Guide to the Saul Wallen Arbitration Files,
1949

Collection Number: 5106

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

Contact Information:
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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
Date completed:
2000
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, September 10, 2002

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Saul Wallen, collector. Arbitration files, 1949.
Collection Number:
5106
Creator:
Wallen, Saul, 1910-1969.
Quantity:
1 linear foot.
Forms of Material:
Arbitration files
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company and the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric and Motor Coach Employees Division 476, 459, 570, 1103 arbitration files, 1949.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Arbitration hearing before James Healy (Chairman), Colonel Harley L. Swift and Samuel T. Curry held August 26, 1949 at Boston, Mass. on agreement to arbitrate when the parties were unable to negotiate a new contract. The issues were:
1. Wage increase.
2. 8-hour day, 40-hour week, 5-day week.
3. Regulation of type of work.
4. Sick leave.
5. Overtime pay for 6 holidays.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wallen, Saul, 1910-1969.

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

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Cite As:
Saul Wallen, collector. Arbitration files, 1949. #5106. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Collection arranged by form of document.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. Transcripts.
8 volumes - 987 pages.
II. Union Exhibits.
39 in one volume includes comparative statistics on wages, rates and hours and cost of living data.
III. Company Exhibits.
1 volume containing 75 exhibits.