Twenty-eighth (maritime) Session of the International Labor Conference: Seattle, Washington, June 6 to June 29, 1946 |
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... amendments proposed by the members of the committees . AGENDA OF THE CONFERENCE 1 The agenda for the Conference included the following items : 1. Director's Report ; 2. Social security for seafarers ; 3. Crew accommodations on board ...
... amendments proposed by the members of the committees . AGENDA OF THE CONFERENCE 1 The agenda for the Conference included the following items : 1. Director's Report ; 2. Social security for seafarers ; 3. Crew accommodations on board ...
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... amendment for an 18 - pound minimum but prior to the vote withdrew its amendment and indicated that it would support TWENTY - EIGHTH ( MARITIME SESSION ) 7 Discussion.
... amendment for an 18 - pound minimum but prior to the vote withdrew its amendment and indicated that it would support TWENTY - EIGHTH ( MARITIME SESSION ) 7 Discussion.
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... amendment and indicated that it would support a 16 - pound or 64 - dollar minimum . This minimum was substantially below one that the U.S. delegation would support . Article 8 provides for the method to be used in determining the ...
... amendment and indicated that it would support a 16 - pound or 64 - dollar minimum . This minimum was substantially below one that the U.S. delegation would support . Article 8 provides for the method to be used in determining the ...
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... amendments proposed by the worker group were for the deletion of the terms African and Asiatic but the retention in sub- stance of wage rates below the basic minimum established in article 5 . Our position was made difficult by the fact ...
... amendments proposed by the worker group were for the deletion of the terms African and Asiatic but the retention in sub- stance of wage rates below the basic minimum established in article 5 . Our position was made difficult by the fact ...
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... amendments proposed by the employer members for additional tonnage limitations . Those who supported amendments to provide for additional tonnage limitations held that to be meaningful the convention must be put into force by a ...
... amendments proposed by the employer members for additional tonnage limitations . Those who supported amendments to provide for additional tonnage limitations held that to be meaningful the convention must be put into force by a ...
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16-pound minimum able seamen additional tonnage limitations application board ship catering department certification collective agreements competent authority convention on crew convention provides convention was adopted Copenhagen crew accommodations day of rest delegates voted Director's Report discussion distant-trade ships draft convention effect eight-hour day employer group employment ernment establishment existing ships favor food and catering full committee government and workers government delegate government member Harry Lundeberg industrial workers International Labor Conference International Labor Office International Labor Organization Maritime Commission maritime nations Merchant Marine million tons minimum wage motion national laws near-trade ships nonresident seamen Office text opposed pension plenary session port position possible President principle proposal ratified the convention recommendation regulations representatives require Schwellenbach sea service seagoing Seattle shipowners and seafarers Social Security standards substantial tions United Kingdom United States delegation United States employers United States government vacation vention vessels War Shipping Administration worker group
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Page 40 - Congress hereby declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy...
Page 39 - District, which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract, in the employ of the contractor or any sub-contractor contractIng for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day upon such work...
Page 3 - ... International Labour Office to the Members of the International Labour Organisation ; and (c) the minimum basic wage so adjusted shall be binding upon Members which have ratified the Convention in the same manner as the wage prescribed in paragraph 1 of this Article, and shall take effect for each such Member not later than the beginning of the second calendar month following that in which the Director-General communicates the change to Members.
Page 9 - ... another Member shall be subject to an insurance or compensation scheme of the first Member and therefore excluded from the corresponding scheme of the second Member. Article 9 Nothing in this Convention shall affect any law, award, custom or agreement between shipowners and seafarers which ensures to the seafarers conditions more favourable than those provided for by this Convention.
Page 7 - Article 22 1. Effect may be given to this Convention by (a) laws or regulations; (b) collective agreements between shipowners and seafarers (except as regards paragraph 2 of Article 21); or (c) a combination of laws or regulations and collective agreements between shipowners and seafarers. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Convention shall be...
Page 3 - Organisation which is not a Member of the International Monetary Fund, the par value shall be the official rate of exchange, in terms of gold or of the dollar of the United States of America of the weight and fineness in effect on 1 July 1944, currently in effect for payments and transfers for current international transactions. 4. In the case of any currency which cannot be dealt with under the provisions of either of the two preceding...
Page 16 - Articles 5, 8 and 10, to be made when— (a) the ship is re-registered ; (b) substantial structural alterations or major repairs are made to the ship as a result of long-range plans and not as a consequence of an accident or emergency. 2. In the case of a ship in the process of building and/or conversion on the date of...
Page 39 - ... at the opening session, that the United States is committed to the principle of putting a floor under wages. This policy has been stated as a safeguard for working people by our Congress in several statutes, among which is our Fair Labor Standards Act. That Act provides for a minimum wage of forty cents per hour to practically all workers engaged in the production of goods which are intended to move in interstate commerce. The President has urged Congress to include seamen in the coverage of...
Page 10 - Article 17 of this Convention. 5. When the total number of hours worked in a period of one week, excluding hours regarded as overtime, exceeds forty-eight, the officer or rating shall be compensated by time off in port or otherwise as may be determined by collective agreement between the organisations of shipowners and seafarers concerned.
Page 30 - Adviser s: Mrs. Clara M. BEYER, Assistant Director, Division of Labor Standards, United States Department of Labor. Mr. Wilbur J. COHEN, Technical Adviser to the Social Security Board. Mr. James FALCK, Assistant Chief, Shipping Division, State Department. Mr. Thomas HOLLAND, Associate Chief, Division of International Labor, Social and Health Affairs, Department of State. Captain HT JEWELL, Chief, Merchant Marine Personnel Division, United States Coast Guard. Miss Dagny JOHNSON, Office of the Solicitor,...