Carriers represented by the Eastern, Western and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees vs. Order of Railway Conductors of America and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Documents, 1950.

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Carriers represented by the Eastern, Western and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees vs. Order of Railway Conductors of America and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Documents, 1950.

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Consist of carrier and employee exhibits; awards, reports, etc.; also documents pertaining to the General Rules Movement. Records include carrier exhibits dealing with work rules, wage rates and differentials, hours of work, the history of the diesel rules movement, and working conditions. Employee exhibits include statistics on then existing economic conditions in the U.S., hours and wages in other industries, productivity comparisons, and studies of the impact of dieselization on the industry and the workforce and studies of safety matters. Also miscellaneous documents of unknown origin relating to the questions considered by this Board.

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United States. Emergency Board No. 217

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In 1956 and 1957, U.S. Emergency Board No. 116 heard a dispute between carriers represented by the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees and employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Parties to the dispute, which was over wages and paid holidays, included 175 class 1 railroads and 160,000 operating railroad workers. From the guide to the United States. Emergency Board No. 116. Reports and exhibits, 1956-1957., (Kheel Center for Labor-...

Eastern Carriers' Conference Committee.

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Southeastern Carriers Conference Committee

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Western Carriers' Conference Committee.

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Order of Railway Conductors of America

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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...