The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02

O-I conduct a one chair barber shop in
an outlying district. Would I be COM
PEELED to work under the scheduled prices
of the BARRIERS in the business district J
am afraid those prices would compel me
to close up. B.. O..
A-The BARRIERS code approved
by General Hugh S. Johnson makes
no mention of any price-fixing ar
rangements and no local groups
have been authorized to Ak prices
for this trade.
O-Can any company that has the Blue
Eagle and has changed the day crew tc
forty hours a week with increase in wages,
work a night Waterman eighty-seven
hours a week with no increase in pay.
which now figures about 20 cents an hour?
What would be a fair wage? The IN
dustry in which I am working is the sano'
gravel, and Stag industry,
A code for the crushed stone,
sand, gravel and Stag industry has
been submitted, but has not been
approved. The hours and pay for
night Watchmen in the code, as sub
mitted. are not limited. This may
be changed when the permanent
code is approved.
Q-"The food dealer by Johnson's order
the rest only forty.
Grocery clerks, will have an eight hour
and e an padditionaf twelve days each Six
months. when they may work ten hours.
How should the extra twelve days be
means two days a month or the eouiva-
lent of sixteen hours a month, or -FOUR
extra hours a week. Are we allowed 10
eight and not TO exceed ten hours. or is
it Just for holidays? -
Can the owners son; VINO Is u unoe fEbraaee
Can the owners wife work any amount
of hours. or is she restricted to eight
Isn't $12 q forty-hour week minimum
wage scale of Inexperienced grocery
Are women clerks entitled to 80 cents or
40 cents an hour in a grocery?
Can an inexperienced clerk work in a
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time, and for experienced help at the rate
Of. one-forty-eighth of s14 for less than
Is the President opposed to having gro
Gerry stores open on Sunday and legal hoh-
What is the wage scale to be paid by
grocers to young men or women who are
between Is and 18 years? And can part
time be paid at the rate of one-forty-
eighth of the required wage?
Have city officials the authority 70
threaten a grocer with losing the national
emblem. the blue eagle. If caught open on
Have city officials the right to interfere
with the Presidents code, by calling
meetings to shorten store hours. TO close
grocery stores only on Sunday, no other
business involved?
Have they a rigfr to send police out to
see that all grocery stores are closed on
Sunday or else be threatened with arrest
and revocation of the R.
A-The twelve days referred to are
not extra days" but are days on
which a ten-hour maximum may be
observed of the eight-hour limit.
The owners son is limited to three
hours daily. Unless the wife is a
member of the firm, she is limited
by all provisions of the code, ac-
cording to our Interpretation of the
grocery code. Employees with less
than six months experience may be
paid 81 less than the agreed min
imum wage of S14.50 in Indian
apolis.
Women clerks are entitled to the
same wage as men. Part-time work
ers receive a pro-rata part of the
minimum weekly wage agreed upon.
Persons over Is are employees I'M