The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was a labor organization for railroad employees founded in 1883. Originally called the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen, its purpose was to negotiate contracts wit
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The Order of Railway Conductors of America was a labor union that represented train conductors in the United States. It has its origins in the Conductors Union founded in 1868. Later it extended membe
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…lodges across the country. He was elected to replace Wilkinson as Grandmaster and headed the Brotherhood from 1895 to 1909. Morrissey worked with the Order of Railway Conductors in 1902 to negotiate with the western railroads, where the two unions won contracts they used as a model elsewhere. By acting on a regional basis rather…
Cover of the January 1885 issue of Railway Conductor's Monthly.
This ORC membership card for 1912 features a perforated serial number reminiscent of the train tickets punched by conductors.