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3 1262 08483 0131 Registry No. 255-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CIRCULAR RAYON KNITTING 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 

"WE D OUR PART 

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The Code for the Circular Rayon Knitting: Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D .C. - - - - - - Price 5 cents 

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SUBMITTED BY 

.ASSOCIATION OF RAYON CIRCULAR KNIT· FABRIC MANUFACTURERS, 

INC. 

(II) 
PROPOSED CODE FOR THE CIRCULAR RA YON KNITTING 

INDUSTRY 

To effe tuate the policy of Title 1 of the ational Indu. trial Reovery Act during the period of the emergency by re iucing and 

relievino· unemployment, and improving the tandard of labor the 

following provi ion are e tabli hed as a code for the Circular Rayon 

Knitting Industry: 

I. The term "Circular Rayon Knitting Indu try" as u ed herein 

is defined to be the manufacture of fabrics or cloths from rayon or 

other synthetic yarns in the grege or finished state-for ale a uchby the use of circular knitting equipment. It specifically doe not include those manufacturers who knit for their own use rayon or 

synthetic cloths or fabrics incidental to manufacture of underwear 

or other finished garments. 

II. The term " effective date " as used herein i defined to be on 

the fourteenth day after this code shall have been approved by the 

President. 

III. The term "employees" as used herein shall include all persons working for wages and excepts those employees who serve in 

executive, administrative, supervisory, sales, and technical capacities. 

IV. On and after the effective date the following conditions shall 

govern employment in the Circular Rayon Knitting Industry: 

(a) The maximum hours of labor for employees shall be forty 

per week, subject to the flexible provision that the average hours 

worked per week by any individual employee shall not exceed the 

established maximum when figured over a period of four week . 

(b) Inasmuch as this code now propo es in clause (a) next preceding, to establish a uniform practice of forty hours maximum 

employment for employees, no employee after the effective date hall 

receive for the forty-hour period of work less compensation than 

was, or would have been received by said employee for forty-eight 

hour of labor when paid at the rates prevailing as of May 1, 1933; 

and on and after the effective date the minimum wage which shall 

be paid to employees in the Circular Rayon Knitting Industry, without respect to the method or basis of wage payment, shall be at the 

rate of $13.00 per week for forty hours of labor-except apprentice 

during a period limited to ix weeks shall be paid at the rate of 85 % 

of the minimum wage specified herein. 

V. No person under sixteen years of age hall be employed. 

VI. As required by Section 7 (a) of Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are conditions of the 

code: 

" 1. That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively thru representatives of their own choo ing, and hall 

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be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers 

of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives 

or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

"2. That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be 

required as a condition of employment to join any company union 

or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; and 

" 3. That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, 

approved or prescribed by the President." 

VII. This code imposes no restrictions on machine hours. 

VIII. The companies signing applications attached to this code 

hereby agree to furnish such information or returns as may be required by the Administrator of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act to substantiate their compliance with the provisions contained 

herein. 

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