Transcript of Proceedings of the National Railway Labor Panel Emergency Board: Chicago, Illinois, 1943. Union Shop Wage Increase Case. Fifteen Cooperating Labor Organizations, Vs. Designated Railroads, Book 1, Volumes 1-33Eastern printing corporation, 1943 - Wages |
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46 cents 73 classes agreement ARONSON average hourly earnings basis carriers cents an hour cents per hour CHAIRMAN Class I railroads classes of employees column common labor compared comparison compensation Conference Board correct County Division dollars East South Central effect Emergency Board employment equipment Exhibit figures freight included increase indicated Interstate Commerce Commission JOYNER Labor Board Lake Terminal Railroad maintenance manufacturing industries marked Carriers Melnikow minimum rate month MULHOLLAND number of employees October operating expenses operating revenues organizations paid passenger percentage period present question rail Railroad Company railroad employees railroad industry Railroad Labor Board Railroad Retirement Board railroad wage Railway Labor Railway Labor Act railway operating income received in evidence reduction referred represented road sheet shown shows statement straight time hourly ton-miles total number traffic transportation unfavorable differential United wage rates War Labor Board WITNESS workers
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Page 649 - ... (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such labor conditions among the workers of the several States; (2) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; (3) constitutes an unfair method of competition in commerce; (4) leads to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; and (5) interferes with the orderly and fair marketing of goods in commerce.
Page 649 - ... (b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act, through the exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, to correct and as rapidly as practicable to eliminate the conditions above referred to in such industries without substantially curtailing employment or earning power.
Page 649 - ... labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general wellbeing of workers (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such labor conditions among the workers of the several States; (2) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce...
Page 13 - The hazards of the employment; (4) The training and skill required; (5) The degree of responsibility; (6) The character and regularity of the employment; and (7) Inequalities of increases in wages or of treatment, the result of previous wage orders or adjustments.
Page 13 - That in order to aid in the effective prosecution of the war, the President is authorized and directed, on or before November 1, 1942, to issue a general order stabilizing prices, wages, and salaries, affecting the cost of living; and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, such stabilization shall so far as practicable be on the basis of the levels which existed on September 15, 1942.
Page 594 - ... (6) Service performed in the employ of the United States Government or of an instrumentality of the United States...
Page 649 - Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938". FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general wellbeing of workers...
Page 21 - No increases in wage rates, granted as a result of voluntary agreement, collective bargaining, conciliation, arbitration,- or otherwise, and no decreases in wage rates, shall be authorized unless notice of such increases or decreases...