Newlands Labor Act
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The Newlands Labor Act, was sponsored by Senator Francis G. Newlands
of Nevada and drafted by Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commissioner Charles Patrick Neill. It created the Board of Mediation and Conciliation (BMC).
adjusted and arbitrated disputes between railroad companies and their operating employees, where those disputes threatened to interrupt operation of the carriers to the “serious detriment of the public interest." Voluntary arbitration was also provided for those disputes that could not be settled by mediation.
The BMC was the precursor to today’s National Mediation Board
(NMB). It was functionally replaced on December 26, 1917, by the creation of the Railroad Administration, though it continued to exist with its activities restricted to short-line railroads. It was technically replaced by the Railroad Labor Board created by the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act of February 28, 1920, and its activities ceased after the agency’s failure to secure necessary money in the Appropriations bill of June 30, 1921. On May 20, 1926, the Newlands Labor Act was repealed and the BMC was formally replaced with the Railroad Labor Act and its Board of Mediation.
Francis G. Newlands
Francis Griffith Newlands was a United States Representative and Senator from Nevada.-Early life:Newlands was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on August 28, 1846...
of Nevada and drafted by Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and...
Commissioner Charles Patrick Neill. It created the Board of Mediation and Conciliation (BMC).
History
The BMC under U.S. Commerce and District Court Judge Martin Augustine Knapp and assisted by U.S. Alabama District Court Judge and Commissioner William Lea ChambersWilliam Lea Chambers
William Lea Chambers was a United States federal judge.-Biography:He was born on March 4, 1852 in Columbus, Georgia. In March of 1913, he was appointed Commissioner of the United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation. He died in 1933.-Publications:* -References:...
adjusted and arbitrated disputes between railroad companies and their operating employees, where those disputes threatened to interrupt operation of the carriers to the “serious detriment of the public interest." Voluntary arbitration was also provided for those disputes that could not be settled by mediation.
The BMC was the precursor to today’s National Mediation Board
National Mediation Board
The National Mediation Board is an independent agency of the United States government that coordinates labor-management relations within the U.S...
(NMB). It was functionally replaced on December 26, 1917, by the creation of the Railroad Administration, though it continued to exist with its activities restricted to short-line railroads. It was technically replaced by the Railroad Labor Board created by the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act of February 28, 1920, and its activities ceased after the agency’s failure to secure necessary money in the Appropriations bill of June 30, 1921. On May 20, 1926, the Newlands Labor Act was repealed and the BMC was formally replaced with the Railroad Labor Act and its Board of Mediation.