The American Labor Legislation Review, Volume 8The Association, 1918 - Labor laws and legislation Includes proceedings and papers of the American Association for Labor Legislation previously published in the two series: Proceedings and Legislative review. |
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... fact that adequate protection of the working population is one of the cornerstones of effectiveness . At such a time the eleventh annual meeting of the American Association for Labor Legislation assumes more than ordinary importance ...
... fact that adequate protection of the working population is one of the cornerstones of effectiveness . At such a time the eleventh annual meeting of the American Association for Labor Legislation assumes more than ordinary importance ...
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... fact that so few people realize that this deficiency exists is a commentary on our low health ideals . I have sometimes wondered what might have happened if this fact were so well known that slackers between the ages of twenty - one and ...
... fact that so few people realize that this deficiency exists is a commentary on our low health ideals . I have sometimes wondered what might have happened if this fact were so well known that slackers between the ages of twenty - one and ...
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... fact that the diseases of wear and tear are on the increase , masked by the fact that the diseases of infection are decreasing somewhat faster , so that our death rate is declining . The expectation of life at middle age is less to ...
... fact that the diseases of wear and tear are on the increase , masked by the fact that the diseases of infection are decreasing somewhat faster , so that our death rate is declining . The expectation of life at middle age is less to ...
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... fact is no argument against health insurance . On the contrary , in a democ- racy , it is an argument in favor of it . We need the cementing of the labor element to the government , and the weak spot to - day in loyalty to our country ...
... fact is no argument against health insurance . On the contrary , in a democ- racy , it is an argument in favor of it . We need the cementing of the labor element to the government , and the weak spot to - day in loyalty to our country ...
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... facts universally conceded , why has the problem of supplying our war industries with the hosts of workers they require thus far received so little attention in Washington ? One reason for this stands out prominently . While it was ...
... facts universally conceded , why has the problem of supplying our war industries with the hosts of workers they require thus far received so little attention in Washington ? One reason for this stands out prominently . While it was ...
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Page 298 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...
Page 339 - Even when they are not, by abundant testimony of the medical fraternity continuance for a long time on her feet at work, repeating this from day to day, tends to injurious effects upon the body, and as healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical well-being of woman becomes an object of public interest and care in order to preserve the strength and vigor of the race.
Page 37 - Bristol in 1915 is still applicable, viz., that "this is a war of materials" and that it "has resolved itself into a conflict between the mechanics of Germany and Austria on the one hand, and the mechanics of Great Britain and France (to whom we may now add the United States) on the other." If this be true, it is obvious that everything which tends to conserve our industrial efficiency is as important as a means to the end — the winning of the war — as that which promotes military efficiency....
Page 331 - But if society and industry and the individual were made to pay from day to day the actual cost of the sickness, accident, invalidity, premature death or premature old age consequent upon excessive hours of labor or unhygienic conditions of work, of unnecessary risk, and of irregularity in employment, those evils would be rapidly reduced.
Page 31 - The employment of skilled men should be confined to work which could not be efficiently performed by less skilled labor or by women. (2) Women should be employed as far as practicable on all classes of work for which they are suitable. (3) Semi-skilled and unskilled men should be employed on any work which does not necessitate the employment of skilled men and for which women are unsuitable.
Page 113 - In addition, both the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Association of Manufacturers continued their own questioning of US participation in the ILO.
Page 56 - The first great advantage of a centralized system would be in the enormous saving of expense. Under the dual system, a whole set of officials must be maintained whose only duty would be to bring about the coordination of the parts of the system. If the federal government had exclusive control, this coordination would be achieved with only a fraction of the effort, since the local officials would be directly under the control of a single executive head. 2. The second advantage lies in the superior...
Page 259 - ... breach of any rule or regulation adopted by the employer and approved by the Industrial Commission, and brought prior to the accident to the knowledge of the employee.
Page 369 - SAFETY. 1. Maintenance of all existing standards of safeguarding machinery and industrial processes for the prevention of accidents. II. SANITATION. 1. Maintenance of all existing measures for the prevention of occupational diseases. 2. Immediate agreement upon practicable methods for the prevention of special occupational poisonings incident to making and handling explosives.
Page 285 - Every sign of these terrible days of war and revolutionary change, when economic and social forces are being released upon the world whose effect no political seer dare venture to conjecture, bids us search our hearts through and through and make them ready for the birth of a new day — a day, we hope and believe, of greater opportunity and greater prosperity for the average mass of struggling men and women — and of greater safety and opportunity for our children.