Transport Workers Union of America Local 2001 Files, 1937-1979
Collection Number: 5800
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Transport Workers Union of America Local 2001 Files, 1937-1979
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5800
Abstract:
This collection consists of the records of Salvatore S. Biondo, executive vice-president
and president of TWU Local 2001, Railroad Division, in Albany, New York.
Creator:
Transport Workers Union of America (TWUA)
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The Transport Workers Union of America [TWU] was founded by New York City subway workers
in 1934, and then expanded to represent other transit employees across the United
States. Their largest Local is Local 100, whose membership consists of New York City's
mass transit workers. TWU also represents flight attendants, grounds crew, and maintenance
workers for a number of airlines as well as employees of Amtrak, ConRail, and a few
short line railroads.
The TWU was one of the first unions to join the Congress of Industrial Organizations
[CIO], and was known for its left-leaning politics. One of TWU's founders and its
first president, Mike Quill, was a close ally of the Communist Party USA before renouncing
all ties in 1948. The TWU was also unique among railroad and transit unions in that
it fostered close ties with the African-American community and the NAACP, included
quotas for the hiring of African-Americans in its collective bargaining agreements,
and supported a strong civil rights platform which advocated for a national platform
to combat racism as well as combating the racism found among its own members.
TWU started representing railway employees in 1954 when the United Railroad Workers
of America [URRWA] on the Pennsylvania Railroad [PRR] voted to join the TWU. The URRWA
was itself an outgrowth of the CIO's United Railway Organizing Committee, which was
chartered in 1941 to organize non-operating employees on the railways. The Committee
organized many different non-operating crafts, including carmen, car inspectors, food
service workers, maintenance of way, and maintenance of equipment employees. Like
the TWU, the URRWA was committed to strong union ideals, promoting racial equality,
fighting discrimination, and serving as a counterpoint to the railroad brotherhoods
of the AFL. The URRWA represented around 40,000 employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in order to increase their negotiating power, the Committee voted to affiliate with
the TWU, thus forming the Railroad Division of the TWU.
In 1955, TWU Local 2001 was chartered to represent the members on the PRR, which
included the employees of the PRR owned Hudson and Manhattan Railroad. During the
mergers among carriers that occurred over the next few decades, TWU Local 2001 came
to represent employees on the PATH system, formerly the Hudson and Manhattan; employees
on the PennCentral, comprised of the PRR, the New York Central, and the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad; and the successors to the PennCentral, Amtrak and
Conrail as well as New Jersey Transit and MetroNorth.
Currently, TWU Local 2001 represents roughly 1,600 railroaders on seven different
railroads in four states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
For more information, see History TWU Local 2001 http://local2001.twu.org/history/
Inclusive date range: 1937-1979
Bulk dates: 1969-1979
This collection contains the files of Salvatore S. Biondi, vice-president and president
of TWU Local 2001 in Albany, New York. His files are primarily concerned with the
carmen who worked in the Selkirk Yard. His files regarding union members, including
grievances, claims, investigations, and personnel files, are restricted.
Also found in this collection is extensive documentation of the merger between the
New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad into the Penn Central Transportation Company
and the effect it had on the employees of the carriers. It also includes extensive
documentation of the further effects the Penn Central bankruptcy and the formation
of ConRail and Amtrak had on these same employees.
Also found in this collection is extensive correspondence with the Railroad Division
of the TWU in Long Island City, New York.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials. Files regarding union members, including
grievances, claims, investigations, and personnel files, are restricted.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Transport Workers Union of America Local 2001 Files #5800. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Names:
Biondo, Salvatore S.
Transport Workers Union of America.
Transport Workers Union of America -- Local 2001 (Albany, NY)
Penn Central Transportation Company
New York Central Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brotherhood of railway Carmen of America, AFL-CIO
Amtrak
Conrail
Subjects:
Railroads -- New York (State)
Transport workers--Labor unions--United States--Sources.
Collective labor agreements -- Railroads -- United States.
Arbitration, Industrial -- United States
Railroads -- Mergers -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
|
Description
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Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Claims filed by TWU with Penn Central Transportation Co.
