About

Local lodge 1487 was chartered on July 3rd 1945. The lodge was located in a storefront on 63rd St. On the South side of  Chicago, just a few blocks east of Midway Airport. In the early 60’s as the membership began moving to O’Hare from Midway, the lodge moved to another storefront on North Avenue in Northlake.

The membership voted to build its own hall which was completed in June of 1966 at 50 W. Oakton St.  in Des Plaines Illinois.

The completion of the hall was fortuitous as the membership struck their respective airlines on July 8, 1966.  It  would have been difficult to properly conduct such a major strike without our own facility. The new hall was a blessing. The airlines on strike all at once were United, TWA , NWA , National ,and EAL. Wages were an important facet of this strike. The federal government (under President Lyndon Johnson) attempted to place a limit of 3.2% on any wage increase. The members rejected one agreement while on strike as it did not meet their aspirations and ultimately, the members broke the 3.2 wage guideline.  The strike ended on August 19, 1966

There have been other District Lodges that are no longer in operation that have been affiliated with Local Lodge 1487 in past years.

100 – Eastern

141M – UAL mechanics following the separation of DL 141

144 – Capital , Allegheny ( US Airways)

146 – Continental, Brantiff

147 – Air Canada

There have been many strikes by members of  LL 1487:  Capital in 1953 and 1958,  Eastern in 1958, Flying Tiger in 1960 and 1979, UAL in 1975 and 1979, Northwest in 1982, Continental in 1983, Eastern in 1989, and US Air in 1992.