U.S. Emergency Board No. 106 Records, 1953
Collection Number: 5040
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
U.S. Emergency Board No. 106 Records, 1953
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5040
Abstract:
Consists of transcripts of the proceedings (38 vol.), and 83 union and carrier exhibits
documenting wage structure and various work rules and working conditions.
Creator:
U.S. Emergency Board
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
On May 22, 1953, railroad workers, represented by fifteen non-operating railway labor
unions, submitted a series of demands to the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
Company and other carriers represented by the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers
Conference Committees, to be incorporated into a new collective agreement. They included
a twenty-five percent increase in wages, two additional weeks of vacation, five additional
paid holidays, premium pay for Sunday work, comprehensive health and welfare insurance,
and free transportation for employees and their families. The carriers countered by
demanding that the union agree to thirty-one work rule changes that they claimed would
increase productivity. When an impasse was reached, a Presidential Emergency Board
was appointed to mediate.
On May 22, 1953, the employees submitted a series of proposals to the Carriers concerning
changes in rules and working conditions the rejection of which by the carriers gave
rise to this dispute. The carriers countered with 31 proposed changes in rules and
working conditions, 16 of which were subsequently withdrawn, said proposals being
rejected by the organizations. The dispute was referred to the National Mediation
Board on October 20, 1953. A formal proffer of arbitration was subsequently made to
the parties which was accepted by the organizations and declined by the carriers.
The emergency board created under the President's Executive Order dated December
28, 1953, was composed of Charles E. Loring, Tucson, Arizona (Chairman), Adolph E.
Wenke, Lincoln, Nebraska and Martin P. Catherwood, Ithaca, New York. Hearings commenced
in Chicago, Illinois on January 19, 1954, and continued until April 3, 1954.
In substance, the organizations' proposals can be summarized as follows: (1) More
extended vacations; (2) holidays with pay; (3) premium pay for Sunday work as such;
(4) a comprehensive health and welfare program to be provided by the carriers; and
(5) increased free transportation for employees and their families. In varying degrees,
the carriers' proposals related to the impact of craft or class lines and of seniority
on employment and on work assignments. The organizations took the position that the
carriers' proposals were advanced primarily for bargaining purposes and were without
merit, but that if there was any merit in such proposals, the only approach was through
bargaining at the individual carrier level. The carriers insisted that the organizations'
proposals for a health and welfare program and for improved free transportation were
not bargainable under the Railway Labor Act and therefore should not be considered
by the Board. Carriers stressed the importance of the so-called "pattern settlement,"
along with certain rules changes, as the only proper settlement of the dispute. Much
evidence and argument was submitted on the 1 subject of pattern relationships in wage
and fringe benefits among various groups of railroad employees, especially in view
of the fact that the "pattern settlement" was offered to and accepted by substantial
groups of the operating employees and some of the nonoperating employees not before
this Board. The organizations, on the other hard, argued that the "pattern settlement"
was inadequate and inappropriate and had no bearing on the present controversy. The
"pattern settlement" referred to included: (1) Incorporation in the regular wage rates
of some 13 cents per hour already being received in the form of cost of living adjustments;
(2) a wage increase of 5 cents per hour; and (3) a modification of the vacation agreement.
The report to the President was issued on May 15, 1954, the original date for submission
of the report having been extended from time to time by agreement between the parties
and with the approval of the National Mediation Board and the President. The report
that the Emergency Board filed was supportive of the carriers' position. It recommended
the "pattern settlement" and asked both the workers and the railroads to share the
cost of health insurance. It also called for the adoption of certain work rule changes
that the railroads considered to be important.
