New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
terfered with by the employers in
any manner whatsoever
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tcrfered with by the employers in
any manner whatsoever
The right Of employers to organize
IN associations or Trouns 200 10 bar-
gain collectively through chosen rep
firmed. This right shall not be de-
MED, abridged or interfered with by
the workers in any manner whatso-
ever.
Employers should not discharge
workers for membership in trade
unions nor for legitimate trade
union activities.
The workers, in the exercise of
their right to organize, shall not use
coercive measures of any kind to in
duce persons to join their organiza-
tions nor to induce employers to bar
gain or deal Herewith.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
In establishments where the union
shop exists the same shall continue,
and the union standards as to wages,
hours of labor and other conditions
Of employment shall be- maintained.
In establishments where union and
non-union men and women now work
together and the employer meets only
with employees or representatives en-
gagged in said establishments, the con-
tinuance of such conditions shall not
be deemed grievance. This decla-
ration, however, is not intended in
any manner to deny the right or dis
courage the practice Of the forma
tion Of labor unions or the joining OF
the same by the workers in said es-
Establishments, as guaranteed in the
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War Labor Board from urging or any
umpire from granting, under. the ma
chinerv herein provided, improve
of wages, hours Of labor or other
conditions as shall be found desira-
BILE from time to time.
Established safeguards and regu-
lations for the protection of the
health and~Safety of workers shall
not be relaxed
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
If it shall become necessary to en-
ploy women on work ordinarily per-
formed by men, they must be allowed
equal pay for equal work and must
not be allotted tasks disproportionate
to their strength.
HOURS OF LABOR
The basic eight-hour day is recog-
nized as applying in all cases in
which existing law requires it. In all
labor shall be settled with due re-
gard to governmental necessities and
the welfare, health and proper COM
fort of the workers.
MAXIMUM PRODUCTION
The maximum production of all
war industries should be maintained,
and methods of work and operation
on the part of employers or workers
which operate to delay or limit pro-
duction, or which have a tendency to
artifcially increase the cost thereof,
should be discouraged.
MOBILIZATION OF LABOR
For the purpose of mobilizing the
labor supply with view to its rapid
and effective distribution, a perma-
nent list of the number Of skilled
and other workers available in differ
ent parts Of the nation shall be kept
on file by the Department of Labor,
the information to be constantly fur
nished-
!. By the trade unions.
2. By state employment bureaus
and Federal agencies of like char
acter.
8. By the managers and operators
of industrial establishments through
out the country.
These agencies shall be given op-
portunity to aid in the distribution
of labor as necessity demands.
CUSTOM OF LOCALITIES
In fixing wages, hours and condi-
tions of labor regard should always
be had to the labor standards, wage
scales and other conditions prevail
ing in the localities affected.
THE LIVING WAGE
/. The right of all workers, includ
ing common laborers, to living wage
is hereby declared.
2. In fixing wages. minimum rates
of pay shall be established which will
insure the subsistence of the worker
and his family in health and reasona-
BILE comfort.
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