Scope and Contents These records represent the diverse interests of the Institute of Industrial Relations and include arbitration records, records of two employer associations, the Industrial Association of San Francisco and the Waterfront Employers Association, materials from the (U.S.) Pacific Coast Maritime Industry Board during World War II, studies by the Institute For Science and Labor in Japan, 1931-1932, and a strikes series, 1934-1949, including materials on the 1936 Salinas Lettuce Strike by the...

Abstract

This collection contains the case files for over 4000 labor arbitrations and mediations heard by Sam Kagel, his son John Kagel, and others during the years 1949 to 1997. The cases involve unions and companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and the West Coast primarily.

Abstract This collection contains materials about the status of employees as contract workers or regular employees; issues of workplace safety; gate control (a fee the taxicab driver pays their parent company each shift); records from city hearings about the public convenience and necessity of cabs; applications and records related to permits and medallions; arbitration and other legal documents. The collection also includes one carton of materials created by Ruach Graffis, a long-time San Francisco...