Francis J. Reilly Records
Collection Number: 5198
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
This collection was processed with the help of generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).Title:
Francis J. Reilly Records,
Collection Number:
5198
Creator:
Reilly, Francis J.
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Publications, records (documents) .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Published decisions of the National Railroad Adjustment
Board, First Division, volumes 160 to 164, and papers regarding an wrongful
termination of employment lawsuit filed by F. J. Reilly.
Language:
Collection material in English
Francis J. Reilly worked for the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
as a brakeman in the Kankakee, Illinois Yard. In 1952, he was dismissed from service
for failure to appear for his work assignment on October 6, 1952. Mr. Reilly
contended that he had asked for time off because of a personal emergency, and that
even though he was not granted the time off, he had no choice but not to appear for
work. In an investigation, he was given a deferred thirty-day suspension on his
record. Mr. Reilly did not think this was reasonable, and began to seek a way to
appeal the decision. When a second hearing regarding his conduct was held, Mr.
Reilly neglected to attend. As a result, his employment was terminated. He then
filed a petition with the NRAB, which dismissed his case. When the Railway Labor Act
was amended in 1966 to allow petitioners to appeal NRAB decisions, Mr. Reilly took
the opportunity to appeal his decision. The courts dismissed his claims and his
final appeal to the Supreme Court was not granted.
The National Railroad Adjustment Board [NRAB] was created by 45 U.S. Code 153. It is overseen by the National
Mediation Board, which was created by the 1934 amendment to Railway Labor Act to
oversee the arbitration of labor disputes in the railway and airline industries. The
NRAB is tasked with arbitrating minor disputes, i.e. grievance arbitrations, in the
railway industry. It has four divisions, each division having jurisdiction over
specific classes of employees. The First Division has "jurisdiction over disputes
involving train- and yard-service employees of carriers; that is, engineers,
firemen, hostlers, and outside hostler helpers, conductors, trainmen, and
yard-service employees." It has eight members, four selected by the carriers and
four selected by the labor organizations.
Inclusive date range: 1950-1972
Bulk dates: 1968-1972
This collection consist of four published volumes of decision from the First
Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board [NRAB] and papers from legal filings
donated by Francis J. Reilly, a brakeman for the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
St. Louis Railway. The four volumes contain the decisions made by the NRAB from May
1967 to December 1968. The legal filings and supplementary materials contain the
original petition for reinstatement filed by Mr. Reilly in front of the NRAB in
1955, the NRAB's dismissal of his petition (Award 17167), supplementary materials
collected by Mr. Reilly concerning his case, his filing in the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Illinois in 1968 asking for the court to overturn the
NRAB's decision, and the subsequent appeals he filed after his petitions were
dismissed by the courts. These records contain annotations from Mr. Reilly,
explaining his reasoning in pursuing this case as well as offering his criticism
when the decisions were not favorable. Also found in this collection are various
newspaper clippings about the Supreme Court, the backlog of cases waiting for
hearings, and reports from labor publications on the railroad industry.
Names:
Reilly, Francis J.
United States. National Railroad Adjustment
Board
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
Railway
New York Central Railroad
United States. Supreme Court.
Subjects:
Employees. Dismissal of
Form and Genre Terms:
Publications
Records (documents)
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Cite As:
Francis J. Reilly Records #5198. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1967-1968 | |
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May 1967 - February 1968
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1968 | |
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February 1968 - May 1968
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1968 | |
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May 1968 - September 1968
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1968 | |
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September 1968 - December 1968
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1968-1971 | |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois, Case No.
CV68-74-D United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Case No.
18461 In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1971
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1955-1970 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1950-1969 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1954-1972 | |