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