The following recommendations were submitted by the Board to the President: (1) A
third week of vacation after 15 years of service be made applicable for the year 1954;
(2) whenever 1 of the 7 enumerated holidays falls on a workday of the workweek of
a regularly assigned hourly rated employee, he shall receive the pro rata rate of
his position for that day, monthly rated employees to have their monthly pay increased
to include on an annual average the approximate number of holidays that would be expected
to fall in the workdays of a workweek; (3) the proposal that work performed on Sunday
as a scheduled workday be paid for at time and one-half should be withdrawn; (4) the
parties should agree to a program, to be effective as soon as possible, providing
hospital, medical, and surgical benefits, the cost to the Carriers and Employees to
be on a fifty-fifty basis; (5) the proposal for increased free transportation should
be withdrawn. In addition the Board recommended certain other miscellaneous rules
changes.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
U.S. Emergency Board No. 106 Records #5040. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company
Eastern Carriers' Conference Committee
Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committee
United States. Emergency Board No. 106.
Western Carriers' Conference Committee
United States.
Subjects:
Mediation and conciliation, Industrial--United States--Cases.
Railroad employees.
Employee fringe benefits. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Job descriptions. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. Railroads. United States.
Railroads. United States. State supervision.
Railroads. United States. Wage tables.
Wages. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Wages. Railroads. United States.
Work rules. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Working conditions. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
CONTAINER LIST
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol 1
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 2
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 3
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 4
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 5
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 6
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 7
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 8
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 vol. 9
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 10
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 11
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 12
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 13
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 14
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 15
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 16
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 17
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 18
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 19
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 20
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 21
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Emergency Board no. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 22
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 vol. 23
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 24
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Emergency Board no. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 25
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 26
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 27
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 28
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 29
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 30
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 31
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 32
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 33
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 34
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 35
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 36
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 37
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Vol. 38
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Report to President
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Railroad Transportation Statistical Record 1911-1951
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Brief
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Nonoperating Employees Fringe Benefits and Rules Case Summary Statement (4/3/1954)
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Brief Pro Carriers Health Plan and Rules Proposal
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Emergency Board No. 106 Docket A-4336 Economic Brief
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Carriers Exhibits 1-10
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Carriers Exhibit 11
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Carriers Exhibit 12
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Carriers Exhibit 13
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Carriers Exhibit 14
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Carriers Exhibits 15-17
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Carriers Exhibits 18-20
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Carriers Exhibits 21-23
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Carriers Exhibit 24
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Carriers Exhibits 25-27
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Carriers Exhibits 28-30
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Carriers Exhibits 31-33
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Carriers Exhibits 34-36
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Carriers Exhibits 37-40
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Carriers Exhibit 41
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Carriers Exhibits 42 & 43
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Carriers Exhibits 44 & 45
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Carriers Exhibits 46 & 47
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Carriers Exhibits 48-50
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Carriers Exhibits 51-53
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Carriers Exhibits 54 & 55
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Carriers Exhibits 56-58
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Employees Exhibits 1-3
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Employees Exhibits 4-6
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Employees Exhibits 7-9
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Employees Exhibits 10-12
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Employees Exhibits 13-15
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Employees Exhibits 16-18
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Employees Exhibits 19-22
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Employees Exhibits 23 & 24
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Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Carriers Conference Committee Letters (Jan-April 1954)
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Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Carriers Proposals, Federal Register Vol. 19 #1, Appendix A, Report to the President
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Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Dean Catherwood & Railroad Committee Newspaper clippings
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Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Various Awards of the Third Division Dealing with Train Orders
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Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Various Awards of the Third Division Dealing with Motor Car and Other Line Ups
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Box 4 | Folder 18 |
2nd and 3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issues 25, 26, and 27
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Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Second and Third Division Awards Referred to in Issue 22 - "Reduction of Forces During
Strikes and Emergencies"
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Box 4 | Folder 20 |
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issue 24
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Box 4 | Folder 21 |
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issue 23
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Box 4 | Folder 22 |
2nd and 3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issue No. 20
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Box 4 | Folder 23 |
2nd and 3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issue 17
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Box 4 | Folder 24 |
3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issue 18
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Box 4 | Folder 25 |
3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issue 16
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Box 4 | Folder 25 |
3rd Division Awards Referred to in Issue 16
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Box 4 | Folder 26 |
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