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United Transportation Union
 
By Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2024
United Transportation Union Monument (west side)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen — 1868—1968 —
Organized July 6, 1868 at Amboy, Ill. First Chief Conductor, Thomas J. Wright Membership 13,750 438 Divisions in the United States, Canada and the Panama Canal Zone — — Map (db m265298) HM
2 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen — 1873—1968 —
Organized Dec. 1, 1873 at Port Jervis, N.Y. by Joshua A. Leach and 10 Erie Railroad firemen Membership 69,750 825 lodges in the United States and Canada — — Map (db m265299) HM
3 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — United Transportation Union — Progress Through Unity —
[east side] Hot Springs, Arkansas is recognized as the birthplace of the United Transportation Union. This monument is placed to commemorate the formation of the union. Members named hereon from the four veteran rail . . . — — Map (db m265300) HM
4 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen — 1883—1968 —
Organized Sept. 23, 1883 at Oneonta, N. Y. by 8 brakemen in Delaware & Hudson caboose No. 10 Membership 185,000 1,100 locals in the United States and Canada — — Map (db m265297) HM
5 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Switchmen's Union of North America — 1894—1968 —
Organized Oct. 23, 1894 at Kansas City, Mo. Membership 12,000 275 locals in the United States and Canada SUNA watchword, “The injury of one is the concern of all.” — — Map (db m265338) HM
 
 
 
 
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