|
1969-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Claims file on behalf of employees at Selkirk Departure yard.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence from TWU Railroad Division
|
1976-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence from Penn Central Transportation Co. re filed claims
|
1971-1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Amtrak Investigations of Employees At Selkirk Departure yard
|
1977-1979 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
ConRail: Reorganization and Title V
|
1976-1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Rensselaer Maintenance Facility, Seniority Rosters
|
1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
General Correspondence
|
1951-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Notice of Investigation, Trial, or Hearing
|
1968-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence from Penn Central Transportation Co. re filed claims
|
1969-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence from Amtrak re facilities at Albany-Rensselaer
|
1976-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
TWU Local 2001 General Outgoing Correspondence
|
1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Weekly Reports, S.S. Biondo
|
1969-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Weekly Reports, S.S. Biondo
|
1971-1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Weekly Reports, S.S. Biondo
|
1973-1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Weekly Reports, S.S. Biondo
|
1975-1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Weekly Reports, S.S. Biondo
|
1978-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Deposit Slips
|
1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Personnel file, Discipline: RB
|
1977-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Personnel file, Discipline: FA
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Personnel file, Discipline: FA
|
1975-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Personnel file, Discipline: CWA
|
1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Personnel file, Discipline: RAH
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Personnel file, Discipline: JS
|
1971 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Personnel file, Discipline: DR
|
1973-1979 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence re Furloughs, Seniority Roster, and Safety Conditions
|
1969-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
At Selkirk Yard, Albany-Rensselaer
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Discipline: Absenteeism and Sick Leave
|
1971-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Railroad Docket 15887 and 15888
|
1975-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Information, Rules, and Wages in Selkirk Yard
|
1963-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, bulletins, and pamphlets
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Dismissals and Employee Counseling Service
|
1968-1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Docketed Claims
|
1975-1979 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Wage and Benefit Agreements
|
1971-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Transport Workers Union of America General Correspondence
|
1976-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Conrail Memorandums
|
1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Re Bulletin Board postings
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
ConRail Rosters
|
1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35a |
Minutes of Disciplinary Hearing [folder 1 of 2]
|
1958-1959 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 35b |
Minutes of Disciplinary Hearing [folder 2 of 2]
|
1958-1959 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Sickness/Medical Benefits
|
1972-1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Wage Increase and General Agreements
|
1971-1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38a |
Personnel file, Discipline: RC
|
1979 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 38b |
Northeastern Area bulletins
|
1975-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
AFL-CIO Platform Proposals (1976) and article re Senate Appointments
|
1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Apprentice Training
|
1945-1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Claim filed against NY Central
|
1959-1965 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
West Albany Trainmasters Investigation, Part 1
|
1972-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
West Albany Investigation, Part 2
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Transportation Investigation
|
1971-1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Railroad Docket 14116 re operation of Wreck Crane
|
1974 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Claims filed: FH and MDE
|
1972-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Personnel file, Discipline: SB
|
1970-1971 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
NY Central System mergers
|
1963-1968 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Agreements in Effect: merger protection for employees
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Emergency Board #187 Report
|
1975-1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
National Mediation Board: Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad v. AFL-CIO
|
1968 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8a |
Year 1970: notes from TWU Negotiating committee meeting [folder 1 of 2]
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8b |
Year 1970: notes from TWU Negotiating committee meeting [folder 2 of 2]
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Protection for Employees in Merger of NY Central and Penn RR
|
1964-1970 |
|
Scope and Contents
New Implementing Agreement in Effect May 31, 1970
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Agreements between Bankruptcy Trustees of Penn RR and their Employees
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Nat'l railroad Adjustment Board, Second Division: Decisions
|
1951-1961 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America [BRCMA]
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Memorandum of Agreement re Transfer of Work
|
1962 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Supplement Railroad Agreements re merger of Penn RR and NY Central
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Dispute re Selkirk Departure Yard "Roll-By" Inspections
|
1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
TWU Local 2001 vs. Penn Central
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
State of NY Industrial Code, Public Hearing Draft #1
|
1956 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Agreement between AMTRAK and Its Employees
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Annotated draft of agreement
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Pass Instructions
|
1968-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
For employees
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Amtrak: Interim Agreement and Appendix C-2
|
1973-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Drafts and negotiations
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
National Agreement between TWU, BRCMA, and ConRail
|
1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Conrail: Work Rule Agreement
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Effective September 1, 1977
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Changes in Green Book Agreement
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
As a result of new Work Rule Agreement with ConRail
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Merger and Implementing Agreement and Supplementing Agreements
|
1970-1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Vacation Agreement Covering Non-Operating Employees
|
1942-1964 |
|
Scope and Contents
Question and Answer sheets
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Speeches and News/Press Releases re railroading
|
1971-1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Amtrak Agreement with Appendices
|
1973-1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Amtrak No. 23 Arbitration: Southwest District and United Transportation Union
|
1971 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Claims re Extra Men in Work Service
|
1977-1979 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Conrail: Investigations
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Absenteeism Letters
|
1978-1979 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Notices of Investigation
|
1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
ConRail: October 1978 Agreement
|
1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Employee Claims
|
1969-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Investigation Transcripts (Partial)
|
1978-1979 |
|
Scope and Contents
Restricted
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Safety-Related Pamphlets
|
1956-1974 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35a |
Manuals/Instructions
|
1956-1971 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Constitutions and Agreements (1 of 2)
|
1951-1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Constitutions and Agreements (2 of 2)
|
1954-1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Insurance and Benefit Plans
|
1937-1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
TWU and BRCMA Pamphlets
|
1964-1968 |