James A. Paddock Additional Papers, 1954-1988
Collection Number: 5833
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
James A. Paddock Additional Papers, 1954-1988
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5833
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers of James A. Paddock, former president of the
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, documenting the industry-wide effort to
curb drug and alcohol abuse in railroad operating employees.
Creator:
Paddock, James A.
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
James A. Paddock spent his entire life working in the railroad industry. After completing
his education at the University of San Francisco in 1937, he entered train service
as a brakeman and switchman for the Bingham and Garfield Railway, part of the Kennecott
Utah Copper rail line in Salt Lake County, Utah. He was promoted to conductor in 1941.
Starting in 1938, Mr. Paddock became active with the Order of Railway Conductors [ORC]
as a General Committee Member. In 1948, he accepted full-time employment as Assistant
to the President of the International Union, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
In 1954, he was elected to the office of Senior Vice-President, and in 1958 to the
Office of President. During his tenure as president of ORC, he served on the Presidential
Railroad Commission from 1959-1961. In 1961, Mr. Paddock retired from the ORC presidency
in order to seek treatment for his alcoholism.
In 1963, Mr. Paddock returned to work in the railroad industry, joining the Association
of Western Railways as a Special Representative to the Law Department, working on
matters where labor and management had a mutual interest, such as safety on grade
crossings. He retired from active railroad employment in 1970 because of a health
issue.
In 1971, Mr. Paddock began training as a counselor specializing in alcohol and drug
addiction. With his new training, Mr. Paddock began to work as an independent consultant
in the area of industrial programs and other aspects involving alcohol and drug related
research and development in the work place. In this capacity, he assisted the Milwaukee
Road, the Illinois Central, and the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway in setting up
Employee Assistance Programs [EAP] and other services designed to improve safety and
operations. In 1973, he began consulting for the Federal Railroad Administration in
this capacity. He took part in two major studies of alcoholism and drug abuse in the
railroad industry in 1976 and 1979, conducting research and writing the reports. The
1979 report became known as the REAP report. He continued his work in this area with
officers of the United Transportation Union [UTU], specifically Daniel Collins, in
the 1980s. Using the EAP of the Union Pacific as their model, the UTU championed a
labor- management supported program called Operation Red Block designed to help railroad
operating employees with substance abuse problems and to help their co-workers know
how to appropriately respond and help their fellows. A key component of these programs
are the so-called "Rule G By-Pass Agreements." Rule G is the prohibition against operating
while intoxicated. The By-Pass Agreements allow for voluntary self-reporting or co-worker
reporting on a one time basis so that an employee might avoid serious disciplinary
measures for the first offense and be put into a counseling program to address their
addiction.
Mr. Paddock, in a speech he gave in 1983, called this work his avocation.
Inclusive date range: 1954-1988
Bulk dates: 1975-1988
This collection consists of the papers of James A. Paddock. The majority of the papers
document his work in the 1970s and 1980s combatting drug and alcohol abuse in the
railroad industry. This collection also contains some records of the Order of Railway
Conductors and Brakemen [ORC] and the report of the Presidential Commission on Railroads.
Of note in this collection are the records documenting the ways in which the railroad
industry, both labor and management, attempted to address problems of substance abuse
among its employees, in particular among its operating employees. The programs include
various EAPs, including Operation: Red Block. Records documenting industry research,
substance abuse research, employee training, and counselor training are found in this
collection. Also found are the records of various Senate and House bills, hearings,
and committees which attempt to address substance abuse issues through federal statutes
and operating guidelines. The lawsuits filed by the Railway Labor Executives' Association
[RLEA] in opposition to some of these proposed guidelines, such as random drug testing,
on constitutional grounds. The clippings files give a broad overview of the national
mood at the time, and demonstrate how some of these programs intersected with President
Reagan's War on Drugs, and the disastrous consequences it had.
