 June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now,...  Eight Hours for Laborers on Government Work - 115. lappuseautors: United States. Department of Commerce and Labor - 1905 - 144 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | David Montgomery - 1967 - 556 lapas
...later he declared himself a friend of the "experiment."8 Eight hours now constituted "a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics . . . employed by or on behalf of the government of the United States."4 No sooner was this the case than the dispute over the Sherman amendment was... | |
 | Michael H. Alderman, Marshall J. Hanley - 1982 - 62 lapas
...State of Massachusetts, May 1867, ch. 286, para. 4. 1 7. An Act Constituting Eight Hours a Day's Work for All Laborers, Workmen, and Mechanics Employed by or on Behalf of the Government of the United States. 40th Cong. June 1868, ch. 72, para. 2. 1 8. An Act in Further Addition to an... | |
 | 1906 - 698 lapas
...more than eight hours as a day's labor. Massachusetts.— Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of any city or town in the Commonwealth upon acceptance of the statute by a majority ot voters presen... | |
 | David R. Roediger, Philip S. Foner - 1989 - 400 lapas
...Labor's triumph seemed remarkably complete. The language of the law, which pronounced its application to "all laborers, workmen and mechanics . . . employed by or on behalf of the government of the United States," implied broad coverage of not only direct employees of the government but also... | |
 | 1902 - 708 lapas
...city, township, or other municipality. JHnssachusetts.— Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of any city or town in the Commonwealth. Employment of minors under eighteen years of age and women in... | |
 | Barry Cushman - 1998 - 333 lapas
...measure involved a congressional statute providing that eight hours should constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the government of the United States. The statute was unanimously sustained. 47 In 1891 the state of Kansas enacted... | |
 | 1912 - 398 lapas
...work done by contractors for the government. Congress first adopted a law constituting eight hours a day for all laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the government of the United States on June 25, 1868. By an Act approved May 24, 1888, the eight-hour law was extended... | |
 | Knights of Labor - 1880 - 468 lapas
...act of Congress approved June 25, 1868, constituted on and after that date eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith : Now, therefore,... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 602 lapas
...act of Congress approved June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now, therefore,... | |
 | 1895 - 720 lapas
...actof Congress approved June 25, 1868, constituted on and after that date eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of tbe United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acte inconsistent therewith: Your petitioners... | |
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