AMERICAN LABOUR FEDERATION
, PROGRAMME OF LEGISLATION. (Hec. December I, 10.10 p.m.) Washington, December 1. The American Federation of Labour has issued n statement advocating the following laws:— Prohibition of child labour. Total restriction of immigration for two ycais. Minimum wage for Government employees. VwWM employment service. Prohibition of inter-State transportation of convict labour. Provision of land and homes for soldiprs and sailors, and ln»? time-pnvment loans to citizens for building homes. Repeal of all taxes on the necessities of lilc. The federation urges that Congress should speedily approve of the League of Nations, including the labour provisions. The statement concludes with the assertion that "nothing results in more injury and iniustice to the worker than compulsory arbitration."—Renter.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 61, 5 December 1919, Page 7
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