The National War Labor Board, commonly the War Labor Board, was an independent agency of the United States government, established January 12, 1942, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roos
Poster put out by the War Production Board, emphasizing the need for labor and industry to cooperate during the war
The members of the War Labor Board, as photographed before their initial meeting on January 16, 1942; Chairman Davis is front row center
Scene from the "Little Steel" hearing held by the National War Labor Board at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 1942
War Labor Board anthracite hearing in Washington, D.C., in January 1943: labor members, seated at the left of conference table, and employer members, seated at the right, hear testimony of striking coal miners
The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls. T
National War Labor Board (1942–1945)
…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…
Service on the Home Front by Louis Hirshman and William Tasker.
Female factory workers bucking rivets during manufacture of an aircraft in 1942, Long Beach, California
Sugar rationing
"This is My Fight Too!" war bond poster, 1942. Hennepin County Library collection.