The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02
labor LEGISLATION GETSFIRST --'
| PLACE IN EUROPE AND FAREAST
lusta India, Ceyon Japan and Persia Making Advances in
Passage Of Many Forward Factory Laws.

London-A good deal Of evidence
If forthcoming in these days of an
dyer increasing demand on all sides
8r additional legislation in labor
matters. Reports to this effect are
continually coming in from every
Hart Of the world.
1 It is just about two years since a
Tabor Chamber was Instituted in
Vienna in the'interess Of the manual
and non-manual employees Of he Fed
@raed States Of Vienna and of Lower
Austria. This chamber has done some
Very useful work, and is now about
10 extend its activities further by the
formation of a section Of labor law
TO which all purely legal matters
will be referred.
Uniform Legislation Sought.
! The new section will occupy itself
With all cases affecting labor which
come into court and with keeping a
record of all verdicts given; also with
the publication of articles on legal
matters in the trade union press and
e4-Eorth. Further, it will get into
touch and watch legislation abroad
which may be Of interest to home
workers. From this it is hoped that
ultnhately perhaps some sort of UNI
detHanding may be arrived at be-
tWekh workers in the same indus
tryM different states. But of course
conditions vary so widely from one
copt1try to another that decision
giv4N in one will often be found to
haMG very little bearing on one given
1nHHh other, although 1t may appear
atsAlrst sight to be parallel
SRne consideration of this sort
INTELLECTUALLY responsible for a resc-
lutfHn passed at the recent annual
medting of the Associated Chambers
ofaEDmmerce of India and Ccylon,
hel4sat Calcutta. 1t was brought for
waM by the Bombay Chamber and
wak;to the effect, that while it's full
estnFympathy was with any propo-
saNhof practical nature, Vet the
asabkiation considered that all lcgis-
lati1n undertaken in India should be
fraMed primarily with regard to the
soHtA conditions of the country.
II Similar Attitude in Japan.
H. Japan the speech of Mr.. Hara,
theyRr1lne minister. at the opening OF
paMiament was on similar lines. He
stafHd that the measures required
by4'the rapidly changing situation
thrptghout the world must be adapt
edi!& the social system prevailing in
eacM country and that this was true
esPHfially in the case Of labor ques-
t1oM. His government intended. to
prlng forward legislative proposals
emHpdylng only those schemes which
haN! been thoroughly investigated,
anMiHn particular, a social insurance
biMHThe opposition decided that it's
program should include a bill guar
antHking the right Of associate and
onajfer the establishment of q, more
adequate system of social insurance.
IM Persia the government, in re-
plN!to representations made on the
suhafct, has issued regulations to
renAdy the unsatisfactory conditions
unaar which women and children
WeFH employed in carpet factories.
They Insist on an eight-hour dav
with a weekly rest and holidays at
festivals, a provisional increase In
wages and the registration of labor
agreements.
:-From the Dutch East Indies it is
reported that the government has
Mqite recently come into line with
Ssother states by establishing a labor
pff1ce. The work Of the new depart
fnent is to be divided into three Sec
f1ons. labor inspection, labor legis-
asatlon and statistics, and employers