Montana labor news., 1933-06-01
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tanning such information relating to
the activities Of the association or
group as the President shall by regu-
lation prescribe.
(b) The President is authorized to
prescribe rules and regulations de-
signed to insure that any organiza-
tion availing itself Of the benefits of
this title shall be truly representa-
tive Of the trade or industry or sub
division thereof represented by such
organization. Any organization vio-
lating any such rule or regulation
shall cease to be entitled to the bene-
fits of this title.
(c) Upon the request of the Presi-
dent, the Federal Trade Commission
shall make such Investigations as may
be necessary to enable the President
to carry out the provisions of this
title, and for such purposes the Com
mission shall have all the powers
vested in it with respect of investi-
cations under the Federal Trade
Commission Act, as amended.
Sec. (a). Every code of fair
competition, agreement and license
approved, prescribed, or issued under
this title shall contain the following
conditions; u That employees shall
have the right to organize and bar
gain collectively through representa-
tives of their own choosing, (2) that
no employe and no one seeking EN-
ployment shall be required as a con-
dition Of employment to join any or
ganization or to refrain from joining
a labor organization of his own choos-
ing, and (3) that employers shall
comply with the maximum hours of
labor, minimum rates of pay, and
other working conditions, approved
or prescribed by the President.
(b) The President shall, so far as
practicable, afford every opportun-
ity to employers and employees in any
trade or industry or subdivision
thereof with respect to which the con-
ditions referred to in clauses (1) and
(2) of subsection (a) prevail, to es-
tablish by mutual agreement, the
standards as to maximum hours Of
labor, minimum rates Of pay, and
such other working conditions as may
be necessary in such trade or indus
try or subdivision thereof to effec-
tuate the policy of this title; and the
standards established in such agree
ments, when approved by the Presi-
dent, shall have the same effect as a
code of fair competition, approved
by the President under subsection (a)
of Sec. 8.
(c) Where no such mutual agree
ment has been approved by the Pres
ident he may investigate the labor
practices, policies, wages, hours Of
labor, and working conditions in such
trade or industry or subdivision there
of; and upon the basis of such inves-
LEGATIONS, and after such hearings as
the President finds advisable, he is
authorized to prescribe limited code
of fair competition fixing such max
imum hours of labor, minimum rates
of pay, and other working conditions
in the trade or industry or subdivision
thereof Investigated as he finds to
be necessary to effectuate the policy
of this title, which shall have the
same effect as code of fair compe-
tition approved by the President un-
der subsection (a) of Sec. 3. The
President may differentiate accord
ing to experience and skill of the en-
ployes affected and according to the
locality of employment; but no at
tempt shall be made to introduce any
classification according to the nature
of the work involved which might
tend to set a maximum as well as a
minimum wage.
(d) AS used in this title, the term
"person" includes any individual,
partnership, association, trust, or
corporation.
(Section 8 declares that nothing in
this measure shall be construed to re-