United States. National War Labor Board. Records, 1945.

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United States. National War Labor Board. Records, 1945.

Records concerning the dispute between the Waterfront Employees Association of the Pacific Coast and the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union.

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Meyer, Arthur S. (Arthur Simon), 1880-1955

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Arthur S. Meyer was a member of the New York State Board of Mediation from its inception in 1937. In 1940, he was appointed as its chairman, a position in which he served until his retirement in 1950. Before becoming a mediator, Meyer was a successful businessman, rising to the posts of president and director of the Schulte Real Estate Company and vice-president of the Schulte Retail Stores Corporation. In 1942, Meyer was named chairman of a U.S. War Labor Board panel to rule on the demands of t...

Waterfront Employers Association of the Pacific Coast

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United States. National War Labor Board.

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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

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In the years following World War II, rank-and-file members of the International Longshoremen's Association became increasingly restive as a result of dissatisfaction with union contracts. Finally, in the fall of 1951, a series of unauthorized strikes was climaxed by a twenty-one day wildcat strike in the Port of New York. The strikers included several high-ranking ILA officials and a future president, Thomas Gleason. The strike ended when a board of inquiry to investigate the strike...