Reports of the Industrial Commission..., Volume 17U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page xvii
... increased 234 per cent during the 7 years , while the other unions increased only 141⁄2 per cent . The latter increase took place entirely during the 2 years of good trade , 1898 and 1899 , while the increase of the 100 selected unions ...
... increased 234 per cent during the 7 years , while the other unions increased only 141⁄2 per cent . The latter increase took place entirely during the 2 years of good trade , 1898 and 1899 , while the increase of the 100 selected unions ...
Page xviii
... increased from 1,503,232 at the end of 1892 to 1,802,518 at the end of 1899 , an increase of 20 per cent in the 7 years . The number fell off with the coming of the depression of 1893 , and continued to decrease until 1895. Since that ...
... increased from 1,503,232 at the end of 1892 to 1,802,518 at the end of 1899 , an increase of 20 per cent in the 7 years . The number fell off with the coming of the depression of 1893 , and continued to decrease until 1895. Since that ...
Page xx
... increase of its mem- bership during the last two or three years has changed that . The income has doubled and trebled . The salaries of its officers have not been materially increased , and while there has been an increase of necessary ...
... increase of its mem- bership during the last two or three years has changed that . The income has doubled and trebled . The salaries of its officers have not been materially increased , and while there has been an increase of necessary ...
Page xxxviii
... increase it by over $ 20,000 . Mean- time the local unions levied local assessments in support of strikes to an amount con- siderably greater than the payments for the purpose from the national treasury . The promptness and readiness ...
... increase it by over $ 20,000 . Mean- time the local unions levied local assessments in support of strikes to an amount con- siderably greater than the payments for the purpose from the national treasury . The promptness and readiness ...
Page xliv
... increase of the economic power of the working class will diminish unemployment , rather than increase it . Among the English unions the problem of unemployment is quite generally dealt with by a sort of sharing of the wages of those who ...
... increase of the economic power of the working class will diminish unemployment , rather than increase it . Among the English unions the problem of unemployment is quite generally dealt with by a sort of sharing of the wages of those who ...
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Page cxv - June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.
Page 379 - Act and the employees of such carrier, seriously interrupting or threatening to interrupt the business of said carrier, the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Commissioner of Labor shall, upon the request of either party to the controversy, with all practicable expedition, put themselves in communication with the parties to such controversy, and shall use their best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to amicably settle the same...
Page 188 - ... the people as a collective body, and the substitution of the Co-operative Commonwealth for the present state of planless production, industrial war and social disorder; a Commonwealth in which every worker shall have the free exercise and full benefit of his faculties, multiplied by all the modern factors of civilization.
Page 381 - ... notice in writing of their intention so to quit. Nor shall the employer dissatisfied with such award dismiss any employee or employees on account of such dissatisfaction before the expiration of three months from and after the making of such award without giving thirty days' notice in writing of his intention so to discharge. Fifth. That said award shall continue in force as between the parties thereto for the period of one year after the same shall go into practical operation, and no new arbitration...
Page 380 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 381 - The board of arbitration, or any member thereof, shall have the power to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of such books, papers, contracts, agreements, and documents as may be deemed by the board of arbitration material to a just determination of the matters submitted to its arbitration...
Page lxv - As usually understood, a boycott is a combination of many to cause a loss to one person by coercing others, against their will, to withdraw from him their beneficial business intercourse, through threats that, unless those others do so, the many will cause similar loss to them.
Page 381 - If exceptions to an award are finally sustained, judgment shall be entered setting aside the award in whole or in part; but in such case the parties may agree upon a judgment to be entered disposing of the subject matter of the controversy, which judgment when entered shall have the same force and effect as judgment entered upon an award.
Page 118 - ... to secure adequate pay for our work; to furnish aid in cases of death or permanent disability, and by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of all our members, and to improve the trade.
Page 84 - Lithographers. International Protective and Beneficial Association of the United States and Canada.