Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen was one of the railroad unions of the 1800s.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen was founded on December 1, 1873, at Port Jervis, New York. Initially, insurance benefits were the main incentive for membership, but by the late nineteenth century "The Brotherhood" had branched out into labor-management relations. The organization changed its name to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF & E) after permitting engineers to join its ranks. In 1969, the union merged with the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union.