Switchmen's Union of North America Constitutions on Microfilm
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Abstract
Constitutions of the Switchmen's Union of North America.
Dates
- 1894-1913
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Biographical / Historical
In 1906 Switchmen's joined with the American Federation of Labor. SUNA was one of the first unions that started the Railway Labor Executives' Association in 1926. They tried to start a merger of train movement unions in 1929 with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, but, were unsuccessful. In 1935 SUNA joined with the Canadian Labour Congress.
In 1950 the government seized the railroads after a series of disputes between the railroads and yard employees in connection with the 40-hour week. On June 15, 1950 the Railway labor Act Emergency Board ruled in favor of the 40-hour basic work week, overtime pay for hours in excess of 40, and other improvements.
The Switchmen's Union of North America had 275 lodges and 12,000 members in the United States and Canada by 1969. That year it combined with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen to form the United Transportation Union.
Extent
0.11 cubic feet
Quantity:
1 microfilm reel
Forms of Material:
Constitutions, microfilm.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, May 07, 2014
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, April 02, 2015
- Title
- Switchmen's Union of North America Constitutions on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- April 02, 2015
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository