Railroad Labor Board

E452583

The Railroad Labor Board was a federal agency in the early 20th century United States responsible for mediating and resolving labor disputes between railroad workers and employers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Railroad Labor Board canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal agency ⓘ
labor relations board ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
composition public representatives ⓘ
representatives of railroad labor ⓘ
representatives of railroad management ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdUnder Transportation Act of 1920 ⓘ
disestablishedBy Railway Labor Act of 1926 ⓘ
dissolved 1926 ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
field collective bargaining ⓘ
industrial relations ⓘ
labor dispute resolution ⓘ
labor relations ⓘ
goal preventing interruptions to interstate commerce caused by labor disputes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War I labor unrest in the United States ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
industry railroad industry ⓘ
influenced later federal labor mediation practices ⓘ
jurisdiction interstate railroads in the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Transportation Act of 1920 ⓘ
location Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago
mainResponsibility issuing decisions on working conditions for railroad employees ⓘ
mediating labor disputes between railroad workers and employers ⓘ
promoting stability in railroad labor relations ⓘ
settling wage disputes in the railroad industry ⓘ
notableEvent involvement in the 1922 railroad shopmen's strike ⓘ
numberOfMembers 9 ⓘ
operatedDuring 1920s ⓘ
parentOrganization United States federal government ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
power authority to investigate railroad labor controversies ⓘ
authority to issue binding decisions on certain railroad labor disputes ⓘ
precededBy United States Railroad Administration labor adjustment mechanisms ⓘ
regulates labor relations between railroad carriers and their employees ⓘ
replacedBy United States Board of Mediation ⓘ
subjectOf United States labor history ⓘ
studies of railroad regulation in the United States ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
typeOfOrganization quasi-judicial body ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Transportation Act of 1920 → established → Railroad Labor Board ⓘ
Esch–Cummins Act → established → Railroad Labor Board ⓘ