Of note is the correspondence sent to Daniel Collins, Assistant General Secretary
and Treasurer and Director of Employee Assistance Programs for the UTU. Some of these
letters humanize the individual struggles faced by railroad employees during this
period. One employee wrote to Mr. Collins to discuss how the use of sniffer dogs sparked
PTSD flashbacks to his time as a Prisoner of War in Germany during World War II. The
speech by lawyer and recovering alcoholic J. Paul Molloy gave to the Senate in 1984
during subcommittee hearings on substance abuse in the workplace also highlights how
a humane approach to these issues might be more successful than harsher disciplinary
actions.
Finally, this collection contains a Betamax VHS cassette from the Union Pacific Railroad
used as a training tool for Operation: Red Block and its EAP.
This collection was received, processed and described with no original order. In July
2017, the collection was re-processed, arranged and described with respect to intellectual
order. The previous arrangement, with folder titles, is available upon request.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
James A. Paddock Additional Papers #5833. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Collins, Daniel William, 1921-
Hardin, Fred A.
Molloy, J. Paul.
Paddock, James A.
AFL-CIO.
Amtrak.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.).
Burlington Northern.
Conrail.
CSX Transportation.
Norfolk Southern.
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
Railway Labor Executives' Association.
Seaboard System.
South Pacific Railroad.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
The Chessie System.
The Milwaukee Road.
The Soo Line Railway.
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
United States. Federal Railroad Administration.
United States. Federal Railroad Administration.
United States. National Transportation Safety Board.
United States. Presidential Railroad Commission.
United Transportation Union.
Subjects:
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Alcoholism -- Treatment -- United States.
Alcoholism.
Collective bargaining.
Drug Abuse -- Treatment -- United States
Drug addiction.
Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Employee assistance programs -- United States.
Operation Red Block.
Railroad accidents -- United States -- Prevention.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- Employees -- Drug testing
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States.
Railroads -- Management -- Employee participation -- United States.
Railroads -- Passenger traffic -- Government policy -- United States.
Railroads -- United States -- Rule G.
Railroads -- United States -- Safety measures.
Railroads--United States.
Recovering addicts.
Substance abuse
United States. Federal Railroad Administration -- Rules and practice.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 71.
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1954 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 72.
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1955 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 73.
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1956 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 74.
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1957 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 75.
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1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Proceedings of the Forty-Sixth Grand Division. Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
June 16 1958. Miami Beach, Florida.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Presidential Railroad Commission Report.
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1962 |
Scope and Contents
February 26 1962.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
"The Crew Size Dispute in the Railroad Industry" by Douglas McCabe
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1977 |
Scope and Contents
US Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
"Air and Rail Labor Relations, A Judicial History of the Railway Labor Act" by John
W. Gohmann.
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1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
"An Implementation Plan for Recent Legislation." (Concept Paper)
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act of 1979; The Rock Island Transition Act of 1980
as amended by the Rail Deregulation Act of 1980. October 1980.
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Texas Rail System Evaluation: A General Overview of Railroad Safety in Texas
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1977 |
Scope and Contents
Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University. August 1977.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Report to the President by Emergency Board No. 209 and related
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
articles and correspondence re crew consist, Conrail, and railroad labor
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 1988
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1988 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
United Transportation Union: Unification Agreement and Constitution
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1969 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
UTU Constitution, revised November 1, 1983
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1983 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
UTU brochures and promotional materials
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1988 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
UTU promotional materials for Amtrak On-Board Service Employees
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1988 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
UTU Correspondence re administrative matters
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1986-1987 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
UTU News: volume 16, issues 11, 23, 25; vol. 18, no. 3; vol. 19, no. 5
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1984-1988 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Short Line Agreement between Kyle Railroad Company and the UTU
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Includes "Rule G" By-Pass Agreement
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Collins, Daniel W., UTU Asst. General Secretary: Correspondence to and Report by,
in re drug and alcohol testing
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1983-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Report by Dan Collins was to the Canadian Parliament o March 24, 1988.
