Gabriel Alexander Additional Arbitration Files

Case files for the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE) include IUE vs. Vickers Incorporated (1954-1964) on issues of holiday, reclassification, seniority, work assignment, layoff and contracting out; IUE vs. Automatic Music Incorporated (1960-1961) on the issue of job evaluation; IUE vs. Wayne Pump Company on issues of recall, seniority, and back pay; IUE vs. Allen Bradley Company (1966-1967) on issues of position classification and wage rate; IUE vs. Ironrite Incorporated (1955-1959) on issues of layoff, work assignment, wages, position classification, reporting pay and arbitrability; IUE vs. Square D. Company (1954) on the issue of dismissal; and IUE vs. General Motors Corporation (1947-1949, 1956) on issues of dismissal, overtime, discipline, wage rate, layoff, shift preference, reporting pay, and seniority.

The arbitration case files of Gabriel Alexander include opinions and awards, statements of fact of cases, correspondence (carbons and originals) of Alexander with companies and unions involved in arbitration, transcripts of arbitration proceedings, transcripts of witness testimony, exhibits (company and union), including photographs and blueprints, Alexander's manuscript notes on individual cases, agreements (between company and union), company and union briefs, and financial materials (bills, receipts, letters) regarding services of Alexander as arbitrator.

Major cases that Alexander arbitrated include the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) vs. Jones & Laughlin Steel Company (1960-1961) on issues of seniority, discipline, suspension, scheduling, work assignment, wages, dismissal, supervisor performing bargaining unit work, working conditions, and other individual issues; USWA vs. Bethlehem Steel Corporation (1955) on issues of seniority, contracting out, wage incentive, position classification, and work assignment; USWA vs. White Pine Copper Company (1963-1970) on issues of seniority, work assignment, wages, discipline, promotion, and overtime; USWA vs. McLouth Steel Company (1956-1968) on the issue of wages; USWA vs. Crucible Steel Company of America (1929); USWA vs. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation on issues of seniority, incentives, holiday pay, discipline, and overtime; and USWA vs. Evans Products Company (1955-1962) on issues of transfer, position classification, work assignments, work rules, and recall.

Other case files involving USWA include USWA vs. Pittsburgh Steel Company (1960, 1963) on the issue of seniority; USWA vs. Inland Steel Company (1957-1967) on issues of discipline, wages, and overtime; USWA vs. Palmer-Bee Company (1957-1959) on issues of dismissal, wages, vacation pay, and performance appraisal; USWA vs. Hanna Mining Company (1957-1970) on issues of arbitrability, seniority, working conditions, wages, scheduling, contracting out, and pension dispute; and additional cases (1955-1972) involving the USWA and a number of smaller companies.

Case files for the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) include UAW vs. International Harvester (1964-1976) on issues of discipline, seniority, work assignment, wages, and dismissal; UAW vs. Bower Roller Bearing Company, Division of Federal Mogul Bower Bearings Incorporated (1955-1966) on issues of dismissal, probationary period, discipline, and seniority; UAW vs. Clark Equipment Company (1966-1970) on issues of seniority, overtime, work assignment, supervisors performing bargaining unit work, discipline, and dismissal; UAW vs. John Deere Horicon Works/Deere & Company (1968-1970) on issues of discipline, wages, overtime, contracting out, seniority, classification, and recall; UAW vs. Standard Cotton Products (1956-1965) on issues of layoff, dismissal, seniority, representation, and discipline; and UAW vs. General Motors Corporation (1958-1969) on issues of work assignment, layoff, vacation, dismissal, promotion, time claim, improper assignment, cost-of-living adjustment, and wage classification; additional cases involving the UAW.

Case files for the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) include UMWA vs. Pennsalt Chemical Corporation (1957-1962) on issues of discipline, layoff, classification, and grievance procedure; UMWA vs. Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company (1954-1959) on issues of promotion, wages, discipline, overtime, and work load; UMWA vs. Celanese Chemical Company (1958-1967) on issues of meal period and others; additional cases involving the UMWA.

