United States. Factfinding Board on the Non-ferrous Metals Industry proceedings and exhibits, 1946.

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United States. Factfinding Board on the Non-ferrous Metals Industry proceedings and exhibits, 1946.

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Transcript of proceedings, and union, operator, and U.S. Department of Labor exhibits. The records include exhibits of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers on the history of the union and statistics on wages in comparable industries, with a brief on the issues underlying the dispute in Utah; exhibits of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on wage scales in other industries; exhibits by the American Federation of Labor on the extent of its organizing activities in the mines; exhibits of Coeur D'Alene District operators on wages and employment statistics for the area; exhibits by the American Smelting and Refining Company on wage rates in various geographic areas; additional statistical exhibits prepared for the Factfinding Board by the U.S. Bureau of Labor on productivity and unit cost in the industry, with reports of cases in the non-ferrous metals industry brought before the National War Labor Board. Also, transcript of proceedings (11 vol.) before the Nonferrous Metals Factfinding Board of the U.S. Dept. of Labor; and executive orders and releases of the Board.

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