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AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, DIV . 101—134

An inventory of their records, 1898 — 197 9

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Amalgamated Transit Union . Division 101-134 (Vancouver, B .C . )Amalgamated Transit Union . Division 101 (Vancouver, B .C . )Amalgamated Transit Union . Division 134 (New Westminster, B .C . )

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Amalgamated Transit Union fond sDates:

1898-197 9Physical desc . : 17.9 m of textual recordsBio/Admin

The Amalgamated Association of Street, Electrical Railway and Motor Coach Employees o fHistory :

America was established in 1893 . Division 101 received its charter for related workers in th eVancouver area in 1899 . In 1901 Division 134 was established in New Westminster and give nits charter . Divisions 101 and 134 were amalgamated in 1968 and from this date ,correspondence and other records have been maintained in the files of Division 101 . TheIndependent Canadian Transit Union successfully raided this division of ATU and currentl yrepresents city bus drivers in Vancouver and Victoria . The ATU continues to represent theMotor Coach drivers of Vancouver and Victoria .

Scope/Content : The fonds includes minutes of regular meetings (1898-1976), executive committee minute s(1907-1974), membership and dues ledgers (1901-1966), records books [working condition saffecting members of Division 134] (1931-1947), and Sick Benefit Association (1913-1919 ,1950-1954) . The fonds also contains office subject files such as general correspondenc e(1908-1970), correspondence with B .C. Hydro and Power Authority (1962), meetin gattendance records (1957-1961), political education committee records (1957-1961), an dminute books, correspondence and attendance books relating to Pacific Stage Lines (1935 -1979) .

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University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collection sNames:

Amalgamated Transit Union . Division 101-134 (Vancouver, B .C . )Amalgamated Transit Union . Division 101 (Vancouver, B .C . )Amalgamated Transit Union . Division 134 (New Westminster, B .C . )Pacific Stage Line s

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Amalgamated Transit Union, Div . 101-134

Records, 1898-197 0

Preliminary Inventory, Part I

Box No . Subject , Dates No . of Fldrs

DIVISION 10 1

1-6 Membership (loose-leaf pages) 1908-60 n.f .

7-8 Death Benefits Paid 1939-61

9 Death Benefits Paid 1952-54 34International Benefits Paid 1924-40 2Funeral Benefits Claimed - Receipts 1944-63 4Death Notices 1953-61 2Compensation Claims 1941-61 5Compensation Claims - Finalized 1950-60 1Compensation Board - Form 6 - Dups 1958-60 1Case InterviewsPacific Stage Lines 1954-56 2B.C .E . Operators 1955-58 5

10 B.C.E. Operators 1958-59 3Notices 1954-61 5Regular Union Meeting Notices 1955-60 1Department of Labour Summary of Activities 1958-59 1Division Monthly ReportsDiv. 1252, Penticton 1940-42 1/2 vol.Div. 101, Vancouver 1942-47 1/2 vol .Div. 101, Vancouver 1947-54 1 vol.

Bank Deposits (?) 1949-58 6 vols .

11 Miscellaneous letters received 1953-63 11Miscellaneous letters despatched 1953-57 2

12 Miscellaneous letters despatched 1958-61 3Letters despatched to B.C.E. 1956-62 4

' Letters received - B .C.E. 1945-61 5Letters despatched - B .C.E. 1950-61 3West Vancouver Agreement and Correspondence 1944-53 2Division 109, Victoria 1939-61 2Kitimat Correspondence 1954-60 1

13 Leave of Absenc ePacific Stage Lines 1947-61 1West Vancouver 1951-60 1Maintenance Employees 1948-b1 1

ATU Inventory/page 2

13 (cont'd) Leave of Absence (cont'd)Janitors, Matrons, etc .

1951-60 1B.C .E. Operators

1951 3956-61 4Track

1953-56 1Car Carders

1955 1International Office Letters Despatched

1943-61 4International Office Letters Received

1943-61 4International Correspondence - General

1956-60 1International Reports

1928-64 8

14 Maintenance Section - Correspondence

1941-61 3Machinists - Correspondence

1943-48 1Janitors, Matrons, etc . - Correspondence

1949-59 2Stock Clerks - Correspondence

1950-60 1Job and Shop Stewards - Correspondence

1947-61 1B.C. Federation of Labor

1957-61 5Canadian Labor Congress

1957-62 2Head Office Employees' Association - B .C.E.

