Guide to the United States Emergency Board No. 118 Transcripts of Proceedings and Exhibits,
1945-1957

Collection Number: 5045

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

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

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
United States. Emergency Board No. 118. Transcripts of proceedings and exhibits, 1945-1957.
Collection Number:
5045
Creator:
United States. Emergency Board No. 118.
Quantity:
1 linear foot.
Forms of Material:
Transcripts of proceedings and exhibits.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Transcripts of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 118, 1957. Wage, benefits and work rules case. Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Company, Toledo Lakefront Dock Company, and Cleveland Stevedore Company vs. United Mine Workers of America, District 50, 1945-1957.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Mine Workers, on November 30, 1956, requested a modification of its current agreement with the companies, and submitted twenty proposals. Negotiations began and the companies submitted five counter proposals. The services of the National Mediation Board were requested on February 5, 1957 and mediation continued until March 22 without any success, The Mediation Board suggested arbitration, which the union rejected.
On May 9, 1957 the President of the United States appointed an emergency board consisting of Nathan Cayton, Dudley E. Whiting and Morrison Handsaker. Hearings were held and the Board visited and inspected the docks of two of the companies. Wages, fringe benefits, working rules and grievances were among the twenty-five issues involved.
The Board's report was prepared in three parts, since some recommendations applied to all three companies and some did not, and issued on June 7. 1957.
SUBJECTS

Names:
United States.
United Mine Workers of America. District 50.

Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Sources.

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United States. Emergency Board No. 118. Transcripts of proceedings and exhibits, 1945-1957. #5045. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. Transcript.
5 volumes. 796 pages.
II. Company Exhibits.
Brief on behalf of The Toledo Lakefront Dock Company
Exhibits of Toledo Lakefront Dock Co.
A. Ore and coal dock workers hourly wage rates, December 31, 1956.
B. Earning statistics, various industries, 1956.
C. The Toledo Lakefront Dock Company - Earning Record - Longshoremen 1956.
D. The Toledo Lakefront Dock Company - Average Daily Overtime - Year 1956.
E. Consumers' Price Index.
F. The Toledo Lakefront Dock Company - Average Annual Earnings.
G. The Toledo Lakefront Dock Company - Percentage of Increase Hourly Rates of Pay - Toledo Dock.
H. The Toledo Lakefront Dock Company, Toledo, Ohio - Crew Cost Per Hour.
I. Trundle Engineering Report, Job Evaluation Study (missing).
Brief on behalf of The Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Company - Lorain Dock
Exhibits of the Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Company. Lorain, Ohio
C. The Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Company, Lorain, Ohio - Employees'- Earning Summary.
D. The Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Company, Average Daily Overtime - Lorain Dock.
E. Consumers' Price Index.
F. The Toledo Lorain and Fairport Dock Company - Average Annual Earnings - Lorain Dock.
G. The Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Company - Percentage of Increase, Hourly Rates of Pay - Lorain Dock. -
H. The Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Company, Lorain, Ohio - Consist of Crews.
Memorandum of The Cleveland Stevedore Company
Exhibits of the Cleveland Stevedore Company
A. Average Earnings of Huron Regular Dock Employees.
B. Comparative Wage Rates, 1945-1956.
C. Productive vs. Nonproductive Time.
III. Report to the President.
49 pages.