The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-03-25
LABOR Bills BOOSTED
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
A Score of Bills Pending Before
Legislature for Economic Well
Being of Labor.
New Employers Liability Meas.
ure Is INSTRUMENTATION Ex-
tortion to Be Prohibited.
Special Correspondence.
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Special Correspondence.
by w. e. McEwen,)
ST. PAUL, Mar. 23.-Several good
bills of great Importance to labor have
passed the house, and others of even
more Importance are pending, most
OF which have a fair chance for get
ting through.
Representative Hillman, the Social
list member. has introduced more la
Dor measures than any other indivi-
dual member. with Representative
Campbell of Minneapolis as a close
second.
New Employers Liability Bill.
Representative w. 1. Nolan of
Minneapolis. with Representative
Lundeen Of the same city have intro
duced another liability measure in the
house. This bill was drawn by the
attorneys Of the American Federation
of Labor at Washington, a copy of
which was sent to St. Paul by Mr..
Gompers.
The bills does not admit of liability
to the employee, except upon the en-
ployer's negligence. Assumption Of
the risk can not be set up as de-
tense when an employe continues in
the service of an employer after he
knew of the risk of the industry.
The fellow servant rule is COM
pletely abolished. and the question of
| negligence in any form is for the jury
to decide. In no case can the en-
ployer claim contributory negligence
| If he has failed to comply with the
| law relative to the installation Of
safety devices.
Labor Wants Compensation Act.
Minnesota labor may support the
| above bill. 1t will however, prefer
the, compensation code first If in
the course of the work of the legis-
lature it is found that the employers
may succeed in preventing the pas
sage of compensation act, then la
Dor will center it's fight on the amend
ment of the present law such as is
provided above, and will wait little
longer until the employers are ready
| to meet them at least half way on a.
compensation bill.
! ALI bills for the improvement of
the Bureau of Labor were given a. de-
cided boost Tuesday, and some of
them may pass the house this week
In one bill passes all safety devices
and places of danger must be painted
red in the future.
Factory Inspection Law Amended
The factory inspectors are given the
authority to stop the use of any ma
chine that is not properly guarded.
All elevators in the future must be
inspected. Building in course Of con-
struction are placed under the super
vision of the bureau of labor.
These amendments to the present
law and several others of equal i'm
portance are the result of recommen-
cation made in the recent report OF
the bureau of labor. The big casual
ties of this week in st. Paul and on
the range, unfortunate and regret
able as they were, no doubt contri-
buted to the early consideration of
the amendments
Good Child Labor Bill.
Improvements in child labor legisla-
ton is receiving quite an empetus
in the house. The committee on la
Dor legislation has favorably recon-
mended a bill, which if passed, will
give Minnesota the best child labor
law in the country.
The new provisions were recon-
|
Minnesota Child Labor committee and
the State Federation of Labor. The
hours of labor for children are limited
to 48 hours in any week. Night work
is prohibited. Nm boy under Is years
OF age can act as a messenger after
8 o'clock in the evening. No girl
under 21 years of age can act as a.
messenger at any time. It is believed
that this provision will abolish the
girl messenger.
Children under IA years will not be
permitted to work at any dangerous
work at any time. Employers who
| violate the law are subject to fine
of SIS to $50, if they continue to
! violate the law they may be subject
to fine from IS to $40 for each
additional day.
No More Greek Extortion.
| Following. recommendation from
the bureau Of labor, and growing out
Great Northern railway on it's Greek
laborers, the extortion law is to be
amended by the house.
| The law is to be amended as fol-
lows: ANY person who shall solicit
VI ASCcAFe pay I1lenL, Contribution or
gift, for or on account of the employ
ment, Or the continuing in employ
ment of another person, without
rendering due and adequate service
therefor, for the benefit of another
person claiming the same without
right. shall be guilty of extortion, and
punished by Imprisonment in the state
prison for not more than five years.
! After the Loan Sharks.
Senator Pauly of Minneapolis, and
they do not make them any better,
has bill in the senate which if
passed will make invalid an assign ent
or order for wages to be earned in
the future, except in certain cases.
The bill reads as follows: No assig-
ment of, or order for, wages to be
earned in the future to secure a loan
of less than 5000, shall be valid
against an employer of the person
making said assignment until it is &C
copied by the employer, and the same
has been filed and recorded with the
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