NWLB Non-Ferrous Metals Commission Records, 1943
Collection Number: 5314

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
NWLB Non-Ferrous Metals Commission Records, 1943
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5314
Abstract:
Dispute cases referred to the Non-ferrous Metals Commission of the National War Labor Board.
Creator:
U.S. National War Labor Board (NWLB)
Quanitities:
7 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The Non-Ferrous Metals Commission was one of several tripartite industry commissions set up by the National War Labor Board to deal with particular industries on a national rather than a regional basis. The Board felt that technical, economic, and other factors called for industry-wide treatment in these cases. The Commission made final decisions subject only to appeal to the National Board.

Consists primarily of transcripts of hearings, briefs, and answers of unions and employers, and reports and recommendations of Mediation Panels regarding dispute settlement cases brought before the Non-Ferrous Metals Commissions of the US National War Labor Board (1943-1945).
A-I companies: American Smelting and Refining Company vs. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) and United Steel Workers of America (1944-1945) on issues of wages, hours of work, sick leave, shift differential, collective agreement, holiday, pension, military leave, benefits, position classification, health insurance, grievance procedure, arbitration, vacation, and management rights; Anaconda Copper Mining Company vs. IUMMSW, Metal Trades Council of the A.F. of L. and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers severance pay, hours of work, grievance procedure, sick pay, arbitration, shift differential, promotion, military leave, management rights, union security, and health insurance; Empire Zinc Company vs. IUMMSW (1944) on issues of severance pay, checkoff, position classification, hours of work, vacation, wages, portal to portal pay, union security, sick leave, and military leave; and Inspirational Consolidated Copper Company vs. Metal Trades Department of the A.F. of L., Miami Miners' Union, and IUMMSW (1945) on issues of union security, collective agreement, wages, closed shop, vacation, shift differential, sick leave, severance pay, and position classification.
Companies K-R: Kennecott Copper Corporation vs. Chino Metal Trades Council of Grant County, N.M., and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, International Association of Machinists, IUMMSW, International Union of Operating Engineers, and White Plains Metal Trades Council (1943-1945) on issues of position classification, collective agreement, work assignment, seniority, checkoff, mainenance of membership, sick leave, promotion, commuting, vacation, shift differential, union shop, union security, wages, portal to portal pay, and promotion; Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation vs. IUMMSW (1943) on issues of grievance procedure, wage incentive, defense production, position classification, union security, absenteeism, sick pay, shift differential, vacation, wages, and checkoff; and Resurrection Mining Company vs. IUMMSW (1944-1945) on issues of retroactive pay, severance pay, shift differential, maintenance of membership, checkoff, wages, and sick leave.
U-V Companies: US Potash Company of America vs. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW), International Association of Machinists and Potash Workers Union (1944-1945) on issues of promotion, vacation, wage adjustment, wages, meal period, contracting out, position classification, shift differential, overtime, and hours of work; Utah Copper Company (Kennecott Corporation) vs. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, International Association of Operating Engineers, and IUMMSW (1943-1945) on issues of promotion, insurance, military leave, severance pay, meal period, shift differential, wage adjustment, portal to portal pay, wages, sick leave, vacation, arbitration, commuting, union shop and hours of work; Utah Copper Mines (Utah Block) vs. IUMMSW (1944) on issues of wages, seniority, vacations, sick pay, health insurance, recognition, union security, and arbitration; and Vanadium Corporation of America vs. IUMMSW, United Mine Workers of America, and International Union of Operating Engineers (1943-1944) on issues of military leave, sick leave, commuting, vacation, portal to portal pay, safety, shift differential, maintenance of membership, wages, union security, seniority, union shop, checkoff, and premium pay.
Additional documents generated by the Non-Ferrous Metals Commission include directive orders; bulletins; handbook of dispute settlement procedures; minutes; summary of significant Commission actions; lists of dispute settlement cases brought before the Commission; correspondence of Commission members, and representatives of unions and employers regarding hearings and case disposition; and memoranda concerning wages, absenteeism, labor shortages, and production (1943-1945).
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Preferred Citation

NWLB Non-Ferrous Metals Commission Records #5314. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
Subjects:
Metal-workers -- United States.
