Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers collection of 1967 railroad strike records
Collection
Identifier: L2015-11B
Abstract
National contract negotiations between AFL-CIO Railway Employees’ Department and the carriers’ National Railway Conference stalled in 1966. In early 1967, the Presidential Emergency Board (No. 169) failed settle the dispute, leading to a brief strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on July 15-17, 1967, ended by the Congressional creation of a special board that would impose a settlement in September. The International Association of Machinists and...
Dates:
1952, 1966-1969; Majority of material found within 1967
Found in:
Special Collections
Order of Railway Telegraphers (Atlanta, Ga.) records
Collection
Identifier: L1979-39
Abstract:
The records of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, 1899-1900, consist of five bulletins on a strike in Atlanta.
Dates:
1899-1900
Found in:
Special Collections
W. J. Usery, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: L1985-12
Abstract:
The collection consists of papers of W. J. "Bill" Usery from 1940, 1942, 1952-2004. The International Association of Machinists series (1940, 1952-1969) documents Usery's involvement and participation with labor unions and the arbitration process. The United States Government series (1969-1977) pertains to Usery's government career, while the Bill Usery Associates series contains material relating to Usery's labor-management negotiation firm in Washington, DC. The Client and Mediation Files...
Dates:
1940, 1952-2004
Found in:
Special Collections