United States. Commission on Industrial Relations

The Commission on Industrial Relations was established in the wake of mounting conflict and violence in American labor relations and especially as a result of the dynamiting in 1910 of the Los Angeles Times building by two labor union officials. The Commission was composed of nine members representing employers, employees, and the public.

From the description of U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations records, 1912-1915 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122556211

The Commission on Industrial Relations was established in the wake of mounting conflict and violence in American labor relations and especially as a result of the dynamiting in 1910 of the Los Angeles Times building by two labor union officials. The Commission was composed of nine members representing employers, employees, and the public. Its duty was to study the labor relations situation in the U.S., discover the causes of dissatisfaction in the industrial situation and report its conclusions to Congress.

From the description of Reports, 1912-1915. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 173203799

The Commission on Industrial Relations was established by Act of Congress on August 23, 1912. The Commission's charge was to "inquire into the general condition of labor in the principal industries of the United States, including agriculture, and especially in those which are carried on in corporate forms ...; into the growth of associations of employers and of wage earners and the effect of such associations upon the relations between employers and employees ..." among other duties.

Professor George E. Barnett of Johns Hopkins University and Leo Wolman, a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins, were hired by the Commission to investigate several matters relating to union membership and the specific nature of several collective bargaining agreements. Dr. Wolman later went on to become a professor of economics specializing in labor and industrial relations at Columbia University.

From the description of Commission on Industrial Relations special agents' files, 1908-1931, bulk, 1914-1931. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64755603

The commission itself was established in the wake of mounting conflict and violence in American labor relations and especially as a result of the dynamiting in 1910 of the Los Angeles Times Building by two labor union officials.

In 1911, soon after confessions were rendered in the Tiimes bombing, a group of persons, predominantly social reformers connected with the Survey magazine, petitioned President William Howard Taft to create a federal commission to study industrial relations in the U.S.

In response to the President's call to Congress in the Sate of the Union message of 1912, Congress established, in August of that year, a tripartite Commission on Industrial Relations composed of nine members representing employers, employees, and the public.

From the description of United States Commission on Industrial Relations, 1912-1915. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64039307

The Commission on Industrial Relations was established by Act of Congress on August 23, 1912. The Commission's charge was to "inquire into the general condition of labor in the principal industries of the United States, including agriculture, and especially in those which are carried on in corporate forms ...; into the growth of associations of employers and of wage earners and the effect of such associations upon the relations between employers and employees ..." among other duties.

Professor George E. Barnett of Johns Hopkins University and Leo Wolman, a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins, were hired by the Commission to investigate several matters relating to union membership and the specific nature of several collective bargaining agreements. Dr. Wolman later went on to become a professor of economics specializing in labor and industrial relations at Columbia University.

From the guide to the Commission on Industrial Relations special agents' files, 1908-1931 [bulk 1914-1931]., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library)