Series 5 - National War Labour Board

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The series consists of Mr. Jackson’s involvement with the National War Labour Board, a federal government body that conducted investigations and dealt with issues pertaining to industrial disputes, fair wages, unemployment, distress caused by work, youth training and war measures. A member of the National War Labour Board between 1941 and 1943, Mr. Jackson was appointed by the Federal Minister of Labour to serve on the Industrial Disputes Inquiry Commission, handling various problems or queries that arose in a business or organization.

Arranged chronologically, the files within the series include: the nine Acts of Parliament utilized by Mr. Jackson when serving on the Industrial Disputes Inquiry Commission; correspondence, notes, case reports, agreements and articles from the Industrial Disputes Inquiry Commission; orders-in-council and interpretive rulings of the disputes Mr. Jackson dealt with from 1941-1942; the minutes of the National War Labour Board (1941-1943); a report of Royal Commission written to the Honourable Mr. Justice Barlow and James T. Stewart, Esquire regarding wage rates of employees in Algoma Steel Corporation Limited and Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation as well as correspondence regarding the case (1941-1943); reports on Sir Robert Borden and Canada’s Naval Defence; reports of the Executive Committee to members of the National War Labour Board (1941-1943); instructions to the Regional War Labour Board’s procedures and decision bulletins (1942); wartime wage control orders, which are order forms placed by companies and industries making requests on issues concerning wage rates, bonuses and changes in the number of days worked per week (1942); committee notes, reports, memoranda and observations made by members of the National War Labour Board (1942-1943); Little Steel Formula cases (1943); and J. L. Cohen’s report to the Honourable Minister of Labour for Canada regarding the Board’s public enquiry recommendations on creating better labour relations (17 Aug. 1943).

Acts that were consulted when resolving disputes and off-prints can be found mixed into the orders in council and interpretive ruling, and Industrial Disputes Inquiry Commission files. They include: Information for employers regarding the Unemployment Insurance Act including summary of regulations (Ottawa: Unemployment Insurance Commission, 1941); Wartime orders in council affecting labour (Ottawa: Department of Labour, 1942); Suggested procedure for the enforcement of wartime wages control order (Ottawa: Department of Labour); Chapter 3 of Acts of 1936 (1939); The Rights and privileges of Canada Packers Toronto employees (Toronto: Toronto Plant Relations Committee, 31 Jul. 1941).

See Series 4 (Canadian Tariff Board), Series 6 (National Selective Advisory Board), Series 7 (Other Federal Government research and reports) and Series 9 (Gilbert Jackson & Associates) for additional submissions written by Mr. Jackson to other federal government boards, commissions and special committees.

B2004-0019/006 (07)-(11). – [ca. 1927]-1943.
B2004-0019/007 (01)-(10). – 1941-1943.

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