Richfield Oil Corporation and the Oil Workers' International Union Records, 1954-1955
Collection Number: 5372
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Richfield Oil Corporation and the Oil Workers' International Union Records, 1954-1955
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5372
Abstract:
Briefs and petitions in the case of Richfield Oil Corporation and Oil Workers International
Union before the National Labor Relations Board, 1954, and Richfield Oil Corporation
vs. NLRB, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1955.
Creator:
Richfield Oil Corporation
Oil Workers' International Union
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
An NLRB case involving the expansion of the area of compulsory bargainable issues.
The company had unilaterally promulgated a Stock Purchase Plan and had refused to
bargain with the union over it, claiming that is not encompassed by the terms "wages"
or "other conditions of employment" within the meaning of the National Labor Relations
Act, but is merely an incentive to employees voluntarily to invest in company stock.
Upon charges of unfair labor practices filed by the Union the General Counsel of
the NLRB by the Regional Direcotr for the Twenty- First Region (Los Angeles) issued
a complaint on November 16, 1953 against the Company. In February, 1954 all parties
entered into a stipulation which set forth an agreed statement of facts and executed
a Motion to Transfer Proceeding to the Board, in which the parties waived their right
to a hearing and the issuance of an Intermediate Report, etc. The Board then heard
oral arguement on July 22, 1954. A decision in favor of the Union was handed down
on October I8, 1954 stating that stock purchase plans were a bargainable issue, not
a managerial prerogative; because, according to its interpretation, "wages" comprehends
all emoluments of value which may accrue to employees because of their employment
relationship.
The Company then appealed to the District of Columbia - Circuit Court of Appeals,
which upheld the decision of the NLRB, and finally to the U.S. Supreme Court, which
denied certiorari.
Briefs and petitions in the case of Richfield Oil Corporation and Oil Workers International
Union before the National Labor Relations Board, 1954, and Richfield Oil Corporation
vs. NLRB, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1955.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Richfield Oil Corporation and the Oil Workers' International Union Records #5372.
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Richfield Oil Corporation.
Oil Workers International Union.
Subjects:
Oil industry workers -- Labor unions.
Collective labor agreements -- Oil industries
Stock options.
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 |
Stipulation
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Brief
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Brief of Richfield Oil Corporation
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Union's Brief
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Richfield's Reply to Brief of Oil Workers International Union
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Reply Brief by General Counsel
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Union's Reply Brief
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Supplemental Brief for Respondent
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Exhibits
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Decision and Order
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1954 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the NLRB
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Petition to Review an Order of the NLRB
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1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the Court of Appeals
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Brief for the Chamber of Commerce
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1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the Court of Appeals
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Brief for National Association of Manufacturers
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1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the Court of Appeals
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Brief for American Retail Federation
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1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the Court of Appeals
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Brief for Petitioner
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1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the Court of Appeals
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
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1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the Supreme Court
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Brief of the NAM as Araicus Curiae in Support of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari
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1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Before the Supreme Court
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