The Commission on Industrial Relations was a commission created by the U.S. Congress on August 23, 1912, to scrutinize US labor law. The commission studied work conditions throughout the industrial Un
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Original members of the Commission on Industrial Relations
Order of Railway Conductors
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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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…James O'Connell, of the American Federation of Labor (A.F.L.) Austin B. Garretson, of the Order of Railway Conductors John Brown Lennon, of the A.F.L…
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.