The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-18
(From the Nineteenth Ceutlry)

I insure against unemployment Ia the
municipal bureau providing he Is able
to work and not above sixty years OF
age. All that he has TO do is to apply
to the bureau, either directly or
through his employer or his union, for
an insurance book and fasten into 1t
every month an insurance stamp OF
the value Of 10 cenumes. In return
for these 10 centimes a month, he Sc
cures a right to money allowance for
every day up to sixty days that he Is
out of work during the months Of De-
cember. January and February, provid-
ed that he has been in work for at least
six months in the course Of the year,
provided also that he has not lost his
work through laziness, disorderly con-
duct or any other fault of his own, and
that he has not refused work offered
TO him on reasonable conditions. A
man who is unemployed because he is
unemployable, whether from illness or
any other cause, cannot claim an allow
ance: nor can one who is out on strike,
or who has belonged to the bureau for
less than eight months, or who is in
arrears with his fees. For the first
thirty days the unemployed allowance
is a franc and a half a day for men
who are alone standing, and two francs
for those who have others dependent on
them; and for the remaining thirty
days II is as much as the directors can
afford to make it-anything from 80
confines to a franc and a half. II the
directors refuse to grant a man an al
lowance or If they reduce his allow
ance at the end Of thirty days below
what he thinks 1t ought to be he may
appeal against them to the court OF
trade. The unemployed elect two OF
themselves to watch over their inter-
ests and see that each Of them receives
his due.
The directors are bound to grant an
allowance to every member of the bur.
eau who fulfils the conditions under
which allowances may be claimed. AS
one Of these conditions is, however,
that the claimant must be out of work
through no fault Of his own they take
It for granted that every claimant is
anxious to be in work and therefore
before giving him one penny they try
to find work for him. The manager
Of the insurance bureau, 1t must be re-
membered, is also the manager of the !
labor bureau, and as such is in con-
slant communication with all the en-
ployers in the canton as well as with !
all the labor bureaus in the country. !
He therefore knows to a nicely the |
state Of the labor market, and can say
at once where, if anywhere, work is
TO be had. All members Of the insur- !
ance bureau are allowed to travel on |
all state railways at half the usual |
fares when in search Of employment. !
II ne reports to the directors that |
there is no work anywhere, they ap-
ply to the Municipal Board Of Works |
10 start at once some undertaking that |
would perhaps otherwise not be started |
until later, For they have an agree |
ment with this board that all municipal
work shall so far as possible be done in |
December, January and February and
by members Of the insurance bureau.
thus they have as a rule fair amount
ot work to offer during these months,
and any one who refuses It when Of
Tered forfeits Of course his claim to
an allowance. Allowances are grant.
3D. In fact, only in cases in which
work cannot be provided and only un-
III 1t can. The men who receive them
ire required to present them
selves twice every day in the bu-
eau waiting room to see If the man
lger has job for them.