1947 1Vancouver and District Labor Council

1956-59 1

15 Vancouver and District Labor Council

1960-61 1Trades and Labor Council Meetings - Minutes

1955-56 1Advisory Board

Correspondence

1949-61 1Minutes

1939-60 1Business Agent's Reports

ca .1952-59 3Pacific Stage Lines

Letters Received

1942-60 2Letters Despatched

1939-60 3Seattle Run Taken Over By NW Greyhound

1953-55 1Sechelt Motor Transport Ltd

1957-62 2

16 Political Education Committee

1957-61 1"COPE" PEC Paper

1959-61 1Financial Statements and Balance Sheets

1948-52 1Legal Fees, etc.

1952-61 1Legal Fees Paid by Union and Company

1957-61 1Receipts

1956-62 6Travellers Insurance-Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 1958-61 2B.C.E. Group Insurance Plan

1954-60 1M.S.A. - M.S .I .

1951-61 1Sick and Welfare Data

1950-61 1Accident Reports, etc .

1951-61 1Severance Pay Applications

1953-61 1Motor Vehicle Branch re Class A License

1951-61 1B.C.E. Operating Bulletins

1949-59 4

17 B.C .E. Operating Bulletins

1960 1Grievances

1953-59 2Pensions

1946-62 4Employment Bulletins

1957-60 2Traffic and Safety Counci l

Correspondence

1959-61 1Minutes

1942-61 2


17 (cont ld) Petitions

1901,1940-52

2Transit Service Cuts

1960-61

1Joint Council - B.C.E. and B.C. Engineering Employees

1954-61

1Holiday Trades, Runs, Days Off

1943-61

3Extra Men's and Sign-Up Sheets

1942-61

1By-laws - Changes

1941-61

1Railway Passes

1957-61

1Red Line Issue

1960

1

18

Men Entering and Leaving Company

1950-55

1Annual Garage Sign-up (Maintenance)

1954

1Running Sheets Synopsis and Sheet Committee Reports

1950-61

2Running Time - Complaints, etc.

1957-61

1Canadian Car and Bus Advertising Ltd

1946-59

2Election Results

1941-61

2Spurious Ballots

1950

1Reports (Miscellaneous)

1943-59

1Resolutions, etc .

1950-60

3Ontario Joint Council and Western Conference of Amal-

1961

1gamated Locals

19

AppealsW. J. Wrigley (Operator)

1961

1C. W. Hodgkinson

1954-55

1J. Ricci

1952

1W. G. Gauld

1952-53

1Track Greasers

1939-43

1Busmen's

1940-41

1E. Buckley

1953-61

1Oliver E . Harrison

1947-54

1P. J. O'Donohue

1955

1Case filesRe Arbitration of Carter, Fraser, and Mackie Cases

1950-54

1J. R . Evison

1947-48

1L. J . Champagne

1948-50

1W. Lundy (Track)

1949

1E. E. Sturgeon

1949-54

1SeniorityDistrict #2

1952-59

1System Seniority and Jurisdictional Dispute

1953-54

1Consolidated Seniority, Div. 101-134

1946-47

1Watch Requisitions (Leroy Jewellers)

1952-54

1Educational Committee (Classes and Minutes)

1947-60

1Hours of Work Act

1945-48

1Kitsilano Crews

1943-46

1Merger, Div. 101-134

1954-56

1Joint Labour-Management Committee

1945-46

1Regulations Governing Operation of Trackless Trolleys

1947

1Cash Settlement from International (Replts from Other

1942-43

1Divisions )

U.B.C. Drivers

1945

1Operators of One-Man Cars

1940-44

1Schedule Checking

1953

1Motorman. Conductor andMotorCoach Operator (period.) -

1954-58

1Applications


19 (cont'd) Dry Cleaners Authorized by Division

1950-58Vancouver Civic Employees Union and League for Democratic 1952-5 3Rights - Correspondence

Proposed Conference on Transportation Problems

1942Strike Pay Data

1947Trackmen Wishing to Transfer to Div . 134

1949Exemptions from Attending Union Meetings, etc .

