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World War II - War Labor Board, 1942-1945

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents

Two unsigned typescripts, "National War Labor Board," one with pencil notation "1943", the other n.d., 9 pages and 6 pages, respectively; "The Anti-Inflation Program," AFL statement re wages and inflation in war production, copied from AFL Weekly News Service, July 12, 1942; press release announcing Executive Order fixing ceilings on rents and formerly exempt agricultural commodities, October 3, 1942, 6 pages; "Text of AFL Members' Statement on Wage Squeeze," demanding modification of President Roosevelt's Executive Order freezing wages, April 1943, 5 pages; press release, "Statement of Mr. George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL, to the Special Panel of the National War Labor Board, on the Little Steel Formula," urging higher cost-of-living wage raises, April 4, 1944, 16 pages; minutes of AFL Executive Council re War Labor Board, August 14, 1943 and July 27, 1945; "National War Labor Board Wage Stabilization General Orders and Interpretations - Under Executive Order 9250, Executive Order 9328 and the Regulations of the Director of Economic Stabilization," November 1944, 88 pages; two issues of the AFL Weekly News Service, 1943 and 1944; many notes.

Dates

  • 1942-1945

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

16.67 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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