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U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding General Managers Association of New York and the International Longshoremen's Association, Lighter Captains Union, Local 996

 Collection
Identifier: 5089

Scope and Contents

Consist of transcript of proceedings (734 pp.) and nineteen exhibits submitted to the Board by the Lighter Captains' Union and by the Labor Committee. The exhibits give a detailed description of the occupation and of the wage structure of the railroad industry. Included are studies of domestic and export lighterage freight handled; classes, numbers, and representation of railroad marine workers; and lighterage and terminal regulations in New York... Harbor, among other exhibits.

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Dates

  • 1956-1957

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

In April of 1957, a labor dispute arose between the Lighter Captains Union, Local 996, International Longshoremen's Association, and the eight railroads that operated New fork City's harbor barges and tugboats, represented by the Labor Committee of the General Managers' Association of New York. Both parties agreed to take their dispute to the National Mediation Board.

The Union demanded an immediate increase of 42 1/2 cents per hour in basic rates,...
an additional 20 cents per hour for overtime work, and a minimum wage of $25 per day for workers on refrigerator boats or those equipped with power hoists. The railroads did not offer any increase. After two weeks of hearings, the Board recommended a three fear collective agreement with a wage increase of 24 cents per hour.

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Extent

0.5 cubic feet

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Abstract

United States. National Mediation Board. Arbitration case no. 225 : Labor Committee of the General Managers' Association of New York, representing New York Harbor Railroads vs. the Lighter Captains' Union, International Longshoremen's Association : proceedings and exhibits, 1957.

Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Photographs, proceedings, transcripts .

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, February 04, 2013
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, October 31, 2016
Title
U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding General Managers Association of New York and the International Longshoremen's Association, Lighter Captains Union, Local 996
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
October 31, 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
Ithaca NY 14853