Guide to the Wolfgang S. Price Research Papers,
1955-1960

Collection Number: 5041

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
Date completed:
2000
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, August 26, 2002

© 2002 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Wolfgang S. Price. Research papers, 1955-1960.
Collection Number:
5041
Creator:
Price, Wolfgang S., 1930-
Quantity:
1.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Wage rate determinations, claims, decisions, and certificates.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Consists of research materials used by Price for his MS thesis, submitted to the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, entitled "Prevailing Wage Rate Determination for Municipal Laborers in New York City: Case Study of the Administration of Section 220 of the Labor Law."
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

At the time he gathered these materials, Wolfgang Price was a graduate student at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1960.
Wolfgang Price received a BS from Marquette University (1959) and an MS from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell (1960). Prior to his formal education, Mr. Price served in the U.S. Air Force, was a hospital administrator in Milwaukee, Wis., and an intern for the National Mediation Board. As of 1982, he was a consultant, with offices in Silver Spring, Md.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes copies of determinations on wage rates pursuant to section 220 of the Labor Law of New York State for selected classes of laborers employed by the City of New York; claims of laborers employed by the City of New York for the fixation of wages pursuant to section 220 (1958-1959); decisions and certificates of extent of representation and of exclusive bargaining unit for the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association (1958); the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association; Local 831, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America (1958); Local 241, N.Y.C. Laborers; and District Council 37, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (1959).

SUBJECTS

Names:
Price, Wolfgang S.,
AFSCME. District Council 37 (New York, N.Y.)
Correction Officers Benevolent Association (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Sanitation.
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Traffic.
New York (State). Dept. of Correctional Services.
New York City Laborers. Local 241.
Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association.

Subjects:
Labor laws and legislation--New York (State)
Municipal employees.


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Cite As:
Wolfgang S. Price. Research papers, 1955-1960. #5041. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.