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Show uu Germany Passes the Exploitation Measure BERLIN, Sunday, Jan. IS. (B the Associated Press) Tho shops' coun-! cils bill, or "exploitation law," one of the most radical pieces of economic legislation since the war, was passed by the national assembly today after! five days of debate. Tho measure affects all places' where more than five persons are em-j ployed, except newspapers The five or more employes elect a steward, who will confer with the employer on relations rela-tions with the workers and general conduct of the business- Tho number i of stewards varies with the size of the! staff, whose representatives will be! given the privilege of attending directors' direc-tors' meetings wliore they will u? active ac-tive voters, but not shareholders. One modification of the bill prohibits prohib-its an employer from discharging a woman and substituting a male employe em-ploye for reason of sex. The bill does not satisfy the independent.'!,- who clamored for a measure after the Russian pattern. |