Collective bargaining -- Metal-workers -- United States.
Metal-workers -- Labor unions -- United States.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Utah Cooper Company Bingham, Utah 111-10911-D (22-D-156)
1944
Box 1 Folder 2
Utah Copper Co. Magna and Arthur, Utah 111-9529-D(22-D-142)
1944
Box 1 Folder 3
Utah Copper Co. July Session 4 Cases
1944
Box 1 Folder 4
Utah Copper Company 111-6064-D(22-D-119) 111-6065-D(22-D-120)
1944
Box 1 Folder 5
Utah Copper Co.
1942-1943
Box 1 Folder 6
1944 Utah Block of Cases
1944
Box 1 Folder 7
Utah Copper Company Arthur, Utah 111-12179-D 22-D-164
1944
Box 1 Folder 8
Vanadium Corporation of America 22-D-71 NWLB 111-2022-D
Box 1 Folder 9
Vanadium Corp. of America Monticello, Utah NWLB 22-D-81 111-4116-D
1943
Box 1 Folder 10
Golden Cycle Corp. 111-17257-D (22-D-209)
1945
Box 1 Folder 11
Utah Copper Company 107-108 119-120
1945
Box 1 Folder 12
Kennecott Copper Company
1945
Box 1 Folder 13
Potash Company of America 111-17736-D 22-D-216
1945
Box 1 Folder 14
New Mexico Bloc (6) 22-D-159; 185; 188; 189; 190; 173
1945
Box 1 Folder 15
Peru Mining Company Hanover, N.M. 22-D-37 NWLB 111-276-D
1943
Box 1 Folder 16
Peru Mining Company & N.M. Cons. Mining Co. 22-D-109 111-570-D
1944
Box 1 Folder 17
Mr. O'Brien (Phelps Dodge) Laurel Hill +
1943
Box 1 Folder 18
Phelps Dodge Corp. Morenci & Tyrone, N.M.
1943
Box 1 Folder 19
Phelps Dodge Corp. 111-5671-D 22-D-113
1943-1944
Box 1 Folder 20
Resurrection Mining Company Leadville, Colorado Case No. NWLB 111-13981-D (22-D-186)
1945
Box 1 Folder 21
St. Joseph Lead Company 22-D-30
Box 1 Folder 22
Shattuck Denn Mining Corp. NWLB 2642-CS-D
1943
Box 1 Folder 23
Phelps Dodge Corporation Bisbee, Arizona 22-D-157
1944
Box 1 Folder 24
Philipsburg, Montana Ming and Trucking Companies
1944
Box 1 Folder 25
Potash Co. Of America U.S. Potash Co.
1944
Box 1 Folder 26
Resurrection Mining Co. Leadville, Colorado 22-D-131
1944
Box 1 Folder 27
Mr. Jenson
1944
Box 2 Folder 1
Howe Sound Mining Company Chelan Div. of Holden, Wa.
1944
Box 2 Folder 2
Howe Sound Company Holden, Washington
1945
Box 2 Folder 3
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company 22-D-35
Box 2 Folder 4
Inspiration Cons. Copper Company 22-D-43 (IUMM&SW)
Box 2 Folder 5
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company International Smelting and Refining Company Inspiration, Arizona
1945
Box 2 Folder 6
International Smelting & Refining Company 22-D-36 (A.F.L.)
Box 2 Folder 7
Kalunite Inc. Salt Lake City, Utah 111-9102-D
1944
Box 2 Folder 8
Kennecott Copper Corp. 22-D-13
Box 2 Folder 9
Kennecott Copper Corporation Chino Division, Hurley, N.M. NWLB Case 11-112-C
1943
Box 2 Folder 10
Kennecott Copper Corp. Chino Mines Div.
1943
Box 2 Folder 11
Kennecott Copper Corp. NWLB 111-1029-D
1943
Box 2 Folder 12
Kennecott Copper Corp. Santa Rita Hurley, N.M. NWLB 111-2672-D
1943
Box 2 Folder 13
Kennecott Copper Corp. Chino Mines Div.
