Records, 1958-1976 (bulk 1960-1972)

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Records, 1958-1976 (bulk 1960-1972)

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Collection contains correspondence, statements and testimony, court and commerce commission decisions, minutes, reports, legislative bills, and contracts and other types of agreements. Activities of the State Legislative Directors of the BRT and BLF & E are illustrated. Records of the BRT Legislative Director (Maurice Radrizzi) deal exclusively with Illinois and Interstate Commerce Commission cases concerning discontinuance of train service (1962-1970).

20 linear ft. (20 boxes)

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Duggan, Thomas J.

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, founded in 1863, recognized the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1874. The combined Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF & E) represented a wide spectrum of railroad occupations in labor negotiations. In 1969, it merged with other industry unions to form the United Transportation Union. From the description of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen journals, 1874-1968 (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). ...

Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen

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The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (ORC & B) was founded in 1868 as an order of railway conductors and later expanded to include brakemen. From the description of Series 2. Files re general chairmen, 1903-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64755504 The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (0RC & B) was founded in 1868 as an order of railroad conductors and later expanded to include brakemen. From the description of Order...

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

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The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was founded in 1883 in Oneonta, New York as a protective and insurance organization. By the time of its merger with three other railroad labor unions to form the United Transportation Union in 1969, it had the greatest membership of any of the operating railroad brotherhoods. From the description of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen series 6. General subject files, 1897-1968, bulk 1934-1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 6475550...

United Transportation Union. Office of the Illinois State Legislative Director (Chicago, Ill.)

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Labor union formed in 1969 by merger of four railroad unions: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT), Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF &E), Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (ORCC & B), and Switchmen's Union of North America (SUNA). State Legislative Director lobbies for legislation favorable to railroad labor, represents union interests before the Illinois and Interstate Commerce Commissions and other governmental agencies, and informs union members about gove...

Radrizzi, Maurice.

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Switchmen's Union of North America

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In 1898, Congress passed the Erdman Act, which provided for the mediation and arbitration of disputes in the railroad industry which involved the operating brotherhoods, telegraphers and switchmen. Within a year after its adoption the switchmen, represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, invoked the law, which failed when its principles were repudiated by the leading railroad companies involved. The Act provided that when a controversy which could not be solved...