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This corporation was organized to construct under contract vessels for United States commerce ; to control production ... and arrange for shipments of shipbuilding materials ; and to adjust all legal questions affecting contracts and ...
This corporation was organized to construct under contract vessels for United States commerce ; to control production ... and arrange for shipments of shipbuilding materials ; and to adjust all legal questions affecting contracts and ...
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War contracts must not be allowed an opportunity for private gains and the accumulation of war profits . As a matter of justice and democratic principle representatives of employees as well as of employers ought to determine national ...
War contracts must not be allowed an opportunity for private gains and the accumulation of war profits . As a matter of justice and democratic principle representatives of employees as well as of employers ought to determine national ...
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... a representative of a large shipbuilding company stated that the men were loafing in the yards ; that his company was five months behind in turning out government contracts because the men would not The only solution he thought was ...
... a representative of a large shipbuilding company stated that the men were loafing in the yards ; that his company was five months behind in turning out government contracts because the men would not The only solution he thought was ...
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Wages were especially high in shipyards and other establishments working on government contracts , such as those let by the Emergency Fleet Corporation . Other causes were the lack of proper housing and transportation facilities ...
Wages were especially high in shipyards and other establishments working on government contracts , such as those let by the Emergency Fleet Corporation . Other causes were the lack of proper housing and transportation facilities ...
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ployers , anxious to secure workmen in order to fill war contracts which offered an attractive differential , entered into unrestricted competition for labor and in the process of bargaining offered special wage inducements .
ployers , anxious to secure workmen in order to fill war contracts which offered an attractive differential , entered into unrestricted competition for labor and in the process of bargaining offered special wage inducements .
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| Title | Labor Problems and Labor Administration in the United States During the World War, Volume 1 Volume 8, Issues 3-4 of Illinois studies in the social sciences Labor Problems and Labor Administration in the United States During the World War, Gordon S. Watkins Volume 8, Issues 3-4 of Studies in the social sciences / University of Illinois Studies, University of Illinois, in the Social Sciences. Vol. 8. No. 3. 4 Volume 8, Issues 3-4 of University of Illinois studies in the social sciences |
| Author | Gordon S. Watkins |
| Publisher | University of Illinois, 1919 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
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