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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



LABOR LEGISLATION. 



Anti-Boycotting and Anti-Black- 

 listing Laws. The States having laws 

 prohibiting boycotting in terms are Colorado, 

 Illinois, and Wisconsin. 



The States having laws prohibiting black- 

 listing in terms are Alabama, Colorado, Con- 

 necticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, 

 Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, 

 Virginia, and Wisconsin. 



The following States have laws which may 

 be fairly construed as prohibiting boycotting: 

 Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, 

 Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 

 Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New 

 York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South 

 Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin. 



The following States have laws which may 

 be fairly construed as prohibiting blacklisting: 

 Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, New 

 York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, and 

 South Dakota. 



In the following States it is unlawful for 

 any employer to exact an agreement, either 

 written or verbal, from an employee not to join 

 or become a member of any labor organiza- 

 tion, as a condition of employment : Cali- 

 fornia, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Massachu- 

 setts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New 

 York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. 



Eight - Hour Laws. CALIFORNIA. 

 Eight hours of labor constitute a day's work, 

 unless it is otherwise expressly stipulated by 

 the parties to a contract. A stipulation that 

 eight hours of labor constitute a day's work 

 must be made a part of all contracts to which 

 the State or any municipal corporation there- 

 in is a party. But in the case of drivers, 

 conductors, and gripmen of street cars for the 

 carriage of passengers, a day's work consists 

 of twelve hours. Employment of minor 

 children for more than eight hours per day is 

 absolutely prohibited, except in vinicultural or 

 horticultural pursuits, or in domestic or house- 

 hold occupations. 



COLORADO. Eight hours constitute a day's 

 work for all workingmen employed by the 

 State, or any county, township, school district, 

 municipality, or incorporated town. 



CONNECTICUT. Eight hours of labor con- 

 stitute a lawful day's work unless otherwise 

 agreed. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Eight hours con- 

 stitute a day's work for all laborers or mechan- 

 ics employed by or on behalf of the District of 

 Columbia. 



IDAHO. Eight hours' actual work consti- 

 tute a lawful day's work on all State and munic- 

 ipal work*. 



ILLINOIS. Eight hours are a legal day's 

 work in all mechanical employments, except 

 on farms, and when otherwise agreed ; does not 

 apply to service by the day, week, or month, 

 or prevent contracts for longer hours. 



INDIANA. Eight hours of labor constitute a 

 legal day's work for all classes of mechanics, 

 workiugmen, and laborers, excepting those en- 

 gaged in agricultural and domestic labor. 

 Overwork by agreement and for extra compen- 

 sation is permitted. The employment of per- 

 sons under fourteen years of age for more than 

 eight hours per day is absolutely prohibited. 



KANSAS. Eight hours constitute a day's 

 work for all laborers, mechanics, or other per- 

 sons employed by or on behalf 6f the State or 

 any county, city, township, or other munic- 

 ipality. 



NEBRASKA. Eight hours constitute a legal 

 day's work for all classes of mechanics, serv- 

 ants, and laborers, except those engaged in 

 farm or domestic labor. 



MISSOURI. Eight hours constitute a legal 

 day's work. The law does not prevent an 

 agreement to work for a longer or a shorter 

 time and does not apply to labprers and farm 

 hands in the service of farmers or others en- 

 gaged in agriculture. 



MONTANA. Eight hours constitute a legal 

 day's work for persons engaged to operate" or 

 handle any first-motion or direct-acting hoist- 

 ing engine, or any geared or indirect-acting 

 hoisting engine at any mine employing fifteen 

 or more men underground when the duties of 

 fireman are performed by the person so en- 

 gaged ; also for any stationary engineer oper- 

 ating a stationary engine developing fifty or 

 more horse power when such engineer has 

 charge or control of a boiler or boilers in addi- 

 tion to his other duties. The law applies only 

 to such steam plants as are in continuous opera- 

 tion or are operated twenty or more hours in 

 each twenty-four hours, and does not apply to 

 persons running any engine more than eight 

 hours in each twenty-four for the purpose of 

 relieving another employee in case of sickness 

 or other unforeseen cause. 



NEW JERSEY. Eight hours constitute a 

 day's labor on any day whereon any general or 

 municipal election shall be held. 



NEW YORK. Eight hours constitute a day's 

 work for mechanics, workingmen, and labor- 

 ers, except in farm or domestic labor, but 

 overwork for extra pay is permitted. The law 

 applies to those employed by the State or 

 municipality, or by persons contracting for 

 State work. 



OHIO. Eight hours shall constitute a day's 

 work in all engagements to labor in any me- 

 chanical, manufacturing, or mining business, 



