The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
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Psovidss For Legalization of Labor
Organizations Formed For the Pur-
pose Of Betterino Conditions Of
Worksrs--Would Lessen Power of
Judges In Granting Injunotions.
Recntly the American Federation Of
Labor sent TO all affiliated bodies a
model for law having for Its purpose
the legal differentiation between the
voluntary organizations of workers and
combinations, corporations and trusts
Rnd also for the regulation and limita-
ton OF the issuance OF injunctions In
labor disputes. Here is the proposed
law.
Section lit shall not be unlawful for
working men and women to organize
themselves into or carry on labor unions
for the purpose OF lessening the hours of
labor or increasing the wages or bettering
the conditions OF the members of such
organizations or carrying out their iegtt-
innate purposes as freely as they could do
II acting singly.
Sec 2-No restraining order or intuno-
ton shall be granted by any court of this
state or any judge or judges thereof In
any case involving or growing out OF a
dispute concerning terms or conditions of
employment unless necessary to prevent
irreparable injury to property or to
property right of the party making the
application, for which injury there Is no
adequate remedy at law, and such prop
erty or property right must be described
with particularly In the application,
which must be In writing and sworn to by
Ne iran H.. 1t
Sec. 3.-No restraining order or injunc-
ton shall prohibit any person or persons
whether singly or in concert from terTni-
mating any relation OF employment or
from ceasing to perform any work or la
Dor, or from recommending, advising or
persuading others 80 to do, or from at
tending at any place where any person or
persons may lawfully be for the purpose
OF obtaining or communicating informa-
ton, or from persuading any such person
TO work or to abstain from working, or
from ceasing TO patronlze any party to
Euch dispute, or from recommending, adj
vising or persuading others so to do; or
from paying or giving to. or Withholding
from, any person engaged In such dispute
any strike benefits or other moneys or
things of value: or from assembling ina
lawful manner and for lawful purposes:
or from doing any act thing which
might lawfully be done In the absence OF
such dispute by single individual; nor
shall any OF the acts specified in this Sec
tton be considered or held to be Illegal or
unlawful In any court of this state
Bee. 4.-That the labor OF human being
fs not commodity or article OF COM
merce and the right to enter into the rela-
ton OF employer and employee, or to
change that relation: or to assume and
create q new relation for employer and
employee or to perform and carry on
business with any person In any place or
to do work and labor as an employee.
shall be held and construed to be a per-
sonal and not a property right. In all
cases involving the violation of the con-
tract OF employment either by the en-
ployee or employer where no irreparable
damage is about to be committed upon
the property or property right of either
no injunction shall be granted. but the
parties shall be left to their remedy at
law.
Bee. 5.-No persons shall be indicted
prosecuted or tried in any court OF this
state for entering into or carrying on any
arrangement, agreement or combination
between themselves made with a view OF
lessening the number of hours OF labor OF
increasing wages or bettering the condi-
ton Of workngmen, or for any act done
In pursuance thereof, unless such act is
In itself forbidden by law If done by q
single Individual