The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-29
UNION LABOR
ASKS A LAW
Compelling Weekly Pay
mentS For Labor.
CANDIDATES ARE ASKED
will Not Be Supported By Union
Men Unless They Support
Bill.

Rutland, May %. The Vermont
Branch, American Federation of La
Dor, have prepared a weekly payment
bill to be introduced at the next SEES
sion OF the Vermont legislature. An
appeal for the measure and the text of
the bill as printed in the Vermont I'm
ion Signal, are given herewith:
"Workingmen of Vermont, YOU are
called upon to question all Candidates
for the house and senate as TO their
probable action when the following
bill is introduced in the next legisla-
ture.
"rhe politicians have laughed to
scorn all who mentioned the labor vote
Of Vermont but the time has arrived
when action is imperative if wage
workers care to protect themselves and
their children
/ "DOn't hesitate to question all can
didates and support those who promise
to help you and yuur shop-mates; but
| fit is found impossible to secure the
desired promises, nominate man OF
your own and do all ia your power to
secure his election.
This is only one of the many labor
bills to be acted upon when the next
egislatu e meets and, when selecting
man for public Office, make sure he
will be faithful servant in place Of
self-wiled and arbitrary master.
IAN Act to Provide for Weekly Pay
ment OF Wages by Corporations
Sec l. Every mining orquarrying,
manufacturing, mercantile, transpor-
t ton, telegraph and telephone cor
poration, and every incorporated ex
press, water, electric light or power
company doing and transactng BUSH
ness within the state of Vermont shall
pay each week in lawful money each
and every employee engaged in its
business the wages earned by such EN-
ployee to day, not more than six
days prior to the date OF said payment;
provided, however, that if at any time
OF payment any employee shall be alb
sent from his regular place of labor he
shall be entitled to such paym Mt at
any time thereafter upon demand,
"Sec mo company or corpora
ton as aforementioned shall pay its
employees in script, vouchers, due
bills or store orders, except il be a
cooperative corporation in which the
employee is a stakeholder and such
cooperative corporation shall, upon
demand and request OF any share-hold-
ing employee, pay him weekly as here
inbeiore provided,
Sec 3. No assignment of future
wages payable weekly under the pro-
visions OF this act, shall be valid, If
made to the corporation from whom
such wages are to become due, or to
any person on behalf of such corpora
tlon or If made or procured to be made
to any person for the purpose of re
lieving such corporation from the OBJ
legation to pay weekly under the pro-
visions of this act.
Sec 1. II a joint corporation or a
Joint stock association, its lessee or
other person carrying on the business
thereof, shall fail to pay the wages of
any employee, as provided in this act,
it shall forfeit to the people of the
state the sum of fifty dollars for such
failure, to be recovered 10y the state's
attorney OF the county in which such
violation of this act is made; but an
action shall not be maintained therefor
until the states attorney shall have
given to the employer ten days written
notice that such action will be brought
if the wages due are not paid as pro
vided in this act. Ga the trial of such
action such corporation or association
shall not be allowed to set up any de
fence, other than valid assignment
of such wages, valid offset against
the same, or the absence OF such EN-
ployee from his regular place of labor
at the time of payment, or an actua
tender of such wages so earned by him
| or breach OF contract by such EN-
ployee, or denial OF the employment
"Sec 5. All acts or parts OF acts
t inconsistent with this act are hereby
= repealed.
+ "Sec 6. This act will take effect mp
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