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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Page 70
... declined by nearly 18 percent ; but since 1929 there has been little net change . Kid tanneries are urban establishments , but many of those of the side- and calf - leather branches are situated on the outskirts of cities of no great ...
... declined by nearly 18 percent ; but since 1929 there has been little net change . Kid tanneries are urban establishments , but many of those of the side- and calf - leather branches are situated on the outskirts of cities of no great ...
Page 76
... declined . The sole- and side - leather branches , on the other hand , show many instances of substantial increase in productivity in the face of declines in production . They also show cases in which gains in productivity that might ...
... declined . The sole- and side - leather branches , on the other hand , show many instances of substantial increase in productivity in the face of declines in production . They also show cases in which gains in productivity that might ...
Page 86
... declined from 62,342 in 1926 to 50,064 in 1933. There was a further decline to 45,614 between 1933 and 1935 , the latest date with available figures . The average tractive capacity of steam locomotives in 1926 was 41,886 pounds ; in ...
... declined from 62,342 in 1926 to 50,064 in 1933. There was a further decline to 45,614 between 1933 and 1935 , the latest date with available figures . The average tractive capacity of steam locomotives in 1926 was 41,886 pounds ; in ...
Page 89
... of these employees in 1933 was only 60.8 percent of the number in 1926 , and in spite of the upturn in business from 1933 to 1936 , the number of man - hours declined to 60.5 percent of Productivity of Labor and Industry 89.
... of these employees in 1933 was only 60.8 percent of the number in 1926 , and in spite of the upturn in business from 1933 to 1936 , the number of man - hours declined to 60.5 percent of Productivity of Labor and Industry 89.
Page 90
... declined more than the number of employees , the hours paid for in 1936 being 29.4 percent less than in 1926 , while the number of employees was reduced 26.5 percent . If there had been no technological changes affecting these employees ...
... declined more than the number of employees , the hours paid for in 1936 being 29.4 percent less than in 1926 , while the number of employees was reduced 26.5 percent . If there had been no technological changes affecting these employees ...
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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...