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Edmund Ezra Day Collection of Bell Aircraft Corporation and UAW, Local 501 Arbitration Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5094

Scope and Contents

Bell Aircraft Corporation and the United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers International Union Local 501 : arbitration files, 1949. Contained in this collection are 9 volumes, totaling 1659 pages, includig correspondence, newspapers clippings, exhibits, and materials from the hearing on the injunction.

Dates

  • 1949

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 dispute arose over the application of security regulations and economic demands during the renegotiation of the contract. A strike ensued and the company secured an injunction to restrain the mass picketing. Violence resulted in the arrest of some of the strikers. The Commissioner of Labor, Mr. Edward Corsi, appointed a fact-finding board consisting of Edmund Ezra Day, Chairman; DR. Samuel P Copen, Mr. Charles Garside, Mrs. Elinore Herrick and Paul S. Andrews.

Extent

1 cubic feet

Abstract

Bell Aircraft Corporation and the United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers International Union Local 501 : arbitration files, 1949.

Quantity:

1 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, November 14, 2014
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, October 28, 2016
Title
Day, Edmund Ezra Collection of Bell Aircraft Corporation and UAW, Local 501 Arbitration Files
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
October 28, 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