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Miscellaneous personal correspondence
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1973-1987 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
A Proposal for Technical Assistance in Training
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
Development and Production of Alcohol Abuse Training for the Illinois Central Gulf
Railroad and the Railway Labor Executives Assoc., and 12 month support for RLEA. Submitted
to the Federal railroad Administration, July 25 1980.
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Report on Buffalo, New York Alcoholism Conference.
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
May 12 1980.
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Progress Report to the New England Task Force on the Feasibility of Employee Assistance
Programs on New England Railroads
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1981 |
Scope and Contents
May 13 1981
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Final Report on New England Task Force Seminar on Alcohol Abuse. Philip C. Fedewa,
Ph.D.
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1981 |
Scope and Contents
May 29 1981.
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Report on the RLEA/EAP "Train-the-Trainer" Pilot Presentations.
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
The Railway Labor Executives' Assoc. Employee Assistance Program Workshop.
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
The Railway Labor Executives' Association Employee Assistance Program Workshop. Instructor
Manual.
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
The Railway Labor Executives' Association. Train-the-Trainer Manual for the Employee
Assistance Program Workshop.
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Iowa Teaching Guide on Alcohol.
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1967 |
Scope and Contents
Iowa State Commission on Alcohol. 1967.
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Proceedings of 1975 Conference on the Detection, Prevention and Rehabilitation of
the Problem Drinking Employee in the Railroad Industry
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1975 |
Scope and Contents
New York State School of Industrial and Labor relations. Prepared for federal railroad
Administration.
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
"A Survey of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs in the Railroad Industry"
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1976 |
Scope and Contents
November 1976. US Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration.
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
"A Proposal to Study the Effectiveness of Railroad Alcohol and Drug Programs"
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1976 |
Scope and Contents
Submitted by University Research Corporation. December 30 1976.
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
"Counseling Alcoholic Clients. Basic Communication Skills. Trainer Manual."
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1977 |
Scope and Contents
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. December 1977
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Training in Communication Skills. Evaluation of Pilot Program for Amtrak and Conrail
Counselors
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1978 |
Scope and Contents
Submitted by University Research Corporation. November 1978.
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Prevalence, Costs and Handling of Drinking Problems on Seven Railroads.
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1979 |
Scope and Contents
Submitted by University Research Corporation. Final Report. US Department of Transportation.
December 1979.
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Problem Drinking Among Railroad Workers: Extent, Impact, and Solutions
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1979 |
Scope and Contents
University Research Corporation (2 copies)
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Project REAP. A Report to the Industry and supporting documents
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1979-1982 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
"Preventing Alcohol and Drug Related Accidents on Railroads." T.A. Mannello, J.A.
Paddock
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1982 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
"A Resource paper on railroad alcohol and drug abase prevention programs." J. A. Paddock
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1983 |
Scope and Contents
Folder contains drafts of paper
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Speech by James A. Paddock on Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention in Railroad Employees
and on Employee Assistant Programs
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1983 |
Scope and Contents
Contains biographic information
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Report on Employee Prevention Programs. James A. Paddock
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Scope and Contents
undated
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
National Conference on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Railroad Industry
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1982 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
National Planning Conference on Drugs and Alcohol Prevention in Railroad Industry
- papers, drafts and correspondence
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1980-1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 23 |
National Planning Conference on Drugs and Alcohol Prevention in Railroad Industry
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1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 24a |
National Planning Committee on Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs [folder 1
of 2]
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1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 24b |
National Planning Committee on Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs [folder 2
of 2]
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1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 25 |
National Planning Committee on the Establishment of Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Use
Prevention Programs
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1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Working Group, National Planning Committee on Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs.