1954-b1

Telegrams

1954-61Track Section

1957-60Women's Auxiliary, Div . 101

1953-61Layoffs - Trackmen, Carpenters, etc .

1953-54Garage Lay-off and Quit Claims

1948Burnaby Transit Report and Questionnaire

1954-60Checkers Reports

1950-57Briefs on Counseling and Control Plan

1952Bunny Bus File (B .C. Society for Crippled Children)

1959Children's Jubilee Summer Camp Association

1951-55Christmas Party Committee

1960Applications for Position of Signing-Up Sheets ; Extra Men's 1952-62

Representative ; Officers, etc .Ledger - Div. 1252 (Penticton) 1940-41"Division 101 Topics" - Historica lMiscellaneous

20

DIVISION 13 4

By-laws

1955-59Correspondence (New Westminster)

1950-61

Div. 134, New Westminster

1939-b1Correspondence, Head Office (Vancouver)

1948-56International CorrespondenceGeneralFuneral Claims

Advisory Board Minutes

1949-561950-601953-56

1948-621950-5 5

1950

1950-581952-60

1956-59,19621951-581950-59

19541956

1956-601951-62

1958-61

21

MembershipPayroll DepartmentOffice ExpensesIncome TaxAuditor's ReportsJournal Balance SheetsAgreementLeave of Absenc eSystem Seniority Proposals and List s

Re Deaths of Bus OperatorsContractorsDues Check-off

(James Denby and John Sweeton)

11

111

1423

232

1122

1

22

JurisdictionSuspension and Dismissal Case sPension and Welfare Plan - Correspondenc eVancouver, New Westminster, and District Trades an d

CouncilLine Car

1947-531947

1951-58Labor 1949-58

1955-59


22 (cont'd) Atkins Stage 1951-60 3Maple Ridge Bus Service 1956-61 2United Good Neighbor Fund 1955-60 4B.C. Federation of Labour 1956-61 2Agents, Ticket Clerks, etc. 1949-56 1IBEW Strike 1958 1Tony Fediw - Claim 1957 1BOER Employees Doctors Club 1950-55 1A. H. BlackhAm and Other Contractors 1955 1Political Education Committee 1957 1Roadmaster and Engineer 1950-56 1Trackmen 1950-60 2Canadian Trainmen's Union 1958-59 1B.C .

Workmen's Compensation Board 1946-55 1Canada Life Assurance Company 1957-59 1Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 1959-62 2Membership Ledger Sheets 1956-59 n.f.Division Monthly Reports 1955-62 1 vol .

Amalgamated Transit Union, Div. 101-134

Preliminary Inventory, Part I I

Box No . Subject

Dates No . of folder s

1-2

Division 101

Membership

1954-68 n.f .

3 CorrespondenceGeneral

1958-70 9Letters despatched

1964-68 4Letters received

1964-66 5

4 Letters received (cont'd)

1965-66 3West VancouverAgreement and correspondence

1954-63 4Dues deductions

1961-67 1Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and B.C .

1954 1Trade Union Congress - resolutions, constitution ,proposals

Vancouver & District Labour Council

1962-65 1Canadian Labour Congress - correspondence

1962-67 1B.C. Federation of Labour

1962-69 4Leave of Absence - BCHA Operators

1962-64 1B.C. Hydro staff changes

1964-66 1Amalgamated Convention

1946 1Convention resolutions, calls, etc .

1956-61 1

5 Pacific Stage Line sBy-laws

1950 1Election material

1968-69 1Spare Board - commt bulletins and co . correspondence1950-53 1Company correspondence

1947-57 1Ticket and baggage - company and union corre .

