New Britain herald., 1919-10-10
Favor.S Strikes ad
 Lockouts Only Aid Every Other Meal of Adjustment Fails
WOULD NOT STOP
 PUBLIC UTILITIl
Another Principle is Tl Rights of Employees to l
 Heard Should Be Ann
 Safeguarded. sAa

Washington, Oct. 10.-Oppositior] collective bargaining and the cid shop were among 12 fundameI principles outlined by the group resenting capital and presented day to the national industrial q ference here. Sympathetic stri blacklists and boycotts were decfaN to be 'indefensible, anti-sociaI
 immoral"
 Strikes As EaSt Resort
 While deploring strikes and Io2 outs the principles set forth that right of strike or lockout "shoA not be denied as an ultimate rel after all possible means of adjustm< have been exhausted ThaS ri& however, should apply only to priv industry
 Would Not Cripple Service.
 In public utility service it was yH posed that the state impose s@ regulations as would assure continE operation at the same time providZ adequate means for the prompt he ing and adjustm ent of. complaints disputes. Opposition. to stri lSes Of e ernment employees. also was expresn the principles stating that the riz of such employees to be heard anda secure just redress should be and safeguarded.
 Each Industry Separate.
 For the settlement of disputes private industry, it was proposed te each establishment be regarded as industrial unit with adequate mach cry for adjustment of misunderstaH ings between employees and the m agement. Others of wthe princiIA dealt with conditions and hours work, wages, and the right to asM ciate, and it was declared that evs association whether of either eM ployes or employers must be equsH subject to public authority and legN answerable for it's own conduct that of it's agents
 Will Begin Work Now.
 Proposals of all three groupsH the conference-capital, labor k the public-have been presented the committee of Is to which matters are first referred under conference rules will be able to bdl work
 The 12 principles as enunciatedI the capital group follow: First Principle.
 Production-Ther should be intentional restriction of product effort or of output by either the \ ployer or the employe to create artificial scarcity of the product of labor in order to increase pr1 or wages.
 The establishment tas a producd unit-the establishment rather tl3 the industry as a whole orss branch of it should, as far as prl ticable, be considered as the until production and of mutual interl on the part of employer and empIo| Each establishment should deveI contact and full, opportunity of in1 change of view between manageml and men through individual or q lective dealings or a, bination both.
 Conditions of Work.
 Conditions of Work-It is the dl of management to make certain tl the conditions under which workj carried on are as safe and satisfl tory to the workers as the natureI business reasonably permits. Ey1 effort should be made to maint1 steady employment of the workd both on their account and to incred efficiency.
 Equal Wages for Women.
 Wages-The worker should rece| 8 wage sufficient to maintain him al his family at 2 standard of livl that should be satisfactory to a rig1 minded man in view of the preva ing cost of living. Women dol work equal to that of men under < same conditions should receive same rates of pay and be accord the same opportunities for traini
 Hours of Work.
 Hours of Work-The standard the work schedule should be week, varying as the peculiar quirements of individual industr may demand. Overtime should, far as possible be avoided and c day of rest in seven should be D, Vided.
 Settlement of Disputes-Ea establishment should provide at quate means for discussion of questions and the just and prom settlement of all disputes, but tho should be no improper limitation impairment of the exercise or ma agement of Its essential function judgment and direction,
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