Guide to the San Francisco hotel strike of 1937, arbitration proceedings,
1937
Department of Special Collections
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The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the San Francisco hotel strike of 1937, arbitration proceedings,
1937
Collection number: M0335
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 1981 Mar. 18
© 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: San Francisco hotel strike of 1937, arbitration proceedings,
Date (inclusive): 1937
Collection number: Special Collections M0335
Extent:
1 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. J. Jacques Schlaepfer, 1981.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] San Francisco hotel strike of 1937, arbitration proceedings, M0335, Dept. of Special Collections,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Content
Mimeograph of arbitration proceedings between the San Francisco Local Joint Executive Board of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees'
International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America and the Hotel Employees and Hotel Operators. The strike,
which involved members of six labor unions, lasted eighty-nine daysdays and affected some 55 hotels. Arbitration hearings
began 20 Sept. 1937 and lasted until 26 Oct. Includes briefs, exhibits, and arbitration award.*
Union brief 4 vols; Hotel owners brief, vol. 1 - vol 3 (vol.2 Missing); arbitration award, 1 folder.
Additional Note
San Francisco hotel strike, 1937. Proceedings. 335
Opening brief for the unions and supporting exhibits.
September 20, 1937.
Box 1, Folder 1
Table of contents. (This is a detailed breakdown for the contents of box 1. The pages are numbered consecutively so one can
find a particular subject in the union brief by using this folder.
Box 1, Folder 2, Page(s) 1-29
Box 1, Folder 3, Page(s) 30 - 62
Part II - Industrial relations in the hotel industry,
Box 1, Folder 4, Page(s) 63 - 97
Part III - The issues; wages, hours, conditions,
Box 1, Folder 5, Page(s) 98 - 130
Box 1, Folder 6, Page(s) 131 - 162
Box 1, Folder 7, Page(s) 163 - 198
Box 1, Folder 8, Page(s) 199 - 219
Part VI - Miscellaneous employees, description of work, wages, etc.
Box 1, Folder 9, Page(s) 220 - 233
Box 1, Folder 10, Page(s) 234 - 255
Part VII - The waiter & waitress,
Box 1, Folder 11, Page(s) 256 - 277
Box 1, Folder 12, Page(s) 278 - 308
Part VIII - hotel service employees,
Box 1, Folder 13, Page(s) 309 - 333
Part VIII - hotel service employees,
Box 1, Folder 14, Page(s) 334 - 359
Part VIII - hotel service employees,
Box 1, Folder 15, Page(s) 360 - 387
Part VIII - hotel service employees,
Box 1, Folder 16, Page(s) 388 - 413
Part VIII - hotel service employees,
Box 1, Folder 17, Page(s) 414 - 452
Part VIII - hotel service employees,
Box 1, Folder 18, Page(s) 453 - 472
Part VIII (cont'd), including general provisions for all classifications of employees represented by local #283.
Box 1, Folder 19, Page(s) 473 - 503
Box 1, Folder 20, Page(s) 504 - 534
Part X - Basic working conditions & hours of labor,
Box 1, Folder 21, Page(s) 535 - 564
Part X - Basic working conditions & hours of labor,
Box 1, Folder 22, Page(s) 565 - 593
Part X - Basic working conditions & hours of labor,
Box 1, Folder 23, Page(s) 594 - 617
Part X - Basic working conditions & hours of labor,
Box 1, Folder 24, Page(s) 618 - 645
Box 1, Folder 25, Page(s) 646 - 671
Box 1, Folder 26, Page(s) 672 - 698
Box 2, Folder 1
Brief for hotel owners,
September 30, 1937.
Page(s) 1 - 17
Introduction, background to proceedings,
Box 2, Folder 2, Page(s) 18 - 39
Box 2, Folder 3, Page(s) 40 - 69
Part III - Class A hotels,
Page(s) 70 - 98
Part IV - Class B1 hotels,
Box 2, Folder 5, Page(s) 99 - 108
Part V - Class B2 hotels, kitchen.
Page 109 - 118
Part VI Class B2 hotels, non-kitchen.
Box 2, Folder 6, Page(s) 135 - 159
Part VII - American plan hotels
Note
[Pages 160 - 272 are missing]
Box 2, Folder 7
Index to pages 273 - 427 and appendices (useful to the reader as a guide to this final section)
Page(s) 273 - 287
Schedule of wage proposals,
Box 2, Folder 8, Page(s) 288 - 316
Part XI - Brief for hotel owners: argument (by Gregory A. Harrison)
Box 2, Folder 9, Page(s) 817 - 343
Part XI - Brief for hotel owners: argument (by Gregory A. Harrison)
Box 2, Folder 10, Page(s) 344 - 373
Part XI - Brief for hotel owners: argument (by Gregory A. Harrison)
Box 2, Folder 11, Page(s) 374 - 404
Part XI - Brief for hotel owners: argument (by Gregory A. Harrison)
Box 2, Folder 12, Page(s) 405 - 441
Part XI - Brief for hotel owners: argument (by Gregory A. Harrison)
Box 2, Folder 13
Employers' brief - schedules
Box 2, Folder 14
Arbitration proceedings/award.
Page(s) 1 - 29
Table of contents to pages 1 - 76 (Reader should use this as a detailed index to these pages)
Box 2, Folder 15, Page(s) 29a - 50
Arbitration proceedings/award (cont'd)
Box 2, Folder 16, Page(s) 50a - 77
Arbitration proceedings/award (cont'd)