1907-1985

Labour leaders - Canada, 1901-1976

Trade unions - Political activity, 1901-1976

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - History, 1901-1985

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Constitution, 1901-1985

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Employees, 1901-1985

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Membership, 1901-1985

Ottawa (Ont.)

Cornwall (Ont.)

Drummondville (Quebec)

Aircraft industry Canada

Aeronautics Canada

Railroads Canada

Labour - unions and organizations - archival fonds
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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113-020063-9
120-020131-0
1976-225 NPC
1979-019 MED
1979-194 NPC
1985-00007-5
1985-289 NPC
1985/0347
1985/0421
1986-059 NPC
1986/0085
1986/0096
1986/0435
1993/0073
1994-350 DAP
1996-03086-8
1997/0009
1998-01080-5
94-127
MG28-I191

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MG28-I191
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000143.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Finding aid box [FA 1119] 96

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation18 Restricted]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyright. Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada
Buttons: No restrictions. Copyright: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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