NWLB Non-Ferrous Metals Commission Records

Consists primarily of transcripts of hearings, briefs, and answers of unions and employers, and reports and recommendations of Mediation Panels regarding dispute settlement cases brought before the Non-Ferrous Metals Commissions of the US National War Labor Board (1943-1945).



A-I companies: American Smelting and Refining Company vs. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) and United Steel Workers of America (1944-1945) on issues of wages, hours of work, sick leave, shift differential, collective agreement, holiday, pension, military leave, benefits, position classification, health insurance, grievance procedure, arbitration, vacation, and management rights; Anaconda Copper Mining Company vs. IUMMSW, Metal Trades Council of the A.F. of L. and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers severance pay, hours of work, grievance procedure, sick pay, arbitration, shift differential, promotion, military leave, management rights, union security, and health insurance; Empire Zinc Company vs. IUMMSW (1944) on issues of severance pay, checkoff, position classification, hours of work, vacation, wages, portal to portal pay, union security, sick leave, and military leave; and Inspirational Consolidated Copper Company vs. Metal Trades Department of the A.F. of L., Miami Miners' Union, and IUMMSW (1945) on issues of union security, collective agreement, wages, closed shop, vacation, shift differential, sick leave, severance pay, and position classification.



Companies K-R: Kennecott Copper Corporation vs. Chino Metal Trades Council of Grant County, N.M., and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, International Association of Machinists, IUMMSW, International Union of Operating Engineers, and White Plains Metal Trades Council (1943-1945) on issues of position classification, collective agreement, work assignment, seniority, checkoff, mainenance of membership, sick leave, promotion, commuting, vacation, shift differential, union shop, union security, wages, portal to portal pay, and promotion; Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation vs. IUMMSW (1943) on issues of grievance procedure, wage incentive, defense production, position classification, union security, absenteeism, sick pay, shift differential, vacation, wages, and checkoff; and Resurrection Mining Company vs. IUMMSW (1944-1945) on issues of retroactive pay, severance pay, shift differential, maintenance of membership, checkoff, wages, and sick leave.



U-V Companies: US Potash Company of America vs. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW), International Association of Machinists and Potash Workers Union (1944-1945) on issues of promotion, vacation, wage adjustment, wages, meal period, contracting out, position classification, shift differential, overtime, and hours of work; Utah Copper Company (Kennecott Corporation) vs. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, International Association of Operating Engineers, and IUMMSW (1943-1945) on issues of promotion, insurance, military leave, severance pay, meal period, shift differential, wage adjustment, portal to portal pay, wages, sick leave, vacation, arbitration, commuting, union shop and hours of work; Utah Copper Mines (Utah Block) vs. IUMMSW (1944) on issues of wages, seniority, vacations, sick pay, health insurance, recognition, union security, and arbitration; and Vanadium Corporation of America vs. IUMMSW, United Mine Workers of America, and International Union of Operating Engineers (1943-1944) on issues of military leave, sick leave, commuting, vacation, portal to portal pay, safety, shift differential, maintenance of membership, wages, union security, seniority, union shop, checkoff, and premium pay.



Additional documents generated by the Non-Ferrous Metals Commission include directive orders; bulletins; handbook of dispute settlement procedures; minutes; summary of significant Commission actions; lists of dispute settlement cases brought before the Commission; correspondence of Commission members, and representatives of unions and employers regarding hearings and case disposition; and memoranda concerning wages, absenteeism, labor shortages, and production (1943-1945).