U.S. Emergency Board No. 130 Records, 1960
Collection Number: 5053

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
U.S. Emergency Board No. 130 Records, 1960
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5053
Abstract:
Documents relating to Board 130 consist of briefs. Documents relating to Emergency Board 145 include transcripts of proceedings (15 vol.), final report and related documents, carrier and employee briefs, and exhibits. Carrier exhibits include documents relating to rates of pay, working conditions, job descriptions, and fringe benefits in the railroad industry, especially regarding non-operating employees. Also comparative wage data for clericals and workers in other industries. Employee exhibits include job descriptions of shop craft, firemen and oilers, standards for interindustry wage comparisons and tables of wage trends (1949-1958) for non-operating railroad employees and comparable American workers. Also documents relating to the financial stability of the railroad industry and railroad worker productivity. Additionally, includes a manuscript copy of the final report of the Board and newspaper clippings and other papers which document public reaction to the decision.
Creator:
U.S. Emergency Board
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

U.S. Emergency Boards No. 130 (1960) and No. 145 (1962) were established to investigate and settle disputes involving the Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad and other carriers represented by Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees and certain employees represented by eleven cooperating (non-operating) railroad organizations.
Emergency Board No. 130 dealt with a dispute arising out of the vacations with pay, wages, and improvements in health and welfare plans. The Board recommended a general wage rate increase of five cents per hour, additional carrier contributions to dependent benefits and group life insurance, and a seventeen cents per hour, cost-of-living adjustment.
Emergency Board No. 145 was created to settle an impasse arising out of "section 6" notices served by the parties on each other, proposing changes in existing agreements. The organizations proposed a twenty-five cents per hour wage increase and six months advance notice of reduction in force. The Carriers' Conference Committees countered with a request for a wage reduction and the abolition of provisions which required more than 24 hours notice of reduction in force. The Board recommended a four cents per hour increase, effective immediately, plus a two and one-half per cent increase, effective three months thereafter. It also recommended a rule requiring not less than five working days notice of force reduction.

Carrier exhibits include documents relating to rates of pay, working conditions, job descriptions, and fringe benefits in the railroad industry, especially regarding non-operating employees. Also comparative wage data for clericals and workers in other industries. Employee exhibits include job descriptions of shop craft, firemen and oilers, standards for interindustry wage comparisons and tables of wage trends (1949-1958) for non-operating railroad employees and comparable American workers. Also documents relating to the financial stability of the railroad industry and railroad worker productivity. Additionally, includes a manuscript copy of the final report of the Board and newspaper clippings and other papers which document public reaction to the decision.
U.S. Emergency Boards No. 130 (1960) and No. 145 (1962) were established to investigate and settle disputes involving the Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad and other carriers represented by Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees and certain employees represented by eleven cooperating (non-operating) railroad organizations. Emergency Board No. 130 dealt with a dispute arising out of the organizations' proposals concerning increases in holidays and vacations with pay, wages, and improvements in health and welfare plans. The Board recommended a general wage rate increase of five cents per hour, additional carrier contributions to dependent benefits and group life insurance, and a seventeen cents per hour, cost-of-living adjustment. Emergency Board No. 145 was created to settle an impasse arising out of "section 6" notices served by the parties on each other, proposing changes in existing agreements. The organizations proposed a twenty-five cents per hour wage increase and six months advance notice of reduction in force. The Carriers' Conference Committees countered with a request for a wage reduction and the abolition of provisions which required more than 24 hours notice of reduction in force. The Board recommended a four cents per hour increase, effective immediately, plus a two and one-half per cent increase, effective three months thereafter. It also recommended a rule requiring not less than five working days notice of force reduction.
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U.S. Emergency Board No. 130 Records #5053. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad
Eastern Carriers' Conference Committee
Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committee
United States. Emergency Board No. 130.
United States. Emergency Board No. 145.
Western Carriers' Conference Committee
Subjects:
Mediation and conciliation, Industrial--United States--Cases.
Railroads-- Employees.
Employee fringe benefits. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Job descriptions. Railroads. United States.
Job security. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Labor productivity. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. Railroads. United States.
Wages. Comparative study.
Wages. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.
Wages. Railroads. United States.
Working conditions. Railroads. United States.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Report to the President of the Emergency Board No. 130
1960
Scope and Contents
June 8, 1960
Box 1 Folder 2
Post-hearing brief for the carriers
1960
Scope and Contents
May 28, 1960
Box 1 Folder 3
Brief before the Emergency Board No. 130
1960
Scope and Contents
May 29, 1960