Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen series 6. General subject files, 1897-1968, bulk 1934-1968.
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen series 6. General subject files, 1897-1968, bulk 1934-1968.
Includes correspondence, mss. and printed reports and documents created by or of interest to national officers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT). Included are correspondence and documents on the relations between the BRT and the other operating railroad brotherhoods, specifically concerning the controversy between the BRT and the Switchmen's Union of North America (SUNA) involving black railroad employees (1935), as well as litigation between the unions regarding rival unionism on the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad (1936-1937); correspondence between the presidents of the BRT and the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (ORC & B) regarding relations between their unions (1940-1941); and miscellaneous materials regarding the merger of the BRT, the ORC & B, SUNA, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF & E) (1968). Correspondence and documents relating to Canadian matters, include the vacation agreement of 1941, the dues checkoff agreement of 1953, and a file on the Canadian Full Crew Law (1960-1964). Correspondence and circulars of the BRT Constitution Committee regard job protection for union members, vacations, the closed shop, the Railroad Retirement Act, dues checkoff, insurance premiums, contested union elections, and BRT policies regarding strikes of other unions (1946-1950). Legislation files (ca. 1957-1968) include letters of Charles Luna, W.P. Kennedy, and G.W. Rogers (secretary-treasurer, BRT), proceedings, copies of bills and acts, statements, reports, booklets and pamphlets, bill amendments, press releases, financial dockets, arbitration proceedings, and telegrams re Hours of Service Act (1957-1967), Power Brake Law of 1958 (1958-1966), Railroad Safety Appliance Act (1911, 1922, 1963-1966), Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (1959-1962), Railroad Retirement Act of 1935 (1964-1967), Railway Labor Act, Norris-La Guardia Act (1965-1966), Transportation Act of 1958, Federal Employers' Liability Act (1958-1968), Canadian Full Crew Law (1960-1964), and Washington Job Protection Agreement (1960). Files on the National Railroad Adjustment Board (NRAB) include awards, dockets, and statistics for cases handled and disposed of by NRAB (1949-1950); letters of R.J. Brooks (deputy president, BRT), G.H. Side (vice-president and general manager, Wabash Railroad), and E.D. Conner (general chairman, BRT) regarding changes in the rules of procedure with respect to ex-parte submissions (1949) and status of dockets before NRAB (1948); and letters, clippings, opinions, statements, and other materials concerning crew consist rules in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Files on railroads (1941-1968) include briefs, reports, letters, articles, government and legal documents regarding job protection, passenger service train discontinuance, fair competition, trackage rights, consolidation of trains, discontinuance, abandonment of trackage, increase in passenger fares, reduced train service, and improper main passenger service and equipment. Railroads mentioned in these files include the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (1958-1967), the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1961-1968), the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (1960-1968), the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (1957-1959), the Boston and Maine Railroad (1962-1967), the Chicago and North Western Railway (1941-1948), the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (1943-1948), the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (1950-1956), and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Old Colony Division (1948-1950). Railway Labor Executives' Association (RLEA) files (1934-1965) include RLEA by-laws, scattered meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence between W.P. Kennedy (president, BRT) Harry See (national legislative representative, BRT) and RLEA officials, and correspondence between BRT and RLEA officials regarding BRT's reaffiliation with the RLEA (1955-1956), among other documents. Of interest is a 1934 report of RLEA with reference to its response to a railroad proposal that basic wage rates of their employees be reduced by fifteen percent. Files on safety include correspondence regarding the safety of bus equipment (1963-1968) and correspondence and draft legislation on safety standards for railroad equipment. Also correspondence regarding the size and weight of trucks using U.S. highways and a resolution regarding vehicle size and weights. Also a 1943 typed draft of a "Biography of Alexander F. Whitney" by the Education and Research Bureau of the BRT and clippings regarding his death (1949), among numerous other documents.
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