WHCF Subject File - LA: Labor - Management Relations

According to the White House Central Files manual, this category was for "material pertaining to the general subject of non-Federal labor, employment status, unemployment, wage rates, earnings, labor statistics and matters relating to arbitration; national and independent labor unions and labor management relations."

The file manual specifically excepted, however, veterans employment assistance (see VA); unemployment insurance (see IS); veterans preference in Federal civil service (see PE); and endorsement and assistance in finding employment for individuals (see alphabetical name file).



 

LA: Labor - Management Relations
Executive 70 pp. / General 70 pp.
Material dealing with labor legislation, Presidential meetings with labor leaders, some union grievances, the Labor Conference on Inflation, and much public opinion mail on the economy.

LA 1: Boards - Panels
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 1-1: National Railway Labor Conference Board #186 (and 187), E.O. #11852, 4/16/75 - 8/31/75
Executive 315 pp. / General 8 pp.
Material on Emergency Boards 186 and 187, created by Executive Order to "Investigate a Dispute Between the Carriers Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Certain of Their Employees." Also contains correspondence calling on the President to create emergency boards for other labor disputes.

LA 1-2: Inquiry, Boards of
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 2: Conditions - Employment - Unemployment
Executive 2,600 pp. / General 1,450 pp.
Material on unemployment, including the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), the Full Employment Act (Humphrey-Hawkins Bill) public service employment funding, and the Commission on Manpower Policy, and other matters. Types of material include statistical data, bill texts and commentary, correspondence with congressmen, union officials, and the public.

LA 2-1: Aged
Executive 1 p. / General 1 p.
Cross-references on Older Americans Month and programs for older workers.

LA 2-2: Child
Executive 3 pp. / General 7 pp.
An item on the Washington Area Board of Trade's attempt to secure summer employment for needy youths, and an explanation of the application of child labor laws to newspaper carriers.

LA 2-3: Handicapped
Executive 70 pp. / General 60 pp.
Material on hiring the handicapped, including implementation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974. Also contains correspondence regarding the hiring of the handicapped and suggestions for improving conditions for the handicapped.

LA 2-4: Youth Opportunity Campaign
Executive 110 pp. / General 30 pp.
Material on youth employment such as employment for CETA and summer youth programs, and local community programs. Types of material include Domestic Council memoranda, correspondence with city officials for the Summer Youth Program, and suggestions from the public

LA 3: Unions, Fair Labor Standards
Executive 125 pp. / General 265 pp.
Material on White House liaison with organized labor over disparate matters such as collective bargaining, the construction industry, right to work laws, and women's rights.

LA 4: Investigations
Executive 2 pp. / General 10 pp.
Cross-references on duplication of effort in discrimination cases, H.R. 4481, and an NLRB decision; and one item on investigation of the Teamster pension fund.

LA 5: Migratory Labor - Seasonal Labor
Executive 205 pp. / General 85 pp.
Materials dealing with migratory labor, including the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1974, illegal aliens from Mexico, shortages of migrant labor in various states, and similar matters.

LA 6: Strikes - Work Stoppages - Arbitration
Executive 900 pp. / General 580 pp.
Material dealing with strikes, postal contract negotiations, work stoppages, and especially H.R. 5900 the Common Situs Picketing Bill. Included are correspondence from Congressmen, state and local officials, and the general public, with nearly all being opposed to the legislation; agendas and talking points for meetings with both opponents and proponents of the legislation; and drafts of alternative Presidential signing and veto messages to Congress.

LA 6-1: Aerospace
Executive 13 pp. / General 7 pp.
Correspondence exchanged with state officials and others urging presidential involvement in National Airlines and United Airlines strikes.

LA 6-2: Construction
Executive 3 pp. / General 3 pp.
Items on Washington D.C., Metro construction strike.

LA 6-3: Firefighters
Executive 1 p. / General none
Cross-references regarding a firefighters strike in Santa Barbara County, California.

LA 6-4: Hospital
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-5: Hotel-Restaurant
Executive none / General 2 pp.
Cross-reference regarding Secretary of Labor John T. Dunlop's reported boycott of the non-union Department of Labor cafeteria.

