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A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917
The following is a list of unions and brotherhoods playing a significant role in the railroad industry of the United States of America.Many of these entities changed names and merged over the years; this list is based upon the names current during the height of American railway unionism in the first decades of the 20th century.
Smith, Marvin Louis Vice President Operations Texas Pacific – Missouri Pacific Railroad 1962–1968; Smith, Marvin Louis President St. Louis Terminal Railroad 1961–1962; Smith, Richard Earl Trainmaster Texas-Pacific Missouri-Pacific Railroad 1961–1968; Smucker, David E., LIRR 1949–1950; Snow, John W. (b. 1939), B&O 1985–1986, CSXT ...
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1921 1,901,161 [1] RNs, professional, technical and non-professional health care workers; public employees; janitorial and security employees. 2012: SEIU: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 1932 1,459,511 Employees of state, county, and municipal governments. 2012 ...
Leland Stanford – One of the Big Four co-founders of the Central Pacific Railroad, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, governor of California, and founder of Stanford University; Arthur Stilwell – Founder of the Kansas City Southern Railway, as well as several cities, among them Port Arthur, TX which is named after Stilwell.
Throughout the history of railroading, some executives of railroad companies have become household names, while others have quietly led their railroads through thick and thin. Robber baron or benevolent dictator, these executives are worthy of note.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1922, a nationwide railroad shop workers' strike, began on July 1. The immediate cause of the strike was the Railroad Labor Board 's announcement that hourly wages would be cut by seven cents on July 1, which prompted a shop workers' vote on whether or not to strike.
This list includes companies operating both now and in the past. In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities. Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the ...