Case files for the International Association of Machinists (IAM) include IAM vs. Whirlpool Corporation (1957-1958) on issues of position classification, discipline, job location, dismissal, wage incentive, job evaluation, vacation schedule, layoff, and suspension; IAM vs. John Deere Horicon Works/Deere & Company (1960-1961) on issues of wages and job evaluation; IAM vs. United Air Lines (1960-1967) on issues of holiday pay, suspension, layoff, seniority, working conditions, and furlough; and IAM vs. Paramount Die Casting Company (1955-1962) on issues of seniority, transfer, discipline, dismissal, wages, and work assignment outside position classification.

Case files for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) include IBEW vs. Indiana and Michigan Electric Company (1965-1971) on issues of discipline and promotion, and additional cases (1974-1975) involving the IBEW and various small companies.

Case files for the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE) include IUE vs. Vickers Incorporated (1954-1964) on issues of holiday, reclassification, seniority, work assignment, layoff and contracting out; IUE vs. Automatic Music Incorporated (1960-1961) on the issue of job evaluation; IUE vs. Wayne Pump Company on issues of recall, seniority, and back pay; IUE vs. Allen Bradley Company (1966- 1967) on issues of position classification and wage rate; IUE vs. Ironrite Incorporated (1955-1959) on issues of layoff, work assignment, wages, position classification, reporting pay and arbitrability; IUE vs. Square D. Company (1954) on the issue of dismissal; and IUE vs. General Motors Corporation (1947-1949, 1956) on issues of dismissal, overtime, discipline, wage rate, layoff, shift preference, reporting pay, and seniority.

Other cases include Swift and Company vs. the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America (IBT) (1955-1971) on issues of discipline, demotions, guaranteed wage, compensation, dismissal, voluntary-quit, accident benefits and sickness benefits, holiday pay, wages, vacation pay, seniority, reinstatement, layoff, overtime, and classification.

Additional case files include the IBT vs. Eastern Michigan Company on the issue of wages: IBT vs. American Bakery Company on issues of overtime, and wage rates; and IBT vs. L.C. Clark Hauling Company Incorporated on the issue of dismissal (1955-1958); United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers (URW) vs. General Motors Corporation on issues of discipline, seniority, reduction in force, and equalization of time; URW vs. Industrial Rubber Goods Company on issues of job evaluation and wage incentive; URW vs. Dayton Rubber Company (1956-1963); United Papermakers and Paperworkers (UPP) vs. Allied Paper Company and Sutherland Paper Company on issues of reduction of force and increased work load; UPP vs. S.D. Warren Company on issues of dismissal and layoff; and UPPA vs. Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Forest Products Division on issues of wages and incentives (1957-1964).

Other case files include Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union of America (OCAW) vs. U.S. Industrial Chemical Company on issues of overtime and reporting pay; OCAW vs. International Salt Company on issues of position classification, wage rates, and work assignment; OCAW vs. Monsanto Chemical Company on issues of dismissal, and overtime; OCAW vs. Wyandotte Chemical Corporation on the issue of discipline; and OCAW vs. Phillips Petroleum Company on issues of downgrading, layoff, and bumping (1956-1962).

Additionally, there are case files for individual cases with United Dairy and Bakery Workers (1956-1961), Pattern Makers League of North America (1958-1972), Salaried Employees Association (1968-1973), Major League Baseball Players Association (1972, 1974), and other miscellaneous unions.

Also, rules of procedure, award summaries, opinions and awards of the arbitrators, company and union briefs, exhibits, transcripts, and general correspondence for cases of 245 Communications Workers of America members striking Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and dismissed for misconduct and property destruction (1955). The arbitrators hearing the cases were Whitley P. McCoy (former director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service), Carl R. Schedley (former associate director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service), Gabriel N. Alexander, and Dudley E. Whiting. The arbitrators were given full power to sustain, set back or modify the dismissal penalty.