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Elmer E. Hilpert Arbitration Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5493

Scope and Contents

Includes arbitration cases involving Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company vs. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and Allis-Chalmers vs. International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.

Includes cases arbitrated by Hilpert between Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company and the following unions on the following issues: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America on issues of rates of pay, job classifications, discipline, dismissal, job assignment, managerial prerogatives, seniority, and grievance procedure (1955); International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America on issues of seniority, recall after layoff, demotion, discipline, authority of arbitrator, job classification, vacations, layoffs, managerial prerogatives, rates of pay, overtime pay, termination of employment, job assignment, holiday pay, incentive pay, reduction in workforce, shift differentials, recall, failure to report, vacation pay, transfers, union representation, dismissal, lunch periods, layoff for disciplinary reasons, promotion, bargaining unit work, reduction in work force, insurance eligibility, plant shutdown, contracting out, downtime, union jurisdiction, probationary employees, grievance procedure, and computation of overtime pay (1955-1961).

Dates

  • 1943-1975

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

Professor Elmer Hilpert (1905-1975) received his JD degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1936 and a JSD degree from Yale University in 1939. He was an instructor in political science at the University of Minnesota and was appointed as assistant professor of law at Case Western Reserve University in 1936. He moved to Louisiana State University in 1937 and was appointed associate professor of law at Case Western Reserve University in 1938. In 1939, Hilpert became associate professor of law at Washington University. Hilpert had an active career as a mediator and arbitrator and was the impartial referee for the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company and the United Automobile Workers and for the Glass Containers Manufacturing Institute and the Glass Bottle Blowers Association for many years. Arbitrator and professor of law.

Extent

91 cubic feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Files include correspondence, briefs, transcripts, exhibits, awards. Many of the case files in this collection contain a substantial amount of documentation.

Quantity:

91 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Case files, proceedings, transcripts .

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, July 30, 1986
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 14, 2019

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Hilpert, Elmer E. Arbitration Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 14, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183

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