General labor files, 1900-1970 (bulk 1918-1970).

Brotherhood of sleeping car porters

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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) organized railway porters (traditionally an occupation for African-Americans) to bargain with the Pullman Company which held a virtual monopoly on the nation's sleeping car facilities. The BSCP was founded in 1925 in New York City to counteract the poor wages, long hours, and other injustices practiced by the Pullman Car Company. A. Philip Randolph became president of the Brotherhood in 1928. In the mid-1930's the American Federation of...

American Railway Supervisors Association

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The American Railway Supervisors Association, later renamed the American Railway and Airway Supervisors Association, was founded on November 14, 1934, by a group of supervisors on the Chicago and North Western Railway. ARASA merged with the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (BRAC) in 1980 and continues as a separate Supervisors' Division, operating under its own by-laws, within Transportation Communications International Union ...

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...

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...

Pullman Company. Labor Relations Dept.

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Central Labor Relations Department office files probably started in the late 1930's or early 1940's by F.L. Simmons' successor as supervisor of Industrial Relations, H.R. Lary. From the description of General labor files, 1900-1970 (bulk 1918-1970). (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32197007 ...

Pullman Company

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York County, Pa., plant, which produced automobiles, also known as Pullman Motor Car Company. From the description of Records, 1903-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974944 Manufacturer of railroad sleeping and passenger cars founded by George M. Pullman; incorporated in 1867 as Pullman's Palace Car Company; name changed to Pullman Company in 1899; Pullman Incorporated formed 1927 with Pullman Company and Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corp., becoming its principal sub...

United Transport Service Employees of America

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