U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding Eastern, Western, and Southeastern
Carriers' Conference Committee and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1936-1940
Collection Number: 5088
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding Eastern, Western, and Southeastern
Carriers' Conference Committee and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1936-1940
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5088
Abstract:
Briefs and exhibits of Arbitration Board No. 254. Carriers represented by the Eastern,
Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, 1936-1960.
Creator:
U.S. National Mediation Board
Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
Quanitities:
2.67 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
On March 5, 1960 the Carriers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers signed an
Arbitration Agreement to submit a controversy over wages to a six man arbitration
board consisting of Archibald Cox, Richard A. Lester, Roy E. Davidson, D. S. Beattle,
G. W. Knight, and J. E. Wolfe. The agreement specified the following questions were
all that the Board was to decide.
1. Shall all or any part of the request of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
dated March 2, 1959 be granted?
2. Shall all or any part of the proposal of the carriers served on or about March
20, 1959 be granted?
The termination of the national wage agreement signed in 1957 prompted the Engineers
to request a 12 per cent increase in basic daily rates for locomotive engineers together
with arbitraries, miscellaneous rates, etc., and the incorporation into the basic
rates of the accumulated cost-of living allowances. The carriers countered with a
proposal for a 15 cent across the board wage reduction and elimination of the cost
of living escalation clause.
Unable to reach an agreement, the National Mediation Board was appealed to on September
24, 1959 under the procedures of the Railway Labor Act. Mediation was not successful,
but the National Mediation Board persuaded the parties to submit the wage issue to
binding arbitration. All other issues were referred to the Presidential Study Commission.
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U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding Eastern, Western, and Southeastern
Carriers' Conference Committee and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers #5088.
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Names:
United States. National Mediation Board. Arbitration Board No. 254.
United States. National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers--Sources.
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Sources.
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States--Sources.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Prehearing and Post-hearing briefs for the Carriers'; Carriers' Exhibits
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Prehearing and Post-hearing briefs for the Carriers'.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Exhibit A. Eastern Railroads represented by the Eastern Carriers Conference Committee.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Exhibit B. Western Railroads represented by the Western Carriers Conference Committee.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Exhibit C. Southeastern Railroads represented by the Southeastern Carriers Conference
Committee.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
1. The Proposals of the Parties. The Appearances for the Carriers and the Arbitration
Agreement.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
2. Rates of pay for through Freight Engineers and Machinists.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
3. Railroad Employees and their Compensation. Relation of Labor Costs to Revenue Per
Unit of Output.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
4. Job Descriptions and Illustrative Examples of Payroll Positions and Duties. Supervisory
and Non-operating Employees.
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
5. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
6. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
7. Inter and Intra Industry Wage and Earning Comparisons.
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
8. Wage Progress of Railroad Employees and Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries.
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
9. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
10. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
11. Inter Industry Wage and Earnings Comparisons.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
12. Data Supplementing Certain of the Employees' Exhibits.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
13. Safety of Railroad Operations.
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
14. The Inability of the Railroads to Bear Employment Cost Increases.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
15. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
16. Relationship Between Straight Time Hourly Earnings and Pro Rate Hourly Earnings
- Locomotive Engineers.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
17. Tables and Supporting Materials - Recent Wage Agreements in the Railroad Industry;
Timing of Wage Adjustments; The Escalator Clause Issue.
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
18. The Pennsylvania Railroad.
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
19. Explanation of Provisions of Recent Wage Agreements.
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
20. Employee Demands Presently Confronting the Railroad Industry and Estimated Costs
Thereof.
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
21. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
22. Miscellaneous Materials on Job Content.
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
23. Job Content and Working Conditions of Engineers.
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
24. Employee Evaluation of Employment.
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
25. Employee Evaluation of Employment (Statistical Tables).
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
26. R. J. Dimmitt - Personal Experience Testimony.
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
27. Transfer Run 49, Chicago and North Western Railway.
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| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
28. Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Seniority Rosters as of January
1, 1959.
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1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
29. Personal Experience Job Content Testimony for W.D. Quarles.
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
30. Productivity - A False Wage Determinant.
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
31. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
32. Average Straight Time Hourly Earnings.
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| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
33. Analysis of Increases in Straight Time Hourly Earnings Per Hour Worked of Road
and Yard Engineers - 1936 to Current.
