Scope and Contents
Include speeches and articles by Meyer (1941-1950); his correspondence while on the U.S. National War Labor Board (1942-1945); and excerpts from letters written by Meyer (1942-1955). Also materials on the Fact-Finding Committee of the Board of Education, City of New York (1951); transcripts and accompanying documentation regarding the National War Labor Board case of the Electrical Transcription Manufacturing Company vs. the American Federation of Musicians (1942-1943); and miscellaneous arbitration case files (1942-1946).
Dates
- 1918-1950
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
Arthur S. Meyer was a member of the New York State Board of Mediation from its inception in 1937. In 1940, he was appointed as its chairman, a position in which he served until his retirement in 1950. Before becoming a mediator, Meyer was a successful businessman, rising to the posts of president and director of the Schulte Real Estate Company and vice-president of the Schulte Retail Stores Corporation. In 1942, Meyer was named chairman of a U.S. War Labor Board panel to rule on the demands of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee for a raise of one dollar per day and union security. The recommendation of Meyer and his committee formed the basis for a subsequent Board ruling known as the "Little Steel Formula".
Extent
4 cubic feet
Abstract
Include speeches and articles by Meyer (1941-1950); his correspondence while on the U.S. National War Labor Board (1942-1945); and excerpts from letters written by Meyer (1942-1955). Also materials on the Fact-Finding Committee of the Board of Education, City of New York (1951); transcripts and accompanying documentation regarding the National War Labor Board case of the Electrical Transcription Manufacturing Company vs. the American Federation of Musicians (1942-1943); and miscellaneous arbitration case files (1942-1946).
Quantity:
4 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Articles, case files, proceedings, speeches (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, October 11, 2000
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, February 22, 2017
- Arbitration, Industrial -- Teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Arbitration, Industrial -- United States
- Arbitration, Industrial. Clothing industry. United States.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Construction industry. United States.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Electric industries. United States.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Musicians. United States.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Telecommunication. United States.
- Collective bargaining -- United States
- Collective bargaining. Charities. United States.
- Contracting out. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Employees, Transfer of. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Employment stabilization -- United States
- Guaranteed annual income -- United States.
- Industrial productivity -- United States
- Industrial relations -- United States.
- Industry wide bargaining. United States.
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity
- Layoffs. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Management rights. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Manpower planning -- United States
- Mediation and conciliation, Industrial -- United States
- Open and closed shop -- United States
- Open and closed shop. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Position classification. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- Public opinion
- Strikes and lockouts. Coal mining industry. United States.
- Strikes and lockouts. Merchant marine. United States.
- Strikes and lockouts. Trucking industry. United States.
- Teachers. New York (N.Y.). Salaries, pensions, etc.
- Trade-union security. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Trade-union security. United States.
- Unemployment. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Wages and labor productivity -- United States
- Wages. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
- Wages. Electric industries. United States.
- Wages. Metal-workers. United States.
- War and emergency powers -- United States
- Title
- Arthur Meyer Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- February 22, 2017
- 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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853