1944,1955 1Driver transfer

1953-55 1Company granted leave of absence

1949-55 1Duties

1950 1Dismissal and reinstatement

1953 1Greivance procedure

1952 1Holiday rotation

1954-60 1Agreement

1939-60 8Letters despatched

1961-64 1Numerical index (3)

1964-65Alphabetical index (4)

1965-66 n.f .Blood Bank

1958-66 1Blood donor list as of 1961 1 vol .

ATU/page 7

6 Office employees international union 1952-61 1BCER Co . agreement 1927-60 9Extra men's reports 1962-69 3Tradesmen Parking 1965 1Family Plan Insurance 1963-66 1PensionsGeneral 1964-65 1Carmelo Scarfo - Proof of Age 1965 1BOER - pension earnings 1954-56 1Joint council - B . C . Hydro 1962-63 1BOER - pension plan 1953-54 1B. C . Motor Transportation Ltd 1954 1

Sechelt Motor Transport Ltd 1952-56 1

7 Advisory BoardCorrespondence 1940-63 3Minutes 1950-58 1

Federal Acts 1929-45 1Provincial Acts 1939-67 4Case interviews 1965-68 4

Shop and barn matters 1947-58 2Powell River Stages 1947-55 1Cambie Garage agreement matters 1937-49 2Receipts 1958,1964,1965,69 4Appeal : E . Buckley etc . 1962-64 116th Street yard 1925-45 1Hayward, John L . 1962-64 1Children Jubilee Summer Camp Association 1962-63 1BCE Bus runs operating out of New Westminster garage

1961 1Notices 1961-64,1969 3Company Bulletins (operators) 1961-62 2

9 Company Bulletins (operators) 1967 1Newscast - Hi-lites 1950-63 1Deduction listing sArrears and assessments - B .C . Hydro 1967 1PSL dues 1967 1Jan 1968 3Family Plan 1967-68 2

Division 134General correspondence 1955-64 1Family Plan 1965-68 1

10 International re

its and correspondence 1949-68 19STRY (incomplete 1941-48 1Bryce, D - running sheets

1968-69 1Stewart, C - running sheets

1968-69 1Proposed vacation groups

1962-63 1MiscellanyPhotographsSun Life Family Group Policy - payroll checkoff

1960-68

n.f .n.f .n.f .

Div. 134 - attendance at union meetings

1968 n.f.

ATU/page 8

11

Collective bargaining agreements

n.f .

12

Forms

n.f .Miscellaneous printed material

n.f .Department of Labour Summary of Activities

n.f .

13

Miscellaneous financial records - daily cash reports, daily

n.f .expense accounts, etc .

Oversize

Posters

Bound volumes (Note : The bound volumes of parts 1 and 2 have bee ncombined to allow for continuous series where they exist . Thenumbering sequence carries on from Part II so that the first bo xof bound volumes is Box 14 of Part II . )

Division 10 1

Minutes, regular meetings

1898-19021903-19091910-19131913-19191919-19211921-19231923-19251925-19261926-1928 1928-19291932-19351935-19371937-194 1 1941-19431944-19471947-19501950-195 3 1953-195 6

2b

1956-1958

Executive Committee Minute s

1907-19131913-1920 1920-1926 (incl . Advisory Board minutes)

21

1926-19311931-193 51935940-1943

-1940 122

1945 (Special Executive Meetings )1944-19471947-19491949-19511951-1954

14

15

16

1718

19

1 volume unless otherwisenoted

23

26

27

28

ATU/page 9

Excerpts from regular meeting minute s

1924-19251926-1929

Miscellaneous minutes

Pioneer Relief Committee, 1931-193 4Job Stewards

1947-19561956-1964

Maintenance Shop Stewards1949-1954 1954-1955

1955-1959 (with Attendance register, 1952-1957 )

Motormen and Conductors' Social Club, 1920-1927Pacific Stage Operators

1935-19471947-1956

Advisory Board Committee1934-19411946-1950

Various Committee Meetings, 1938-1949Political Education Committee, 1957-195 8Natural Resources Committee,1954-195 5Building Maintenance, 1953-196 0

Attendance Register s

Pacific Stage Lines, 1939-195 8 1934-19381938-19431955-19601954-1960 1961-19671961-1967

Salary Record Book, 1948-196 6

Cash Book, 1946-1962 (incl . part-time workers, 1963-1967 )

Time Book, 1943-194 7

Permit Register?

