Federal Legislation to End Strikes: A Documentary History: Prepared for the Subcommittee on Labor of the ... by the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress, May 1967 |
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... increase of pay . What did the statute do in settling these differences ? It permanently applied an eight - hour ... increased rate of pay during overtime if there was any and confined it to the regular rate and it moreover rejected the ...
... increase of pay . What did the statute do in settling these differences ? It permanently applied an eight - hour ... increased rate of pay during overtime if there was any and confined it to the regular rate and it moreover rejected the ...
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... increase or decrease of the time of service . One who works ten hours a day for $ 5.00 may be said to get less than one who works eight hours for the same sum . The labor of the latter is of greater value to him than the labor of the ...
... increase or decrease of the time of service . One who works ten hours a day for $ 5.00 may be said to get less than one who works eight hours for the same sum . The labor of the latter is of greater value to him than the labor of the ...
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... increase of expense to the roads and may or may not require recom- pense by an increase of their rates . Pending the report of the commission and for thirty days thereafter it is provided ( § 3 ) that compensation shall not be reduced ...
... increase of expense to the roads and may or may not require recom- pense by an increase of their rates . Pending the report of the commission and for thirty days thereafter it is provided ( § 3 ) that compensation shall not be reduced ...
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... increase the wages of certain employees in interstate commerce by the requirement that pending investigation , the wages which have theretofore been paid for ten hours ' service shall be given for eight hours ' service of the same ...
... increase the wages of certain employees in interstate commerce by the requirement that pending investigation , the wages which have theretofore been paid for ten hours ' service shall be given for eight hours ' service of the same ...
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... increase in wages amounting , it is stated , to many millions of dollars , and certain to cost a very large sum , must be paid , not by the public , nor be equally borne by the contracting parties , but by legislative edict is made to ...
... increase in wages amounting , it is stated , to many millions of dollars , and certain to cost a very large sum , must be paid , not by the public , nor be equally borne by the contracting parties , but by legislative edict is made to ...
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Page 54 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 347 - It shall be the duty of all carriers, their officers, agents and employees to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions, and to settle all disputes, whether arising out of the application of such agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier growing out of any disputes between the carrier and the employees thereof.
Page 427 - The doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted by the Convention of 1787, not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power. The purpose was, not to avoid friction, but, by means of the inevitable friction incident to the distribution of the governmental powers among three departments, to save the people from autocracy.
Page 208 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW In compliance with subsection (4) of rule XXIX of the Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman...
Page 144 - carrier" includes any express company, sleeping-car company, carrier by railroad, subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and any company which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by or under common control with any carrier by railroad and which operates any equipment or facilities or performs any service (other than trucking service) in connection with the transportation...
Page 218 - No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the United States for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon clear proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts, or of ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.
Page 480 - This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Page 277 - A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation; or have direct or indirect interests therein...
Page 990 - Each member shall hold office for a term of three years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and...
Page 220 - A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it, and if he or it is engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation...