United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Hearings,
1959

Collection Number: 5390

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Hearings, 1959.
Collection Number:
5390
Creator:
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
Quantity:
.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Announcements, briefs, arguments, correspondence.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Hearings on the agreement of six airlines which provided for certain mutual assistance in the event of a strike against one of them.
Language:
Collection material in English

HISTORICAL NOTE

On November 3, 1958 the six airlines filed an agreement with the Civil Aeronautics Board which provided for certain mutual assistance in the event of a strike against one of them. The carriers still operating would make monthly payments of the increased revenues (less added direct expense) to the carrier which was shut down.
Formal objections to the agreement were filed by the International Association of Machinists, the Brotherhood of Hallway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, the Air Line Pilots Association, International and the six supplemental air carriers, jointly.
The Civil Aeronautics Board, before it approved the agreement, held public hearings on January 14, 1959 to which all interested parties were invited. On January 26, 1959 the Board tentatively approved the agreement.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board. In the matter of a certain agreement among American Airlines, Inc., Capital Airlines, Inc., Eastern Airlines, Inc., Pan American World Airways, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., and United Air Lines, Inc.
SUBJECTS

Names:
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
American Airlines, inc.
Capital Airlines
Eastern Air Lines, inc.
Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines, inc.

Subjects:
Airlines -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States.
Strikes and lockouts -- Airlines -- United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Records

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Cite As:
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Hearings, 1959. 5390. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Materials are arranged in chronological order.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I.
This section contains the announcement of a public hearing by the Civil Aeronautics Board and its tentative decision on the agreement.
Series II.
This section contains the brief of the six airlines in support of the agreement. The brief gives background information on the need for the agreement and how it is expected to operate. The brief holds that the agreement is consistent with the public interest and applies itself to the questions asked by the Board. It contains appendices and tables on union mutual assistance pacts, strike benefit provisions, labor unrest and strikes in the industry, and examples of court injunctive relief p against unlawful union activity. It also contains the oral argument of Guy Farmer, Steptoe and Johnson on behalf of the signatories in the public interest.
Series III.
This section contains the opposition of the unions and the Supplemental Air Carriers Conference. Their brief insisted the agreement violated the Hallway Labor Act by substituting compulsory arbitration for voluntary, repudiated collective bargaining in good faith, and consequently not in the public interest.
Series IV.
This section contains letters from other government agencies from whom the Board had requested opinions to aid it in determining whether the agreement should be approved.