U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
et al. and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1962
Collection Number: 5090
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
et al. and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1962
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5090
Abstract:
Documents relating to the National Mediation Board's arbitration case no. 275, Chicago
and North Western Railway Company vs. Order of Railroad Telegraphers (U.S.), 1962.
Creator:
U.S. National Mediation Board
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The Board of Arbitration was established following an agreement between the parties
September 28, 1962, made pursuant to a request of the President of the United States
that the strike in progress on the lines of the carrier be terminated and the remaining
issues be submitted to arbitration.
Members of the Board included B. W. Heineman, representing the carrier; G. E. Leighty,
representing the organization; upon nomination by President Kennedy, Sylvester Garrett
was designated by the National Mediation Board as the third and neutral member of
the Board.
Hearings commenced October 2, 1962, in Washington, D.C., and were concluded October
4. The award was rendered October 8, 1962.
This proceeding developed out of the handling of a notice served by the organization
on the carrier for a rule that: "no position in existence on December 3, 1957, will
be abolished or discontinued except by agreement between the carrier and the organization."
The customary procedures of direct negotiation, mediation and emergency board recommendations
were exhausted without agreement. A work stoppage occurred. In settlement of the dispute
the parties agreed upon a program of employee protection as recommended by Emergency
Board No. 147 except for four areas of disagreement which were submitted to this Arbitration
Board for resolution at the request of the President. In submitting the questions
at issue for settlement, the parties stated:
"It is agreed that each question shall be resolved and decided by the panel on the
basis of and in terms of its determination of the proper application to the question
of the Report and Recommendations of Emergency Board No. 147, dated June 14, 1962."
The four specific questions and the decisions of the Board follow. The representative
of the organization indicated a dissent in the decision in response to questions two,
three, and four.
1. What shall be established as a substantial period of advance notice to be given
by the Carrier to the Union of a decision to permanently discontinue any position?
2. What procedures should be followed when the Carrier and the Union do not agree
on whether a position should be abolished?
3. The U. S. Emergency Board No. 147 recommended a forty-hour workweek guarantee
for extra board employees. Should the Union or the Carrier decide on the size of the
extra board?
4. Should the Union be allowed to pursue claims against the Carrier which resulted
from jobs abolished before the current agreement was made?
Include transcripts of proceedings (3 vol.), union and railroad statements of position
on the questions submitted, a memorandum of agreement, the opinion and award of the
National Mediation Board, and an agreement for final determination,
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
et al. and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers #5090. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Names:
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
United States. Emergency Board No. 275
United States. National Mediation Board
Order of Railroad Telegraphers (U.S.)
Garrett, Sylvester
Heineman, B. W.
Leighty, G. E.
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial -- United States -- Cases
Telegraphers
Arbitration, Industrial -- Railroads -- United States
Copper mining -- United States -- Military aspects
Job security -- Arbitration, Industrial -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Transcripts
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1962 |
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Scope and Contents
3 Volumes; 297 Pages
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Organization's (Union's) Statement of Position on Questions Submitted.
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1962 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Statement of Position on behalf of Chicago and North Western Railway Company
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1962 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
The Railway Labor Act
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1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Memorandum of Agreement between Chicago and North Western Railway Company and its
Employees Represented by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
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1962 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
National Mediation Board - Opinion and Award
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1962 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Agreement for Final Determination Between the Chicago and North Western Railway Company
and its Employees Represented by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
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1962 |