Report, Volume 17

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - United States
 

Contents

Exclusiveness
l
Apprenticeship
li
tinued
liii
Piecework
liv
Limitation of output
lx
Provision of employment
lxi
Strikes lockouts and boycotts
lxii
Union labels
lxvii
Disputes between unions
lxix
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION I Importance and general nature of subject II Local collective bargaining trad...
lxxiv
LXXVIII
lxxviii
Formal national systems of collective bargaining and arbitration
lxxxix
Methods of organization and procedure in collective bargaining
xci
Nature of agreements as to conditions of labor
xcv
Arbitration as to specific disputes
xcvii
Collective bargaining and trade arbitration in Great Britain
xcix
Governmental arbitration Statutory provisions in the several States
ci
Local boards of conciliation and arbitration United States statutes
cv
Working of the State boards of arbitration
cvi
Governmental arbitration in foreign countries
cix
Compulsory arbitration
cxi
LAWS AND COURT DECISIONS AS TO LABOR COMBINATIONS I Introduction
cxiv
Legality of strikes in themselves
cxv
Enticement of employees IV Combinations to procure discharge or prevent employment
cxvi
Picketing and intimidation
cxvii
Boycotts
cxviii
Railroad strikes and boycotts
cxix
Injunctions in labor disputes
cxxi
Legal position of labor organizations
cxxiii
STATISTICS OF STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS
cxxvi
EARLY GENERAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
1
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
24
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TEXTILE CLOTHING AND ALLIED
51
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PRINTING TRADES
80
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BUILDING TRADES
118
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GLASS AND POTTERY TRADES
172

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Page cxxxix - June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.
Page 428 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 428 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract. agreement, or lease ; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page xx - Ibid., pp. 71, 86. this country — the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners — were established in their present form in 1851 and 1860, respectively.
Page 140 - ... to secure adequate pay for our work; to furnish aid in cases of death or permanent disability, and by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of all our members, and to improve the trade.
Page 10 - The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited.
Page xl - British unions which have branches in this country — the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners — were established in their present form in 1851 and 1860, respectively.
Page 429 - That employees dissatisfied with the award shall not by reason of . such dissatisfaction quit the service of the employer before the expiration of three months from and after the making of such award without giving thirty days' notice in writing of their intention so to quit.
Page 10 - ... calling upon all who believe in securing "the greatest good to the greatest number
Page 144 - ... the regulation of their wages and their hours and conditions of labor, the protection of their individual rights in the prosecution of their trade or trades, the raising of funds for the benefit of sick, disabled, or unemployed members, or the families of deceased members, or for such other object or objects for which working people may lawfully combine, having in view their mutual protection or benefit.

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