Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-10
STATEFEDERAT|ONISSUES
HISTORY IN SHORT FORM
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Equalizing pay for teachers regard
less of sex, H. B. (1919) Reconstruct
ton Bill (roads and bridges) APP
propriating $4,OOO,OOO.OO to COM
plete highway contracts. H. B. (1919)
Clayton Act as amended, provides
that Labor Unions are Lawful, guar
antees the right to strike, prohib-
iting the issuance of restraining or
ders and injunctions, except to pre-
vent irreparable damage to property
or to a personal right or to a prep
erty right of the party making APP
plication, for which there is no ade-
quate remedy at law, and declares
that the Labor of Human Being is
Not a Commodity or an Article of
Commerce, S. B. 1876 (1919) Small
Claims Court, S. B. 21S (1919)
Amendment to Firemen's Pension, H.
B. 236 (1919) Amendment to First
Aid Law providing for artificial
limbs, eyes, and lenses up to $165.0O,
S. B. 26 (1919) Amendment to Moth
ers' Pension, H. B. 213 1929 Amend
ment to Workmen's Compensation
Act increasing benefits at least $780,
10000 per year, H. B. 1859 1929
Bringing peace. officers under Work
mems Compensation Act, Payment of
Wages in Lawful Money, Safeguards
for Hatchways and Elevators, State
Safety Law, BARRIERS License Law.
"The following general legislation,
State and National, was endorsed
and actively supported by the Fed
GRAFTON:
"State: Election of United States
Senators by popular vote; Women's
Suffrage; Protection of Forests; Di-
rect Primary; Pure Food Law; Home
for Aged, INDECENT and Blind; Anti
alien Land Law; Non-Partisan Ju-
dietary; Bonus for Veterans.
National: Seaman's Law; Clay
ton Act; Burnett immigration Law;
Women's Suffrage; Postal Pay Bill;
Federal Employment Service; Federal
Compensation Act; Smith Hughes
Law Vocational Training); Bonus
for Veterans; Rehabilitation for eVt-
Grams; Columbia Basin Project.
WOrkmen's Compensation Act
"This piece of legislation along
with its amendments enacted through
the efforts of the Federation, even
though the first aid amendment is
not satisfactory, is entitled to more
! kL1r roas;,oo- N,ooidaroffnra
"Since 1911, when the original law
was enacted, and until the present
date, the injured workmen have been
paid for time loss, partial disability,
total disability, medical and hospital
treatment, and in pensions to wild
ows and orphans, over $25, 000, 100000
or an average of over $1,900,O0O.OO
per year. If the Federation had
done nothing more than to secure the
passage of this law it would, from
financial standpoint alone, have JUS
titled its twenty-five years existence
and its meagre expenditure of less
than $130,OOO.00 for that period.
"The saving of human life through
the operation of the safety provisions
of the act cannot be valued in dol
lars and cents.
State Labor Commissioner
'The Office of the State Labor Com
missioner now termed Supervisor Of
Industrial Relations, and the Female
Labor Commissioner, now termed
Supervisor of Women in Industry,
have also been of great financial val
ne to the wage eaTners.
During the past five years, since
special attention has been given to
the collection of wages, there has
been collected approximately the
sum of $605, 100000, or an average Of
1921, 10000 per year. That sum, or
beyond a doubt, a large portion OF
it, would have been lost to the wage
earners, had not this agency been
provided.
In addition to the efforts of the
Federation to secure favorable legis-
lation and to defeat hostile legisia-
ton, through the non-partisan po-
litical policy of the Federation, it
has been possible to elect to public
Office many members of organized
labor and others who were known TO
be friendly to labor. It has also been
possible to retire to private life many
who have failed to keep faith with
the people.
''The Federation has devoted itself
to seeing that there has been . rigid