Memorandum On The Eight Hour Working Day

Excerpt from Memorandum on the Eight-Hour Working Day: Submitted by the Secretary, July 20, 1915 The recent eight-hour movement began with the railroad brother hoods in 1916 - 17. As a result of a threatened strike certain adjust ments were made in pay on the basis of an 8-hour day instead of a former 10-hour day. This change was secured by the Adamson law of September 3, 1916. The new day has been termed by the rail road world the basic eight-hour day. This change in the railroad day has affected approximately workers. The eight-hour day has been in force in the Government navy yards for many years, and time and a half has been paid for over time work. The Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where mostly women are employed, has always been an actual eight-hour establishment, but in periods of rush increased hours have regularly been worked. Only recently was the eight - hour day introduced with time and a half paid for overtime. This has affected approximately employees in the bureau. The eight-hour day has now become almost universal in the ship yards, in which approximately employees are engaged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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