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Trainman News
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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In Cleveland, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) secured wage increases of 10.5 cents per hour for conductors and 5.5 cents for brakemen on River Terminal Railway via mediation, retroactive to May 1, 1955. Yardmasters to receive similar adjustments.
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CLEVELAND--Wage increases of 10½ cents per hour for conductors and five and one-half cents per hour for brakemen, retroactive to May 1, 1955, were obtained by the BRT in a recent mediation agreement on River Terminal Railway.
An understanding also was reached that the yardmasters would be compensated for their services in the same degree and by the same pattern as has been applied to conductors and brakemen.
Walter Grady, deputy president, and his committee met with Mediator C. Robert Roadley of National Mediation Board and management in the negotiations.
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May 1, 1955
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The BRT obtained wage increases of 10½ cents per hour for conductors and five and one-half cents per hour for brakemen, retroactive to May 1, 1955, through a mediation agreement with River Terminal Railway. Yardmasters agreed to similar compensation patterns. Negotiations involved Walter Grady's committee, mediator C. Robert Roadley, and management.