Leo
There may be a little crook to this thing. As you
know, the membership in a Brotherhood was not always
the same as who was the Bargaining Agent. On this part
the railroad, most conductors did not belong to the
ORT (they stayed in the BRT), but it (the ORT) was
their bargaining agent. Likewise, a lot of engineers
stayed in the Fireman's Brotherhood, but the BLE was
their bargaining agent. So it may be that some
switchman belonged to SUNA, whBRT BRt was their
bargaining agent.
John
--- qutlx1@a... wrote:
> I found the UTUs website @ UTU.ORG and came away
> with at least part of the
> answer. The SUNA was founded in 1894. It had an
> earlier version under
> different names which died in part due to the Q
> strike of 1888.The BRT
> started in 1883. It had earlier been know as the
> Brotherhood of Railroad
> Brakemen.
> So it would appear that at some point after 1927
> some or all the yard members
> of BRT Lodge 6 went over to SUNA.
> Leo
>
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