Division 134

Minutes, Regular Meetings

1901-190 61906-1911 (incl . membership roll )1912-19131914-1917

24

25

ATU/page 10

28 (cont'd)

1921-1927 1927-1931

29

1931-1939-1939-1943

1943-194630

1949-1953

Executive Committee Minutes, 1953-1957

Attendance Register

1932-195931

19600- ggt

Membership and Dues Ledgers

oversize

1901-19021909-19161957-1966

31

32

Record Book, Working Conditions Affecting Members of Div . 134 ,1931-1947 (incl . minutes of meetings of Columbia Bus Operators ,1947 )

Expense Ledgers

1921-19271928-19391940-19511952-1960

Cash Books1901-1926 (incl. Sick Benefit, 1939-1942 )1948-1963

33

Widows' Relief Rind, 1917-1941

Division 101-134

Doctors' Club

1911-19141914-19191929-1937 (incl . Hall Rent, 1938-1939 )1938-19461947-1955

Sick Benefit Association

Dues Recor d

1913-19191950-1954

Expense Ledger, 1903-1919

34

ATU/page 1 1

Operators' Benefit Fund, Expense ledger, 1945-195 5

Sick Benefit Fun d

34 1929-19351936-19421943-1946

oversize

1949-1952

Division 1242, Penticto n

oversize

Membership ledger, 1940-194 2

oversize

Unidentified ledge r

to G&E

Motorman and Conductor, vols 22, 25, 26, 28

1914, 1917, 1918, 1920

to Gov Pubs

The Dominion of Canada Labour Service Being a Consolidation of allDominion and Provincial Statutes, Orders-in-council and Governmen tOrders of General Application Directly Affecting Labour Relations(up-dated to ca . 1946) 2 vols .

to Gov Pubs

Wage Rates and hours of Labour, Department of Labour, Economics andResearch Branch. Annual Report #39, October 1956 . 1 vol .

2

Amalgamated Transit Unio nPreliminary Inventory, Part II I

Box/Polder No .

Subjec t

Division 10 1

Attendance Records - Regular Meeting s

1 - 1

15 January 1968 - 15 July 1974 ( Book #1 )1 - 2

6 may I968 - 7 February 1973 (Book #2 )1 - 3

15 July 1974 - 6 November 1978

Attendance Records - Maintenance Worker s

1 -_4

26 September 1957 - 29 November 1972

Attendance Records - Pacific Sta ge Lines

1 -5

7 January 1959 - 7 march 1979

Attendance Rec, rds - Pacific Coach Lines

4 je n tember 1 179 - 4 March 1 9t 1

leilutes - eee .tive Board Meetln- s

2

12

22

32 - 4

2 Septemoer 1 954 - 29 August 195712 September 1957 - 15 September 196029 September 1960 - 27 February 196424 October 1966

28 March 1974

Minutes - Regular Meetings

3 - 1

5 January 1959 - 19 June 196 13 - 2

3 July . 1961 - 17 December 196 23- 3

7 January 1963 - 6 April 19643 - 4

20 April 1964 - 6 September 19653 - 5

20 September 1965 - 17 October 19664 - 1

7 November 1966 - 4 March 19684

2

18 March 1968 - 1 December 1969

Minutes - Pacific Stage Line s

4 - 3

4 April 1956 - 2 December 19644 - 4

6 January 1965 - 7 March 1979

Sick and Welfare Fund - Record of Sickness or Injuries

4 - 5

24 January 1960 - 23 April 1974

Division 1

Minutes 6xecutive and Regular Meeting s

5 -

Npril 1957

1 June 1962

ATU/page 1 3

minutes - Executive and Re p aler Meetings cont .

