Background
Yost, James Everett was born on October 16, 1925 in Bluefield, Virginia, United States. Son of Lorenzia Wingo and Emma Bell (Smith) Yost.
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James Everett Yost
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Graduated from the high school.
Career
Truck driver, State Line Distributing Company, 1947-1951;
with, Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1947-1956;
assistant general chairman, secretary-treasurer system council 16, International Brotherhood Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers (now merged International Brotherhood Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers a, 1951-1956;
assistant to president railway employees department, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago, 1956-1969;
president, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1969-1980;
executive secretary-treasurer, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1980;
international representative, International Brotherhood Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, 1980-1983;
carrier member, National R.R. Adjustment Board, since 1983;
executive director, Carrier Mems. National Railroad Adjustment Board, 1986-1993;
retired, 1993. Member steering committee National Apprenticeship and Training Conference, 1970-1975.
Vice chairman Cooperating Railway Labor Orgns. Member Railway Labor-Management Committee, 1969-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Connections
Married Ruth Adkins, November 13, 1946 (divorced 1974). Children: Conner E., Randel W., Ernest W. Married Patricia Dickey, July 20, 1974.
Career
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1947 - 1951
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1947 - 1956
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1951 - 1956
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1951 - 1956
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1951 - 1956
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1956 - 1969
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1980 - 1983
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1983
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1986 - 1993
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1993
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