Reports of the Industrial Commission..., Volume 17

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
715
2 Summary of results
716
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF RAILWAY EMPLOYMENT
719
Daily wages and annual income of railway employees
722
5 Hours of labor Sunday labor pay for overtime
735
THE REQUIREMENTS OF RAILWAY SERVICE
746
The technical education of railway employees
774
Technical education of railway employees in United States
781
The discharge promotion and discipline of railway employees
790
The blacklisting of railway employees the common and statute law concerning the right to quit work and to strike
805
THE ORGANIZATIONS OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
821
Order of Railway Conductors of America
826
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
828
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
833
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
838
Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America
841
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
843
Brotherhood of Railroad Bridgemen
845
Switchmens Union of North America
846
Ladies auxiliaries to the brotherhoods
847
Educational religious and fraternal associations
848
The federation of railway brotherhoods and their relation to other labor organizations
852
13 The attitude of railway corporations toward labor organizations and toward the question of arbitration of labor disputes
857
PART IV THE RELATIONS OF RAILWAY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES
867
Accident insurance
869
Hospital relief
871
Railway relief departments
873
Pension features
883
Savings funds
890
Employers liability
894
Statutory modifications of the fellowservant rule
898
Safety appliances legislation and its enforcement
902

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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...
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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...
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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.
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