Railway Strikes and Lockouts: A Study of Arbitration and Conciliation Laws of the Principal Countries of the World Providing Machinery for the Peaceable Adjustment of Disputes Between Railroads and Their Employees, and Laws of Certain Countries for the Prevention of StrikesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 367 pages |
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... Penalty of £ 1,000 against any per- son or organization responsible for a strike or lockout . Employer liable to a ... penalty . Penalty on union for aiding or instigating strike is £ 1,000 . Remarks . New Zealand . Queensland . [ ( a ) ...
... Penalty of £ 1,000 against any per- son or organization responsible for a strike or lockout . Employer liable to a ... penalty . Penalty on union for aiding or instigating strike is £ 1,000 . Remarks . New Zealand . Queensland . [ ( a ) ...
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... penalty may be levied against the union . Penalties are made a charge on wages and on funds of associations . ( b ) At any time during the progress of a strike , 5 per cent of the work- ers concerned may demand a secret ballot on any ...
... penalty may be levied against the union . Penalties are made a charge on wages and on funds of associations . ( b ) At any time during the progress of a strike , 5 per cent of the work- ers concerned may demand a secret ballot on any ...
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... Penalties are not imposed by the Government but must be enforced by the injured party to the dispute . Strikes or lockouts are prohibited Fines . in cases where court awards or trade agreements are broken . In cases where no trade agree ...
... Penalties are not imposed by the Government but must be enforced by the injured party to the dispute . Strikes or lockouts are prohibited Fines . in cases where court awards or trade agreements are broken . In cases where no trade agree ...
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... penalty they impose , and as to their bearing on what are known as the " public - utility services . " It may be observed that this expression has no exact definition . Primarily the services of water , gas , and electric lighting , and ...
... penalty they impose , and as to their bearing on what are known as the " public - utility services . " It may be observed that this expression has no exact definition . Primarily the services of water , gas , and electric lighting , and ...
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... penalties or conditions apply in con- nection with the public - utility services , the most general aim of the acts them- selves is , apart from the improvement of industrial conditions in the weaker trades , the maintenance of ...
... penalties or conditions apply in con- nection with the public - utility services , the most general aim of the acts them- selves is , apart from the improvement of industrial conditions in the weaker trades , the maintenance of ...
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aforesaid agree amended applications for boards appointed arbitration assessors award or industrial Board of Mediation Board of Trade boards of conciliation Canadian Canadian Northern Railway Canadian Pacific Railway chairman clerk commissioner Concerning wages conciliation and arbitration conciliation and investigation conciliation board court of arbitration Date of receipt declared deemed district duly duties effect employ employers or employees industrial agreement industrial association industrial dispute industrial matter industrial union inspector judge jurisdiction labor liable lockout or strike manner Mediation and Conciliation ment minister minority report nominated notice offense organization parties concerned penalty not exceeding ployees powers prescribed president provisions public utilities purpose Railway railway disputes recommendation registered registrar regulations Report of board representatives respect rules settlement South Wales specified strike or lockout strikes and lockouts summons thereof thinks fit tion trade-union unanimous report union or association Western Australia workers Zealand
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Page 136 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 141 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 147 - Columbia, or from one place in a territory to another place in the same territory, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States...
Page 104 - ... than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the Commission.
Page 312 - No person shall be refused employment or in any way discriminated against on account of membership or nonmembership in any labor organization, and there should be no discriminating against or interference with any employee who is not a member of a labor organization by members of such organization.
Page 147 - ... contract : Provided, however. That this act shall not be held to apply to employees of street railroads and shall apply only to employees engaged in railroad train service. In every such case the carrier shall be responsible for the acts and defaults of such employees in the same manner and to the same extent as if said cars were owned by it, and said employees directly employed by it, and any provisions to the contrary of any such lease or other contract shall be binding only as between the...
Page 143 - At the expiration of ten days from the decision of the district court upon exceptions taken to said award as aforesaid judgment shall be entered In accordance with said decision, unless during said ten days either party shall appeal therefrom to the circuit court of appeals. In such case only such portion of the record shall be transmitted to the appellate court as is necessary to the proper understanding and consideration of the questions of law presented by said exceptions and to be decided.
Page 137 - Board shall at once endeavor as its final required action (except as provided in paragraph third of this section and in section 10 of this Act) to induce the parties to submit their controversy to arbitration, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Page 318 - Act, and shall (subject as hereinafter mentioned) be of the same effect as if they were contained in this Act, and shall be judicially noticed.
Page 300 - Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act...