1944
Box 2 Folder 14
Kennecott Copper Co. 111-5804-D
1944
Box 2 Folder 15
Kennecott Copper Corp. McGill, Nev. 111-6048-D
1944
Box 2 Folder 16
Kennecott Copper Corp. Nevada Mine Division & AFL 22-D-135
1944
Box 2 Folder 17
Kennecott Copper Corporation Ruth and McGill, Nevada Case No. NWLB 111-13703-D
1945
Box 2 Folder 18
Keystone Copper Company Copperopolis, California Case No. NWLB 111-14039-HO (22-D-187)
1945
Box 2 Folder 19
Kennecott Copper Corporation Nevada Mines Division NWLB 111-14129-D (22-D-191)
1945
Box 2 Folder 20
Kennecott Copper Corp. (Nevada Mines Div.) McGill, Nevada Case No. NWLB
1945
Box 2 Folder 21
Kennecott Copper Corp. (Nevada Mines Div. McGill, Nevada Case No. NWLB 111-16705-JB
1945
Box 2 Folder 22
Morris P. Kirk & Son, Inc. Los Angeles, California Case No. NWLB 111-15482-D
1945
Box 2 Folder 23
Klies Mining Company Neihart, Montana NWLB 111-656-D
1943
Box 2 Folder 24
Klies Mining Company Neihart, Montana NWLB 111-656-D
1943
Box 2 Folder 25
Miami Copper Co. Miami, Arizona 111-13177-D
1945
Box 2 Folder 26
Mammoth St. Anthony Ltd. NWLB 111-2041-D
1943
Box 2 Folder 27
Manuel of Decisions
Box 2 Folder 28
Meyerhoff Panel Cases
1943
Box 2 Folder 29
Miscellaneous
1943
Box 2 Folder 30
Miscellaneous - July 1943
1943
Box 2 Folder 31
Miscellaneous Aug. 1943
1943
Box 2 Folder 32
Miscellaneous Sept. 1943
1943
Box 2 Folder 33
Miscellaneous Nov. 1943
1943
Box 2 Folder 34
Miscellaneous Dec. 1943
1943
Box 2 Folder 35
Miscellaneous Jan. 1944
1944
Box 2 Folder 36
Miscellaneous - March 1944
1944
Box 2 Folder 37
Miscellaneous May 1944
1944
Box 2 Folder 38
Miscellaneous June 1944
1944
Box 2 Folder 39
Miscellaneous July 1944
1944
Box 2 Folder 40
Miscellaneous Sept. 1944
1944
Box 2 Folder 41
Miscellaneous Nov. 1944
1944
Box 2 Folder 42
Miscellaneous Jan. 1945
1945
Box 2 Folder 43
Miscellaneous February-March 1946
1946
Box 2 Folder 44
Miscellaneous April 1945
1945
Box 2 Folder 45
Miscellaneous Folder: May 1945
1945
Box 2 Folder 46
Morris P. Kirk and Son, Inc.
1945
Box 2 Folder 47
U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining. Co.
1945
Box 3 Folder 1
Miami Copper Company
1943
Box 3 Folder 2
Mr. O'Brien (Michigan)
1943
Box 3 Folder 3
Miami Copper Co. Int'l Smelting & Ref. Co. Inspiration Cons. Copper Co.
1943
Box 3 Folder 4
Eagle-Picher Mining and Smelting company Tucson, Arizona NWLB 111-14489-D
1945
Box 3 Folder 5
Electro Metallurgical Company Spokane, Washington
1945
Box 3 Folder 6
The Empire Zinc Company 111-4156-D
1943
Box 3 Folder 7
The Empire Zinc Company Hanover, N.M. 111-4994-D
1944
Box 3 Folder 8
Empire Zinc Company Gilman, Colorado
1945
Box 3 Folder 9
Garfield Vanadium Mine NWLB 111-1068-D
1947
Box 3 Folder 10
General Chemical Company NWLB 111-2551-D
1943
Box 3 Folder 11
The Golden Cycle Corporation Colorado Springs, Colorado
1945
Box 3 Folder 12
Banner Mining Company Lordsburg, N.M. 111-12485-D
1945
Box 3 Folder 13
Black Hawk Cons. Mimes Co. Hanover, N.M.
1944
Box 3 Folder 14
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Co.
