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July 1895 issue of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Journal, the monthly magazine of the BLE.. Originating as fraternal benefit societies to provide life insurance, sickness benefits, and social interaction for their members, the so-called "Big Four" railroad brotherhoods gradually evolved into trade unions dealing with wages, hours, and safety standards.
The first tier is based on combined railroad retirement and social security credits, using social security benefit formulas. The second tier is based on railroad service only and is comparable to the pensions paid over and above social security benefits in other industries. The railroad unemployment insurance system was also established in the ...
Guide to Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen records, 1883–1973. 5149. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University. Guide to Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. General Committee Files and Publications, 1883–1958. 5446.
With a legacy of more than 100 years, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is the go-to watchdog for evaluating businesses and charities. The nonprofit organization maintains a massive database of ...
The Independent Review 5.2 (2000): 237–247. online; Chateauvert, Melinda. Marching together: Women of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters (University of Illinois Press, 1997), on the auxiliaries. Cupper, Dan. "Review of 'History of the BLET: Since 1863'" Railroad History (2013) #209 pp. 115–116 online
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies.
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Southern Pacific Railroad: California Southern Extension Railroad: ATSF: 1881 1882 California Southern Railroad: California Western Railroad: CWR 1947 2003 N/A California Western Railroad and Navigation Company: CWR 1905 1947 California Western Railroad: Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad: CPLT 1911 1986 N/A Carrizo Gorge Railway: CZRY ...