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Wages -- Railroads -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5533
Abstract Collection includes correspondence concerning grievance claims and work rules; agreements with major railroad unions; statistics on workers' compensation and hours; miscellaneous legal documents concerning disputes brought before federal boards; and circulars from industry conferences, concerning company-labor relations. Also includes documentation of the Chicago and North Westerns' merger with the Chicago Great Western Railway. Select information from predecessor carriers is also found in...
Dates: 1907-1971

James C. Hill Arbitration Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5538
Abstract

Documents relating to the U.S. National War Labor Board and the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board, as well as general subject files.

Dates: 1941-1962

Ralph T. Seward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5328
Abstract

Includes over 1000 arbitration and mediation awards, decisions, and related documents, primarily for cases in the following industries: steel, electronics, auto, transportation, meatpacking, manufacturing, and communications. Also include documents relating to two boards of the National Mediation Service which Seward chaired (Emergency Board Number 176 and Arbitration Board No. 282).

Dates: 1949-1966

U.S. Emergency Board No. 81 Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5037
Abstract

Consist of carrier and employee exhibits; awards, reports, etc.; also documents pertaining to the General Rules Movement.

Dates: 1950

U.S. Emergency Board No. 106 Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5040
Abstract

Consists of transcripts of the proceedings (38 vol.), and 83 union and carrier exhibits documenting wage structure and various work rules and working conditions.

Dates: 1953

U.S. Emergency Board No. 114 Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5043
Abstract

Consist of three briefs for the carriers: The wage increase demand, Summary of carriers' executive testimony and The health and welfare demand.

Dates: 1955

U.S. Emergency Board No. 116 Reports and Exhibits

 Collection
Identifier: 5044
Abstract

Consists of the Board's report to the president and employee and carrier exhibits. Transcripts of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 116, 1956. Wage and benefiy case. Akron and Barbarton Belt Railroad Company and other carriers represented by the Eastern, Western and Southestern Carriers Conference Committees and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1946-1957.

Dates: 1957

U.S. Emergency Board No. 130 Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5053
Abstract Documents relating to Board 130 consist of briefs. Documents relating to Emergency Board 145 include transcripts of proceedings (15 vol.), final report and related documents, carrier and employee briefs, and exhibits. Carrier exhibits include documents relating to rates of pay, working conditions, job descriptions, and fringe benefits in the railroad industry, especially regarding non-operating employees. Also comparative wage data for clericals and workers in other industries. Employee...
Dates: 1960