Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

WOMEN EMPLOYEES
GET S|X.DAY WEEK
AGREEMENT REACHED AFTER
TWO-DAY CONFERENCE IN
SENATE CHAMBER

A cut in the hours of labor from
seven to six days week and raising
the minimum wage to be paid women
and girls from 1920 to SIS are per.
haps the most important changes in
the existing working conditions to
be agreed upon at the public house
keeping" conference, in session in the
senate chambers in this city yester.
day and today. This action was rec.
commended by three committees ap
poitned from the floor and represent
the employees, the employer and the
public sides of the question.
More than 100 delegates to the
conference have been meeting in
Olympia. The work was done by a
general discussion of the problems
as brought up by these delegates.
The recommendations that follow
come from the three committees ap-
pointed as representative of all sides
of the labor problem:
BE it resolved, That this public
housekeeping conference does hereby
make the following recommendations
to the Industrial Welfare Commits
sion in reference to standards OF
labor of woman workers in the diff
ferent occupations of the public
housekeeping industry throuhgout
the state:
THAT no person. firm, association
or corporation shall employ any
female over the age of 1S years in
any occupation in the public house
keeping industry throughout the state
at weekly wage rate of less than
SIS or So per day or 37k cents per
hour, such wages being the estimate
Of said conference of the wage ade-
quate to supply the necessary cost of
living and to maintain them in health
and comfort;
That no person, firm. association
or corporation shall employ any
female over the age of 18 years in
any occupation in the public house
keeping industry throughout the
state more than five hours without a
rest period of at least one-half hour;
THAT a schedule of hours be post.
ed in all cases;
THAT where uniform be required
it must be furnished and laundered
by the employer;
THAT when meals are furnished to
employees the time used in eating may
be deducted in arranging the sched-
ule; = =
THAT if room be furnished, same
must be properly heated and sani-
tary:
THAT there must be separate
toilets and suitable room provided
for change of clothing and for eat
ing lunches;
THAT women shall not be en-
ployed as bell hops nor serve as
elevator operators after II at night /;
THAT when board is furnished 81
per day may be deducted; and for
room furnished. 81 per week may be
deducted; =
THAT 25 cents may be deducted
for breakfast, 35 cents for lunch and
40 cents for dinner:
THAT 25 cents may be deducted
for breakfast. 35 cents for lunch and
40 cents for dinner;
THAT in all cases there shall be a
definite agreements as to whether
board and room shall or shall not be
furnished; otherwise the straight
wage scale shall prevail"
The committees making the above
recommendations were composed OF
employees committee. Mrs. Lillian
Meehan of Seattle, Mrs. J, Wood of
Seattle and Mrs Nellie Axtell OF Ia
coma. employers committee. Otto
H. Wolf of Seattle. Louis +. Daven-
port of Spokane, and |. w. Robinson
of Pullman; public committee. Mrs.
James Menzies of Tacoma, Prof \.
u. Showalter of Cheney State Normal
school. and DR., II, c. Mason OF Sc
attle
According to the admitted attitude
of the delegates to the conference
here is little doubt that the recon-
mendations as submitted will be
adopted by the conference soon after
assembly tomorrow morning.
the Parent Teacher associations and
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