Ralph Seward. Additional arbitration files, 1960-1979.

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Ralph Seward. Additional arbitration files, 1960-1979.

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Cornell University Library

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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...