National War Labor Board
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An official with Saks & Co., he was active in civic life in the District and was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to serve on the National War Labor Board.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017
In 1942, the National War Labor Board allowed employers to get around wage and price controls by luring scarce workers with fringe benefits.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2015
He took a degree in economics from New York University in 1938, and during the second world war served on the National War Labor Board, which arbitrated in industrial disputes.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
He resolved labor-management disputes for the National War Labor Board in and later worked for the International Association of Machinists and the United Auto Workers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2012
To enforce these recommendations the President, on April 9, 1918, appointed a National War Labor Board, which until November sat as a court of final appeal in labor disputes.
From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour
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