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feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2024 05:52:53 JSTfeld @Moon what did exist were Brotherhoods, which were basically just racist gangs. Unions had not been formalized in the west yet.
The book "Good, Reliable, White Men: Railroad Brotherhoods" [1] covers this, which dovetails into the book I have "Sundown Towns" [2].
Attached photo is the relevant page
[1] https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p076787
[2] https://thenewpress.com/books/sundown-towns