Show BASIC DEMANDS OF i LABOR federation following Is the economic platform adopted by the american federation of labor 1 the abolition of all forms 0 of f involuntary servitude except as a puni ashment for crime j 2 free schools free textbooks and compulsory education 8 3 unrelenting protest against the lie issuance and abuse of injunction pr process in labor disputes 4 A work duy day of not more than eight hours in tile the twenty four hour day 5 A strict recognition of not over eight hours per lay day on all federal state or municipal work and not less titan the prevailing per diem wage rite of the lie class of employment in the vicinity where the work Is performed 0 release from employment 0 one ne day in seven 7 the abolition of the contract system on oil public work 8 the municipal ownership of public lic utilities 9 the abolition of the sweatshop sweat shop system 10 sanitary inspection of factory workshop mine and home boine 11 11 liability of employers for injury to body or loss of life 12 the nationalization of telegraph and telephone 13 18 the passage of hild labor laws in states where they do not exist and rigid defense of them where they have been enact enacted ei into law 14 woman suffrage coequal co equal with xann suffrage 15 suitable and plentiful playgrounds for children in all titles cities 11 10 tho the initiative till and find the imperative milti mandate date and right of recall 17 continued agitation for the public lath bath system in fit all cities 18 qualification in permits to built of all cities and towns that there shall be bathrooms and bathroom i attachments tach ments in fit till all houses or compartments use used for habitation 10 19 we favor ft a system of ignance whereby money shall bo be issued exclusively by the government site liidi regul regulation atlon anti and restrictions as mill protect it from manipulation by tile the bunking interests for their own private gain |