Talk:Pullman porter

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I went looking for an article for Pullman Porters and was suprised to find that this article was re-directed to the article for the Pullman Company. It is ironic because it matches one of the indignities faced by the original African American Pullman Porters because they were refered to as "George" by passengers. This was a hold over from the time of slavery where slaves were automatically given the name of their master. Pullman Porters made a unique and valuable contribution to America and they deserve their own article. Elmmapleoakpine (talk) 22:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I went looking for this article, searching "Pullman" and came to George Pullman's Wiki page, but no link to this one. I then googled "Pullman sleeper" and got pages on the sleeper car, but nothing on the porters and no links here. It's the porters who made the company what it was. Finally I thought to try, "Pullman porter," and here I came. If these men were proud of their work but poorly paid, then it wasn't the pay they were after. Comparisons could be made to airline flight attendants of the 1960's, '70's and '80's.

In the analysis of ex-slaves, it's useful to put them in context. Field slaves (the vast majority) were largely illiterate, which we now think of as a severe handicap. In fact, illiterates often have excellent memories, which makes them well-suited for service roles: Ask any waiter/waitress in a busy restaurant. Literate people, myself among them, often have poor memories, being dependent upon written notes scattered here and there.

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File:Pullman dining car 1894.jpg to appear as POTD soon[edit]

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Pullman dining car 1894.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 21, 2020. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2020-02-21. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:42, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

This picture is a color lithograph advertisement from 1894, showing the interior of a Pullman dining car belonging to the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway. It depicts two men seated at a table being served by an African-American Pullman porter. Visible through the window is the Mosler Safe Works in Hamilton, Ohio, from which newly-manufactured goods are being loaded onto barges on the Great Miami River.

Starting soon after the American Civil War, George Pullman sought out former slaves to work on his sleeping cars. Until the 1960s, Pullman porters were exclusively black and, in 1925, under the leadership of A. Philip Randolph, they formed the first all-black union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. They were supervised by a Pullman conductor, who was then invariably white. In 1926, Pullman employed more than 10,000 porters, a term that has been superseded by "sleeping car attendant".Lithograph credit: Strobridge Lithographing Company

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Additional info under unionization[edit]

Hello, I added 2-3 sentences that provide a little background information on why Pullman porters decided to unionize. that I thought was relevant. While it may seem intuitive why all workers want to unionize, it is important to state the labor issues specific to these workers. Anoell (talk) 18:52, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]