U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 Records

Collection Number: 5058

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 Records, 1961

Collection Number:

5058

Creator:

U.S. Emergency Board

Quantity:

2 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Maps, proceedings, transcripts .

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Transcript of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 138, 1961. Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) vs. Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1950-1961.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 was created in 1961 by President Kennedy in response to a strike called by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers against the Southern Pacific Railroad Co.

A dispute arose when the Telegraphers, in response to severe job cutbacks due to abandonments and automation, requested that no position in existence as of April 1st, 1958 be abolished or discontinued except by agreement between the carrier and the Telegraphers. The union invoked mediation because the parties were unable to come to any agreement. Before the mediation efforts were exhausted, the Telegraphers proposed rules which barred unilateral transfer of any functions, work and positions performed or held by telegraphers; required payment of severence pay to displaced workers? and guaranteed a certain minimum to telegraphers when they consented to the merger or consolidation of jobs. Negotiations were continued but when no agreement was reached, the Telegraphers successfully requested the service of the National Mediation Board again.

The Board was appointed in July and met that month and the following August. Reporting in September, the Board concluded that the union's position as stated was "Neither a practical nor realistic solution to the problem of employee displacement" and recommended that the carrier and union agree to protections for adversely affected employees, including dismissal pay, moving expenses and property loss allowances.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Transcript of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 138, 1961. Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) vs. Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1950-1961.

The collection includes transcripts of proceedings (14 vol.); carrier exhibits including maps, agreements, statistics on population, income, comparative railroad revenue, passenger and freight statistics, data on fringe benefits, social security, railroad unemployment, insurance and other data for Class 1 railroads (1950-1959); employees' exhibits including statistics on agencies closed and union positions abolished on the Southern Pacific Railroad, employment and productivity trends, employment stabilization agreements, and rules prohibiting or controlling contracting out of work, among other matters.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Order of Railroad Telegraphers (U.S.)

Southern Pacific Company

United States. Emergency Board No. 138.

Subjects:

Mediation and conciliation, Industrial -- United States x Cases.

Unemployment, Technological-- United States.

Arbitration, Industrial--United States-- Sources.

Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States--Sources.

Telegraphers.

Job descriptions. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.

Job security. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.

Job security. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.

Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. Railroads. United States.

Railroads. United States. Technological innovations.

Strikes and lockouts. Railroads. United States.

Wages. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.

Wages. Railroads. United States.

Work rules. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States.

Form and Genre Terms:

Maps.

Proceedings.

Transcripts.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Cite As:

U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 Records #5058. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1		Transcripts, Carrier's Agreements, Employee's Agreements, Joint Agreements
Box 1	Folder 1	Transcripts. 14 Volumes. 2018 Pages.
Box 1	Folder 2	Carrier's Exhibit. Map - Southern Pacific Lines in red
Box 1	Folder 3	Carrier's Exhibit. Maintenance of Way Agreement and notice in connection therewith
Box 1	Folder 4	Carrier's Exhibit. Decision of the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, Order Number 37014
		Decision covers the application of Southern Pacific Company for authority to withdraw its agent at Brownsville, Oregon.
Box 1	Folder 5	Carrier's Exhibit. Map of Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines), Coast Division, indicating location of Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Box 1	Folder 6	Carrier's Exhibit. Population, Income, Railroad Revenue, Return on Investment for Industry, Passenger and Freight Statistics, Material Prices, and related information
		Carrier's Exhibit 5a. Classifications according to International Chamber of Congress Group Number. 5b. Southern Pacific number of employees in International Chamber of Congress Group IV, Transportation.
Box 1	Folder 7	Carrier's Exhibit. Reporting Divisions 111-128
Box 1	Folder 8	Carrier's Exhibit. Excerpts from various reports (8 pages)
Box 1	Folder 9	Carrier's Exhibit. Retirement, Sickness Benefits, Social Security, Railroad Unemployment, Insurance Statistics.
Box 1	Folder 10	Carrier's Exhibit. Pictures - Centralized Traffic Control
Box 1	Folder 11	Carrier's Exhibit. Pictures - Centralized Traffic Control - Interlocks
Box 1	Folder 12	Carrier's Exhibit. "Agency Closings"
Box 1	Folder 13	Carrier's Exhibit. Clerks' Agreement.
Box 1	Folder 14	Carrier's Exhibit. Board awards.
Box 1	Folder 15	Carrier's Exhibit. Book - Statement of Claims, Employee's Statements at Hearings.
Box 1	Folder 16	Carrier's Exhibit. Case Number A-1146 - CTC
Box 1	Folder 17	Carrier's Exhibit. Rule requested by the Switchmen's Union of North America, together with an employee protection agreement requested by the clerks
Box 1	Folder 18	Carrier's Exhibit. List of Western Railroads which did not have any dialyzing agreements as of June 8, 1954.	1954
		June 8, 1954.
Box 1	Folder 19	Carrier's Exhibit. Composite income account, balance sheet, and other statistics of Class I railroads including switching and terminal companies	1950-1959
Box 1	Folder 20	Carrier's Exhibit. Southern Pacific operating ratio compared with operating ratios of Class I railroads	1951-1960
Box 1	Folder 21	Carrier's Exhibit. Ratio of Southern Pacific as compared to Class I railroads - net railway operating income.
Box 1	Folder 22	Employees' Exhibits. "History of the Disputes."
Box 1	Folder 23	Employees' Exhibits. Agencies Closed and Order of Railroad Telegraphers Positions abolished on the Southern Pacific Company.
Box 1	Folder 24	Employees' Exhibits. "Employment and Output Trends, Southern Pacific Company and Class I Line - Haul Railways."
Box 1	Folder 25	Employees' Exhibits. "The Public Interest in Transportation Service."
Box 1	Folder 26	Employees' Exhibits. "Excerpts from Carrier Presentation to Emergency Board Number 106."
Box 1	Folder 27	Employees' Exhibits. "Work within the scope of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers-Southern Pacific Company Agreement transferred to other Personnel."
Box 1	Folder 28	Employees' Exhibits. "Employment Stabilization Agreements and understandings in the railroad industry."
Box 1	Folder 29	Employees' Exhibits. "Examples of Dualization Agreements made by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers with various Carriers."
Box 1	Folder 30	Employees' Exhibits. "Employment Stabilization Agreements in Other American Industries."
Box 1	Folder 31	Employees' Exhibits. "Rules prohibiting or controlling contracting out of work."
Box 1	Folder 32	Employees' Exhibits. "Employee Protection in the Railroad Industry."
		Employees' Exhibit 11a. Agreement for Employee Protection as a result of the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway Company and the Virginian Railway Company.
Box 1	Folder 33	Employees' Exhibits. "Financial position of the Southern Pacific Company."
Box 1	Folder 34	Employees' Exhibits. Award of Special Board of Adjustment Number 327 - Case Number 1
Box 1	Folder 35	Employees' Exhibits. Award of Special Board of Adjustment Number 327 - Case Number 2
Box 1	Folder 36	Employees' Exhibits. Award of Special Board of Adjustment Number 327 - Case Number 3.
Box 1	Folder 37	Employees' Exhibits. Interstate Commerce Commission Form M-300.
Box 1	Folder 38	Joint Exhibit - Agreement between Southern Pacific Company and employees represented by Order of Railroad Telegraphers

Contents

U.S. Emergency Board No. 138 Records

Collection Number: 5058

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library