Aaron Horvitz Collection of Detroit Edison Company and Utility Workers Union of America, Local 223 Arbitration Files

Collection Number: 5128

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

Title:

Aaron Horvitz Collection of Detroit Edison Company and Utility Workers Union of America, Local 223 Arbitration Files, 1914- 1955

Collection Number:

5128

Creator:

Horvitz, Aaron;
Detroit Edison Company;
Utility Workers Union of America

Quantity:

1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

Repository:

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

Abstract:

Detroit Edison Company and Utility Workers Union of America, Local 223 : arbitration files, 1914-1953.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Detroit Edison was part of a large holding company called North American Edison Company. North American's stock had once been one of the twelve component stocks of the May 1896 original Dow Jones Industrial Average. North American Company was broken up by the Securities and Exchange Commission, following the United States Supreme Court decision of April 1, 1946.

After that Detroit Edison operated independently, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol DTE through the mid-1990s. In early 1996, it became an operating subsidiary of the new holding company, DTE Energy Company, which replaced Detroit Edison Company on the stock exchange, and took over the trading ticker symbol.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This was a voluntary arbitration proceeding with the arbitrator, Mr. Aaron Horowitz selected as the mutual choice of the parties from the American Arbi-tration Assn. Mr. Donald F. Kigar served as consultant for the company and Robert Reynolds for the union. Hearings were begun in Detroit on Deo. L4, 1953.

Issue: "Did the company violate the agreement by unilaterally transferring certain Production Dept. Maintenance employees of this named department into newly named Construction and Maintenance Department and merging them with employees of the last named department in a centralized maintenance group, all of which subjected a large number of employees to changes in wages, hours, and working conditions.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Detroit Edison Company

Utility Workers Union of America

Horowitz, Aaron

Subjects:

Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Sources.

Form and Genre Terms:

Records (documents).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Restrictions on Use:

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Cite As:

Aaron Horvitz Collection of Detroit Edison Company and Utility Workers Union of America, Local 223 Arbitration Files #5128. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1		Union Exhibits and Company Exhibits
Box 1	Folder 1	Before the American arbitration Association - submission by the union
Box 1	Folder 2	Answering statement of Detroit Edison Company
Box 1	Folder 3	Agreement of the two parties	1953
		August 11, 1953
Box 1	Folder 4	Wage Schedules	1953
		September 7, 1953
Box 1	Folder 5	Agreement	1952
		November 14, 1952
Box 1	Folder 6	Transcript of the hearing before Mister Kigar in accordance with Third Step Grievance procedure
Box 1	Folder 7	Memorandum of authorities submitted by the Detroit Edison Company
Box 1	Folder 8	General Map of Detroit Edison Service Area
Box 1	Folder 9	Chart of stockholders and employees since 1914	1914
Box 1	Folder 10	Organization chart of Detroit Edison
Box 1	Folder 11	Power Plant maps
Box 1	Folder 12	Summation of major equipment in systems
Box 1	Folder 13	Shrinking Reserves	1942-1953
Box 1	Folder 14	Shrinking Reserves	1926-1953
Box 1	Folder 15	Shrinking Reserves	1954-1955
Box 1	Folder 16	Estimates Reserves in 1954-1955	1954-1955
Box 1	Folder 17	Daily peak load	1953
Box 1	Folder 18	Fluctuation in Number of Hourly Rated Employees
Box 1	Folder 19	Letter from Mr. Cisler outlining introduction of centralized maintenance	1953
		Format: Letter
		October 2, 1953
Box 1	Folder 20	Letter from Kaufman to O'Dell on centralized maintenance	1953
		Format: Letter
		September 2, 1953
Box 1	Folder 21	Letter from Kaufman to O'Dell on centralized maintenance	1953
		Format: Letter
		September 10, 1953
Box 1	Folder 22	Amendment Number 1 to agreement of August 11, 1953 offered to Union
Box 1	Folder 23	Letter to O'Dell from Porter on formation of temporary troubling turbine maintenance crew	1951
		Format: Letter
		January 11, 1951
Box 1	Folder 24	Company minutes of Negotiation Meeting January 30, 1947; Letter of April 15, 1947; Exhibit 24	1947
		January 30; April 15
Box 1	Folder 25	Letter of June 10, 1947; Exhibit 25	1947
		June 10, 1947
Box 1	Folder 26	Grievance file on Delray traveling boiler	1952
Box 1	Folder 27	Agreement	1950
		October 16, 1950
Box 1	Folder 28	Unions proposal for changes in the agreement of October 1950
Box 1	Folder 29	Historical development of Article IX - Section 3
Box 1	Folder 31	Memo of Understanding	1953
		May 29, 1953
Box 1	Folder 32	Memo of Understanding	1953
		July 16, 1953
Box 1	Folder 33	Review of Production Maintenance Practice and a proposed change
Box 1	Folder 34	Agreement with Production Department	1943
		July 1, 1943
Box 1	Folder 35	Agreement. Field Division of the Construction Bureau	1943
		September 28, 1943
Box 1	Folder 36	Agreement	1944
		July 1, 1944
Box 1	Folder 37	Agreement	1946
		November 1, 1946
Box 1	Folder 38	Agreement	1948
		March 10, 1948
Box 1	Folder 39	Agreement	1949
		August 31, 1949
Box 1	Folder 40	Agreement	1950
		October 16, 1950
Box 1	Folder 41	Historical Development of Article VIII, Section 4, Work sharing
Box 1	Folder 42	Historical development of Article VI, Section 4, Shift schedules - Section 5 Non-shift schedules
Box 1	Folder 43	Chart of relevant contract provisions
Box 1	Folder 44	See Exhibits 24 and 25
Box 1	Folder 45	Notice of Job Vacancy for Flue Blower
Box 1	Folder 46	Notice of Job Vacancy for Laborer, male
Box 1	Folder 47	Notice of Job Vacancy for Flue Blower and Ash Handler
Box 1	Folder 48	Notice of Job Vacancy for Rigger in the Construction Department
Box 1	Folder 49	Job Time of Stoker Trader in the Production Department
Box 1	Folder 50	Notice of Job Vacancy for Construction in Welding Department
Box 1	Folder 51	Job for Carpenter, male, Construction Department
Box 1	Folder 52	Job for Mechanic, male
Box 1	Folder 53	Job for Turbine Room Helper
Box 1	Folder 54	Job for Plumber, male
Box 1	Folder 55	Job for Leader in Sunstation Department of Electrical Maintenance Division
Box 1	Folder 56	Job Vacancy - Leader Schedule
Box 1	Folder 57	Notice to Shift Leaders, etc.	1948
		March 5, 1948
Box 1	Folder 58	Shift Leaders - Job bidding for Journeyman	1948
		June 3, 1948
Box 1	Folder 59	Shift Leaders - Job bidding for journeyman	1948
		May 27, 1948
Box 1	Folder 60	Schedule	1949
		June 23 1949
Box 1	Folder 61	Formal Grievance filled by union under grievance 1
Box 1	Folder 62	Union presentation to the membership
Box 1	Folder 63	Analysis of notices of job vacancies; Brief of the Detroit Edison Company; Union Memorandum; Opinion and Award; Union's Dissent to Arbitration Award

Contents

Aaron Horvitz Collection of Detroit Edison Company and Utility Workers Union of America, Local 223 Arbitration Files

Collection Number: 5128

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