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The National War Labor Board, commonly the War Labor Board (NWLB or WLB), was an independent agency of the United States government, established January 12, 1942, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the purpose of which was to mediate labor disputes as part of the American home front during World War II.
Papers of the National War Labor Board, 1918–1919 at Cornell University ILR Library Kheel Center ; Records of the National War Labor Board (World War I) Robert Cassanello, "National War Labor Board", St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact, 2003, as hosted at Encyclopedia.com
Throughout the Second World War, the National War Labor Board gave trade unions the responsibility for maintaining labor discipline in exchange for closed membership. This led to acquiescence on the part of labor leaders to businesses and various wildcat strikes on the part of the workers. The strikes were largely a result of tumultuous postwar ...
A Wall Street Journal article claiming the War Labor Board decision will be enforced. -January 9, 1919. "I therefore find that no wage increase should be granted and that the wage scales in the award of the New York Harbor Board dated July 12, 1918, and those in the award of the Railroad Administration Board dated September 1, 1918, shall ...
The Smith–Connally Act [1] or War Labor Disputes Act [2] (50 U.S.C. App. 1501 et seq.) was an American law passed on June 25, 1943, over President Franklin D. Roosevelt's veto. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The legislation was hurriedly created after 400,000 coal miners, their wages significantly lowered because of high wartime inflation, struck for a $2-a-day ...
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling eliminating the deference that courts owe to federal agencies in interpreting the laws they administer could sharply limit the National Labor Relations Board's ability ...
National War Labor Board (1918–1919) National War Labor Board (1942–1945) This page was last edited on 5 November 2016, at 21:37 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The National Labor Relations Board said that so-called "captive audience meetings," which have been legal for decades and are routine during union campaigns, illegally interfere with workers ...