Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (MS 4)

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Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (MS 4)

1926-1961

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The collection consists of business records and correspondence pertaining to the Brotherhood and the Western Pacific Railway during the mid-twentieth century. Documents in the collection contain information on the railroad's hiring and job bidding procedures, as well as hours worked and wages paid for various positions. In addition, the collection has material on union/management disputes arising form violations of labor agreements, and on the business operations of the Brotherhood's General Chairman's office.

11 document boxes

eng,

California State Railroad Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6664055

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Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (1899-)

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The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employees was organized in 1899 in Sedalia, Missouri as the Order of Railway Clerks of America. It was initially affiliated with the American Federation of Labor but the tie was severed in 1901 and did not resume for many years. Union name variants were the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks (1904); Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (1919); and the Brotherhood of Railwa...