H. R. 15651, Eight Hours for Laborers on Government Work: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 1, Committee on Labor of the House of Representatives...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - 973 páginas |
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... operation of such a law . No comparative figures are obtainable to show the cost of production and quantity of product per man in establishments engaged in part on Government contracts under an eight - hour day and in part under a ...
... operation of such a law . No comparative figures are obtainable to show the cost of production and quantity of product per man in establishments engaged in part on Government contracts under an eight - hour day and in part under a ...
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... operation of such a law . No comparative figures are obtainable to show the cost of production and quantity of product per man in establishments engaged in part on Government contracts under an eight - hour day and in part under a ...
... operation of such a law . No comparative figures are obtainable to show the cost of production and quantity of product per man in establishments engaged in part on Government contracts under an eight - hour day and in part under a ...
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... operation , it being overwhelmingly established that all those other interests would be disastrously affected , and that the Government of the United States would practically come to a standstill if they were included in this bill ...
... operation , it being overwhelmingly established that all those other interests would be disastrously affected , and that the Government of the United States would practically come to a standstill if they were included in this bill ...
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... operation of a plant , either in part or in whole , we expect that eight hours shall constitute a day's work by law and the limitation of a day's work . Mr. PAYSON . That is what I wanted you to say . Mr. GOMPERS . I am very glad ...
... operation of a plant , either in part or in whole , we expect that eight hours shall constitute a day's work by law and the limitation of a day's work . Mr. PAYSON . That is what I wanted you to say . Mr. GOMPERS . I am very glad ...
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... operation of law stripped of existing contractual rights ; the one may sell but eight hours of his labor , the other may buy no more . It is said that this bill proposes to be merely directive ; it is more than that , Mr. Chairman . As ...
... operation of law stripped of existing contractual rights ; the one may sell but eight hours of his labor , the other may buy no more . It is said that this bill proposes to be merely directive ; it is more than that , Mr. Chairman . As ...
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Página 343 - District, which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract, in the employ of the contractor or any sub-contractor contractIng for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day upon such work...
Página 336 - Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States...
Página 610 - That woman's physical structure and the performance of maternal functions place her at a disadvantage in the struggle for subsistence is obvious. This is especially true when the burdens of motherhood are upon her. Even when they are not, by abundant testimony of the medical fraternity continuance for a long time on her feet at work, repeating this from day to day, tends to injurious effects upon the body, and as healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical well-being of women...
Página 243 - ... or required to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood or danger to life or property.
Página 624 - In every case that comes before this court, therefore, where legislation of this character is concerned and where the protection of the Federal Constitution is sought, the question necessarily arises: Is this a fair, reasonable and appropriate exercise of the police power of the State, or is it an unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference with the right of the individual to his personal liberty...
Página 610 - The two sexes differ in structure of body, in the functions to be performed by each, in the amount of physical strength, in the capacity for long-continued labor, particularly when done standing, the influence of vigorous health upon the future well-being of the race, the self-reliance which enables one to assert full rights, and in the capacity to maintain the struggle for subsistence. This difference justifies a difference in legislation and upholds that which is designed to compensate for some...
Página 622 - While the general experience of mankind may justify us in believing that men may engage in ordinary employments more than eight hours per day without injury to their health, it does not follow that labor for the same length of time is innocuous when carried on beneath the surface of the earth, where the operative is deprived of fresh air and sunlight, and is frequently subjected to foul atmosphere and a very high temperature, or to the influence of noxious gases generated by the processes of refining...
Página 624 - Under such circumstances the freedom of master and employee to contract with each other in relation to their employment, and in defining the same, cannot be prohibited or interfered with, without violating the Federal Constitution.
Página 41 - ... for the purchase of supplies by the Government, whether manufactured to conform to particular specifications or not, or for such materials or articles as may usually be bought in open market, except armor and armor plate, whether made to conform to particular specifications or not...
Página 9 - Is this a fair, reasonable and appropriate exercise of the police power of the State, or is it an unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference with the right of the individual to his personal liberty or to enter into those contracts in relation to labor which may seem to him appropriate or necessary for the support of himself and his family?