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In general, the relative strength of organized labor in America grew substantially during the war. Union membership almost doubled after the formation of the NWLB. Of note, membership in the AFL rose from two million in 1916 to over three million in 1919. By the end of the decade, fifteen percent
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In all, the board ruled on 1,245 cases. Almost ninety percent of them sprang from worker complaints, and five skilled trades accounted for 45 percent. Of the cases, 591 were dismissed, 315 were referred to other federal labor agencies, and 520 resulted in formal awards or findings. In reaching
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decisions, the board was aided by an office and investigative staff of 250 people. Approximately seven hundred thousand workers in one thousand establishments were directly affected.
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Meeting of the War Labor Board in New York, January 1919; co-chairs Taft and Manley are third and second from the right in the seated row, respectively
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The decisions of the NWLB generally supported and strengthened the position of labor. Although it opposed the disruption of war production by
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Following the resignation of Walsh as one of the co-chairs, he was replaced by his assistant Basil M. Manly.
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Papers of the National War Labor Board, 1918–1919 at Cornell University ILR Library Kheel Center
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The National War Labor Board: Stability, Social Justice, and the Voluntary State in World War I.
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The board was disbanded on May 31, 1919, some six and a half months after the end of the war.
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