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Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Honorary Register of Disabled

 Collection
Identifier: 5611
Abstract

Grand Lodge, BLFE, "Honorary Register of Disabled", recorded chronologically, includes 1) name, 2) lodge, 3) date of disability, 4) cause, and 5) remarks; also, an alphabetical index of names with a page reference.

Dates: 1879-1904

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5141
Abstract

Bulletins, correspondence, convention proceedings, arbitration, grievance, and subject files, meeting minutes, union publications, and ephemera relating to the BLFE, labor relations in the railroad industry in the United States, and railroad labor issues from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries.

Dates: 1875-1975

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Legislative Board of New York Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5623
Abstract

Arbitration case files, correspondence, monthly reports and state legislation reports.

Dates: 1930-1960

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5149
Abstract

These records deal chiefly with the union during the presidential terms of office of A.F. Whitney (1928-1949), W.P. Kennedy (1949-1963), and Charles Luna (1963-1968).

Dates: 1883-1973

Eugene V. Debs Papers on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5713 mf
Abstract

Papers of the major American socialist figure of the late 19th and early 20th Century

Dates: 1834-1945

Grand Lodge of the Ladies Society of the Former Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5176
Abstract

This collection is comprised of records and photographs documenting the institutional history of the Grand Lodge of the Ladies' Society of the Former Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF and E).

Dates: 1884- 1972

Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5148
Abstract

These records represent the small surviving fraction of the union's total record production, the largest part of which was periodically disposed of throughout the history of the union.

Dates: 1910-1986

Railway Labor Executives' Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5484
Abstract

This collection consists of the office files of the Railway Labor Executives' Association for the years 1930 through 1967 and select general and subject files for 1926 through 1976. The files include correspondence, court case reports, court decisions, legal filings, executive orders, reports of emergency boards, statistics, copies of legislation, political records, arbitration and mediation records, financial statements and labor agreements.

Dates: 1926-1976

Ralph T. Seward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5328
Abstract

Includes over 1000 arbitration and mediation awards, decisions, and related documents, primarily for cases in the following industries: steel, electronics, auto, transportation, meatpacking, manufacturing, and communications. Also include documents relating to two boards of the National Mediation Service which Seward chaired (Emergency Board Number 176 and Arbitration Board No. 282).

Dates: 1949-1966