National War Labor Board

E123633

The National War Labor Board was a U.S. government agency created during World War I to mediate labor disputes, prevent strikes, and maintain industrial productivity for the war effort.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
war labor board ⓘ
appliesToEvent World War I ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy executive order ⓘ
dissolved 1919 ⓘ
employerRepresentative representatives of industry ⓘ
fieldOfWork industrial relations ⓘ
labor arbitration ⓘ
labor relations ⓘ
hasAuthority arbitrate labor disputes ⓘ
issue binding decisions in many cases ⓘ
hasEffect helped stabilize wartime production ⓘ
reduced labor unrest during World War I ⓘ
hasEnglishName National War Labor Board ⓘ
hasPolicy discouraged strikes and lockouts during wartime ⓘ
encouraged collective bargaining ⓘ
promoted eight-hour workday in many cases ⓘ
supported equal pay for women in similar work ⓘ
hasPurpose maintain industrial productivity ⓘ
mediate labor disputes ⓘ
prevent strikes ⓘ
support the U.S. war effort ⓘ
inception 1918 ⓘ
influenced National War Labor Board (World War II) ⓘ
later U.S. labor policy ⓘ
laborRepresentative representatives of organized labor ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalForm temporary wartime agency ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatedDuring United States home front in World War I ⓘ
operatedInTheSector war-related industries ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
regulates relations between employers and workers in war industries ⓘ
replacedBy postwar collective bargaining mechanisms ⓘ
significantFor expansion of workers’ rights during wartime ⓘ
federal intervention in labor disputes ⓘ
timePeriod World War I era ⓘ
usedDisputeResolutionMethod arbitration ⓘ
mediation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States home front during World War I → hasPart → National War Labor Board ⓘ
National War Labor Board (World War I) → influenced → National War Labor Board (World War II) ⓘ
subject linked to: National War Labor Board
linked to: National War Labor Board
National War Labor Board (World War I) → hasEnglishName → National War Labor Board ⓘ
subject linked to: National War Labor Board
Smith-Connally Act → relatedTo → National War Labor Board ⓘ
War Labor Disputes Act → relatedTo → National War Labor Board ⓘ