American Train Dispatchers Association
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The American Train Dispatchers Association or Train Dispatchers is an American trade union representing railroad workers. The Train Dispatchers belong to the
Jurisdictions
ATDA operates mostly as a
The organization also represents the crafts that provide power to electrified trains, mostly on commuter lines. The titles in this jurisdiction are power supervisors, power directors and load dispatchers.
On
Employers
The Train Dispatchers hold
- Alaska Railroad
- Amtrak
- Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
- Belt Railway of Chicago
- Conrail Shared Assets
- CSX
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (CN)
- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
- Kansas City Southern Railway
- Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad
- Metra
- Montana Rail Link
- New Jersety Transit
- Norfolk Southern
- PATH
- Soo Line (CP)
- South Shore Line
- Staten Island Railway
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. (CN)
History
The union was founded in 1917 at a convention in Spokane, Washington. An earlier organization called the Train Dispatchers Association of America preceded the establishment of the ATDA by 27 years.[3] During the Great Railroad Strike of 1922, the Train Dispatchers did not participate but neither would they perform work of other unions.[4]
See also
- Rail traffic controller
- Train Dispatcher (computer simulation)
References
- American Train Dispatchers Department. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- American Train Dispatchers Department. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- Train Dispatchers Association of America. 1906-06-19. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- ^ "Train Dispatchers to Remain at Work" (PDF). The New York Times. 1921-10-20. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
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