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U.S. Board of Inquiry to Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5073

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of transcript of the proceedings of the United States Board of Inquiry to Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States, conducted on October 3, 1953, as well as the Report to the President, submitted by the Board of Inquiry on December 4, 1953.

Dates

  • 1953

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

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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

This was a Board of Inquiry appointed by the President under Title 2 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, because the Longshoremen in all East Coast ports had struck when the old contract expired on September 30, 1953 and terms of a new contract had not been agreed upon. The ILA final proposal asked for 10 cents an hour increase in wages, 3 cents per hour towards welfare benefits, a guarantee of an 8 hour day, and agreement in principle to a Permanent Arbitrators. The Association believed that certain provisions should be included in the contract to conform to the Bi-State Waterfront Commission Act, and recognition of the fact that the APL-CIO had petitioned for an NLRB election, problems which were peculiar to the New York Harbor.

Members of the Board were David L. Cole, chairman, Harry J. Carman and the Rev. Dennis J. Comey. Hearings were held in New York City on October 3, 1953.

Extent

0.33 cubic feet

Abstract

Transcript of the proceedings of the United States Board of Inquiry to Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States, conducted on October 3, 1953.

Quantity:

0.3 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

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:
Kheel Staff, March 07, 2019
Title
U.S. Board of Inquiry to Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States Records
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 07, 2019
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