Guide to the United States Board Of Inquiry On The Labor Disputes Involving The Non-ferrous Metals Industry Documents,
1951

Collection Number: 5075

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, September 6, 2002

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
United States. Board of Inquiry on the Labor Disputes Involving the Non-ferrous Metals Industry. Documents, 1951.
Collection Number:
5075
Creator:
United States. Board of Inquiry on the Labor Disputes Involving the Non-ferrous Metals Industry.
Quantity:
0.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Transcripts, reports, press releases.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Consists of transcripts of minutes of the Board (3 vol.); a typewritten draft of a paper concerning production and marketing of non-ferrous metals; the Board's reports to the president (3 vol.) and a press release on the settlement of the strikes.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

This Board of Inquiry was created by President Harry S. Truman on August 30, 1951, according to powers granted to him in the national emergencies section of the Taft-Hartley Act. The purpose of the Board was to report on the disputes involved in industry-wide strikes in the copper and non-ferrous metals industry.
The parties involved in the disputes included the Anaconda Copper Corporation, the Kennecott Copper Corporation, the Phelps Dodge Corporation, and twenty-one zinc and lead mines in the Coeur D'Alene District of Idaho and the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers International Union and the Building Trades Council of the American Federation of Labor. The issues in dispute were wage rates, position reclassification, pensions, and fringe benefits. The major parties agreed on the essentials of a settlement prior to the issuance of the Board's reports.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Consists of transcripts of minutes of the Board (3 vol.); a typewritten draft of a paper concerning production and marketing of non-ferrous metals; the Board's reports to the president (3 vol.) and a press release on the settlement of the strikes.
SUBJECTS

Names:
United States.
Dash, George Allan, Jr.,1908-
Miller, Joseph L.
Seward, Ralph T.(Ralph Theodore),1907-
American Federation of Labor.Building and Construction Trades Dept.
American Federation of Labor.Metal Trades Dept.
Anaconda Copper Co.
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.
Kennecott Copper Company.
Phelps Dodge Corporation.

Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Cases.
Copper miners.
Miners.

Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
Reports.
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Cite As:
United States. Board of Inquiry on the Labor Disputes Involving the Non-ferrous Metals Industry. Documents, 1951. #5075. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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