Railway labor unions Railway labor unions The American Railway Union (ARU), was the largest union of its time, and the first industrial union in the United States. It was founded on June 20 1893, by railway workers gathered in Chicago, Illinois, and under the leadership of Eugene V. Debs (locomotive fireman and later Socialist Presidential candidate), the ARU, unlike the trade unions, incorporated a policy of unionizing all railway workers, regardless of craft or service. Within a year, the ARU had hundreds of affiliated local chapters and over 140,000 members nationwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Railway Union"
The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) is a British trade union. It was founded in 1880 and is one of the trade unions representing train drivers (the other is the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, [RMT]). Its current general secretary is Keith Norman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen"
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) was a labor organization created in the 1800s and had members in the Eastern half of the United States and parts of Canada. Conductors were able to enter, but the union was not specialized to deal with their issues. The BLE eventually merged with the Teamsters to become the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). ...more on Wikipedia about "Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers"
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen is one of the railroad unions of the 1800s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen"
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was a labor union in the United States organized by the predominantly African-American Pullman Porters. Organized in 1925, it struggled for twelve years before winning its first collective bargaining agreement with the Pullman Company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters"
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers. It has nearly 70,000 members, and its current general secretary is Bob Crow. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers"
The National Union of Railwaymen was a trade union of railway workers in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1913 as an amalgamation of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Engineers, the General Railway Workers' Union, and the United Pointsmen and Signalmen's Society. It catered for the majority of railway workers, including catering and maintenance, but not for members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, (ASLEF), or the Railway Clerks' Association (RCA). ...more on Wikipedia about "National Union of Railwaymen" Made by http://www.shortopedia.com.
The Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George" (SPCSCPG) was an association formed by railway sleeping car porters to promote the elimination of the degrading and racist practice of referring to all porters by the name " George" regardless of their actual name. The name refers to George Pullman, of the Pullman Company, which at one time manufactured and operated a large proportion of all the sleeping cars in North America. Porters were overwhelmingly African American, and the practice presumably derived from the old custom of naming slaves after their masters, in this case porters being regarded as servants of George Pullman. The society was initiated by white railway employees actually named George, who were either annoyed by the practice, or thought that founding the society would be an amusing joke. ...more on Wikipedia about "Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George""
The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) is a Trade Union for "white collar" workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Its head office is adjacent to Euston station, London, it has branch offices located in Dublin and Glasgow, and staff also located in Leeds, Manchester, Leicester and Bristol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transport Salaried Staffs' Association"
The Transportation Communications International Union or TCU is the successor to the union formerly known as the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and includes within it many other organizations, including the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters that have merged with it since 1969. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transportation Communications International Union"
The United Transportation Union (UTU) is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a broad-based, transportation labor union representing about 125,000 active and retired railroad, bus and mass transit workers in the United States and Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "United Transportation Union"
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