U.S. Emergency Board No. 145 Records

Collection Number: 5060

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

U.S. Emergency Board No. 145 Records, 1961

Collection Number:

5060

Creator:

U.S. Emergency Board

Quantity:

3 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

Repository:

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

Abstract:

Transcript of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 144,1961. Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad and other carriers represented by Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees vs. Eleven Cooperating Railway Labor Organizations, 1949-1962.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Carriers made the following counter proposals; (l) Reduce by SO per cent the rates of pay of certain groups of middle and lower range employees, (2) Establish entry rates for seven groups at 80 per cent of existing rates, to be increased by 4 per cent per annum until established rates are reached, (3) Establish flat $1.25 hourly rate for diner car waiters and others who serve food and drinks, and (4) Eliminate all rules or provisions which require more than 24 hour advance notice prior to abolition of positions or reduction of force.

On September 21, 1961 the Organizations invited the Carriers to meet on the issues. On October 5, the Carrier replied that they would consider the matter later. On October 10, 1961 the Organizations invoked mediation.

The parties met in Washington, D. C. on January 10, 1962 to negotiate, where virtually nothing was accomplished. The Organizations declined the National Mediation Board's offer of arbitration whereupon certification of the dispute to the President and the appointment of the Emergency Board followed.

The Board consisting of Saul Wallen, Chairman, and Laurence E. Seibel and Edward A. Lynch met with the parties in Chicago on March 6, 1962. Hearings were held there and in Washington for a total of 15 days. The Board also attempted to mediate the differences between the parties but failed. The Board issued its report on May 3, 1962.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

On September 1, 1961 the Organizations served the Carriers with a "Section 6 Notice," giving the customary 30 day notice, of a desire to revise and supplement all existing agreements, effective November 1, 1961 in two respects; (l) All pay rates to be raised 25 cents per hour on that date, and (2) Six month's notice to be given to employees to be affected by a reduction in force or abolition of positions, except in certain emergency situations. The Carriers made the following counter proposals; (l) Reduce by SO per cent the rates of pay of certain groups of middle and lower range employees, (2) Establish entry rates for seven groups at 80 per cent of existing rates, to be increased by 4 per cent per annum until established rates are reached, (3) Establish flat $1.25 hourly rate for diner car waiters and others who serve food and drinks, and (4) Eliminate all rules or provisions which require more than 24 hour advance notice prior to abolition of positions or reduction of force. On September 21, 1961 the Organizations invited the Carriers to meet on the issues. On October 5, the Carrier replied that they would consider the matter later. On October 10, 1961 the Organizations invoked mediation. The parties met in Washington, D. C. on January 10, 1962 to negotiate, where virtually nothing was accomplished. The Organizations declined the National Mediation Board's offer of arbitration whereupon certification of the dispute to the President and the appointment of the Emergency Board followed. The Board consisting of Saul Wallen, Chairman, and Laurence E. Seibel and Edward A. Lynch met with the parties in Chicago on March 6, 1962. Hearings were held there and in Washington for a total of 15 days. The Board also attempted to mediate the differences between the parties but failed. The Board issued its report on May 3, 1962.

SUBJECTS

Names:

United States. Emergency Board No. 145.

Subjects:

Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Sources.

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

Form and Genre Terms:

Records (documents).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Cite As:

