United States. Emergency Board No. 217

In 1956 and 1957, U.S. Emergency Board No. 116 heard a dispute between carriers represented by the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees and employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Parties to the dispute, which was over wages and paid holidays, included 175 class 1 railroads and 160,000 operating railroad workers.

From the guide to the United States. Emergency Board No. 116. Reports and exhibits, 1956-1957., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library)

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