Newlands Labor Act

This article is about railroad labor law. For the public lands law, see Newlands Reclamation Act.
Martin Augustine Knapp, William Lea Chambers and George Wallace William Hanger in 1913

The Newlands Labor Act was a 1913 United States federal law, sponsored by Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada and drafted by Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Charles Patrick Neill. It created the Board of Mediation and Conciliation (BMC). The BMC was a precursor to today's National Mediation Board (NMB).[1]

  1. ^ United States. An Act Providing for mediation, conciliation, and arbitration in controversies between certain employers and their employees (Newlands Act). Ch. 6, 38 Stat. 103. Approved July 15, 1913.