U.S. Emergency Board No. 145 Records #5060. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1		Transcripts and Miscellaneous
Box 1	Folder 1	Transcripts. 15 volumes. 2,649 pages.
Box 1	Folder 2	Carrier's Exhibit 1. Pre-hearing memorandum.
Box 1	Folder 3	Carrier's Exhibit 2. Order, awards, agreements, and reports relating to the rates of pay of railroads non-operating employees.
Box 1	Folder 4	Carrier's Exhibit 3. Subject of Carriers' Exhibit 2 continued.
Box 1	Folder 5	Carrier's Exhibit 4. Job description and illustrative examples of payroll position and duties.
Box 1	Folder 6	Carrier's Exhibit 5. Miscellaneous materials relating to job content.
Box 1	Folder 7	Carrier's Exhibit 6. Testimony - Job content and working conditions of railroad non-operating employees.
Box 1	Folder 8	Carrier's Exhibit 7. Miscellaneous statistical data - Chicago and North Western Railroad Company.
Box 1	Folder 9	Carrier's Exhibit 8. Eastern Railroads Financial Condition and Ability to Pay.
Box 1	Folder 10	Carrier's Exhibit 9. Supplementary Materials Inter-Industry-Wage Earnings Comparisons.
Box 1	Folder 11	Carrier's Exhibit 10. Inter-Industry-Wage and Earning Comparisons.
Box 1	Folder 12	Carrier's Exhibit 11. National Office Management Association Survey of Rates of Pay of Clerical Employees in all Industries in 56 Cities.
Box 1	Folder 13	Carrier's Exhibit 12. Special Study - 26 Carriers	1961
		September, 1961.
Box 1	Folder 14	Carrier's Exhibit 13. Wage Comparison - Selected Railroad Classes - All Industry Employees included in Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey, 82 Labor Markets.	1960- 1961
Box 1	Folder 15	Carrier's Exhibit 14. Carrier's Step Rate Proposal.
Box 1	Folder 16	Carrier's Exhibit 15. Wage Rates and Other Information (State Highway Maintenance Employees).
Box 1	Folder 17	Carrier's Exhibit 16. Regional Comparisons Relating to 20 Per Cent Reduction and Step Rate Classifications (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway - Seaboard Air Line Railroad).
Box 1	Folder 18	Carrier's Exhibit 17. Statement: Regional Comparison Relating to 20 Per Cent Reduction and Step Rate Classifications (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway-Seaboard Air Line Railroad).
Box 1	Folder 19	Carrier's Exhibit 18. Wage Data and Related Material Pertaining to Wage Adjustments Proposed by the Carriers.
		Labor Markets Served by Illinois Central Railroad Company and Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company.
Box 1	Folder 20	Carrier's Exhibit 19. Testimony of E.H. Hallmann relating to Wage Adjustments Proposed by carriers (Subject matter contained in Exhibit 18).
Box 1	Folder 21	Carrier's Exhibit 20. Comparative Data Relating to Carriers' Wage Adjustment Proposals 12 Eastern Markets.
Box 1	Folder 22	Carrier's Exhibit 21. Carriers' Proposals (Food and Beverage Service Personnel, Kitchen Helpers).
Box 1	Folder 23	Carrier's Exhibit 22. Statement on Carriers' Proposals Assignment and Job Task Comparisons (Food and Beverage Service Personnel). (Subject matter in Exhibit 21).
Box 1	Folder 24	Carrier's Exhibit 23. Carriers' Proposals (Food and Beverage Service Personnel)
		Titles, Rates and Schedule Hours - Wage Level and Progress Comparisons - Financial Condition of Rail Dining Car Service.
Box 1	Folder 25	Carrier's Exhibit 24. Statement on Carriers' Proposals (Food and Beverage Service Personnel) (subject matter in Exhibit 23).
Box 1	Folder 26	Carrier's Exhibit 25. Hospital, Medical, and Surgical Plan, Paid Holidays and Other Employee Benefits.
Box 1	Folder 27	Carrier's Exhibit 26. Retirement, Unemployment and Sickness Benefits in the Railroad Industry.
Box 2		Carrier's Exhibits and Miscellaneous
Box 2	Folder 1	Employee's Exhibit 1. Proposals of Employees and Carrier Counter Proposals.
Box 2	Folder 2	Employee's Exhibit 2. Classification and Number of Non-Operating Employees.
Box 2	Folder 3	Employee's Exhibit 3. Job Descriptions of Typical Occupations in the Shop Craft and Firemen and Oiler Classifications in the Railroad Industry.
Box 2	Folder 4	Employee's Exhibit 4. No information available.
Box 2	Folder 5	Employee's Exhibit 5. Methods and Standards for Inter-Industry Wage comparison.
Box 2	Folder 6	Employee's Exhibit 6. Wage Supplement Comparisons.
Box 2	Folder 7	Employee's Exhibit 7. Wage Trends - Non-Operating Railway Employees and other Comparable American Workers.	1949-1958
		September 1949-December 1958.
Box 2	Folder 8	Employee's Exhibit 8. Wage Developments.	1959
Box 2	Folder 9	Employee's Exhibit 9. Wage Developments.	1960
Box 2	Folder 10	Employee's Exhibit 10. Wage Developments.	1961
Box 2	Folder 11	Employee's Exhibit 11. Wage Progress - Non-Operating Railway Employees and other Comparable American Workers.	1959-1961
Box 2	Folder 12	Employee's Exhibit 12. Instability of Employment of Non-Operating Railway Classes.
Box 2	Folder 13	Employee's Exhibit 13. Employment Stabilization Developments in the Railroad Industry.
Box 2	Folder 14	Employee's Exhibit 14. Employment Stabilization in other American Industries.
Box 2	Folder 15	Employee's Exhibit 15. Mail Handling - Kansas City Terminal.
Box 2	Folder 16	Employee's Exhibit 16. Productivity of Railway Employees.
Box 2	Folder 17	Employee's Exhibit 17. Wages, Unit Costs, and Price Levels.
Box 2	Folder 18	Employee's Exhibit 18. Real Wages. Health, Education, and Welfare of American Workers.
Box 2	Folder 19	Employee's Exhibit 19. Railroad Participation in Intercity Freight Traffic.
Box 2	Folder 20	Employee's Exhibit 20. Financial Position of American Railways.
Box 2	Folder 21	Employee's Exhibit 21. Railroad Physical Properties and Equipment.
Box 2	Folder 22	Employee's Exhibit 22. Railroad Outlook to Investors (Including Railroad Officials).
Box 2	Folder 23	Employee's Exhibit 23. Hourly Wage Rates for Selected Jobs Negotiated by the International Association of Machinists	1961
		Reported as of October 31, 1961.
Box 2	Folder 24	Employee's Exhibit 24. Hourly Wage Rates for Selected Jobs Negotiated by the International Association of Machinists.	1961
		Reported after October 31, 1961.
Box 2	Folder 25	Miscellaneous: Report to the President. 1 volume, 28 pages plus appendix.
Box 2	Folder 26	Miscellaneous: Wages and Related Benefits - 82 Labor Markets.	1960-1961
Box 2	Folder 27	Miscellaneous: Editorial Reaction to Report of the Emergency Board.
Box 2	Folder 28	Miscellaneous: Mediation Agreement between Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
Box 2	Folder 29	Miscellaneous: "The Move Toward Railroad Mergers - A Great National Problem" by Railway Labor Executives' Association.
Box 2	Folder 30	Miscellaneous: Letter from National Mediation Board to Emergency Board.
Box 2	Folder 31	Miscellaneous: Letter from Sullivan Reporting Company to Saul Wallen.
Box 2	Folder 32	Miscellaneous: Stipulation as to the Report of the Board.
Box 2	Folder 33	Miscellaneous: Information for Emergency Boards and Boards of Arbitration (from National Mediation Board)
Box 2	Folder 34	Miscellaneous: Memorandum from National Mediation Board.
Box 2	Folder 35	Notes and Letters of Saul Wallen
Box 3		Carrier's Exhibits and Employee's Exhibits

Contents

U.S. Emergency Board No. 145 Records

Collection Number: 5060

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