Word: eight-hour
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...abolition of the two-shift system in the continuous processes does not mean the universal institution of the eight-hour day in the steel industry. There will be many workers who will work ten hours, some twelve hours-but for twelve-hour work "overtime " will be paid...
Samuel D. Warriner, President of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., and leader of the operators, agreed to the demands of the miners that all members of the industry should have a uniform eight-hour day with the same pay as at present. It was also agreed that all miners' particular grievances in future should be settled within 30 days...
...first day of the conference was largely taken up with the presentation of the miners' eleven demands. The chief demands were 1) a 20% increase of wages, 2) maximum eight-hour day (only 3,000 or 4,000 of the 150,000 men represented have not an eight-hour day, yet this is one of the major demands), 3) complete recognition of the United Mine Workers (which means virtually a closed shop...
...rise in prices, the eight-hour day is now impossible...
...eight-hour day would call for 60,000 more workmen. Owing chiefly to the immigration laws, no additional workmen are available. So that even if the public accepted...