Minimum Wages in Certain Territories, Possessions, and Oversea Areas of the United States: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session |
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... operations at Samoa . My company is a California firm with main offices at Terminal Is land , Calif . , and additional plants at San Diego , Calif . , Astoria , Oreg . , and our most recent operation is at Pago Pago , American Samoa ...
... operations at Samoa . My company is a California firm with main offices at Terminal Is land , Calif . , and additional plants at San Diego , Calif . , Astoria , Oreg . , and our most recent operation is at Pago Pago , American Samoa ...
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... operation . In spite of these possible drawbacks , the very definite drawbacks to that location as a potential operation for us , we made our bid and we were awarded a 5 - year lease with the provision that the first year would be an ...
... operation . In spite of these possible drawbacks , the very definite drawbacks to that location as a potential operation for us , we made our bid and we were awarded a 5 - year lease with the provision that the first year would be an ...
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... operation . They bought their fleet , and they got their cannery set up , and they sent their fleet out to catch fish . And I think something like 5 tons , which is a very , very insignificant amount of fish , was delivered to the ...
... operation . They bought their fleet , and they got their cannery set up , and they sent their fleet out to catch fish . And I think something like 5 tons , which is a very , very insignificant amount of fish , was delivered to the ...
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... operation down there , at the close of our fiscal year we reported a loss , or recorded a loss , which we re- ported to the Internal Revenue Department , of approximately $ 200,000 . At the end of the second fiscal year's closing , we ...
... operation down there , at the close of our fiscal year we reported a loss , or recorded a loss , which we re- ported to the Internal Revenue Department , of approximately $ 200,000 . At the end of the second fiscal year's closing , we ...
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... operation down there , so far , we have followed that agreement . We have made more progress along the lines of developing the cannery operation and the skills necessary for the processing of fish than we have in the development of ...
... operation down there , so far , we have followed that agreement . We have made more progress along the lines of developing the cannery operation and the skills necessary for the processing of fish than we have in the development of ...
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Page 219 - For the purposes of this section, to bargain collectively is the performance of the mutual obligation of the employer and the representative of the employees to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question arising thereunder, and the execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party, but such obligation does not compel...
Page 221 - Nothing in this Act, except as specifically provided for herein, shall be construed so as either to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike, or to affect the limitations or qualifications on that right.
Page 221 - ... forfeiture ; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
Page 225 - ... to make a contribution or expenditure in connection with any election at which Presidential and Vice Presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress are to be voted for, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any of the foregoing offices...
Page 225 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed to require an individual employee to render labor or service without his consent, nor shall anything in this Act be construed to make the quitting of his labor by an individual employee an illegal act; nor shall any court issue any process to compel the performance by an individual employee of such labor or service, without his consent.
Page 219 - Whenever a petition shall have been filed, in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Board — "(A) by an employee or group of employees or any individual or labor organization acting in their behalf...
Page 222 - Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any State or Territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by State or Territorial law.
Page 162 - ... executive department, independent establishment, or other agency or instrumentality of the United States, or by the District of Columbia, or by any corporation all the stock of which is beneficially owned by the United States (all the foregoing being hereinafter designated as agencies of the United States), for the manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, and equipment in any amount exceeding $10,000...
Page 78 - WHEREAS the transfer of administration of American Samoa from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior...
Page 221 - Columbia, within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon...