Monthly Labor Review, Volume 45U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 - Labor Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews. |
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... amount of time worked during a half - month pay - roll period varies seasonally , and there are sometimes differences between the working time of mines even during the same season . Thus , an employee may work an average of 4 days of 7 ...
... amount of time worked during a half - month pay - roll period varies seasonally , and there are sometimes differences between the working time of mines even during the same season . Thus , an employee may work an average of 4 days of 7 ...
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... amount exceeds by $ 102 the average of $ 1,031 for those whose work extended over 18 or more half - month pay - roll periods . The average for those whose work was spread over 12 or more half - month periods amounted to $ 985 , as com ...
... amount exceeds by $ 102 the average of $ 1,031 for those whose work extended over 18 or more half - month pay - roll periods . The average for those whose work was spread over 12 or more half - month periods amounted to $ 985 , as com ...
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... amount of labor required for the internal transportation of stock in process . The process of manufacture requires about a month in side , calf , and kid tanneries , but from 2 to 4 months in most sole - leather plants . Because of this ...
... amount of labor required for the internal transportation of stock in process . The process of manufacture requires about a month in side , calf , and kid tanneries , but from 2 to 4 months in most sole - leather plants . Because of this ...
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... amount of revenue traffic is small . The amount of revenue traffic in 1936 was 25.9 percent less than in 1926 and 12.2 percent less than in 1916. The large increase in labor productivity as measured by the amount of revenue traffic per ...
... amount of revenue traffic is small . The amount of revenue traffic in 1936 was 25.9 percent less than in 1926 and 12.2 percent less than in 1916. The large increase in labor productivity as measured by the amount of revenue traffic per ...
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... amount required in the first case , the number of passengers handled , the number of passenger- miles , and the amount of revenue received may be twice or three times as great . When freight traffic falls off , it is possible to reduce ...
... amount required in the first case , the number of passengers handled , the number of passenger- miles , and the amount of revenue received may be twice or three times as great . When freight traffic falls off , it is possible to reduce ...
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Page 858 - Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes, shall be the exclusive representatives of all the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment...
Page 855 - ... discrimination in regard to' hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization: . . . (4) to discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because he has filed charges or given testimony under this Act; (5) to refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of his employees, subject to the provisions of section 9(a).
Page 860 - It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer — (1) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7. (2) To dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or contribute financial or other support to it...
Page 183 - Nor is the concept of the general welfare static. Needs that were narrow or parochial a century ago may be interwoven in our day with the well-being of the Nation. What is critical or urgent changes with the times.
Page 189 - ... Legislature of Wisconsin has declared that "peaceful picketing and patrolling" on the public streets and places shall be permissible "whether engaged in singly or in numbers" provided this is done "without intimidation or coercion" and free from "fraud, violence, breach of the peace, or threat thereof." The statute provides that the picketing must be peaceful; and that term as used implies not only absence of violence, but absence of any unlawful act. It precludes the intimidation of customers....
Page 861 - That the several district courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this Act, and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 50 - Departments, the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation of the Department of Commerce, and other government departments and agencies which are engaged in activities related to the operation of shipping.
Page 181 - On the other hand, fulfillment of the home duty will be lightened and encouraged by crediting the taxpayer upon his account with the Treasury of the nation to the extent that his contributions under the laws of the locality have simplified or diminished the problem of relief and the probable demand upon the resources of the fisc. Duplicated taxes, or burdens that approach them are recognized hardships that government, state or national, may properly avoid.
Page 181 - Every tax is in some measure regulatory. To some extent it interposes an economic impediment to the activity taxed as compared with others not taxed.
Page 181 - The Social Security Act is an attempt to find a method by which all these public agencies may work together to a common end. Every dollar of the new taxes will continue in all likelihood to be used and needed by the nation as long as states are unwilling, whether through timidity or for other motives, to do what can be done at home. At least the inference is permissible that Congress so believed, though retaining undiminished freedom to spend the money as it pleased. On the other hand...