Benjamin Aaron (September 2, 1915 – August 25, 2007) was an American attorney, labor law scholar and civil servant.
He is known for his work as an arbitrator and mediator, and for helping to advance the development of the field of comparative labor law in the United States.
[3] President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Aaron executive director of the Board, and he served until the end of 1946.
[4][6] President Harry S. Truman appointed him to be a public member of the Wage Stabilization Board on July 5, 1951.
[1] Throughout the 1960s, Aaron helped mediate a large number of labor disagreements, including disputes between workers and employers in the transit, railroad transportation, longshore, aerospace, health care, airline and agricultural industries.
[16] President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Aaron to the National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress in 1965.
[17] As a member of the commission, Aaron studied the effect automation, computer technology and robotics had on patterns of employment, job training and unemployment.
The commission's 1966 report called for higher funding of the Job Corps' vocational training programs and concluded that the disruptions caused by technological change would not be as serious as many feared.
[1] Due to his work in the field, Aaron became editor of the Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal.