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U.S. National Mediation Board Transcripts Regarding American Air Lines and Transport Workers Union of America

 Collection
Identifier: 5085

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the transcript of the proceedings of the United States National Media Board, in the matter of the arbitration between the Transport Workers Union of America, CIO and American Airlines.

Dates

  • 1954

Creator

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

This case was referred to the National Mediation Board under an arbitration agreement by the parties when they were unable to reach an agreement on wages for a new contract that was signed on January l, 1954. The Panel consisted of David L. Cole, Chairman, Edward G. Hamilton and William G, Lindner. Hearings were begun on March 22, 1954 in New York City. The issue submitted to the Panel was "To what extent, if any, are the employees entitled to a flat wage increase over existing rates of pay applicable to all employees of bargaining units taken together on an across-the-board basis?"



The union presented 76 exhibits designed to show the increase in air travel, comparative wage rates and other economic data. The company presented 11. The exhibits are not included in the transcript nor the collection.

Extent

0.5 cubic feet

Abstract

Transcript of the proceedings of the United States National Media Board, in the matter of the arbitration between the Transport Workers Union of America, CIO and American Airlines.

Related Materials

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Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, January 31, 2013
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, November 03, 2016
Title
U.S. National Mediation Board Transcripts Regarding American Air Lines and Transport Workers Union of America
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
November 03, 2016
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 Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183