10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWITCHMEN»
Discover the use of
switchmen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
switchmen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Historical Sociology of International Relations
The second, and equally celebrated, cue is provided by Weber's 'switchmen'
metaphor: 'the "world images" that have been created by "ideas" have, like
switchmen, determined the tracks along which action has been pushed by the
dynamic of ...
Stephen Hobden, John M. Hobson, 2002
2
The Pullman Strike: The Story of a Unique Experiment and of ...
the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America presented to the
managing officials of the various railroads in the Chicago area a demand for an
upward revision of wages. These lines maintained for switchmen the same rate of
pay, ...
3
Journal of the
Switchmen's Union
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Switchmen's Union Of North America, 2011
4
Handbook of American trade-unions: 1936 edition
Switchmen's Union of North America Affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor. Organized in Kansas City, Mo., October 23, 1894; incorporated at Buffalo,
N. Y., January 9, 1902. Objects. — "The objects of the Switchmen's Union are:
First ...
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Estelle May Stewart, 1936
5
Black Labor and the American Legal System: Race, Work, and ...
But they were not employed as engineers, switchmen, or conductors, the highest
paying and highest status jobs in the railroad industry. In some instances
companies were eager to hire black workers because they could be paid less
than ...
6
Order obeyed, trains go
Embittered and reluctant, 12,000 railroad switchmen returned to their jobs last
week after a 10-day "sickness" strike, forced back by an order of the U.S. Army
which has technically been running the railroads since the threat of a trainmen's ...
7
Administrative Law: Courses Using Breyer, Stewart, Sunstein, ...
Switchmen's. Union. v. National. Mediation. Board. Labor union (P) v.
Adminstrative board (D) 320 U.S. 297 (1943). Block v. Community Nutrition
Institute Federal agency (D) v. Milk. Administrative Law ...
8
Chicago's Pride: The Stockyards, Packingtown, and Environs ...
which ended the strike, so that they could hire them, When the Lake Shore
switchmen turned on hoth the Switchmen's Mutual Association and the Knights of
Lahor in late June, the packers, railroad managers, and Stockyards company
decided ...
Louise Carroll Wade, 2002
9
The Making of Western Labor Radicalism: Denver's Organized ...
51 Thus, railroad switchmen, who had organized a union in 1886, conducted a
two-day strike in 1888 to have a yardmaster named Burns ("an abusive, brutal,
overbearing specimen of humanity," one worker called him) discharged and to
have ...
David Thomas Brundage, 1994
t I developed a yearning to help, against their wishes, the switchmen switch their
cars. However, I paid dearly for my persistency. Many times I left that yard at full
speed with a switchman trying his very best to kick my rear end up between my ...
Joseph B. Fussell, E. R. Fussell, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWITCHMEN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
switchmen is used in the context of the following news items.
Dilapidated Wellington Tower to be reborn as cultural centre
Once considered a switching station on the cutting edge of technology, it was one of the busiest operation centres in Canada, its switchmen conducting the ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
Ageless: Being a woman in a man's world was a challenge
But I felt women were resented. When I completed training, I was given a night shift — alone. Later, I was informed by some of the switchmen that they had been ... «Florida Today, Jan 15»
One-person crew proposal rejected on BNSF
Ground service workers, in addition to conductors, include brakemen, helpers, switchmen, and yardmen; all are subject to promotion to conductor. A message ... «RailwayAge Magazine, Sep 14»
Railroad Conductor: "Railroading Has Changed So Much"
Then, one day I saw a job advertisement—the Western Pacific Railroad was hiring “switchmen/brakemen” for its freight hauling operations between Salt Lake ... «Truth-Out, Sep 14»
Today in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen's strike
The switchmen's strike was rich in class struggle lessons: It was one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions. In its aftermath Eugene Debs ... «People's World, Aug 14»
BNSF, SMART seek historic crew consist revision
Ground service workers, in addition to conductors, include brakemen, helpers, switchmen, and yardmen. All are subject to promotion to conductor. The SMART ... «RailwayAge Magazine, Jul 14»
The Heroes of My Youth
In another time, some twenty years earlier, there would have been a jaunty mob of four hundred red-faced steelworkers and truck drivers and railroad switchmen ... «Daily Beast, Mar 14»
Labor pains: The racist policies that set workplace equality back …
On a cold winter morning in Memphis, in January of 1919, a committee of four white switchmen marched into the office of one Edward Bodamer, superintendent ... «Salon, Feb 14»
'Locomotive,' by Brian Floca, and More
Mordant humor helps: “Here's what they say about switchmen: / You can tell that one is new to the job / if he still has all his fingers.” Advertisement. Continue ... «New York Times, Nov 13»
A Boy Who Played With Trains
They were expected to be acute to whatever activity came into view: errant citizens, their wayward vehicles and animals, switchmen on the ground, approaching ... «New York Times, Oct 13»
