United States. National War Labor Board. Region II. Office files and cases,
1941-1945

This contains the secondary file for dispute cases of the Second Regional War Labor Board. The file is incomplete as the Board disposed of 2,248 dispute cases, but over 500 cases are represented in this collection. The cases are arranged alphabetically by the name of the company involved in the dispute. The War Labor Board case number is given also. Each case number has a suffix which indicates the procedure used before the case was submitted to the Board. The meanings of the various letter combinations are as follows:
C, CS-D, D - Cases bearing these symbols were usually heard by a tripartite disputes panel. The Board acted on the report of the panel.
HO - A case bearing this designation is one which was heard hy a Hearing Officer.
AR - This is a case in which the Board acted on the basis of an arbitrator's award.
A - This case is one in which an agreement between the parties required approval by the War Labor Board. No dispute is involved.
JB - Cases with this designation are those iniwhich the Board acted on the basis of joint briefs submitted by the parties.
For information concerning the cases, the user is referred to the following materials in the reference section of the school library. Bureau of National Affairs. War Labor Reports. Washington: The Bureau, 1942-1946. 28 vols. Bureau of National Affairs. Key to War labor Reports. Washington: The Bureau, 1946. The user may take the name of a company on the accompanying list and then locate this name in the "Cumulative Table of Cases" in the Key to War labor Reports. This table will indicate the volume and pages of War Labor Reports which contain data on the case in question. War Labor Reports contains the decision of the NWLB for this case in full text. Included for each case are the Board's directive order, the opinion of the Board and dissenting or separate concurring opinions when such exist, and the report and recommendations of the panel, arbitrator, hearing officer, as the case may be. The Key to War Labor Reports also indexes NWLB cases "oy subject or Issue and by industry. A list of cases has been placed at the beginning of Section I.

This section consists of the correspondence of the Second Regional War Labor Board for the year 1945 At the time of this writing this section is incomplete. The correspondence is filed alphabetically and that portion from "O" to "Z" is missing.

Correspondence: A, 1/2/45 - 5/31/45

Correspondence: A 5/29/45 - 12/12/45

Correspondence: B, 1/4/45 - 5/30/45

Correspondence: B 5/1/45 - 12/13/45

Correspondence: C1/2/45 - 5/31/45

Correspondence: C 6/1/45 - 12/21/45

Correspondence: D 1/3/45 - 12/10/45

Correspondence: E 1/3/45 - 12/5/45

Correspondence: F 1/3/45 - 13/7/45

Correspondence: G 1/3/45 - 5/31/45

Correspondence: G 5/28/45 - 12/27/45

Correspondence: H 1/2/45 - 5/31/45

Correspondence: H 6/5/45 - 12/5/45

Correspondence: I 1/10/45 - 12/28/45

Correspondence: J 1/4/45 - 12/12/45

Correspondence: K 1/5/45 - 12/5/45

Correspondence: L 1/6/45 - 12/26/45

Correspondence: M 1/3/45 - 4/25/45

Correspondence: M 5/1/45 - 12/27/45

Correspondence: N 1/2/45 - 12/19/45

Approvable Wage Rates

Cost of Living, Report to the President, 11/10/44

Decisions, Second Regional War Labor Board, No. 1, 8/45

Decisions, Second Regional War Labor Board, No. 2, 10/45

Decisions, Second Regional War Labor Board, No. 3, 11/45

Decisions, Second Regional War Labor Board, No. 4, 12/45

History and Procedure, 4/44.

Inflation, Report to the President, 4/7/45

Jurisdiction of the Board.

Little Steel Formula. Application, 1/44

Manual of Instructions, Panel Members and Hearing Officers, 11/1/43

Manual of Instructions, For Tripartite Panels, 2/3/43.

Memoranda to Panel Members and Hearing Officers

National Wage Stabilization Board - Organization and Procedure, 5/46.

NWLB Training Program. Subjects: Union Security, 8/9/45; Policy Regarding Grievance Procedure and Arbitration, 8/11/45; Union Participation and Management Prerogatives, 8/21/45; Reemployment Rights of World War II Veterans, 9/10/45; Analysis of Actions of the Seventh Regional War Labor Board in Samples of Specified Types of Cases Decided in the Period, May-October, 1944. 4/7/45.

Orders, Executive

Orders,, General

Organization and Procedure, 8/44.

Organization and Procedure, 3/45

Policy Development Appraisal. No. 1, 5/45

Policy Development Appraisal. No. 2, 6/45

Policy Development Appraisal. No. 3, 7/45

Regional Rulings Which Were Reversed, Modified, or Remanded.

Region II, termination Report.

Wage Adjustment Board - Summary of Policy in the Building and Construction Industry, Region II, 3/22/46.

Wage Forms.

