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Merchant mariners -- Labor unions -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

The Maritime Industry Strike Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5330
Abstract

Includes miscellaneous union-produced documents having to do with the Maritime Industry Strike of 1965 and related matters.

Dates: 1965

U.S. Emergency Board No. 119 Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5046
Abstract

Transcript of proceedings and exhibits of the Emergency Board No. 119, 1957. Wages and benefits case. General Managers' Association of New York vs. the International Organziation of Masters, mates and Pilots, Inc., 1937-1957. There are also copies of 35 exhibits which provide a picture of the wage structure of the railroad and marine industries and describe in detail the jobs performed by union members.

Dates: 1956-1957

William Standard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5258
Abstract This collection consists of William L. Standard's files as General Counsel for the National Maritime Union [NMU]. It documents public policy toward the NMU during World War II; the status of the Merchant Marine under the U.S. War Shipping Administration; the politics of Joseph E. Curran (president, NMU); collective negotiations between the NMU and various railroads and shipping companies; and work stoppages conducted by the NMU. This collection also documents Standard's duties as the union's...
Dates: 1934-1950