U.S. Fact-Finding Board on the Non-ferrous Metals Industry, 1946
Collection Number: 5091
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
U.S. Fact-Finding Board on the Non-ferrous Metals Industry, 1946
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5091
Abstract:
Transcript of proceedings, and union, operator, and U.S. Department of Labor exhibits.
Creator:
U.S. Fact-Finding Board on the Non-ferrous Metals Industry
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The U.S. Secretary of Labor appointed a Factfinding Board on March 20, 1946 to report
on the issues involved in labor disputes between Congress of Industrial Organizations
and American Federation of Labor metal trades unions, particularly the International
Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, and non-ferrous mining companies located
predominantly in the Coeur D'Alene mining district of Idaho, These disputes had developed
or were threatening to develop into work stoppages.
Corporations party to the dispute included the Phelps Dodge Corporation, the Kennecott
Copper Company, the American Smelting and Refining Company, the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, and the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company, among other
non-ferrous mining companies. The main issue in dispute was a wage increase. The unions
believed that their demands were consistent with Executive Order 9607, which extended
the life of the Wage Stabilization Board, and the Factfinding Board agreed with them.
It recommended, among other things, an eighteen and one-half cent wage increase with
five cents of this increase retroactive to September 1, 1945.
Transcript of proceedings, and union, operator, and U.S. Department of Labor exhibits.
The records include exhibits of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers on the history of the union and statistics on wages in comparable industries,
with a brief on the issues underlying the dispute in Utah; exhibits of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on wage scales in other industries; exhibits by
the American Federation of Labor on the extent of its organizing activities in the
mines; exhibits of Coeur D'Alene District operators on wages and employment statistics
for the area; exhibits by the American Smelting and Refining Company on wage rates
in various geographic areas; additional statistical exhibits prepared for the Factfinding
Board by the U.S. Bureau of Labor on productivity and unit cost in the industry, with
reports of cases in the non-ferrous metals industry brought before the National War
Labor Board. Also, transcript of proceedings (11 vol.) before the Nonferrous Metals
Factfinding Board of the U.S. Dept. of Labor; and executive orders and releases of
the Board.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
U.S. Fact-Finding Board on the Non-ferrous Metals Industry #5091. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
American Federation of Labor. Metal Trades Dept.
American Smelting and Refining Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Kennecott Copper Company
Phelps Dodge Corporation
United States. Conciliation Service.
United States. Factfinding Board on the Nonferrous Metal Industry.
United States. Nonferrous Metals Commission.
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Cases.
Miners.
Arbitration, Industrial. Nonferrous metal industries. United States.
Insurance. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Labor productivity. Nonferrous metal industries. United States.
Wages. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Wages. Nonferrous metal industries. 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 |
Oral Argument
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 1
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 2
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 3
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 4
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 5
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 6
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 7
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 8
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 9
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Report of Proceedings Before Nonferrous Metals Fact Finding Board Volume 10
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
American Smelting and Refining Company Exhibits
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
American Federation of Labor Exhibits
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers International Union Exhibits
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
US Wage Stabilization Board
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Fact Finding Board
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Miami Copper Company Exhibits
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Coeur D'Alene District Operators Exhibits
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Exhibits
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