Word: laboritis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Heinrich Brauns (Catholic Centrist Party) Labor ‡† Wilhelm Marx (Catholic Centrist Party) Justice...
...census of 1920 about one in every five persons "gainfully employed" is a woman-that is to say, there are more than eight million women workers in this country. At the meeting were women teachers, lawyers, salesclerks, office workers, factory workers., Government employes, representatives of the American Federation of Labor, of the International Typographical Union, of the Boot and Shoe Worker's Union, of the United Garment Workers, of the United Textile Workers, of the Women's Trade Union League...
Addresses by President Coolidge and Secretary of Labor James J. Davis were read to the meeting- addresses which laid stress on the welfare of working mothers. Mr. Davis declared...
...women. The Party contends that the type of special legislation raising the standards for employment of women really tends to injure women in industry-put them out of jobs, hinder their promotion, etc. The greater part of the delegates to the conference, especially the group representing organized labor, are opposed to the National Woman's Party stand...
...hear arguments on each side, and finally a compromise motion was passed: "Whereas equality for men and women in industry is a controversial matter now before Congress and the state legislatures, be it "Resolved, That this conference, called together under the auspices of the United States Department of Labor, recommends that the Women's Bureau make a comprehensive investigation of all the special laws regulating the employment of women, to determine their effects...