 Early emblem of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, dating back to the 19th Century. | |
| Merged into | Transportation Communications International Union |
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| Formation | September 9, 1890[1] |
| Founded at | Topeka, Kansas |
| Dissolved | 1986 |
| Merger of | Carmen's Mutual Aid Association and Brotherhood of Railway Car Repairers of North America |
| Purpose | Fraternal benefit society and trade union for railroad employees involved in the repair and inspection of railroad cars. |
The Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, commonly known as the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC), was a fraternal benefit society and trade union established in the United States of America. The BRC united railroad employees involved in the repair and inspection of railroad cars to advance their common interests in the realm of hours of work, wages, and working conditions.
The organization traces its genesis to a seven-member group called the Brotherhood of Railway Car Repairers of North America founded late in October 1888 in a railway car in Iowa. This group merged with a rival organization, the Carmen's Mutual Aid Association at a "Joint Convention" held in Topeka, Kansas in September 1890, formally establishing the organization and its bylaws and electing its officers under the new permanent name.
The BRC was disestablished through merger into the Transportation Communications International Union (TCU) in 1986, which was in turn amalgamated into the International Association of Machinists (IAM) in a merger completed in 2012.