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1 Enforcement of the Decisions of the Railway Labor Board 1924

handle is hein.beal/enfdrlwyl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Reference Shelf Briefs, Bibliographies, Debates, Reprints of Selected Articles and Study Outlines on Timely Topics Published by THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY 958.964 University Avenue ?jew York City Enforcement of the Decisions of the Railway Labor Board LAMAR T. BEMAN, Compiler INTRODUCTION The first serious railroad strike in the United States occurred ih 1877. From that day to this, for almost half a century, the arbitration of railroad labor disputes and the prevention of interruption of transportation have been frequent subjects of discussion and of legislation. In i886 President Cleveland sent a special message to Congress in which he recommended that There be created a commission of labor, consisting of three members, who shall be regular officers of the government, charged among other duties with the consideration and settle- ment, when possible, of all controversies between labor and capital. President Cleveland said a permanent body would be much better than one created after the dispute had arisen. A law providing for voluntary arbitration was passed by Congress in i888. It applied to any controversy between a rail- road or other transportation company engaged in interstate com- merce and any class of its employees which might hinder, impede, obstruct, interrupt, or affect such transportation of prop- erty or passengers. The law provided that either might Volume I February, 1923 Number 7

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