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
... material net change . The output of 1935 was about 13 percent below that of 1923 ; but the latter was abnormally high . The quantity produced in the depression years 1931 and 1933 dropped to the level of 1899 . The demand for leather ...
... material net change . The output of 1935 was about 13 percent below that of 1923 ; but the latter was abnormally high . The quantity produced in the depression years 1931 and 1933 dropped to the level of 1899 . The demand for leather ...
Page 71
... material , the invest- ment in stock in process is heavy . There is little seasonality in pro- duction , but there are pronounced short - time fluctuations of a non- seasonal character . The number of separate operations is large , and ...
... material , the invest- ment in stock in process is heavy . There is little seasonality in pro- duction , but there are pronounced short - time fluctuations of a non- seasonal character . The number of separate operations is large , and ...
Page 75
... material . Revisions of plant lay - outs appear as an important cause of increased productivity in a very few cases only . Changes in proc- esses have not affected a large enough part of the labor force of any establishment to be ...
... material . Revisions of plant lay - outs appear as an important cause of increased productivity in a very few cases only . Changes in proc- esses have not affected a large enough part of the labor force of any establishment to be ...
Page 87
... materials , mechanical devices for handling various types of freight , and hump yards for sorting and handling cars in terminals . A decline in traffic decreases economies in the use of rolling stock , and an increase in traffic makes ...
... materials , mechanical devices for handling various types of freight , and hump yards for sorting and handling cars in terminals . A decline in traffic decreases economies in the use of rolling stock , and an increase in traffic makes ...
Page 91
... materials and products , and employ workers ranging widely over the professions , the skilled trades , and unskilled occupations . Materials and products used by the railroads but made by other companies have been produced under ...
... materials and products , and employ workers ranging widely over the professions , the skilled trades , and unskilled occupations . Materials and products used by the railroads but made by other companies have been produced under ...
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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...