. Labor problems and labor legislation . own health and safety,but also a greater risk of accidents which mayendanger the lives and property of every state in the union, as well as theUnited States for interstate employees, hasplaced hour restrictions on two classes of rail-road workers—firemen, engineers, conductorsand others engaged in the actual handling oftrains, and those who direct train movements,such as telegraphers and train dispatchers. Forthose handling trains, sixteen hours, to be fol-lowed by at least eight or ten hours of rest, isgenerally set as the limit of a
. Labor problems and labor legislation . own health and safety,but also a greater risk of accidents which mayendanger the lives and property of every state in the union, as well as theUnited States for interstate employees, hasplaced hour restrictions on two classes of rail-road workers—firemen, engineers, conductorsand others engaged in the actual handling oftrains, and those who direct train movements,such as telegraphers and train dispatchers. Forthose handling trains, sixteen hours, to be fol-lowed by at least eight or ten hours of rest, isgenerally set as the limit of a days work. Teleg-raphers may be restricted to eight hours undera three-shift system if employment iscontinuous,or at small stations to twelve or thirteen hoursfollowed by a rest period of eight or ten the necessary permission to work overtimein emergencies leaves a loophole throughwhich these laws may be evaded, and their en-forcement, though improving, leaves somethingto be desired. [57] LABOR PROBLEMS AND LABOR LEGISLATION. WHY DIDNT HE SHUT THE MOTOR OFF? Many serious accidents are the result of trying to adjustor reach across a running machine. About a dozen states have scattering laws af-fecting mens hours in other special lines ofwork. Laundries, electric plants, firing of sta-tionary boilers, cement mills, saw mills, brick-yards, textile mills, and drug and grocery stores,have all appeared to some legislators to demandspecial protection against the dangers of over-work. Eight-Hour Day The constitutionality of statutes which limitmens hours to eight a day is still uncertain. AnAlaska court has set aside a measure of this kind,but the United States Supreme Court has notpassed on a test case. [58] HOURS Public employees, indeed, have frequentlysecured the eight-hour day by legislativeaction. A number of states and territorieshave an eight-hour day for all employees onpublic works whether carried on directly bystate or city or undertaken by contractors. Inother s
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