Subcommittee on drugs
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1983-1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Working Group on EAP Counselors
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1987 |
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Draft Standards for Accreditation of Laboratories Engaged in Urine Sample Drug Testing
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Atchison, Topeka and San Francisco Railroad anonymous questionnaire on drug testing
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
by University of Kansas professor
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Box 2 | Folder 30a |
Clippings on drug and alcohol abuse and the railroad industry [folder 1 of 2]
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1983-1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 30b |
Clippings on drug and alcohol abuse and the railroad industry [folder 2 of 2]
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1983-1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 31 |
NTSB reports on alcohol and drugs as contributing factors to railroad accidents
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1974-1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole and Dug and Alcohol Testing
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1984-1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 1 |
UTU correspondence re "Rule G" implementation and by-pass agreements
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1984-1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Statements of J. Paul Molloy before Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee
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1983-1984 |
Scope and Contents
On voluntary alcohol abuse prevention programs
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations
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1984 |
Scope and Contents
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. June 5,1984.
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Control of Alcohol
and Drug Use in Railroad Operations, Final Rule.
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1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Correction and Amendment
of Final Rule; Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations
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1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Department of Transportation, Regulations and Programs Regarding Alcohol and Drug
Abuse
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1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
House and Senate Hearings on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Transportation
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Includes testimony of UTU President Fred Hardin
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Informal Safety Inquiry;
Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations
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1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Transportation Employee Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 1987
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Requires drug and alcohol testing of employees
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Testimony of James R. Snyder (RLEA) before the House Subcommittee re alcohol and drug
testing
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1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Railroad operating
rules: random drug testing program. Final Guidelines, Amendments
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1988 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
H.R. 4748, "The Railroad Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1988" and response from labor
organizations and carriers
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1988 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees
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1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 14a |
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees [folder 1 of
2]
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1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 14b |
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees [folder 2 of
2]
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1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees
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1988 |
Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Union Pacific Railroad: Employee Assistance Program, Activity Report 1972-1988
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Origin of Operation: Redblock
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Union Pacific Railroad. Operation Red Block, making "Rule G" work
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Betamax video cassette, TRT 16:00.
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Resume of James P. Whalen, EAP counselor for Union Pacific System
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Proposal to Federal Railroad Administration to Implement Operation Red Block
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Operation Red Block, general correspondence
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1984-1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Operation Red Block Promotional Materials
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Scope and Contents
stickers, flyers, posters, brochures
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Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Operation Red Block, handouts and posters
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1984-1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Operation Red Block, training materials
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Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Agreement between UTU and Union Pacific for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block
programs
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1982-1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Agreement between UTU and Green Bay and Western Railroad Company for Rule G By-Pass
and Operation: Red Block programs
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Agreement between UTU and Port Terminal Railroad Assoc. and between UTU and Houston
Belt and Terminal Railway Co. for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
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1983-1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Agreement between UTU and Southern Pacific Transport Company for Rule G By-Pass and
Operation: Red Block programs
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Agreement between UTU and Burlington Northern for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red
Block program
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1982-1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Agreement between UTU and Soo Line Railroad Company for Rule G By-Pass and Operation:
Red Block programs
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1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Agreement between UTU and Seaboard System Railroad Company for Rule G By-Pass and
Operation: Red Block programs
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1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Agreement between UTU and Conrail for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
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1984-1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Agreement between UTU and CSX Transportation for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red
Block programs
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1984-1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Agreement between UTU and Amtrak for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
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1984-1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 34 |
UTU correspondence re carriers unwilling to agree to Operation: Red Block programs
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1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 35 |
UTU correspondence re confidentiality issues in Operation: Red Block program on Union
Pacific
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1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Operation: Red Block, clippings and press materials
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1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 37 |
Proposal for case study of Operation: Red Block by Institute for Human Resources
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1987 |
Box 3 | Folder 38 |
Operation: Red Block Research Monograph, A case study of peer drug prevention program
for railroad operating personnel (draft)
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1988 |
Box 3 | Folder 39 |
"Operation Red Block, Case Study" (draft four)
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1988 |
Box 3 | Folder 40 |
"Operation: Red Block Case Study"
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
(3 copies)
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Box 3 | Folder 41 |
"Using Behavioral Techniques to Improve Safety Program Effectiveness"
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Data from "Operation: Road Block Case Study"
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Box 3 | Folder 42 |
Miscellaneous
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Scope and Contents
orphaned papers found in collection at time of re-foldering
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