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CONTENTS.
Women's trade union movement in Great Britain, by Katherine Graves
Busbey, A. B.:
Page.
Liability to victimization and apathy.
Attitude of male trade unionists to organization of women
Growth of organization among women workers..
Results of organization of women workers..
Aid secured through legal proceedings.
Recent legislation
Crusade against living-in and truck systems.
Protection against fines and imposition
The marriage dowry....
Conciliation and arbitration.............
6,7
8,9
9, 10
11-18
18-22
22-32
22, 23
23-25
25-29
29-31
31, 32
32
Advantages of affiliation with the General Federation of Trade Unions. 39-43
Relation of women's trade unions to low wages and the sweating system. 44-50
Conclusions..
50-58
Appendix
58-65
Cost of living of the working classes in the principal industrial towns of France:
Scope of the investigation....
Changes in retail prices and rates of wages between October, 1905, and
October, 1907
86, 87
Earnings and hours of labor in British textile industries:
Digest of recent reports of state bureaus of labor statistics:
88-92
92-95
95-97
98,99
99
100, 101
101, 102
102, 103
104, 105
California-Thirteenth Biennial Report, 1907 and 1908: Hours and wages—
Factory inspection-Farm labor-Employment agencies-Labor organi-
zations-Child labor-Chinese and Japanese.
Colorado-Biennial Report, 1907 and 1908: Coal production-Railroad em-
ployees-Labor organizations-Free employment bureaus..
Connecticut-Twenty-third Report, 1907 and 1908: New factory construc-
tion-Effects of the industrial depression-Free public employment
bureaus-Child labor conference-Strikes and lockouts-Employer's
liability-Tenement houses
Indiana-
106
106-108
Twelfth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Statistics, 1907 and 1908:
Labor organizations—Electric railroads................
108, 109
109
Sixth Biennial Report of the Indiana Labor Commission, 1907 and 1908...
Iowa-Thirteenth Biennial Report, 1906 and 1907: Graded wages and
salaries New industries-Trade unions-Wage-earners-Railroad em-
ployees Employers' statistical report-Canning industry..
Montana-Tenth Report, 1905 and 1906: Labor-Industries.
Digest of recent foreign statistical publications:
109-111
111, 112
Belgium:
Reports on home workers in Belgium: Furniture industry at Malines,
the making of embroidery and women's apparel, and rope making. 113
Report as to wages and hours of labor in the metal-working in-
dustry...
113-120
Germany:
Report on unemployment in Berlin and 27 suburbs on November
17, 1908...
120-124
Report on unemployment in Halle on the Saale on January 10, 1909. 124-127
Report of the experience of the city of Magdeburg and of various
European governments in connection with the problem of unem-
ployment
128-136
Great Britain:
Report of the chief inspector of factories and workshops for the year
1908...
137-141
Report of the chief inspector of factories on the administration of
the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, by local authorities in
respect of workshops, outwork, etc., in 1907........
Italy: Report on the question of employment on Sundays and holidays..
Decisions of courts affecting labor:
Decisions under statute law.
142, 143
143
144-163
Assignments of wages-rights of assignees-priority of wage claims
over claims of mortgagees-construction of statute (Union Trust Co.
v. Southern Sawmills and Lumber Co.)
144-147
Decisions of courts affecting labor-Concluded.
Decisions under statute law-Concluded.
Contract of employment-intent to defraud-constitutionality of stat-
ute-imprisonment for debt (Bailey v. State).............
147, 148
149, 150
150-153
Employers' liability-employment of children in violation of statute-
contributory negligence-course of employment (Strafford v. Repub-
lic Iron and Steel Co.).
Employers' liability-railroad companies-construction of statute-
assumption of risk-acts in emergencies (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi-
cago and St. Louis Railway Co. v. Bossert)...
Employers' liability-safe place to work-questions for jury-assump-
tion of risk-construction of statute-contributory negligence-
course of employment (Harvey v. Texas and Pacific Railway Co.). 153–157
Labor organizations—strikes—injunctions-conspiracy-interference
with employment-secondary boycott-reciprocal rights of employ-
ers and employees (Iron Molders' Union v. Allis-Chalmers Co.) ... 157–163
Decisions under common law.... 163-181
Index
Employer and employee-disclosure of trade secrets-confidential re-
lations-injunction (Stevens & Co. v. Stiles).
163-165
Employer and employee-wrongful discharge-remedy-duty to seek
new employment-burden of proof (Quick v. Swing)............ 165–167
Employers' liability-duty of employer as to employment of compe-
tent fellow-servants-evidence of incompetence-contract with trade
union as defense (Pearson v. Alaska Pacific Steamship Co.)....... 167-169
Labor organizations-boycott-secondary or compound boycott-con-
spiracy-injunction-unincorporated associations (The American
Federation of Labor v. The Buck Stove and Range Co.).
169-179
Labor organizations-interference with employment-liability for pro-
curing discharge-rights of members (Blanchard v. Newark Joint
District Council of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America et al.) .......
180, 181
183-186