Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America Certificate
of Membership for Clarence Wheeler, 1918
Collection Number: 5159m
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America Certificate
of Membership for Clarence Wheeler, 1918
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5159m
Abstract:
Photocopy of Clarence Wheeler's Certificate of Membership to Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America.
Creator:
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
This collection consists of a photocopy of Clarence Wheeler's Certificate of Membership
to Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America.
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Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America Certificate
of Membership for Clarence Wheeler #5159m. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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The Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America union
was founded in September of 1892. The union was intended to represent employees of
the transit industry and be international, initially focusing on the east coast of
the United States and Canada. The objectives of the union included settlement of disputes
with management, securing fair compensation and good working conditions also education
for workers. Although the union participated in strikes by the start of the 20th century
the union became much more militant in its efforts. During these strikes the public
and small business often sympathized with the streetcar employees. Nowadays the Amalgamated
Transit Union is the largest labor organization representing transit workers in the
United States and Canada. The union has over 190,000 members across 46 states and
9 provinces. The ATU represents operators of buses, vans, subway trains, and light
rail. Additionally clerks, baggage handlers, maintenance workers and others are also
represented by ATU. There are currently 220 local unions in North America with Chicago
being Division 241.
Names:
Wheeler, Clarence.
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Subjects:
Railroads -- United States -- Employees
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Photocopy of Clarence Wheeler's Certificate of Membership to Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
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1918 | |