This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, hearings transcripts, and press releases generated by the Industrial Commissioner's office during arbitration of labor disputes including League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York and Local 1199, Drug and Hospital Union, AFL-CIO; Long Island College Hospital and Local 144, Hotel and Allied Employees Union, Building Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO; and St. Elizabeth's Hospital/St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center and the New York State Nurses Association.
Creator
New York (State). Industrial Commissioner
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Series contains some material that may be restricted. State Archives staff will review requested documents and disclose information pursuant to the State Freedom of Information Law.
Background report on Buffalo department stores employees strike
Series Number
A3017
Summary
This series consists of a background report on the 1913 department store worker strike in Buffalo, New York. The report deals mainly with wages, although in addition to higher wages, strikers were demanding Saturday night closing of stores, an eight-hour day, and better sanitary conditions. Packard's report recommended that the Factory Investigating Commission hold a public hearing on the issues raised by the strikers.
Creator
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series consists of Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Counsel's Office work stoppage investigation files, documenting the agency's effort to determine if work stoppages constituted strikes. The files includes correspondence and memorandums; affidavits; grievance forms; disciplinary decisions; exhibits; memorandums of findings; and newspaper clippings publicizing the work stoppage.
Creator
New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
The series consists of a card file index to numbered case files and transcripts of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) formerly held by the Labor-Management Documentation Center, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. The index is divided into sections within these two categories. Each card shows a box number and an alphanumeric case/transcript code or range of codes. Box numbers are those assigned at Cornell, and do not correspond to State Archives box numbers.
Creator
New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
The series consists of legal files with "D" case numbers, created when an employee organization work stoppage, as reported to counsel at the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), is investigated by that office and determined to constitute a strike. Strikes by public employees are illegal under the state Taylor Law, which provides penalties. That law also created PERB to resolve government labor-management disputes.
Creator
New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.