Ralph T. Seward. Series 4. National Mediation Board, Arbitration Board No. 282 files, 1963-1966, bulk, 1963-1964.

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Ralph T. Seward. Series 4. National Mediation Board, Arbitration Board No. 282 files, 1963-1966, bulk, 1963-1964.

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Consist of documents relating to the case of "Certain Carriers represented by the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees vs. Certain of their Employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Switchmen's Union of North America" (1963) arbitrated by the National Mediation Board, Arbitration Board 282, headed by Seward. Specifically, the series contains the following materials relating to the formation and operations of Arbitration Board 282: statements by representatives of the unions and railroads; correspondence between representatives of the unions and railroads and Seward; exhibits filed by railroads and unions, including maps, graphs, charts, copies of employee rules and regulations, financial records of various railroads, accident records, professional studies relating to the necessity of firemen on diesel powered yard and freight trains, blueprints, manning and employment records, and previous arbitration awards; transcript of proceedings before the Board; statements of the final award by Henry E. Gilbert and R.H. McDonald (employee representatives on the Board), by employer representatives on the Board, and by neutral members of the Board; transcript of the Board award; statement of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen on the meaning and application of the award; statement by Willard Wirtz (secretary of labor) on the necessity of a negotiated settlement; and transcript of a joint resolution of Congress calling the Board into existence (1963). Also includes the following court decisions relating to the implementation and interpretation of the Board award: United States District Court, District of Columbia, in "Re Certain Carriers represented by the Eastern, Western and Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees vs. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company"; United States District Court, District of Columbia, "Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen vs. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company"; and United States District Court, District of Columbia, "Certain Carriers represented by the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees vs. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Switchmen's Union of North America." Also includes United States Supreme Court decision in the case of "Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Switchmen's Union of North America vs. Certain Carriers represented by the Eastern, Western and Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees" (1966). Includes, as well, United States Senate hearings on the administration of Public Law 88-108, establishing Arbitration Board No. 282, including numerous statements by witnesses testifying before the Board. Also includes interpretations rendered by reconvened Arbitration Board No. 282 (1964-1965), including numerous questions submitted by railroads and unions. Finally, includes report of the National Joint Board, established by Arbitration Board No. 282, entitled "Experience in Freight and Yard Service with and without the Employment of Firemen" (1966).

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McDonald, R. H.

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Eastern Carriers' Conference Committee.

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Seward, Ralph T. (Ralph Theodore), 1907-

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Arbitration Board No. 282 was established by Congress (1963) in an attempt to avert a threatened strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF and E) in response to employer attempts to reduce the number of firemen on diesel freight and yard trains. The award granted by the Arbitration Board allowed the railroads to reduce the number of firemen on freight and yard trains by 90% and was finally implemented in October, 1964 after several unsuccessful attempts by the railroad u...

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.)

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, founded in 1863, recognized the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1874. The combined Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF & E) represented a wide spectrum of railroad occupations in labor negotiations. In 1969, it merged with other industry unions to form the United Transportation Union. From the description of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen journals, 1874-1968 (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). ...

United States. National Mediation Board

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These are 15 cases which have come up through the grievance procedure of the railroads and have been deadlocked in the appropriate division of the National Railroad Adjustment Board, a committee of three representatives from management and three from the union. This is the fifth step in the grievance procedure, and if it deadlocks a neutral referee is appointed by the National Mediation Board to sit with the Adjustment Board and resolve the disputes. Cases in this dispute were deadlocked on Dece...

Switchmen's Union of North America

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In 1898, Congress passed the Erdman Act, which provided for the mediation and arbitration of disputes in the railroad industry which involved the operating brotherhoods, telegraphers and switchmen. Within a year after its adoption the switchmen, represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, invoked the law, which failed when its principles were repudiated by the leading railroad companies involved. The Act provided that when a controversy which could not be solved...

Western Carriers' Conference Committee.

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Wirtz, Willard, 1912-2010

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Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of William Willard Wirtz : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343066 ...

Gilbert, Henry E., 1906-

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Southeastern Carriers Conference Committee

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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

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Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen

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