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American Smelting and Refining Co. and the United Steelworkers of America Hearing before the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board Transcript and Exhibits

 Collection
Identifier: 5070

Scope and Contents

Transcripts and exhibits of a dispute between the American Smelting and Refining Co. and the United Steelworkers of America.

The dispute involved the Garfield, Utah plant and the issues included job evaluation, wages, pensions, health and welfare benefits and holidays. The documents include report of the panel; docket of case before the Wage Stabilization Board; transcript of proceedings (2 vol.); and press releases of the Board.

Dates

  • 1951

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

When the United Steelworkers of America struck the Garfield, Utah plant of the American Smelting and Refining Co., the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board became involved, as copper and sulphuric acid production was considered essential to national defense.



This dispute grew out of negotiations for a new contract which culminated in a strike on July 2, 1951. On July 26 the President certified the dispute to the U.S. Wage Stabilization since in his opinion the dispute substantially threatened the progress of National Defense. The Chairman of the Board, George W. Taylor, appointed a panel consisting of Lloyd K. Garrison, Chairman, G. Allan Dash, Jr. and Vernon H. Jensen.

Extent

0.5 cubic feet

Abstract

Transcripts and exhibits of a dispute between the American Smelting and Refining Co. and the United Steelworkers of America.

Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Transcripts, reports.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, January 31, 2013
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, January 22, 2015
Title
American Smelting and Refining Co. and the United Steelworkers of America Hearing before the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board Transcript and Exhibits
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
January 22, 2015
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853