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Presidential Board of Inquiry created when Eisenhower invoked the cooling-off provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. Despite Taylor's role in helping Eisenhower win a court injunction stopping the strike for 90s days, Taylor became involved in helping end the strike. He
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National Labor-Management Conference in 1946. The same year, Truman appointed Taylor chairman of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Taylor also served as a consultant to the Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch from
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in 1942. He became the board's chairman in 1945. In July 1942, Taylor wrote the wage decision popularly known as the "Little Steel formula" which gave workers employed by smaller steel companies only modest pay increases for the duration of the war. The board applied the "Little Steel formula" to
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Taylor was a strong advocate of private sector collective bargaining, but believed that governments had the right to significantly restrict collective bargaining and the right to strike in the public sector. He was a strong advocate of the
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Clothing Manufacturers' Association and the
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as poor public policy and an improper restriction on the right to strike. In many important labor disputes, however, Taylor often took positions opposed to those advocated by
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Lawrence, W.H. "New Englander Is Designated Economic Stabilization Head."
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Labor and the Wartime State: Labor Relations and Law During World War II.
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Labor and the Wartime State: Labor Relations and Law During World War II,
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More Profile Than Courage: The New York City Transit Strike of 1966.
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Administering the Taylor Law: Public Employee Relations in New York.
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More Profile Than Courage: The New York City Transit Strike of 1966,
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Administering the Taylor Law: Public Employee Relations in New York,
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Significant post-war changes in the full-fashioned hosiery industry.
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United They Teach: The Story of the United Federation of Teachers.
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United They Teach: The Story of the United Federation of Teachers,
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Shils, Edward B. "Arthur Goldberg: Proof of the American Dream."
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Reprint ed. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1992.
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which crafted a settlement that led to collective bargaining for
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Taylor was born in the Kensington industrial neighborhood of
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Shils, Edward B. "George W. Taylor: Industrial Peacemaker."
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Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1979.
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President Roosevelt appointed Taylor vice chairman of the
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Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1990.
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University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library Archives.
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Shils, "Arthur Goldberg: Proof of the American Dream,"
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of conflict. I think that's the essence of democracy.
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Taylor, George William; Pierson, Frank Cook (1957).
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570:On January 5, 1995, Taylor was inducted into the
469:In 1951, Truman appointed Taylor director of the
1131:History of labor relations in the United States
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512:In 1961, Taylor led a commission appointed by
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992:New York: Marcell Dekker, Inc., 1984.
454:nearly every American industry during
355:American Federation of Hosiery Workers
1074:Arthur J. Goldberg: New Deal Liberal.
990:Labor Relations in the Public Sector.
899:Labor Relations in the Public Sector,
862:Arthur J. Goldberg: New Deal Liberal,
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1103:Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1974.
973:University of Pennsylvania Libraries
387:Congress of Industrial Organizations
364:. He held that position until 1961.
444:Fair Labor Standards Administration
1091:New concepts in wage determination
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537:1966 New York City transit strike
279:In 1921, Taylor graduated with a
1161:20th-century American economists
440:National Recovery Administration
330:campus until his death in 1972.
139:National Recovery Administration
960:"George W. Taylor Dies At 71."
936:Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, 1990.
740:"George W. Taylor Dies At 71,"
405:, and vehemently condemned the
487:United Steelworkers of America
393:(AFL) and CIO merged in 1955.
320:alternative dispute resolution
159:Labor-Wage Contract Agreements
156:Father of American Arbitration
153:Industrial Relations Academics
21:George Taylor (disambiguation)
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565:Presidential Medal of Freedom
529:United Federation of Teachers
244:In 1967, he helped draft the
204:Presidential Medal of Freedom
1166:Economists from Pennsylvania
403:National Labor Relations Act
391:American Federation of Labor
1146:Educators from Philadelphia
948:John L. Lewis: A Biography.
817:1992, p. 418-420; Atleson,
815:John L. Lewis: A Biography,
334:Industrial relations career
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223:University of Pennsylvania
136:Wharton School of Business
119:Public Service Chairperson
102:Wharton School of Business
99:University of Pennsylvania
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860:January 1997; Stebenne,
572:U.S. Department of Labor
555:Personal life and honors
471:Wage Stabilization Board
451:National War Labor Board
185:Wage Stabilization Board
182:National War Labor Board
980:George W. Taylor papers
969:George W. Taylor papers
813:Dubofsky and Van Tine,
289:business administration
1032:The Teacher Rebellion.
879:The Teacher Rebellion,
446:throughout the 1930s.
1136:Wharton School alumni
1053:Monthly Labor Review.
1046:Monthly Labor Review.
858:Monthly Labor Review,
710:Monthly Labor Review,
567:on December 3, 1963.
517:Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
436:Franklin D. Roosevelt
351:collective bargaining
344:Reading, Pennsylvania
274:Frankford High School
254:collective bargaining
988:Kearney, Richard C.
478:steel strike of 1959
429:National Labor Board
252:law which legalized
227:industrial relations
215:industrial relations
179:National Labor Board
173:Board member of
162:Little Steel Formula
1113:"War Labor Board."
1072:Stebenne, David L.
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830:"War Labor Board,"
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563:awarded Taylor the
514:New York City Mayor
504:In 1961, President
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847:November 27, 1951.
744:December 17, 1972.
575:Labor Hall of Fame
544:Nelson Rockefeller
16:American economist
1117:January 19, 1942.
1058:Shils, Edward B.
932:Donovan, Ronald.
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561:Lyndon B. Johnson
482:Dwight Eisenhower
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598:Clark Kerr
559:President
461:President
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264:Early life
258:Taylor Law
235:arbitrator
165:Taylor Law
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758:Donovan,
485:assisted
433:President
297:doctorate
285:economics
127:Employers
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521:teachers
489:counsel
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