Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05


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consider % the scale of wage!
paid for similar work in other in.
dustries, CD the relation between
wages and the cost of living, ca
the hazards of the work done, ca
the training and skill required, 81
the responsibility resting upon the
workers, (6) the character and
regularity of employment, and (7)
any inequalities resulting from pre-
vious wage adjustments.
In it's decision in the nationa,
agreement case. the second big
controversy brought before 1t, the
railroad labor board went a ster
further toward the establishment
of a code for the transportation in
dustry. The board promulgated
sixteen cardinal principles which II
decreed should be mandatory upon
the negotiation of agreements be-
tween the workers and the indi-
vidual railroads and upon the ad.
justment of the grievances arising
under such agreements. These
principles included among other
things the obligation resting upon
workers to render faithful service,
the right of employees to organize
and to bargain collectively through
such organization as they elected
to form, the eight-hour day, senior
ity rights, the classification of the
workers, and protection of the
workers against being disciplined
without a hearing.
The Kenyon proposal for the
coal industry proceeds along SINH
lar lines. After providing for the
creation Of board to hear and
adjust controversies it lays down
the general principle that "all the
decisions of the labor board with
respect to wages and working con-
1itions of employees shall establish
rates of wages and standards of
working conditions which, in the
opinion of the board, are just and
The bill then provides that in
determining the business and rea-
of such wages or
working conditions the board, in
addition to other relevant princi-
)les. standards and facts, shall
AXE into consideration and be
guided by eleven fundamental
These basic principles,
which comprise what may be
ermed the coal code. are as fol-
ows:
Eleven Fundamentals.
]. Coal is a public necessity,
md in its production and distribu-
on the public interest is predomi-
liant.
2. Human standards should be
he constraining influence in fixing
he wages and working conditions
II mine workers.
3. Capital LIudently and hon
'stly invested in the coal industry
hould have an adequate return.
4. The right of operators and
miners to organize is recognized
nd affirmed. This right shall
lot be den;ed. abridged or inter-
cred with in any manner whatso-
yer, nor shall coercive measures
II any kind be used by employers
n employees, or by their agents or
to compel or to in
luce employees or employees to ex-
,rcise or to refrain from exercis-
ng this right.
5. The right of operators and
" miners to bargain collectively
through representatives of their
,wn choosing is recognized and af-
irmed.
6. The miners who are not
members of union have the
light to worT. without being
larassed by fellow workers who
nay belong to unions. The men
who belong to a union have the
light to work without being
1arassed by operators. The or
have a right to go
into non-union fields and by
peaceable methods try to per-
suade men to join the unions, but
hey have no right to try to in
iuce employees to violate contracts
which they have entered into
with their employers. and the
operators on the other hand have
the right by peaceable means to
Try to persuade men to refrain
from joining the unions.
Z. The right Of every unskilled
Or common laborer to earn a liv-
ng wage sufficient to maintain a
normal family in health and rea-
comfort, and to afford an
for savings against
unemployment, old age, and other
contingencies is hereby declared
Ind affirmed. Above this basic
wage for unskilled workers. differ
INITIALS in rates of pay for other
nine workers shall be establish
I'd for skill. experience, hazards
II employment and productive
efficiency.
8. The right OF women to en-
rage in industrial occupations is
recognized and affirmed; their
'ates Of pay shall be the same as
hose of male workers for the
anne or equivalent service per-
ormed; they shall be accorded
III the rights and guarantees
,ranted to male workers and the
of their employment
hall surround them with every
of their health and
strength and guarantee them the
ull measure of protection which
s the debt of society to mothers
md to potential mothers.
0. Children under the age OF
6 years shall not be employed
n the mines.
10. Six days shall be the
tandard work week in the in
lustry with one days rest in
even. The standard work day
hall not exceed eight hours a
Law,