© 2004 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration. Testimony, 1914.
Collection Number:
5100
Creator:
New York (State). Board of Mediation and Arbitration.
Quantity:
0.3 linear foot.
Forms of Material:
Transcript.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Transcript of testimony and decision of the Board concerning the Glove Cutters' strike at Gloversville and Johnstown, NY.
Language:
Collection material in English
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Transcript of testimony and decision of the Board concerning the Glove Cutters' strike at Gloversville and Johnstown, NY.
On August 21, 1914 the glove cutters held a mass meeting in which they voted to ask the Glove Manufacturers Association for
an increase of 25 cents per dozen on men's and boys' gloves and 20 cents per dozen on ladies' gloves. The glove cutters were
earning an average of $13.30 per week and had not had an increase in wages for 17 years. The glove cutters struck when the
manufacturers turned down the request for an increase. Since glove making was the only industry in Fulton County the Board
was instructed to investigate the situation. During the course of the strike several employers settled with their employees
for 15 cents a dozen, and the Board recommended that the strikers return to work and continue negotiations for an increase
of not less than 15 cents. The Board's proposals were turned down by the men.
SUBJECTS
Names:
New York (State). Board of Mediation and Arbitration.
Subjects:
Glove industry - New York (State) - Johnstown.
Glove industry - New York (State) - Gloversville.
Wages - Glove industry - New York (State) - Johnstown.
Wages -Glove industry - New York (State) - Gloversville.
Strikes and lockouts - Glove industry - New York (State) - Johnstown.
Strikes and lockouts - Glove industry - New York (State) - Gloversville.
Glove industry - Employees.