The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-12-29
aim TO INCREASE WAR PRODUCTION
BY MAINTAINING LABOR STANDARDS

sanitation should be observed as mini
mum requirements.
should be sanitary and readily access
ible.
8. Extreme temperatures. Those
processes in which workers are ex-
80 degrees; or excessive cold-that is,
under SO degrees-should be carefully
supervised so as to render the temper
aturs conditions as nearly normal as
When extreme temperatures. are. es-
sential workers should not only be
properly clothed, but avoid sudden
4. ,Lights.-1f any light Is at the
level of the workers eyes it should. be
SO shaded that its rays will not di-
rectly strike the eyes.
III. Wages.
I. Wage NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. al
ready established in the industry and
The minimum wage rates should be
made in proper relation to the cost of
living and in fixing them it should be
of necessities of life have, shown great
increases.
Nv. Negotiation Between Employers
and Employees.
The need Of preserving and creating
methods Of joint negotiations between
especially great in the light Of the
critical points of controversy which
may arise in time like the present.
Existing channels should be preserved
provide easier access for discussion be-
tween an employer and his EMPLOYEES
over controversial points.
v. Standards for Employment of
Women.
l. Hours Of labor.-Existing Legal
standards should be rigidly maintained,
and even where the law permits a or
10 hour day, effort should be made> to
restrict the work Of women to hours.
pr0nanttt To- OF night W9rkThs
should be prevented as a necessary
protection, morally and physically:
3. Rest pertods.-No women should
~ hours without a break FOR a meal.
| and recess of 10 minutes should be
allowed in the middle Of each working
4. Time for meals.-At least 80 min
utes should be allowed for a meal, and
this time should be heightened to IS
minutes or an hour if the working day
S. Place for meals.-Meals should
not be.eaten in the workroom:
6: Saturday. half holiday--The Sat-
urday half: holiday should be consid-
ered an absolute essential for women
7: seats;-For women who sit at
their work, seats with backs should be
RIOF4QeO,T, un1eSS the occupation rem.
ders this impossible. For women who
stand at work, seats should be avail
able and their use permitted at regular
intervals.
8. Lifting weights.-No woman
should be required to lift repeatedly
more than: rs pounds In any single
20. Replacement Of men. by women
IN work hitherto done by men. care
should be taken to make sure that the
task Is adapted to the strength of
women. The standard Of wages hith-
erto prevailing for men In the process
should not be lowered where women
render equivalent service. The hours
lor women engaged in such processes.
those formerly worked by men.
~: Tenement-house work.-No work
snail be given out to be done in rooms
USED Tor living purposes or in rooms
directly connected with living rooms
In any dwelling or tenement.
vi. Standards for Employment of
Minors.
1. AEe.-No child under II years of
age shall be employed at any work
under any conditions.
2. Hours Of: labor.-No child be-
tween the. ages Of IA and rs years
day or 4s hours q week, and night
work is prohibited.
3. Federal child labor law.-rhese
and other provisions of the Federal
child labor law must be strictly OBJ.
4: Minors under 1s:-Minors Of both
have the same restrictions upon their
hours as already outlined for women
employees.