Bureau of Labor Statistics - Special Reports, 1951-1955

Organizational documents include minutes of the National, Regional and Reviews and Appeals Committee of the U.S. National War Labor Board; case reports of the U.S. National War Labor Board Reviews and Appeals Committee (ca. 1942-1945); conferences; reports and transcripts of executive sessions of the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board (1950-1952); miscellaneous procedural and policy manuals; memoranda; opinions of general counsels; summaries of the Board's decisions and actions; and bulletins and press releases of general wage stabilization regulations (1951), and of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1951-1955).

Readers' files consist of memoranda of the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board, Region 2, and letters of Board members (1951-1953). Materials cover disposition of dispute cases in the following industries: agriculture, coal, ore extraction, non-metallic, quarrystone, contracting, meat, dairy, grain, bakery and confectionery, beverages, tobacco, textiles, apparel, lumber, wood products, furniture, pulp and paper products, printing, publishing, chemicals, chemical products, plastics, drugs, petroleum, rubber, leather, stone, clay, glass, cement, metals, rolling and forging, machinery, engines and turbines, construction and handling, machine tools, office and computing machines, electric and electronic equipment, transportation equipment, vehicles, instruments, transportation, utilities, trade, finance, business, and recreational services. Disputed issues include wages, holiday, hours of work, shift differential, insurance, position classification, wage adjustment, wage bonus, profit sharing, sick leave, fringe benefits, disability insurance, overtime, transfer, pension, merit pay, back pay, military leave, funeral leave, meal allowance, and protective clothing.

General subject files include press releases and memoranda of the U.S. National War Labor Board, U.S. Wage Stabilization Board, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Files also include manuscript notes and miscellaneous printed materials pertaining to ability to pay, wages, appeals, wage bonus, Defense Production Act, dismissal, discrimination, discipline, fair labor standards, fringe benefits, grievance and arbitration procedure, health and welfare, holiday, job evaluation, position classification, jurisdictional dispute, productivity, wage-price policy, hours of work, shift differential, strikes, supervisors, wage adjustments, transfers, and disputes in aircraft, airframe, automobile, construction, copper, transportation, maritime, lumber, meat, petroleum, non-ferrous metals, steel, railroad, airline, rubber, shipbuilding and trucking industries (1942-1953).

Organizational documents include minutes of the National, Regional and Reviews and Appeals Committee of the U.S. National War Labor Board; case reports of the U.S. National War Labor Board Reviews and Appeals Committee (ca. 1942-1945); conferences; reports and transcripts of executive sessions of the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board (1950-1952); miscellaneous procedural and policy manuals; memoranda; opinions of general counsels; summaries of the Board's decisions and actions; and bulletins and press releases of general wage stabilization regulations (1951), and of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1951-1955).