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1936-1960 |
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Scope and Contents
1936-1960?
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| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
34. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
35. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
36. Earnings, Miles and Hours of 30 Engineers Engaged Exclusively in Through Freight
and Converted Through Freight Service with Highest Earnings Per Hour on Duty.
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| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
37. Average Straight Time Hourly Earnings of Non-operating Employees and Production
Workers in Manufacturing Industries.
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| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
38. Average Straight Time Hourly Earnings of Road and Yard Engineers and Production
Workers in Manufacturing Industries.
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| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
39. Real Full-Time Weekly Earnings of Production Workers in All Manufacturing Industries.
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1921-1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
40. Excerpts from Testimony, Exhibits and Briefs Presented by the Organizations to
Emergency and Arbitration Boards Relating to the Wages of Railroad Employees.
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| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
41. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
42. No information available.
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| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
43. Excerpts from Productivity, Prices, and Income.
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| Box 2 |
Union Exhibits; Agreement; Transcript
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
1. Description of the Organization, Membership and Structure of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
2. Form of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Wage Request - Section 6 Notice
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1959 |
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Scope and Contents
March 2, 1959.
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
3. Letter from Mr. Robert O. Boyd, Chairman, National Mediation Board, to the parties.
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1960 |
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Scope and Contents
March 5, 1960.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
4. Letter from Mr. E.C. Thompson, Executive Secretary, National Mediation Board, to
the parties.
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1960 |
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Scope and Contents
February 2, 1960.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
5. Brotherhood acceptance of the proffer of arbitration.
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
6. Form of Carriers' request for wage increase - undated Section 6 Notice.
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
7. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
8. Standard Basic Daily Wage Rates for Locomotive Engineers on Railroads in the United
States
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Scope and Contents
Effective November 1, 1958, Including .24 Cost-of-Living Adjustments Effective November
1, 1959 - Total Cost-of-Living Allowance $1.28
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
9. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
10. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
11. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
12. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
13. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
14. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
15. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
16. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
17. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
18. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
19. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
20. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
21. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
22. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
23. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
24. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
25. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
26. Recent changes in Labor Costs and Carrier Net Income.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
27. Classification and Number of Road and Yard Service Engineers.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
28. Cost-of-Living Clauses In Collective Bargaining Agreements
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1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
29. Increased Length, Weight, and Speed of Trains.
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
30. Railway Traffic Service Per Employee and Per Man-Hour.
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
31. Real Wages - Health, Education, and Welfare of American Workers
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
32. Changes in Wage Rates and Average Earnings of Locomotive Engineers.
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
33. Wage Changes, Locomotive Engineers and other Skilled American Workers.
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| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
34. Average Straight Time Hourly Rate and Average Straight Time Hourly Earnings -
All Railway Employees
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1936-1958 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
35. Railroad Accidents - Responsibilities and Physical Hazards of Locomotive Engineers.
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| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
36. Basis of Pay and Assignment of Employees.
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| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
37. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
38. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
39. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
40. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
41. Average Straight Time Hourly Earnings of Railroad Non-operating Employees and
Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries.
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| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
42. Money and Percentage Differences Between the Straight Time Hourly Earnings of
Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries and 95 Classes of Railroad Operating
and Non-Operating Employees.
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| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
43. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
44. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 45 |
45. Railroad Accidents.
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| Box 2 | Folder 46 |
46. No information available.
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| Box 2 | Folder 47 |
47. Regulations and Earnings in Incentive Wage Systems.
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| Box 2 | Folder 48 |
48. Base Dates for Wage Comparisons and Recent Employment Trends.
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| Box 2 | Folder 49 |
49. Railway Financial Position.
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| Box 2 | Folder 50 |
50. The Railroad Industry - Investors' Earnings, Yields, and Outlook.
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| Box 2 | Folder 51 |
Agreement Between Railroads Represented by the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern
Carriers' Conference Committees and Engineers (Motormen) of Such Carriers Represented
by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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1960 |
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Scope and Contents
June 6, 1960.
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| Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Transcript of Proceedings. 22 Volumes, 2091 Pages.
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| Box 3 |
Carriers' Exhibits
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