Wage-Price Policy, 3/11/46.

Wage Report to the President, 2/22/45

Wage Stabilization Code, Application, 7/44

Wage Stabilization, General Orders and Interpretations.

Wage Stabilization, January 1942 to December 1944

Wage Stabilization Manual, 6/1/44.

Wage Stabilization Manual, 6/45

Sample Agreements

Press Releases, Index to Releases of National Board, 12/45

Press Releases, 4/20/44 - 10/28/44

Press Releases, 11/1/44 - 12/30/44

Press Releases, 1/3/45 - 2/28/45

Press Releases, 3/7/45 - 4/28/45

Press Releases, 5/5/45 - 8/30/45

Press Releases, 9/1/45 - 12/29/45

Press Releases, 1/4/46-12/12/46

Labor Press Service. 4/17/42, 5/1/42.

Labor Press Service. 7/1/43, 7/26/43,

Labor Press Service. 8/2/43, 8/9/43, 8/16/43, 8/23/43, 8/30/43.

Labor Press Service. 9/6/43, 9/13/43, 9/20/43, 9/27/43.

Labor Press Service. 10/4/43, 10/11/43, I0/18/43, 10/25/43.

Labor Press Service. 11/1/43, 11/8/43, 11/15/43, 11/22/43 11/29/43.

Labor Press Service. 12/6/43, 12/13/43, 12/20/43, 12/27/43.

Labor Press Service. 1/3/44, 1/17/44, 1/24/44, 1/31/44

Labor Press Service. 2/7/44, 2/14/44, 2/21/44, 2/26/44.

Labor Press Service. 3/6/44, 3/13/44, 3/20/44, 3/27/44.

Labor Press Service. 4/3/44, 4/10/44, 4/17/44, 4/24/44

Labor Press Service. 5/1/44, 5/8/44, 5/15/44, 5/22/44, 5/29/44.

Labor Press Service, 6/5/44, 6/12,44, 6/19/44, 6/26/44.

Labor Press Service. 1/3/44. 1/10/44, 7/17/44, 7/24/44,

Labor Press Service. 8/7/44, 8/l4/44, 8/21/44, 8/28/44.

Labor Press Service. 9/4/44, 9/11/44, 9/18/44, 9/25/44.

Labor Press Service. 10/2/44. 10/9/44, 10/16/44, 10/23/44, 10/30/44.

Labor Press Service. 11/6/44, 11/13/44, 11/20/44, 11/27/44.

Labor Press Service. 12/4/44, 12/11/44, 12/18/44, 12/25/44.

Labor Press Service. 1/3/45, 1/15/45, 1/22/45, 1/29/45

Labor Press Service. 2/5/45, 2/12/45, 2/19/45, 2/26/45.

Labor Press Service. 3/5/45, 3/12/45, 3/3/20/45, 3/26/45

Labor Press Service. 4/2/45, 4/9/45, 4/16/45, 4/30/45

Labor Press Service. 5/7/45, 5/14/45

Research and Statistics Reports that were intended to provide the Regional Boards and board members with background information and to summarize board experience in a variety of subject areas.

#5, Statistical Summary of Changes in the American Economy, September 1942-March 1943

$5A, Statistical Summary of (a) The Distributive Shares of the National Income (1939-1944), (b) Hours and Earnings in Manufacturing Industries (1939-1944). 9/44

#8, Check-Off. 8/6/43

#9, National War Labor Board and the Control of Wages. 8/18/43.

#10, Policy of the NWLB Regarding Slypes of Union Security Differing From the Standard Maintenance of Membership Provision. 8/20/43

#12, Industrial Disputes in Great Britain and the United States. 9/22/43

#14, Compliance Record of the NWLB. II/1/43.

#15, The Effects of the War Upon the Relative Economic Positions of Agriculture and Private Non-Agricultural Employees.

#16, Operations of Section 8 of the War Labor Disputes Act. 11/25/43.

#17, The National War Labor Board's Policies in Leading Wage Cases Involving Manpower. Part I, January 1942 to April 8, 194'.1/15/44.

#18., The National War Labor Board's Policies in Leading Wage Cases Involving Manpower. Part II, The "Rare and Unusual Case" Phase, April 8, 1943 to December 1943. 2/1/44.

#19, Arbitration. 1/27/44.

#20, The Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in War Time. 4/17/44

#21, War Labor Board Cases Acted on by the Director of Economic Stabilization, October 2, 1942 to February 12, 1944. 4/27/44.

#22, Wartime Strikes and Strike Controls in Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 6/9/44.

