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
ATU Inventory/page 3
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
ATU Inventory/page 4
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
ATU Inventory/page 5
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 .
page 6
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 .
page 1 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