AFL-CIO. Railway Employees' Department. Records, 1917-1970

AFL-CIO

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The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 as an umbrella organization for skilled trade and industrial unions. Its regional office in Baltimore represented worker interests against this railroad merger. From the description of AFL-CIO response to merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, 1962-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 238572652 Created by merger of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. ...

Jewell, B. M.

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Fox, Michael

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Epithet: Clerk of the Peace, county Roscommon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x0003d8 ...

Aten, Fred N.

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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. Railway Employees' Department.

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Railway Employees' Department

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Against a background of rapid rail expansion, begun in the late 1800's, organized railway labor appeared and began to flourish throughout the first decades of the 20th Century. This expansion was facilitated in 1908 by the formation of the Railway Employees' Department (RED) of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) - a cooperative effort on the part of seven national shop craft unions, the Brotherhood of Carmen of America; International Association of Machinists; Intern...