Show NEW LABOR LAWS important legislation in interest of workers statutes enacted since the signing of the armistice are matters for congratulation substantial progress has been made since the alie signing of 0 the armistice in erecting additional legal safeguards for working men and women according to the summary of labor laws enacted made public by the american association for labor legislation Islat lon the statutes passed by forty states aria and by congress were examined in compiling the summary and the tha conclusion Is reached that the advance in the field of social insurance la Is particularly ticul arly marked four more states adopted work mens compensation laws last year making a total ot of forty five states and territories having such legislation in addition to the model art act of the federal government tor its civilian employees and the sold lera lere and sailors insurance act acl matter of sound economics besides this almost every sta stata to amended its compensation law with the trend says dr jolin john B andrews andrewa secretary of the association enczur en cour toward more liberal benefits benefi tep shorter waiting periods and wider scope indicating that protective laws for labor are regarded by legislators legislator not as a matter of sentiment but of sound economics north dakota one of the neyr new states to join the compensation group litis hns now on an enlightened provision for an exclusive state fund ten states raised their scale of compensation and at present twenty three states in all require employers to pay workers when nhen injured from 60 to OS ed 23 2 3 per cent of their wages or only six states all of them in the south lack work mens compensation acts even more significant dr andrews andrew thinks than the compensation insurance legislation Is the impetus given to the movement tor for compulsory work mens health insurance to protect wage earners and their families against the hazards hazard of sickness t Is aj work mens compensation now safe bate guards them when accidentally injured women workers benefited progress was also made the report states in obtaining legislation limiting the employment of women and children in halt half a dozen states the th hours of women workers were re r dueer dai ed including an eight hour limit in massachusetts won after a full half struggle north dakota passed minimum wage legislation tor for women and children bringing tho the total of states having uch such laws law rp cp to 14 in addI addition tIou to the district of columbia eight tates states improved their child labor acts while ai re enacted child labor declared unconstitutional by the supreme court using its taxing taming power us as the means of enforcement while congress continued to hold back says doctor andrews well considered measures tor for ft a federal state employment service as embodied in the kenyon nolan bill and vocational for industrial cripples sei ral tonk toni nation to meet these urgent needs your four states in addition to massachusetts where here beginnings were made a year ago authorized zed aid in re educating and finding employment for industrial cripples and the bankhead bill extending the present federal state system of vocational education to cover the maimed victims of industrial accidents ci el passed the united states senate labor unions legalized labor unions were expressly legal zed in three states during the year alle while in two of these tho use of injunctions in labor disputes la 19 strictly limited oregon created a state board of conciliation tor for industrial disputes sue as new york lias has while south ca coitus ia passed a law establish establishing irig penalties penal ties for violation of its conciliation and arbitration act six more mor states passed criminal syndicalism and sabotage law lavre california and okla homa increased the powers of their industrial du commissions to facilitate enforcement forcer nent of safety regulations and other labar laws baw |