1943
Box 3 Folder 15
Callahan Zinc-Lead Co. Nogales, Ariz. 22-D-134
1944
Box 3 Folder 16
Carlota Copper Company Miami, Arizona NWLB 111-1733-D
1943
Box 3 Folder 17
Castle Dome Copper Co. Inc. 22-D-123
1944
Box 3 Folder 18
Climax Molybdenum Co. Climax, Colorado 111-12487-D
1944
Box 3 Folder 19
Castle Dome Copper Company, Inc. Miami, Arizona
1945
Box 3 Folder 20
Colo. Floorspar Corp. Salida, Colorado 111-12333-D
1945
Box 3 Folder 21
Consolidated Coppermines Corp.
1943
Box 3 Folder 22
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Flathead Mine
1944
Box 3 Folder 23
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. 111-12601-D
1945
Box 3 Folder 24
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
1945
Box 3 Folder 25
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. 111-12837-D
1945
Box 3 Folder 26
Anaconda Coper Mining Co. East Helena, Montana
1945
Box 3 Folder 27
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Conda, Idaho
1943
Box 3 Folder 28
Anaconda copper Co. East Helena, Mont.
1944
Box 3 Folder 29
Anaconda Copper Mining. Co. Anaconda & Great Falls
1943
Box 3 Folder 30
Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Butte, Anaconda and Great Falls 111-4995-D
1943
Box 3 Folder 31
Amer. Smelting & Ref. Co. Selby, California 22-D-155
1944
Box 3 Folder 32
Amer. Smelting & Ref. Co. Leadville, Colorado
1944
Box 3 Folder 33
American Smelting & refining Co. East Helena, Montana 22-D-177
1945
Box 3 Folder 34
American Smelting & Refining Company (Globe Plant) Denver, Colorado
1945
Box 3 Folder 35
Anaconda Copper Mining Company (Benbow, Mouart & Gish Mines)
1943
Box 4 Folder 1
Mine Wage Scales in the Tri-State (Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri) District
1943
Box 4 Folder 2
United States Vanadium Corp. (Salt Lake City)
1943
Box 4 Folder 3
U.S. Vanadium Corp.
1943
Box 4 Folder 4
U.S. Vanadium Corp.
1944
Box 4 Folder 5
U.S. Vanadoum Corp.
1943
Box 4 Folder 6
U.S. Vanadium Corp. Uravan, Colorado
1944
Box 4 Folder 7
U.S. Vanadium Corp. Red Lodge, Mont.
1943
Box 4 Folder 8
Utah Companies (10) folder #3
1943
Box 4 Folder 9
Miscellaneous
1945
Box 4 Folder 10
Vanadium Corp. of America Naturita, Colorado
1944
Box 4 Folder 11
Utah Companies (10) Folder 2
1943
Box 4 Folder 12
1944 Utah Block of Cases
1944
Box 4 Folder 13
Vanadium Corporation of America Natarita, Colorado Case No. NWLB 111-13178-D (22-D-181)
1945
Box 4 Folder 14
Vanadium Corp. of America Naturia, Colorado
1945
Box 5 Folder 1
Verbatim Transcript National War Labor Board 13 Metal Mining Company
1942
Box 5 Folder 2
Verbatim Transcript National War Labor Board Salt Lake Mining Company
1942
Box 5 Folder 3
Mine Wage Scales in the Tri-State (Oklahoma - Kansas - Missouri) District
1943
Box 5 Folder 4
Case No. 22-D-85 to 22-D-94
1943
Box 5 Folder 5
American Smelting & Refining Company, and International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, CIO, Locals Nos. 365, 393, 431, 488 and 557
1943
Box 5 Folder 6
Verbatim Transcript National War Labor Board (Hearing Before Board)
1942
Box 5 Folder 7
National War Labor Board Misc.
1942-1945
Box 5 Folder 8
Verbatim Transcript NWLB American Smelting and Refining Company
1942
Box 5 Folder 9
NWLB; Miners and Smelters
1942
Box 5 Folder 10
NWLB Misc.
