Wage Stabilization Board — The Wage Stabilization Board was set up by President Harry Truman within the United States Department of Labor, in December 1945, to take over the work of the National War Labor Board. It was replaced by another board of the same name in… … Wikipedia
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National War Labor Board — (NWLB) The NWLB was created on 12 January 1942 within the Office of Emergency Management to resolve disputes between labor and management in defense industries through conciliation, mediation, and arbitration. The board consisted of 12 members … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
1952 steel strike — on essentially the same terms the union had proposed four months earlier. [Marcus, Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power, 1977, p. 253.] Wage control policy during the Korean WarOn February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph… … Wikipedia
Roger Putnam — Roger Lowell Putnam (December 19, 1893 November 24, 1972) was an American politician and businessman. A member of the prominent Lowell family of Boston, he served as mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1937 to 1943 and as director of the… … Wikipedia
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Nathan Feinsinger — Nathan Paul Feinsinger Born September 20, 1902(1902 09 20) Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Died November 3, 1983(1983 11 03) (aged 81) Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States of America Nation … Wikipedia
George W. Taylor (professor) — George W. Taylor (July 10, 1901 December 15, 1972) was a notable professor of industrial relations at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is credited with founding the academic field of study known as industrial… … Wikipedia
Cyrus S. Ching — Cyrus Ching Cyrus S. Ching (May 21, 1876 – December 27, 1967) was a Canadian American who became an American industrialist, federal civil servant, and noted labor union mediator. He was the first director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation … Wikipedia
Emil Rieve — (June 8, 1892 ndash; January 24, 1975)Saxon, Emil Rieve, Unionist, Dies, New York Times, January 26, 1975.] was a Polish American labor leader. He was president of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) from 1939 to 1956, a vice president of … Wikipedia
