Order of Railway Conductor's and Brakemen Unification Documents
Collection Number: 5606
Kheel Center for Labor- Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Order of Railway Conductor's and
Brakemen Unification Documents, 1968-1971
Collection Number:
5606
Creator:
Order of Railway Conductors and
Brakemen (ORC&B;
Quantity:
0.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Newspapers, reports, correspondence
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.
Names:
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
Subjects:
Railroads--Employees.
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Access Restrictions:
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Restrictions on Use:
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and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Order of Railway Conductor's and Brakemen Unification Documents #5606. 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 | 1968-1969 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1968 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1968 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1968 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1968 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1968 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1971 | |