Word: waged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proposals Mr. Bullard fails to touch the basic philosophy of labor--that the workingman shall receive a decent living wage and that the work shall be so spread as to give this to as many workers as possible. All the policies which he attacks--closed unions, restriction of output, closed shops--are simply means to this end. It cannot be denied that unions have achieved much for their members, nor can it be denied that the achievement has caused inconvenience and waste. The aim is just and proper; what is needed is not criticism and fear but understanding so that...
...partisan observers it seems that Johnson's chances depend on a "break." What prospects are there of such a break? An issue in Congress may provide it?but that is unpredictable. The only other major possibility now apparent is a soft coal strike next spring. The soft coal miners' wage contract will expire. A strike is likely. On Jan. 22 a convention of the United Mine Workers at Indianapolis will formulate their demands. If there should be a prolonged strike, it might seriously damage the Administration. To force a settlement distasteful to the public or to the 160,000 miners...
...Minimum wage laws for women...
...increase in the deposits of a commercial bank is mainly caused by and mainly reflects greater trade operations and the expansion of business indebtedness. When savings bank deposits increase, it is a sign of larger private savings and in general a reduction of individual indebtedness among the salary and wage-earning classes...
...President Coolidge's endorsement of the principle of the minimum wage for working women is very gratifying to all believers in the legal protection of women in industry. Great difference of opinion have existed, and probably will continue to exist, concerning the most effective means of affording protection against under-payment, and no all will approve the particular proposal which the President has made; but his public committal to the principle will hearten workers in this cause everywhere...