U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 Records, 1961
Collection Number: 5058

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 Records, 1961
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5058
Abstract:
Transcript of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 138, 1961. Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) vs. Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1950-1961.
Creator:
U.S. Emergency Board
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 was created in 1961 by President Kennedy in response to a strike called by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers against the Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
A dispute arose when the Telegraphers, in response to severe job cutbacks due to abandonments and automation, requested that no position in existence as of April 1st, 1958 be abolished or discontinued except by agreement between the carrier and the Telegraphers. The union invoked mediation because the parties were unable to come to any agreement. Before the mediation efforts were exhausted, the Telegraphers proposed rules which barred unilateral transfer of any functions, work and positions performed or held by telegraphers; required payment of severence pay to displaced workers? and guaranteed a certain minimum to telegraphers when they consented to the merger or consolidation of jobs. Negotiations were continued but when no agreement was reached, the Telegraphers successfully requested the service of the National Mediation Board again.
The Board was appointed in July and met that month and the following August. Reporting in September, the Board concluded that the union's position as stated was "Neither a practical nor realistic solution to the problem of employee displacement" and recommended that the carrier and union agree to protections for adversely affected employees, including dismissal pay, moving expenses and property loss allowances.

Transcript of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 138, 1961. Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) vs. Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1950-1961.
The collection includes transcripts of proceedings (14 vol.); carrier exhibits including maps, agreements, statistics on population, income, comparative railroad revenue, passenger and freight statistics, data on fringe benefits, social security, railroad unemployment, insurance and other data for Class 1 railroads (1950-1959); employees' exhibits including statistics on agencies closed and union positions abolished on the Southern Pacific Railroad, employment and productivity trends, employment stabilization agreements, and rules prohibiting or controlling contracting out of work, among other matters.
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U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 Records #5058. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

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SUBJECTS

Names:
Order of Railroad Telegraphers (U.S.)
Southern Pacific Company
United States. Emergency Board No. 138.
Subjects:
Mediation and conciliation, Industrial -- United States x Cases.
Unemployment, Technological-- United States.
Arbitration, Industrial--United States-- Sources.
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States--Sources.
Telegraphers.
Job descriptions. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Job security. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Job security. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. Railroads. United States.
Railroads. United States. Technological innovations.
Strikes and lockouts. Railroads. United States.
Wages. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Wages. Railroads. United States.
Work rules. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Transcripts, Carrier's Agreements, Employee's Agreements, Joint Agreements
Box 1 Folder 1
Transcripts. 14 Volumes. 2018 Pages.
Box 1 Folder 2
Carrier's Exhibit. Map - Southern Pacific Lines in red
Box 1 Folder 3
Carrier's Exhibit. Maintenance of Way Agreement and notice in connection therewith
Box 1 Folder 4
Carrier's Exhibit. Decision of the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, Order Number 37014
Scope and Contents
Decision covers the application of Southern Pacific Company for authority to withdraw its agent at Brownsville, Oregon.
Box 1 Folder 5
Carrier's Exhibit. Map of Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines), Coast Division, indicating location of Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Box 1 Folder 6
Carrier's Exhibit. Population, Income, Railroad Revenue, Return on Investment for Industry, Passenger and Freight Statistics, Material Prices, and related information
Scope and Contents
Carrier's Exhibit 5a. Classifications according to International Chamber of Congress Group Number. 5b. Southern Pacific number of employees in International Chamber of Congress Group IV, Transportation.
Box 1 Folder 7
Carrier's Exhibit. Reporting Divisions 111-128
Box 1 Folder 8
Carrier's Exhibit. Excerpts from various reports (8 pages)
Box 1 Folder 9
Carrier's Exhibit. Retirement, Sickness Benefits, Social Security, Railroad Unemployment, Insurance Statistics.
Box 1 Folder 10
Carrier's Exhibit. Pictures - Centralized Traffic Control
Box 1 Folder 11
Carrier's Exhibit. Pictures - Centralized Traffic Control - Interlocks
Box 1 Folder 12
Carrier's Exhibit. "Agency Closings"
Box 1 Folder 13
Carrier's Exhibit. Clerks' Agreement.
Box 1 Folder 14
Carrier's Exhibit. Board awards.
Box 1 Folder 15
Carrier's Exhibit. Book - Statement of Claims, Employee's Statements at Hearings.
Box 1 Folder 16
Carrier's Exhibit. Case Number A-1146 - CTC
Box 1 Folder 17
Carrier's Exhibit. Rule requested by the Switchmen's Union of North America, together with an employee protection agreement requested by the clerks
Box 1 Folder 18
Carrier's Exhibit. List of Western Railroads which did not have any dialyzing agreements as of June 8, 1954.
1954
Scope and Contents
June 8, 1954.
Box 1 Folder 19
Carrier's Exhibit. Composite income account, balance sheet, and other statistics of Class I railroads including switching and terminal companies
1950-1959
Box 1 Folder 20
Carrier's Exhibit. Southern Pacific operating ratio compared with operating ratios of Class I railroads
1951-1960
Box 1 Folder 21
Carrier's Exhibit. Ratio of Southern Pacific as compared to Class I railroads - net railway operating income.
Box 1 Folder 22
Employees' Exhibits. "History of the Disputes."
Box 1 Folder 23
Employees' Exhibits. Agencies Closed and Order of Railroad Telegraphers Positions abolished on the Southern Pacific Company.
Box 1 Folder 24
Employees' Exhibits. "Employment and Output Trends, Southern Pacific Company and Class I Line - Haul Railways."
Box 1 Folder 25
Employees' Exhibits. "The Public Interest in Transportation Service."
Box 1 Folder 26
Employees' Exhibits. "Excerpts from Carrier Presentation to Emergency Board Number 106."
Box 1 Folder 27
Employees' Exhibits. "Work within the scope of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers-Southern Pacific Company Agreement transferred to other Personnel."
Box 1 Folder 28
Employees' Exhibits. "Employment Stabilization Agreements and understandings in the railroad industry."
Box 1 Folder 29
Employees' Exhibits. "Examples of Dualization Agreements made by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers with various Carriers."
Box 1 Folder 30
Employees' Exhibits. "Employment Stabilization Agreements in Other American Industries."
Box 1 Folder 31
Employees' Exhibits. "Rules prohibiting or controlling contracting out of work."
Box 1 Folder 32
Employees' Exhibits. "Employee Protection in the Railroad Industry."
Scope and Contents
Employees' Exhibit 11a. Agreement for Employee Protection as a result of the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway Company and the Virginian Railway Company.
Box 1 Folder 33
Employees' Exhibits. "Financial position of the Southern Pacific Company."
Box 1 Folder 34
Employees' Exhibits. Award of Special Board of Adjustment Number 327 - Case Number 1
Box 1 Folder 35
Employees' Exhibits. Award of Special Board of Adjustment Number 327 - Case Number 2
Box 1 Folder 36
Employees' Exhibits. Award of Special Board of Adjustment Number 327 - Case Number 3.
Box 1 Folder 37
Employees' Exhibits. Interstate Commerce Commission Form M-300.
Box 1 Folder 38
Joint Exhibit - Agreement between Southern Pacific Company and employees represented by Order of Railroad Telegraphers