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... jurisdictions where there are statutes author- izing it , and in others in the absence of statutory authorization 17. Commonwealth v . Hunt , 4 Met . ( Mass . ) 111 , 38 Am.Dec . 346 . 18. State v . Stewart , 59 Vt . 273 , 9 Atl . 559 ...
... jurisdictions where there are statutes author- izing it , and in others in the absence of statutory authorization 17. Commonwealth v . Hunt , 4 Met . ( Mass . ) 111 , 38 Am.Dec . 346 . 18. State v . Stewart , 59 Vt . 273 , 9 Atl . 559 ...
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... jurisdiction , a minimum rule fixing the number of musicians to be employed in the several theatres was held to be an interference with the right of the owners of those theatres to a free flow of labor which was not justified by the ...
... jurisdiction , a minimum rule fixing the number of musicians to be employed in the several theatres was held to be an interference with the right of the owners of those theatres to a free flow of labor which was not justified by the ...
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... jurisdiction because the judge finds that the purpose of such strike is to obtain efficient and capable workmen , 61. Monthly Labor Review , Vol . X , No. 6 , June , 1920 . while in a neighboring jurisdiction another judge finds a ...
... jurisdiction because the judge finds that the purpose of such strike is to obtain efficient and capable workmen , 61. Monthly Labor Review , Vol . X , No. 6 , June , 1920 . while in a neighboring jurisdiction another judge finds a ...
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Leonard Joseph Meltzer. while in a neighboring jurisdiction another judge finds a strike for a similar purpose to be ... jurisdictions 62. Prof. Smith , " Crucial Issues in Labor Legislation " , 20 Harvard Law Review 429 , 454 . 63 ...
Leonard Joseph Meltzer. while in a neighboring jurisdiction another judge finds a strike for a similar purpose to be ... jurisdictions 62. Prof. Smith , " Crucial Issues in Labor Legislation " , 20 Harvard Law Review 429 , 454 . 63 ...
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Popular passages
Page 9 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Page 12 - It is not the duty of one man to work for another unless he has agreed to, and if he has so agreed, but for no fixed period, either may end the contract whenever he chooses. The one may work or refuse to work at will, and the other may hire or discharge at will. The terms of employment are subject to mutual agreement, without let or hindrance from any one. If the terms do not suit, or the employer does not please, the right to quit is absolute, and no one may demand a reason therefor.
Page 7 - trade dispute" means any dispute between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, which is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of the employment, or with the conditions of labour, of any person...
Page 30 - Malicious motives, make a bad act worse, but they cannot make that a wrong which in its own essence is lawful.
Page 27 - An association of individuals may determine that its members shall not work for specified employers of labor. The question ever is as to its purpose in reaching such determination. If the determination is reached in good faith for the purpose of bettering the condition of its members and not through malice or otherwise to injure an employer, the fact that such action may result in incidental injury to the employer does not constitute a justification for issuing an injunction against enforcing such...
Page 21 - I think it lawful for a body of workmen to try by combination to get more than they now are getting, although they do it at the expense of their fellows, and to that end to strengthen their union by the boycott and the strike.
Page 18 - To organize for the purpose of securing improvement in the terms and conditions of labor, and to quit work and to threaten to quit work as means of compelling or attempting to compel employers to accede to their demands for better terms and conditions, are rights of workmen so well and so thoroughly established in the law (Thomas r.
Page 7 - An act done in pursuance of an agreement or combination by two or more persons shall, if done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, not be actionable unless the act, if done without any such agreement or combination, would be actionable.
Page 7 - ... trade dispute" means any dispute between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, which is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of the employment, or with the conditions of labour, of any person, and the expression "workmen...
Page 13 - ... limitation on what acts a labor union can legally do. That is the increase of power which a combination of citizens has over the individual citizen. Take for example the power of a labor union to compel by a strike compliance with its demands. Speaking generally a strike to be successful means not only coercion and compulsion but coercion and compulsion which, for practical purposes, are irresistible. A successful strike by laborers means, in many if not in most cases, that for practical purposes...