Order of Railway Conductor's and Brakemen Unification Documents, 1968-1971
Collection Number: 5606
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Order of Railway Conductor's and Brakemen Unification Documents, 1968-1971
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5606
Abstract:
Newspapers, reports, correspondence
Creator:
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (ORC & B) was founded in 1868 as an order
of railroad conductors and later expanded to include brakemen.
The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen was founded by T.J. "Tommie" Wright
in 1868 in Amboy, Ill. as the Conductors Union. The name was changed to Order of Railway
Conductors of America (ORC) in 1878. In 1942, the Order of Sleeping Car Conductors
merged with ORC. The union's name was changed in 1954 to the Order of Railway Conductors
and Brakemen. In 1969, the Order merged with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Switchmen's Union of North America
to form the United Transportation Union.
The ORC & B International Headquarters, Grand Division, was located in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa with subordinate divisions in the United States, Canada, and the Panama Canal
Zone. The principal officers included the president, senior vice-president, general
secretary-treasurer, executive vice-president, vice-president/Washington legislative
representative, vice-president/National Railroad Adjustment Board, four regional vice-presidents,
Board of Trustees (3 members), and the ORC & B Board of Directors (comprised of the
above 13 officers.) General Adjustment Committees on each property (Class 1 railroads)
were responsible for execution of the contract, with each chairman, as principal officer,
exercising a high degree of autonomy. Legislative matters on the state level were
the responsibility of the State Legislative Committee and its chairman.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Order of Railway Conductor's and Brakemen Unification Documents #5606. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
Subjects:
Railroads -- Employees
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Newspapers
|
1968-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Report on Unification Progress
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Non-Contract Locals
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence: ORC&B, General
|
1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence: ORC&B, C. F. Lane
|
1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence: ORC&B, O. R. Lundborg
|
1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence: SUNA
|
1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence: Ernst & Ernst
|
1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence: UTU
|
1971 |