NWLB Southern Coal Procedures Records, 1943
Collection Number: 5313
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
NWLB Southern Coal Procedures Records, 1943
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5313
Abstract:
Records of the U.S. National War Labor Board in the matter of the Operators Negotiating
Committee, Appalachin Joint Conference, Southern Appalachin Joint Wage Conference
and the United Mineworkers of America.
Creator:
U.S. National War Labor Board (NWLB)
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The Fact Finding Panel was appointed by the National War Labor Board to investigate
the dispute which arose when the parties were unable to agree on the terms of a new
contract in the spring of 1943. The following were members of the panel: Morris L.
Cooke, representing the public, chairman; David B. Robertson, representing labor;
and Walter White, representing industry.
Negotiations began on March 10, 1943. The principal demands of the United Mine Workers
were: a wage increase of $2 a day, payment for travel time from portal to portal for
all underground workers, inclusion of some supervisory personnel, and several minor
issues.
No agreement could be reached, and the case was certified to the War Labor Board
on April 22, 1943. The panel held its first hearing in Washington D.C. on April 28
at which the Mine Workers refused to appear. The panel was recessed when it learned
that the Mine Workers had gone on strike in violation of the no-strike agreement of
1941. On May 1 the Federal Government seized the mines and the miners went back to
work. On May 6, the National War Labor Board resumed hearings and issued a report
on May 25, which the Mine Workers refused to accept, and struck again. President Roosevelt
ordered the miners back to work. On June 7 negotiations for a new contract were resumed
and in mid-June the Central Pennsylvania signed an agreement which it later repudiated
on pressure from the other operators. On July 21 the Illinois operation signed an
agreement which the NWLB refused to approve because it violated the "Little Steel
Formula." The mines were returned to the operators on October 1. The miners struck
for a third time on November 1, and the mines were again seized by the government,
and a contract between the government and the Mine Workers was signed on November
3.
Records of the U.S. National War Labor Board in the matter of the Operators Negotiating
Committee, Appalachin Joint Conference, Southern Appalachin Joint Wage Conference
and the United Mineworkers of America.
Included are hearing proceedings, reports, and statements of the parties in the dispute.
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NWLB Southern Coal Procedures Records #5313. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Names:
United States. National Labor Relations Board (1942-1945)
Southern Coal Producers.
United Mineworkers of America.
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial -- United States.
Miners -- Labor unions -- United States.
Collective bargaining -- Mining industry -- 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 |
National War Labor Board Panel Hearing
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
April 28th; in the case of the Operators Negotiating Committee, Appalachian Joint
Conference, and the Southern Appalachian Joint Wage Conference and the United Mine
Workers of America, 1 vol.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
National War Labor Board Fact Finding Panel
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Hearing with same parties, May 6-11, 1943, 4 volumes, 624 pp.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Public Hearing before the National War Labor Board
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
June 10th; in the Case of the Bituminous Coal Operators and the United Mine Workers
of America, 1 volume, 152 pp.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Public Hearing before the National War Labor Board
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Aug. 3rd; in the case of the Illinois Coal Operators Association and the limited Mine
Workers of America, District 12, 1 volume, 90 pp.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Public Hearing before the National War Labor Board
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Oct 21st-23rd; in the case of the Illinois Coal Operators Association and the limited
Mine Workers of America, District 12, 3 volumes.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Statistical Data and exhibits
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Scope and Contents
5 volumes, 280 pp.
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
National Coal Industry on the Bituminous Coal Industry
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1943 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Statement of Facts of the Operators Negotiating Committee, Southern Appalachian Joint
Wage Conference
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1943 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Southern Coal Producers Association on the Bituminous Coal Industry
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
National War Labor Board, Division of wage stabilization
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Scope and Contents
on wages and related problems in the Bituminous Coal Industry
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Statement of David Friday
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Scope and Contents
Economic Evidence bearing on the demand of the Bituminous Coal Workers for a General
Wage Increase.
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