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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Joint Circular No. 2 by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers / Br...

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TitleBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Joint Circular No. 2
CreatorBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers / Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Year1889-01-07
PPI300
LanguageEnglish
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SubjectBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, BLE, B of LE, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, BLF, B of LF, railway brotherhoods, trade unions, union federation, labor history, CB&Q Strike of 1888, 1888 Burlington Strike, labor relations, labor history, Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad, History of the Gilded Age
Collectionfolkscanomy_miscellaneous, folkscanomy, additional_collections
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Identifier890107BleblfJointcircular2
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive FiremenJoint Circular No. 2January 7, 1889In 1888 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen joined forces in an attempt to win concessions desired of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). This so-called Burlington Strike of 1888 ended in defeat for the two railway brotherhoods.This is the second of two joint circulars issued by the B of LE and the B of LF in connection with the Burlington strike. It includes the texts of telegraphic communications between the joint strike committee and CB&Q railway officials.Published in the USA prior to 1923, public domain.Scanned from a copy in the Tim Davenport collection.Uploaded to Archive.org in February 2017.