Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: On Jan. 1, 1914, the Pullman Company adopted a Pension Plan, which provided for retirement pensions and a system of relief (payments when absent for illness or disability). A Board of Pensions was formed to oversee relief and pension policy and eligibility. Effective Dec. 31, 1955, the company also created a Funded Contributory Retirement Plan to cover all permanent full - time employees not represented by a collective bargaining agent.Records of the Pullman Company Board of...