. Labor problems and labor legislation . orker. In addition to fluctuations in the demand forlabor due to the seasons or the recurrent wavesof industrial prosperity and depression, otherimportant causes of involuntary idleness arechanges in the nature or location of industry,lack of a centralized market for labor, excessivehiring and firing or labor turn-over, and ir-regular or casual nature of the work. As thesecauses have always been more or less operative,unemployment has been always present, in goodtimes as well as in bad. As stated by an official [10] EMPLOYMENT United States report, Most
. Labor problems and labor legislation . orker. In addition to fluctuations in the demand forlabor due to the seasons or the recurrent wavesof industrial prosperity and depression, otherimportant causes of involuntary idleness arechanges in the nature or location of industry,lack of a centralized market for labor, excessivehiring and firing or labor turn-over, and ir-regular or casual nature of the work. As thesecauses have always been more or less operative,unemployment has been always present, in goodtimes as well as in bad. As stated by an official [10] EMPLOYMENT United States report, Most unemployment hasno connection whatever with any fault of theworker. It is a problem of industry. Distribution of Labor Supply At the same time that there have been thou-sands of men fruitlessly searching for work,there have been employers eagerly seeking during the war involuntary idleness andlabor shortage existed side by side. To a con-siderable extent the solution of the unemploy-ment problem lies in quickly and effectively. BITTER BREAD. The man who is driven to the bread line for a crust to eatall too often falls into the ranks of the unemployable. LABOR PROBLEMS AND LABOR LEGISLATION • all ,....:.;.,..??-?. -?--??*.?;:- ???? : WAITING FOR A JOB. Men often wait in front of factories for a chance to work while elsewhere employers lack men. bringing together the jobless man and the man-less job. Many men find work through the recommen-dation of a relative or friend. Some simplytramp the streets in the haphazard search for ashingle or a piece of cardboard with the wordsHelp wanted scrawled upon it. Others risebefore daybreak and by the light of the cornerlamp-post scan the columns of the want adsin the morning paper. Arrived at the addressgiven they may find fifty or a hundred applicantswaiting for the same position. A few workers, [12] EM PLOYMENT
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