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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... question only partially , at this time , Mr. Roosevelt , by stating that our costs for direct labor and indirect labor , that part that goes into the production of the finished product , the case of tuna , are less than our similar ...
... question only partially , at this time , Mr. Roosevelt , by stating that our costs for direct labor and indirect labor , that part that goes into the production of the finished product , the case of tuna , are less than our similar ...
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... question on that . If I was inter- ested as a worker in the cannery factory on the west coast , I think , looking at this problem , I would want to be awfully sure I was not building up here a low - wage scale competitive operation ...
... question on that . If I was inter- ested as a worker in the cannery factory on the west coast , I think , looking at this problem , I would want to be awfully sure I was not building up here a low - wage scale competitive operation ...
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... question , Mr. Roosevelt . I would say , in the first place , it is a difficult thing to determine what that percentage may be . It depends on your period of comparison . The nature of our business has its peaks and valleys of operation ...
... question , Mr. Roosevelt . I would say , in the first place , it is a difficult thing to determine what that percentage may be . It depends on your period of comparison . The nature of our business has its peaks and valleys of operation ...
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... question was raised concerning the hiring of aliens . And may I also at this time present to you , which I am sure ... questions that you would desire to ask of Mr. Moore . We will try to get , by Friday morning , the in- formation that ...
... question was raised concerning the hiring of aliens . And may I also at this time present to you , which I am sure ... questions that you would desire to ask of Mr. Moore . We will try to get , by Friday morning , the in- formation that ...
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... question would be the verbiage which would not preclude administrative per- sonnel from the continental United States going out . He has men- tioned there are 6 or 8 of them out there . Mr. ROOSEVELT . I see . Secondly , and I want to ...
... question would be the verbiage which would not preclude administrative per- sonnel from the continental United States going out . He has men- tioned there are 6 or 8 of them out there . Mr. ROOSEVELT . I see . Secondly , and I want to ...
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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...