Twenty-eighth (maritime) Session of the International Labor Conference: Seattle, Washington, June 6 to June 29, 1946 |
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... . Yours very truly, L. B. SCHWELLENBACH United States Government Delegate The Honorable THE SECRETARY OF STATE Washington, D. C. in Contents PAGE Letter of Transmittal iii I. The Conference as OEPOStf* BY THC Letter of Transmittal.
... . Yours very truly, L. B. SCHWELLENBACH United States Government Delegate The Honorable THE SECRETARY OF STATE Washington, D. C. in Contents PAGE Letter of Transmittal iii I. The Conference as OEPOStf* BY THC Letter of Transmittal.
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... STATE OF AMERICA TWENTY - EIGHTH ( Maritime ) Session INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE Seattle , Washington , June 6 to June 29 , 1946 Report of the United States Government Delegate TWENTY - EIGHTH ( Maritime ) Session of the INTERNATIONAL.
... STATE OF AMERICA TWENTY - EIGHTH ( Maritime ) Session INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE Seattle , Washington , June 6 to June 29 , 1946 Report of the United States Government Delegate TWENTY - EIGHTH ( Maritime ) Session of the INTERNATIONAL.
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... AMERICA Report of The Honorable Lewis B. Schwellenbach United States Government Delegate UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE , WASHINGTON , D. C. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Publication 2854 Conference Series 101 Released August.
... AMERICA Report of The Honorable Lewis B. Schwellenbach United States Government Delegate UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE , WASHINGTON , D. C. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Publication 2854 Conference Series 101 Released August.
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... to June 29 , 1946 . Yours very truly , L. B. SCHWELLENBACH United States Government Delegate The Honorable THE SECRETARY OF STATE Washington , D. C. iii Letter of Transmittal . Contents I. The Conference as a DEPOSTED BY THE.
... to June 29 , 1946 . Yours very truly , L. B. SCHWELLENBACH United States Government Delegate The Honorable THE SECRETARY OF STATE Washington , D. C. iii Letter of Transmittal . Contents I. The Conference as a DEPOSTED BY THE.
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... Delegation Objectives Sought by the United States Role of the United States at the Conference II . The Work of the Conference Committees Committee on Wages , Hours , and Manning Introduction . Terms of the Convention Discussion ...
... Delegation Objectives Sought by the United States Role of the United States at the Conference II . The Work of the Conference Committees Committee on Wages , Hours , and Manning Introduction . Terms of the Convention Discussion ...
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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,...