Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Eastern Region. Labor and Wage Bureau.
Biographical notes:
The Eastern Region was created upon adoption of the regional system on March 1, 1920. It comprised that portion of the PRR lying east of Altoona and Renovo, Pa., with a headquarters at Philadelphia. The Eastern Region was abolished in the reorganization of November 1, 1955, and divided among the New York, Philadelphia, Chesapeake, Pittsburgh and Northern Regions.
The Labor & Wage Bureau grew out of the office of the Examiner of Wages & Working Conditions established in the General Manager's Office in 1916 in response to Progressive Era legislation governing wages and hours. The first Examiner of Wages & Working Conditions was H. A. Enochs, a former brakeman, conductor and union official, who had represented the four operating brotherhoods on the eight-hour day committee in 1915-1916. During the period of federal control (1918-1920), when the USRA made concessions and recognized the non-operating unions, the office was expanded into the Wage Bureau with Enochs as Supervisor.
With the return of the railroad to private control and the adoption of the regional organization on March 1, 1920, separate Labor & Wage Bureaus were established on the staffs of each Regional General Manager. Enochs became Superintendent of the Labor & Wage Bureau of the Eastern Region, the most important part of the railroad.
As its name indicates, the Labor & Wage Bureau was primarily concerned with analyzing local wages and working conditions, with hearing grievances and with collective bargaining. The last was conducted under the company's Employee Representation Plan (company union) until the 1930s. The regional personnel officers were retitled Superintendents of Personnel on November 1, 1951, reflecting the introduction of a broader range of modern personnel practices.
H. A. Enochs served as Superintendent of the Labor ? M. L. Long (1943-1947); and C. E. Alexander (1947-1951).
From the description of Records, 1906-1955 (bulk 1920-1942). (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122457281
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