Guide to the United States National Mediation Board Arbitration Case No. 225 Proceedings and Exhibits,
1957

Collection Number: 5089

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

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Compiled by:
David Oshinsky
Date completed:
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, September 9, 2002
Randall Miles, July 10, 2008

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
United States. National Mediation Board. Arbitration case no. 225. Proceedings and Exhibits, 1957.
Collection Number:
5089
Creator:
United States. National Mediation Board.
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Proceedings and exhibits.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
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.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

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 York 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 year collective agreement with a wage increase of 24 cents per hour.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
United States.
General Managers' Association of New York Harbor Railroads.
Lighter Captains' Union.

Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Cases.
Stevedores.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Proceedings.
Transcripts.
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Cite As:
United States. National Mediation Board. Arbitration case no. 225. Proceedings and Exhibits, 1957. #5089. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Collection is arranged by type of document.
Date
Description
Container
The Parties and Issues Before the Board.
 Box 1 Folder 1
Classes and Numbers of All Railroad Employees.
 Box 1 Folder 2
Classes, Numbers and Representation of Railroad Marine Employees.
 Box 1 Folder 3
Annual Report of National Mediation Board Including the Report of the National Railroad Adjustment Board.
 Box 1 Folder 4
Wage Statistics.
 Box 1 Folder 5
1957
Marine Equipment Used By New York Harbor Roads as of June 1, 1957.
 Box 1 Folder 6
Net Tons of Domestic and Export Lighterage Freight Handled by Railroads Servicing Port of New York.
 Box 1 Folder 7
Missing.
 Box 1 Folder 8
Lighterage and Terminal Regulations in New York Harbor and Vicinity.
 Box 1 Folder 9
Marine Equipment.
 Box 1 Folder 10
Work Studies.
 Box 1 Folder 11
1956
Occupational Wage Survey, N. Y., N. Y., April 1956.
 Box 1 Folder 12
Wage Diversity.
 Box 1 Folder 13
Illustrations of Uniform Wage Change for Unions Within an Industry or Company.
 Box 1 Folder 14
Diverse Wage Patterns Within a Union.
 Box 1 Folder 15
Pattern Settlements in the Railroad Industry.
 Box 1 Folder 16
1956
Report to the President by the Emergency Board appointed by Executive Order 10693, Dec. 22, 1956.
 Box 1 Folder 17
President to Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, to Investigate and report on a dispute between the Akron & Barlarton Railroad Company and The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
1956
Report to the President by the Emergency Board appointed by Executive Order 10693, Dec. 22, 1956.
 Box 1 Folder 18
President to Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, to investigate on a dispute between the Railway Express Agency Inc. and The International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Participation of International Longshoremen's Association with other Railroad Non-operating Employees for Purposes of Collective Bargaining.
Box 1 Folder 19
1956-1957
Pattern Settlements in the Railroad Industry: National Agreements.
 Box 1 Folder 20