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Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

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 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

Don McMurry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5655
Abstract

Consists of research material pertaining to the great Burlington railroad strike of 1888.

Dates: 1865-1970

Don McMurry Papers on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5655 mf
Abstract

Consists of two microfilm reels of correspondence of various officials of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad outlining management's strategy for dealing with the 1977 strike.

Dates: 1877

John F. Kennedy Presidential Recordings regarding Railroad Work Rules Dispute

 Collection
Identifier: 5759 AV
Abstract

Railroad Work Rules Dispute consists recordings of White House meetings and telephone conversations.

Dates: 1963

M.E. Sandsberry, Jr. et al. vs Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company et al. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5378
Abstract

Thirteen employees of the Santa Fe Railroad and the railroad obtained an injunction restraining the unions from striking to secure a union shop contract. The collection consists of company documents as the case moved through various courts as listed below.

Dates: 1953-1954

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 Additional Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5728
Abstract

This collection consists of the general and office files of the Railway Labor Executives' Association for the years 1973-1985.

Dates: 1969-1985

Railway Labor Executives' Association Additional Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5552
Abstract

This collection consists of the general and office files of the Railway Labor Executives' Association for the years 1968-1972.

Dates: 1967-1972

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