The Gail Nicholson Collection of Local 553, Transport Workers Union of America, Files 1969-1993 (bulk 1989-1990) contains administrative records, correspondence, newsletters, membership mailings, and clippings from TWU Local 553, faxed communications from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), and material produced by airlines, primarily Eastern Air Lines. Collection primarily documents TWU’s 1989 sympathy strike against Eastern Air Lines.

Mary Jane Barry's TWU Local 553 Air Transport Division Files, 1969-1993 (bulk 1985-1990), contains material documenting Barry’s leadership of Local 553, especially the union’s negotiations with and strike against Eastern Air Lines alongside the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and International association of Machinists (IAM). Includes correspondence, union mailings and memos, court cases, election information, and meeting notes.

This is a collection of memorabilia related to the Transport Workers Union of America, Local 553 (New York, NY). Included in this collection are political/labor buttons, bumper stickers, union pins, gift sets and some union labeled clothing.