Legislation. Railway Labor Act, 1967

Inclusive date range: 1944-967

Bulk dates: 1962-1967



This collection is comprised of select records from the executive board of the RLEA. The majority of the records are concerned with the various mergers between railroad carriers that were prevalent in the United States starting in the 1960s. The merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad with the New York Central is the most extensively documented merger, but other mergers between the major carriers are also documented. Of note is the Keyserling Project, a study commissioned by the RLEA to examine the impact railroad mergers would have on both the economy of the nation as a whole, as well as the impact these mergers and subsequent shuttering of facilities would have on local municipalities. The overall thrust of these studies was focused on the job losses of the employees represented by the member unions of the RLEA. The RLEA at this time was also focused on wage rates for railroad employees, and working on plans to stabilize wages and rules for its members. Also of note are the IRS Form 990s filled out by the RLEA for fiscal years 1944 through 1962, each of which lists the member unions currently comprising the RLEA's membership. Additional records found in this collection document the day-to-day work of running the RLEA offices, including insurance policies for employees, general personnel records, and resumes from various applicants.