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Posted by Joe on Mon Oct 26 22:13:10 2020, in response to The IRT pre-unification, posted by jailhousedoc on Mon Oct 26 15:17:00 2020. I read Joshua Freeman's book twice, once when it came out and again in August, 2019, from the Franklin Square library. I recall no reference to the Brotherhood of Pullman Porters on the Interborough or the BMT. The author does not avoid the topic of discrimination in jobs. I could be wrong, but I think the Civil Service system meant less union organizing on the Independent than other places, with the exception of strong participation at the 207th Street shops.--- The book's focus is Mike Quill. Again following memory, the Irish who disliked the Free State managed a technique of secret societies, whereby one cell did not know another cell, and few people knew who was really calling the shots. It so happened that New York Communists also used a similar cell system. After World War II, Quill and other transit leaders would succeed in claiming they were never Communists, but there was always a lingering doubt because of cell structure. --- |
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