Labor Problems and Labor Administration in the United States During the World War, Volume 8University of Illinois, 1920 - Labor |
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Page 24
... rates of wages enabled the men to accumulate sufficient surplus to encourage idling a day or so each week . ( 7 ) A tendency to break down the legal safeguards built around labor , especially in the case of women and of children . ( 8 ) ...
... rates of wages enabled the men to accumulate sufficient surplus to encourage idling a day or so each week . ( 7 ) A tendency to break down the legal safeguards built around labor , especially in the case of women and of children . ( 8 ) ...
Page 62
... rates has instituted wage scales so high as not only to demoralize the labor market , but also to induce the idling of employees to such an extent as to reduce their efficiency from 30 to 50 per cent.87 The Shipping Board not only ...
... rates has instituted wage scales so high as not only to demoralize the labor market , but also to induce the idling of employees to such an extent as to reduce their efficiency from 30 to 50 per cent.87 The Shipping Board not only ...
Page 63
... rate of wages . Between August , 1915 , and August , 1918 , the company granted increases totalling more than 100 per cent.40 In the shipyards alone , upon the advice of the United States Shipping Board , wage advances were made during ...
... rate of wages . Between August , 1915 , and August , 1918 , the company granted increases totalling more than 100 per cent.40 In the shipyards alone , upon the advice of the United States Shipping Board , wage advances were made during ...
Page 64
... rates of interest to private enterprises engaged on war contracts.43 Manufacturers who for a long time have recognized the neces- sity of successfully solving the housing problem found them- selves with a critical situation to meet in ...
... rates of interest to private enterprises engaged on war contracts.43 Manufacturers who for a long time have recognized the neces- sity of successfully solving the housing problem found them- selves with a critical situation to meet in ...
Page 65
... rates of interest , even to the extent of suffering a loss , as suggested by the Housing Committee of the Council of National Defense , if the corporations or other private agencies were to take advantage of the situation by increasing ...
... rates of interest , even to the extent of suffering a loss , as suggested by the Housing Committee of the Council of National Defense , if the corporations or other private agencies were to take advantage of the situation by increasing ...
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Page 133 - That the Secretary of Labor shall have power to act as mediator and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in labor disputes whenever In his judgment the interests of industrial peace may require it to be done...
Page 23 - August 29, 1916, to the effect that "the President in time of war is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion...
Page 135 - Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable...
Page 190 - An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes,
Page 110 - This right shall not be denied, abridged, or interfered with by the employers in any manner whatsoever. 2. The right of employers to organize in associations or groups and to bargain collectively through chosen representatives is recognized and affirmed. This right shall not be denied, abridged, or interfered with by the workers in any manner whatsoever.
Page 48 - ... in every field of activity to defend, safeguard and preserve the republic of the United States of America against its enemies...
Page 102 - That the wages of persons employed upon such contracts shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours work, with overtime rates to be paid .for at not less than time and one-half for all hours work in excess of eight hours.
Page 196 - President issued a proclamation urging all employers engaged in war work to refrain, after August 1, 1918, from recruiting unskilled labor in any manner whatsoever, except through the United States Employment Service...
Page 142 - California which forbade such employment for more than eight hours a day or fortyeight hours a week.
Page 165 - Machinery for safeguarding conditions of living, including housing, transportation, etc. 5. Fact-gathering body to assemble and present data, collected through various existing Governmental agencies or by independent research, to furnish the information necessary for effective executive action.