1942-1946
Box 5 Folder 11
Progressive Metalworker
1949
Box 5 Folder 12
'Industrial Worker' Newspaper
1947-1948
Box 5 Folder 13
Misc. Papers Folder 1
Box 5 Folder 14
Misc. Papers Folder 2
Box 5 Folder 15
Misc. Papers Folder 3
Box 6 Folder 1
National War Labor Board
1942-1943
Box 6 Folder 2
Index and Summary of Dispute Cases Referred to the Nonferrous Metals Commission
1943-1944
Box 6 Folder 3
American Smelting and Refining Co. San Francisco 111-4358-D
1943
Box 6 Folder 4
American Smelting and Refining Co. Ark. Valley 111-4445-HO
1943
Box 6 Folder 5
American Smelting and Refining Co. Tacoma Washington 111-4823-D
1943-1944
Box 6 Folder 6
American Smelting and Refining Company Los Angeles, California 111-4850-D
1943-1944
Box 6 Folder 7
American Smelting and Refining Company 111-5403-D
1944
Box 6 Folder 8
Amer. Smelting and Refining Co. Magdalena Unit
1944
Box 6 Folder 9
Amer. Smelting and Refining globe Plan 111-5444-D
1943
Box 6 Folder 10
Amer. Smelting & Ref. Co. Ground Hog - Hanover 22-D-126
1944
Box 6 Folder 11
Amer. Smelting and Refining Co. Patagonia, Arizona 22-D-133
1944
Box 6 Folder 12
Amer. Smelting and Refining Co. Tacoma Washington 22-D-152
1944
Box 6 Folder 13
American Smelting and Refining Co. 22-D-165
1944
Box 6 Folder 14
American Smelting and Refining Company (Tacoma, Washington) NWLB 22-D-28
1943
Box 6 Folder 15
Amer. Smelting and Refining Co. Vanadium, N.M. 111-613-D
1944
Box 6 Folder 16
American Smelting and Refining Company, Globe Plant NWLB-237-D
Box 6 Folder 17
American Smelting and Refining Company, Globe Plant
1943
Box 6 Folder 18
Amer. Smelting and Refining Co. East Helena, Mont. NWLB 111-3781-D
1943
Box 6 Folder 19
Miami Copper Company Miami, Arizona NWLB 111-15038-D
1945
Box 6 Folder 20
NWLB
1943
Box 6 Folder 21
Miscellaneous
1943
Box 6 Folder 22
Mr. O'Brien (Miscellaneous)
1943
Box 6 Folder 23
Mr. O'Brien (AS&R), East Alton
1943
Box 7 Folder 1
Shattick Denn Mining Corporation Bisbee, Arizona
1945
Box 7 Folder 2
Shattuck-Denn Mining Corp. Bisbee Ariz. NWLB
1944
Box 7 Folder 3
U.S. Vanadium Corp. Rifle Colorado
1944
Box 7 Folder 4
U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. Midvale, Utah
1944
Box 7 Folder 5
U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining. Co. Midvale, Utah Case No. 111-15788-D
1945
Box 7 Folder 6
United States Vanadium Corporation Uravan, Colorado Case No. 111-14173-D
1945
Box 7 Folder 7
Utah Cases
1943
Box 7 Folder 8
Shattuck Denn Mining Corp. NWLB 111-763-D
1943
Box 7 Folder 9
U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. Lark Utah 22-D-129
1944
Box 7 Folder 10
U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. 22-D-118
1944
Box 7 Folder 11
Mr. O'Brien (Tri-State Cases)
1943
Box 7 Folder 12
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. NWLB 111-1456-D
1943
Box 7 Folder 13
Tintic Standard Mining Company Dividend, Utah, and the North Lily Mining Company Bureka, Utah
1945
Box 7 Folder 14
Shenandoah Dives Mining Co. NWLB 111-857-D
1943
Box 7 Folder 15
Utah Companies (10) Folder 2
1943-1944
Box 7 Folder 16
Mines Division of Copper Queen Branch of Phelps Dodge Corporation Biebee, Arizona -and- International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Local No. 551 Bisbee, Arizona
1944
Box 7 Folder 17
Nonferrous Metals Commission of the NWLB
1944
Box 7 Folder 18
Utah Companies (10) Folder #3
1943
Box 7 Folder 19
22-D-142
1944