The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-07


er the temperature conditions as
nearly normal as possible.
posed to excessive heat-that is,
When extreme temperatures are
essential workers should not only be
properly clothed but avoid sudden
changes.
d. Lights.-If any light is at the
level of the workers eyes it should
be so shaded that it's rays will not
directly strike the eyes.
lII.-Wages
l. Wage Standards. - Standards
already established in the industry
and in the locality should not be
lowered. The minimum wage rates
should be made in proper relation
to the cost of living, and in fixing
them it should be taken into con-
sideration that the prices of necessi-
ties of life have shown great in
creases.
IV.-NegOtiation Between Employers
and Employees.
The need of preserving and Great
ing methods of joint negotiations
between employers and groups of
employees is especially great in the
light of the critical points of con-
troversy which may arise in a time
like the present. Existing channels
should be preserved and new ones
opened, if required, to provide easier
access for discussion between an en-
ployer and his employees over con-
troversial points.
V.-Standards For Employment of
Women.
l, Hours of Misunderstanding legal
standards should be rigidly main
tanned, and even where the law per-
mits 9 or 10 hour day, effort
should be made to restrict the work
of women to 8 hours.
2. Prohibition of night work.
The employment of women on night
shifts should be prevented as nee
essary protection, morally and ply
sically.
8. Rest periods.-No women should
be employed for longer period than
Az hours without a break for
meal, and a recess of 10 minutes
should be allowed in the middle of
each working period.
4. Time for meals.-At least 80
minutes should be allowed for
meal, and this time should be length
ened to As minutes or an hour if
the working day exceeds 8 hours.
s. Place for meals.-Meals should
not be eaten in the workroom.
6. Saturday half holiday.-The
Saturday half holiday should be con-
sidered an absolute essential for
women under all conditions.
7. Seats.-For women who sit at
their work, seats with backs should
be provided, unless the occupation
renders this impossible. For women
who stand at work, seats should be
available and their use permitted at
regular intervals.
8. Lifting weight,-No woman
should be required to lift repeatedly
more than 25 pounds in any single
load.
Of hx,
When it is necessary to employ
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 stand
ards of wages hitherto prevailing
for men in the process should not
be lowered where women render
equivalent service. The hours for
women engaged in such process, of
course, should not be longer than
those formerly worked by men.
10. Tenement-house work. No
work shall be given out to be done
in rooms used for living purposes
or in rooms directly connected with
living rooms in any dwelling or tene-
ment.
vi. Standards for Employment
of Minors.
/. Age-No child under IA 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 16 years
shall be employed more than 8 hours
day or 48 hours a week, and
night work is prohibited.
8. Federal child labor law.-These
and other provisions of the Federal
child labor law must be strictly
observed.
a. Minors under 18.-Minors of
both sexes under Is years of age
should have the same restrictions
upon their hours as already outlined
for women employees.