5

25 - '5

5 July . 1962 - 10 may 196 613 June 1966 - 11 June 1968

'division 101 - 15 4

Correspondence Pile s

n

6

16

26 - 36 - 46

56

66

76 86 - 96

1 06

1 16

1 26

1 36

1 46

1 56

1 66

1 76

1 86 - 1 96-206

2 16-226

236 246-2 56-266-276-286 - 2 97 - 17 7 27 - 37 - 47 - 57 - 67 - 77 87 - 97 - 1 07- 1 17 - 1 28

18 28 - 38 - 48 - 58 - 6

78 - 8

9

Advisory Board Minutes 1966 - 6 8Advisory Board Correspondence 1966 - 67Advisory. Board Statement sAgreement-I966Agreement Negotiations 1964B .C . Hydro and Power Authority - Agreement Negotiations 196 2Airline Service (1965) Ltd . - 1965 (Trail, B .C . )George AllenAlexander AndersonThomas Morri sJames Arnot tWilliam Henry Salte rHerbert W . SpeedWilliam Herbert 3hephardAlexander StevensLionel B. Stonehous eWilliam J . ScottFrederick jibitn

James B . Smithhavid ThomasPeter Toma cAlbert Edward William sherb Wnrin gIvor J . Walke rB .C .E . Tekeover by Provincial Governmen tCanadian. Labour Congress Resolutions Congress 1962Educational Committee Classes and Minutes, 1962 - 6 3Enhanced tension sExec :-rive Boar dFamily Plan insurance - 196 9Family Plan insurance - 1970Family Plan Insurance - 197 1Health Replacement Classe sHuman Rights Committe eIncome TaxInternationa lInternationa lJoint Counci lJubillee Summer Cam pKeneingten Garageoetters to the International 1940 - 5 1MaintenanceB .C . Hydro and Power Authority - Maintenanc eMale and Female Minimum dale Orde rMinimum. Wage Orders - Occupation of Bus Operato rMairs Charter Buses Ltd .Maple Ridge Bue Service

Correepondencenorth Vancouver Section, Biui p ion 10 1Occupational ! ilea' e s

Office - Letter sOffice - Letter sof Unions

Receive dDespatched

ATU/ page 1 4

Correspondence

cont .

8 - 1 01 1

8 - 1 26 - 1 38 - 1 48 - 1 59 - 19 - 29 - 39 - 49 - 59 - 69 - 79 - 89 - 99

1 09

-

1 19 - 1 29 - 1 39 - 1 410 .-

1

Office and. Technical ampleyees Union Locel 1 5

Ontario Joint Council and Western Conference of Amalgamated Local sOvertime RestrictionsPacific Stage Lines - Letters DespatchedPacific Stage Lines - Agreement NegotiationsPacific Stage Lines - Appeal to the Internationa lPacific Stage Lines - Agreement Negotiations 1966

Pacific Stage Lines - Agreement Negotiations 196 6Pacific Stage Lines - Case interview sPacific Stage Lines - Letters Receive dPress CuttingsPension AmendmentsPolitical Education Conmitte ePrince Rupert - Financial MattersB .C . Hydro and Power Authority (Freight Operation )Railway Passe sScholarshi pSechelt Motor Transport Ltd .

1970 -

Sechelt Motor Transport Ltd .

1959

1966Sechelt Motor Transport Ltd . School Bus Drivers Agreemen tSystem Seniority appeals

10 - 2 Seventieth anniversary Celebratio n10

3 Sheet Committee Reports and. Running Sheet Synopsi s10 - 4 Shift Engineer s10 - 5 Sick and Welfare Data10 - 6 Sick Leave10

7 Sick Pay10 - 8 Stocn Clerks10 - 9 Street Railwaymens Co-Operative Society10 - 10 Timng Point s10 -

11 Traffic and Safety Committe e10 - 12 Traffic and Safety. Council - Union Safety (Minutes )10 -

13 Training Coordinators, Joint Council o f10 - 14 Travellers Insurance, Sun Life Assurance11

-

1 Trans - Ad (Car Carders)

1962 - 197211

-

2 Trans - Ad (Car Carders)

1959 - 197 211

-

3 Trensit Service Cuts and Sal e11

- 4 Unemployment insurance Claim s11

-

5 Western Bus Lines Ltd .

(Kamloops )11

-

6 Workmen's Compensation Cases

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