The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23

ing four or more eligible persons
contribute amounts equal to 8 per
cent Of the payrolls, a system which
is in turn taken out of the wages or
passed on to the workers through
increased prices.
Under no conditions will benefit
payments begin before October I,
1895.
Must Be Employed 80 Days
To receive the beggarly benefits
for the sixteen weeks prescribed by
the bill, the worker on losing his
job must have been employed in
the State for at least 30 days in
the past year, must register as to-
tally unemployed Gin other words,
take a pauper's OATH at a local
State Unemployment Office, and
report every week thereafter.
If, however. the worker is in.
iured on the job so as to be unable
to work. he cannot get unemploy-
ment insurance benefits if he is
drawing the niggardly workmen's
compensation. Although the act
states that no worker shall be de-
MED his eligible benefits If he re-
fuses to accept work where wages,
hours and conditions are below
prevailing" conditions. no guaran-
tee is made to maintain union
wages.
When unemployed, the worker
must file notification with the local
State Unemployment Office man.
ager, who has the power to deter
mine the validity of the claim and
the amount to be paid in accord
ance with the prescribed rules.
If the unemployed worker is dis
satisfied with the managers ruling,
he or ANY other party affected by
such a finding. may appeal the
ruling, the manager to rende. a
new decision within five days! An
appeal against a decision to be
made to the person who made The
original decisioni
However, if the worker who has
lost his job because of "miscon-
duct, strike, lockout or other in
dustrisl dispute" and who has all
ready waited ten weeks for bene-
fits, waits ten more days and files
an appeal which is rendered five
days later, may within ten days"
make an appeal to the Appeal Board.
/ Supposedly, the Appeal Board rem
ders its decision in ten days. Thus,
within los days after he has gene
on strike, or has been fired be-
cause of misconduct" the worker
is eligible for benefits. Lawyers
may then collect mot more than
10 per cent of the benefit pay
ments."
VINO will pay for this "unem-
ployment insurance?
viii Fall On Masses
The Communists have said that
payroll tax, as is provided for in
the Wagner-Lewis bill, and such as
is written into the New York State
Byrne- Killgrew bill, will fall di-
rectly upon the masses.
Senator William T. Byrnes Of
Albany, who introduced the Byrne-
Killgrew bill, repeats what the
Communists have said. though
somewhat less eloquently. Speak
ing about who will bear the burden
Of his measure. Rryne said: TT (the
per cent payroll tax will be
passed on by the manufacturers in
the cost of their products. The
wage earners of the State repre-
sent 95 per cent of the population
and therefore 95 per cent of the
/ consumers, and since they will pay
for the articles manufactured, it is
commended that they will pay twice
if they had to contribute toward
the unemployment insurance fund,
The employers, on the other
hand, represent only per cent Of
the consumers will get the en-
tire amount Of the payroll tax back
in the cost of their products"