Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05
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INDUSTRIAL CODE FOR COAL INDUSTRY.

conditions which, in the opinion Of the
lboard, are Just and reasonable"
The bill then provides that in de-
termining the BUSINESS and reasonable
ness of such wages or working con-
ditions the board, in addition to other
relevant principles, standards and facts
shall take into consideration and be
guided by IL fundamental principles.
These basic principles, which COM
prise what may be termed the coal
code, are as follows:
Eleven Fundamentals
1. Coal is a public necessity. and in
its production and distribution the
public interest is predominant.
2. Human standards should be the
constraining influence in fixing the
wages and working conditions of mine
workers.
3. Capital prudently and honestly
invested in the coal industry should
have an adequate return.
4. The right of operators and min
ers to organize is recognized and af-
firmed. This right shall not be denied,
abridged, or interfered with in any
manner whatsoever, nor shall coercive
measures of any kind be used by en-
ployers or employees, or by their agents
or representatives to compel or to in
duce employers or employees to exer-
else or to refrain from exercising this
right.
s. The right of operators and of
miners to bargain collectively through
representatives Of their own choosing
is recognized and affirmed.
6. The miners who are not MEM
bers of a union have the right to work
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ers who may belong to unions. The
men who belong to a union have the
right to work without being harassed
by operators. The organizations have
a right to go into non-union fields and
BY peaceable methods try to persuade
men to join unions, but they have no
right to try to induce employees to vio-
late contracts which they have entered
into with their employers, and the OPP
orators, 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 living wage
sufficient to maintain a normal family
in health and reasonable comfort, and
to afford an opportunity, for savings
against unemployment, old age, and
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and affirmed. Above this basic wage
for unskilled workers, diff~erentials in
rates of pay for other mine workers
shall be established for skill, expert
ence. hazards of employment and pro-
ductive efficiency.
s.. The right Of women to engage
in industrial occupations is recognized
and affirmed; their rates of pay shall
be the same as those of mali workers
for the same or equivalent service per-
formed: they shall be accorded all the
rights and guarantees granted to male
workers and the conditions of their en-
ployment shall surround them with
every safeguard of their health and
strength and guarantee them the full
measure Of protection which is the
debt Of society to mothers and to po-
tential mothers.
g.. Children under the age of 18
years shall not be employed in the
mines.
10. Six days shall be the standard
work week in the industry with one
days rest in seven. The standard work
day shall not exceed eight hours a day.
II. Punitive overtime shall be- paid
for hours worked each day in excess
of the standard work day.