U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding General Managers Association of New York and the International Longshoremen's Association, Lighter Captains Union, Local 996
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Scope and Contents
Consist of transcript of proceedings (734 pp.) and nineteen exhibits submitted to the Board by the Lighter Captains' Union and by the Labor Committee. The exhibits give a detailed description of the occupation and of the wage structure of the railroad industry. Included are studies of domestic and export lighterage freight handled; classes, numbers, and representation of railroad marine workers; and lighterage and terminal regulations in New York Harbor, among other exhibits.
Dates
- 1956-1957
Creator
- U.S. National Mediatoin Board (creator, Organization)
- General Managers Association of New York (creator, Organization)
- International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), Lighter Captains Union (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Biographical / Historical
In April of 1957, a labor dispute arose between the Lighter Captains Union, Local 996, International Longshoremen's Association, and the eight railroads that operated New fork City's harbor barges and tugboats, represented by the Labor Committee of the General Managers' Association of New York. Both parties agreed to take their dispute to the National Mediation Board.
The Union demanded an immediate increase of 42 1/2 cents per hour in basic rates, an additional 20 cents per hour for overtime work, and a minimum wage of $25 per day for workers on refrigerator boats or those equipped with power hoists. The railroads did not offer any increase. After two weeks of hearings, the Board recommended a three fear collective agreement with a wage increase of 24 cents per hour.
Extent
0.5 cubic feet
Abstract
United States. National Mediation Board. Arbitration case no. 225 : Labor Committee of the General Managers' Association of New York, representing New York Harbor Railroads vs. the Lighter Captains' Union, International Longshoremen's Association : proceedings and exhibits, 1957.
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs, 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, February 04, 2013
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, October 31, 2016
- Arbitration, Industrial -- Merchant marine -- United States
- Arbitration, Industrial -- Railroads -- United States
- Arbitration, Industrial -- United States -- Cases
- General Managers' Association of New York
- International Longshoremen's Association
- International Longshoremen's Association. Local 966 (New York, N.Y.)
- Lighter Captains' Union
- New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Railroad marine workers -- Labor unions -- United States
- Stevedores
- United States. National Mediation Board
- Wages -- Arbitration, Industrial -- United States
- Title
- U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding General Managers Association of New York and the International Longshoremen's Association, Lighter Captains Union, Local 996
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- October 31, 2016
- 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
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository