Minimum Wage-hour Legislation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Labor Standards of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on Various Bills Regarding Minimum Wage Legislation ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 1575 pàgines |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
$1 an hour $1 minimum 75 cents AFL-CIO annual AYRES believe bill cents an hour Chairman commerce companies competition Congress coverage covered dealer DENT dollar economic effect employed employees employment enterprise ESTERS exemption fact Fair Labor Standards figures forestry gentlemen Georgia going HIESTAND higher hourly wage income jobbers labor costs Labor Standards Act LANDRUM legislation less living logging Lumber manufacturing MEANY ment MILLIKEN million mills minimum wage minimum wage law National Restaurant Association operations overtime paid payroll percent percentage plants POTOFSKY present problem production profit proposed PUCINSKI Puerto Rico pulpwood question raise restaurant industry retail ROOSEVELT salary sawmill Secretary MUELLER Secretary of Labor South southern pine statement subcommittee theaters thing timber tion tips U.S. Forest Service union wage and hour wage increases wage rates week workers
Passatges populars
Pàgina 490 - ... (14) any employee employed as a seaman on a vessel other than an American vessel; or "(15) any employee employed in planting or tending trees, cruising, surveying, or felling timber, or In preparing or transporting logs or other forestry products to the mill, processing plant, railroad, or other transportation terminal, if the number of employees employed by his employer in such forestry or lumbering operations does not exceed twelve...
Pàgina 102 - FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers...
Pàgina 64 - In purchasing power of the salary is reduced by increases in the cost of living as measured by the Consumer Price Index of the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Pàgina 175 - ... possible standard on which they can subsist. The low standards of living, which are a result of low wages, have been accentuated and worsened by the rise in the cost of living in recent years. This rise has been reflected in the Consumer Price Index published by the US Department of Labor. The rise in the general price level has created a...
Pàgina 176 - National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation (301 US 1, 37 ; 57 S.
Pàgina 231 - We have achieved greater freedoms, privileges, and opportunities than those known to other nations. The Texas Forestry Association believes wholeheartedly in this system which is dependent upon the well being of small businessmen.
Pàgina 173 - Rather it means that the full amount of the increase would immediately be used for food, clothing, education, and the other necessities of life. Congress has the power to control commerce The problem of the underpaid employees of large retail establishments is fundamentally a matter of human welfare. We believe that the large retail enterprises can afford to pay a fair minimum wage to their employees. Congress through the proper exercise of its power to regulate commerce can raise the level of human...
Pàgina 232 - Tex., engaged in the production, buying, and selling of pulpwood, «aw logs, poles, piling, posts, and other related products. I also do a considerable amount of contract work assisting small landowners in managing their timberland to assure a continuous crop. I am an associate member of the Society of American Foresters, a member of the Texas Forestry Association, the American Forestry Association, and various local conservation groups furthering the wise use of our natural resources. With the sincere...
Pàgina 799 - Kentucky Petroleum Marketers Association ( Jobber Division) . Louisiana Oil Marketers Association (Jobber Division) . Michigan Petroleum Association. Mississippi Oil Jobbers Association. Missouri Oil Jobbers Association. Nebraska Petroleum Marketers Association, Inc.
Pàgina 361 - They were vital to the advance in wages in the thirties; now it is just as important to sustain the advances made through collective bargaining. Unless we secure a rise in the minimum wage to $1.25 the achievements of the Textile Workers Union of America in advancing wages...