testimony, cannot be received either as evidence nor Ican it be considered as a factor tending to support the contention of said party. In the case of the street car strike in Lincoln, the Board of Mediation made no investigation. On April 19, 1917, the motormen and conductors of the Lincoln Traction Company quit work. The reason was the discharge of a committee representing the traction men because it had asked the company for an increase in wages and an improvement of other conditions. There was little destruction of property aside from the activity of a few sympathizers. The most serious result was the death of one man who was interfering with the running of a street car. In 1917 there was a general strike of the packing concerns of Omaha. The employees had asked for an increase of wages and had been offered 22 cents an hour by the company. This the men refused to accept. The strike lasted but two weeks. A member of the Government Board of Mediation from Washington was sent to help settle the difficulty. He was successful in adjusting matters satisfactorily to the employer and employee. The employees accepted the 22 cents increase per hour and returned to work. Later there was a general increase in wages of all packing house employees as a result of the Altschuler Court Decision of Chicago. In 1918 the beverage workers of soft drinks of Omaha had asked for an increase in wages. A conference was held between the employers and employees, but as they were not able to reach an agreement the employees went out on a strike. The strike lasted but one week. The Government sent a representative who was able to adjust matters satisfactorily to both employers and employees, and the latter returned to work. PART VII Female Labor Law If I were hanged on the highest hill, If I were drowned in the deepest sea, If I were doomed of body and soul, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose prayers would make me whole, -Rudyard Kipling. FEMALE LABOR LAW AND EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS Because of the great importance of the Female Labor Law to employers generally, we herewith print the law in toto. 3562. Duty of Employers to Supply Seats. It shall be the duty of every agent, proprietor, superintendent or employer of female help in stores, factories, offices, or schools within the State of Nebraska to provide a chair, stool or seat for each and every such employee, upon which their female workers shall be allowed to rest when their duties will permit, or when said position does not interfere with the faithful discharge of their incumbent duties. (1883 p. 229; 1913 p. 644; Ann. 6938; Comp. 7914 c.) 3563. Penalty for Not Providing. Any neglect or refusal to provide a chair, stool or seat for every female worker in the employ of any agent, proprietor, superintendent or employer in the State of Nebraska shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof such agent, proprietor, superintendent or employer shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and stand committed until such fine be paid, and shall likewise be liable to an action for damages to such female worker whose health has been injured by this neglect of her employer to provide a chair, stool or seat, as required by the next preceding section. (1883 p. 229; Ann. 6939; Comp. 7914d.) 3565. Hours Required Posted Up. Every such employer shall post in a conspicuous place in every room where such females are employed, a printed notice stating the number of hours' work required of them each day of the week, the hours of commencing and stopping such work, and the hours when the time or times allowed for dinner or other meals begins and ends. Printed forms of such notice shall be furnished by the Deputy Labor Commissioner, and the form of such notice approved by the Attorney General of this State. (1889 p. 362; Ann. 6941; Comp. 7914f.) 3566. Seats Must Be Provided. Every such employer in such establishment shall provide suitable seats for the females so employed, and shall permit the use of such seats by them when they are not necessarily engaged in the active duties for which they are employed. (1889 p. 363; Ann. 6942; Comp. 7914g.) 3567. Penalty. Any employer, overseer, superintendent or other agents of such employer who shall violate any of the provisions of the three next preceding sections shall be fined for each offense in a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars; and it is hereby made the duty of the Deputy Labor Commissioner to enforce the provisions of the three next preceding sections. (1899 p. 363; Ann. 6943; Comp. 7914h.) State of Nebraska DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Working Hours of Female Employees STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER'S FORM The hours of labor required of female employees in this establishment shall be as follows: Females may be employed subject to provisions of Section 3564 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, as follows: Sec. 3564. In metropolitan cities, in cities of the first class having more than 40,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants, in cities of the first class having less than 40,000 and more than 25,000 inhabitants, in cities of the first class having more than 5,000 and less than 25,000 inhabitants, no female shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel or restaurant, office or of any public service corporation in this state more than nine hours during any one day or more than fiftyfour hours in one week. The hours of each day may be so arranged as to permit the employment of such female at any time from six o'clock A. M. to ten o'clock P. M., but in no case shall such employment exceed nine hours in any one day; Provided, however, such female shall not be employed between the hours of ten P. M. and six A. M.; Provided, further, public service corporations may employ females between the hours of ten P. M. and six A. M. GOVERNOR KEITH NEVILLE, Commissioner. GEO. E. NORMAN, Chief Deputy Commissioner. The above notice must be kept conspicuously posted. See Sec. 3565. PART VIII Child Labor Commission "BOY WANTED" "Wanted-A Boy." How often we This quite familiar notice see. Of task that a busy world can find. He is wanted-wanted now and here; There are seas to sail; there are gulfs to span; Wanted-the world wants boys today Boys who will guide the plow and pen; The world is eager to employ Not just one, but every boy Who with a purpose staunch and true -Nixon Waterman. |