History of labor legislation in the Scandinavian countries . e punishment of suohstrikers as seek to restrain a fellow worker from working during a bill when it was under disoussion was opposed on the one hand by conservativefudges and on the other by the organized workingmea. The former opposed theamendment beotui3e ic plaoed on a par the attempt to oommit an aot and the accom-plished not Itself, and fixed the punishment as the same tn either oase. Theyfurther protested that it was inconsistent to punish an attempt to foroe a personin this case and not do it in other oases whioh
History of labor legislation in the Scandinavian countries . e punishment of suohstrikers as seek to restrain a fellow worker from working during a bill when it was under disoussion was opposed on the one hand by conservativefudges and on the other by the organized workingmea. The former opposed theamendment beotui3e ic plaoed on a par the attempt to oommit an aot and the accom-plished not Itself, and fixed the punishment as the same tn either oase. Theyfurther protested that it was inconsistent to punish an attempt to foroe a personin this case and not do it in other oases whioh were far more serious. The or-ganized workers were opposed to the law, beoauae it wag olas3 legislation, inthat it was direoted solely against tho organized workers and did not apply tothe employers in their treatment of employees. The strong opposition, however, did not oauge those behind the measureto swerve from their purpose. Repeated attempts to have it repealed have alsofailed, altho by a slight majority in areoent instance whan the vote in the lower. ohomb-ir stood 116 to 102. The attitude of those backing the law oan be asoertaineiby r« the report of the oomuitteo presenting it. This states thut it isnooesstiry to try to suppress that evil whloh lubor unions and strike leaderscause by bringing about unnecessary strikes harmful to luborers and It may be added that tho organizod workingraen have used this law asone of their most powerful tools in agitating for suffrage reform. In this lawthey hud a olear oase to prove how laws are direoted against a olass whloh Isnot strongly represented in Parliament. It will be remembered that the suffragein Sweden has been very restricted until some two years ago when the suffragereform element finally won out. Before this reform wa3 instituted, the workingnonwere very muoh handicapped in that such a large percentage of their number couldnot vote. That the appearanoe of measures hostile to labor is still possib
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