United labor bulletin., 1912-10-24
Hiram w. Johnson
Progressive Candidate
for
Vice-President Of the United States

servitude in the Philippine islands, vio-
lation of the ac. being punishable by
forfeiture of contracts and a fine of not
less than $4,000.
4. Protecting the lives of employees
in mines in territories by regulating the
amount of ventilation and providing that
entries, etc, shall be kept well damp
ened with water to cause coal dust to
settle.
s. Exempting from taxation in the
District of Columbia household effects
to the value of $1,000, wearing apparel,
libraries, school books, family portraits
and heirlooms.
Z. Creating the Department of Com
merce and Labor and making its head
a cabinet ofncer
s. Improving the act relating to
safety appliances on railroad trains,
I 9. Requiring the collection of labor
statistics in Hawaii
10. For the better protection OF sea
men.
II. Securing the wages of employees
on public works
-. Protecting the health of motor
men and conductors on street railways
in the District of Columbia.
Is. For more thorough inspection
of steam vessels
II. Safeguarding factory employees in
the District of Columbia against acci-
dents
Is. Making wages preferred claims.
16. Providing for an investigation of
women and child labor in the United
States.
IL Restricting child labor in the Dis
trict of Columbia
is. incorporating the National Child
Labor committee
10. Prohibiting foreign passport hold
ers from entering continental territory
to the. detriment of labor conditions.
20. Establishing the foundation for
the promotion of industrial peace
21- Regulating the hours of labor of
railroad employees in the District OF Co
lumbia and the territories
%. Making railroad companies en-
gagged in interstate commerce or oper-
ating in the District of Columbia, the
territories. the Panama Canal zone. or
other United States possessions. liable
for injuries to. or death of employees
while on duty.
%. Compensating government en-
ployes for injuries received while at
work.
"a. Protecting the lives OF miners in
the territories and the District of
Alaska
25. Permitting leave of absence. with
pay. on Labor Day to per diem employees
of the government.
&c. Granting to injured employees on
the Panama canal absence. with pay for
time necessarily lost as a result of in
juries.
81. For the inspection of boilers.
IS. Prohibiting peonage.
Here are the sixteen labor measures
he is now working for increasingly in
the state and nation.
.. No working woman shall receive
a W. Ap-A thaw S.s~
prescribed by government. (She may
be paid more, not less.)
;. Women shall not be employed at
night
4. Women and young persons shall
not be employed over eight hours.
5. No wage-earner. man. woman or
child. shall be compelled to work seven
days a week.
6. Where work is continuous, as in
the steel mills. the working day shall be
eight hours instead of twelve
I. Convict contract labor shall not be
permitted except for governmental con-
sumption. Wages due the convicts shall
be turned over to their families.
s. Full publicity must be given to
wages. hours and conditions OF work.
9. The government shall establish an
Insurance system for workingmen for
cases Of death from industrial accident
or diseases contracted from the occupa-
ton.
10. Pensions shall be paid workmen
In case OF sickness. irregular employ
ment and old age
IL. The organization OF the workers
both men and women-shall be en-
couraged.
IL. Iniunctions shall not be permit
ted during strikes II such injunctions
would not apply in case there were no
strike
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