LA 6-6: Housing
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-7: Office-Store
Executive none / General 3 pp.
Letter from International Association of Machinists, Local 685, San Diego, California concerning local labor disputes.

LA 6-8: Police
Executive none / General 2 pp.
Telegram from attorney for striking San Francisco police officers asking Ford to alert Federal troops.

LA 6-9: Sanitation
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-10: Teachers
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-11: Utilities
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-12: Motion Pictures - Theatre
Executive none / General 1 p.
Cross-reference regarding musicians strike in New York.

LA 6-13: Broadcasting
Executive none / General 1 p.
Contains cross-reference regarding Press Secretary Nessen's crossing of picket lines in New York to host NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

LA 6-14: Mining
Executive 85 pp. / General 50 pp.
Materials primarily on the 1974 United Mine Workers strike against the Bituminous Coal Operators, including correspondence from Congressmen and the public, and briefing reports prepared by the White House staff for the President. Also included is material on the Johns-Manville strike in California, January 1975; and the UMW strike against the anthracite coal industry, April 1975.

LA 6-15 to LA 6-18: The White House Central Files manual did not provide for these categories.

LA 6-19: Ordnance and accessories
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-20: Food and kindred products
Executive 115 pp. / General 100 pp.
Material dealing with strike by California Council of Cannery Workers in July 1976. Includes letters and telegrams from legislators and private citizens urging Ford to invoke Taft-Hartley in order to save the crops.

LA 6-20-1: Alcoholic and other beverages
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-20-2: Dairy products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-20-3: Fruits and vegetables
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-20-4: Grain-mill products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-20-5: Livestock; animals
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-20-6: Meat - Seafood - Poultry
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-21: Tobacco manufacturers
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-22: Textile mill products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-23: Apparel and related products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-24: Lumber and wood products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-25: Furniture and fixtures
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-26: Paper and allied products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-27: Printing and publishing
Executive none / General 1 p.
Telegram from the president of the Newspaper Guild to Ford regarding strike against Time Inc.

LA 6-28: Chemicals and allied products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-29: Petroleum and coal products
Executive 11 pp. / General 7 pp.
Material regarding the coal strike of 1974 and its potential impact on the states of Maryland and New Hampshire. Also correspondence regarding strike by members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers.

LA 6-30: Rubber and plastic products
Executive 18 pp. / General none
Material regarding 1976 strike of the United Rubber Workers against Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone, and Uniroyal, including detailed reports by the Federal Preparedness Agency.

LA 6-31: Leather and leather products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-32: Stone, clay, and glass products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-33: Primary metal industries
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-34: Fabricated metal products
Executive none / General 6 pp.
Items pertaining to a sheet metal workers strike in St. Louis, Missouri.

LA 6-35: Machinery, except electrical
Executive none / General 2 pp.
Items pertaining to a strike against the Giddings and Lewis Machine Tool Company in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

LA 6-36: Electrical Machinery
Executive 4 pp. / General none
Progress reports to the President on the strike against Westinghouse by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).

LA 6-37: Transportation
Executive 185 pp. / General 250 pp.
Materials on various strikes involving transportation service, including those against United, National, and Northwest Orient Airlines; letters opposed to a Teamster contract deemed inflationary; and correspondence dealing with possible strikes by the Postal Clerks and the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks against the Railroad.

LA 6-38: Instruments and related products
There were no materials filed in this category.

LA 6-39: Miscellaneous industries
Executive 18 pp. / General 18 pp.
Material on the United Parcel Service strike in the fall of 1976.

LA 7: The White House Central Files manual did not assign this category.

LA 8: Wages - Hours
Executive 170 pp. / General 375 pp.
Material pertaining to the repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act of 1934, monthly reports on personal income, minimum wages, and general complaints by the public on Department of Labor interpretations of the law.

LA 9: Welfare - Pensions - Retirement
Executive 485 pp. / General 205 pp.
Materials pertaining primarily to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (H.R. 2), also known as the Pension Reform Bill; and H.R. 15301, the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and Ford's material on New York City pension plans is also included.


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