Union officer retirement correspondence and reminiscence, 1954-1955.

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Union officer retirement correspondence and reminiscence, 1954-1955.

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Correspondence concerning Perry's retirement from position as international secretary and treasurer of the Switchmen's Union of North America, and reminiscence by Perry of his 45 years with the Union.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7351548

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Perry, J. M. (John M.), b. 1887.

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Union activist; served the Switchmen's Union as international vice president, 1921-1929, and international secretary and treasurer, 1929- 1955. From the description of Union officer retirement correspondence and reminiscence, 1954-1955. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33841547 ...

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...