#23, The Chance Vought Plant-Wide Incentive System: And a Comparison With the Grumman and Republic Incentive Plans in;.the Airframe Industry. 6/14/44

#24, Estimated Frequency Distribution of Non-Agricultural Employees by Straight-Time Wage Rates, January 1944. 7/15/44

#24A, Estimated Frequency Distribution of Non-Agricultural Employees by Straight-Time Wage Rates as of January 1944. 2/45

#25, Guaranteed Employment and Annual Wage Plans. 8/25/44

#26, Grievance Procedure Problems. 8/30/44

#27, Intra-Plant Wage Relationships. Part I, Job Classification Wage Rates. 9/44

#28, Veterans Reinstatement and Seniority Rights. 11/44

#29, Intra-PIant Wage Relationships. Part II: Principles Guiding Intra Plant Wage Rates Adjustments. 2/45

#30, Board Policy in Regard to the Reinstatement of Employees After Strikes and/or Discharges. 2/45

#31, Review of Economic Trends. 9/45

#32, National War Labor Board Policy on Equal Pay for Equal Work for Women. Summary of Region I Wage Rate Brackets. 5/31/45 Summary of Region II Wage Rate Brackets. 8/31/45 Summary of Region V Wage Rate Brackets. 8/31/45 Summary of Region VIII Wage Rate Brackets. 8/31/45 Summary of Region IX Wage Rate Brackets. 6/30/45 Summary of Region X Wage Rate Brackets. 5/31/45

Wage bracket reviews for various industries in the different regions. These reviews were prepared by the Program Appraisal and Research Division to serve as critical guides in regional application of NWLB policy.

#3, Review of Brackets Established by Region II for the Corrugated Box Industry in Metropolitan New York and Northern New Jersey, 4/45

#4, Review of Brackets Established by Region VIII for the telephone Industry. 4/45

#5, Review of Brackets Established by Region VIII for Public Utilities. 6/45

#6, Review of Brackets Established by Region X for PBX Operators. 4/45

#7, Review of Brackets Established by Region X for Industrial Chemical Rates in the San Francisco Bay Area. 4/45

#8, Review of Brackets Established by Region X for Domestic Water Services in Northern California. 8/45

#9, Review of Brackets Established by Region VIII for Warehouse Labor in Drayage, Transfer, Storage and Warehousing Industry in New Orleans - Baton Rouge, La. 6/45

#10, Review of Brackets for the Electric Light and Power Industry - Region IV. 9/45

#11, Review of Brackets for Gas Manufacturing and Distribution Industry - Region IV. 9/45

#12, Review of Brackets, Minima for Office and Clerical Occupations, All Industries, St. Louis, Missouri -Region VII. 9/45 ; .

#13, Review of Brackets - Foundry Stabalized Rates for Racine-Kenosha Labor Market Area - Region VI. 11/44

#14, Review of Brackets Established by Region I for Electric and Gas Utilities in the State of Connecticut, 4/45

#15, Review of Brackets, Minima for the Flour Milling Industry, State of Kansas - Region VII. 9/^5

#16, Review of Brackets, Stabilized Rate Ranges for Journeymen Tool and Die Makers in Production Shops in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Region VI. 10/45

#16, Review of Brackets for New England Ferrous Wire Drawing Rates - Region I. 6/45

#17, Review of Brackets, Minima for Kansas City Area Flour Milling Industry - Region VII. 11/44

#18, Review of Brackets Established for Plant Protection Guards by Region V. 8/45

#19, Review of Brackets, Minima for Maintenance Electricians A and B in Denver, Colorado - Region IX. 10/45

#20, Review of Brackets of Revised Stabilized Rates for the Metal Working Industry in the Chicago, 111. Area -Region VI. 5/45

#22, Review of Brackets for Radio-Radar Industry in the Chicago Area - Region VI. 10/44

#23, Review of Brackets for the Ladies' Handbag and Pocket-book Industry in New York City - Region II. 6//45 Review of Bakery Brackets - Region VIII. 9/44 Reviews of Wage Brackets Established by the Seventh Regional War Labor Board for Various Industries and Areas. 4/45

Periodic summaries of important Board decisions, resolutions, and other actions which were significant in expanding and clarifying Board policies. The summaries were intended to serve as guides to the staffs of the Regional and National Boards.

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 1 - 6/l5/43

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 3 - 8/15/43

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 5 - 12/1/43

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 6 - 1/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 7 - 2/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 8 - 3/1/44

Appeals Supplement to Significant Board Actions, Numbers 1..8. 3/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 9 - 3/1/44

Appeals Supplement to Significant Board Actions, Number 9 - 4/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 10 - 4/1/44

Appeals Supplement to Significant Board Actions, Number 10 - 5/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 11 - 5/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 12 - 6/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 13 - 7/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 14 - 8/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 15 - 9/1/44

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 16 - 3/1/45

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 17 - 4/1/45

Summary of Significant Board Actions, No. 18 - 9/1/45