National War Labor Board (1942–1945)

The National War Labor Board, commonly the War Labor Board (NWLB or WLB), was an independent agency of the United States government, established January 12, 1942, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the purpose of which was to mediate labor disputes as part of the American home front during World War II. The twelve-member board had a tripartite structure, with four members from each of industry, labor, and the public, with William Hammatt Davis as its chair. Acting as an arbitration tribunal, the board replaced normal collective bargaining during the war, as it could intervene in any labor dispute that it saw as endangering "the effective prosecution of the war" and put into place a settlement.

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