Identifier: laborproblemsla00andr (find matches)
Title: Labor problems and labor legislation
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Andrews, John Bertram, 1880- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation Labor (and laboring classes)
Publisher: New York city, American associaton for labor legislation
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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children applying for work permitsmust be physically examined, and educationalrequirements are common. Employment of Women and Men Because of their inherently weaker resistanceto certain health dangers, as well as for moralreasons, women are frequently restricted fromsome kinds of work. Among these are occupa-tions which require constant standing, operationof emery or polishing wheels, and employmentin saloons. Some states forbid the employment ofwomen in manufacturing or mercantile establish-ments for a few weeks before and after child-birth. Legal regulations for the exclusion of menfrom dangerous employments apply only to in-dividuals who are found by examination to beunable to withstand the hazards. Thus a fewstates bar from work in compressed air men whofail to pass a physical test or who use intoxicantsto excess. But most common occupational dis-eases come on so slowly that the examinationmust be repeated periodically if health is to be (87) LABOR PROBLEMS AND LABOR LEGISLATION
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DOPING AIRPLANE WINGS. The varnish which kept the birdmens wings taut containeda poisonous substance known as tetrachlorethane properly guarded. Such examinations are pro-vided for in these compressed air laws, and alsoin the lead laws of half a dozen important leadusing states. In bakeshops and other food es-tablishments statutes occasionally prohibit theemployment of persons with a contagious diseasewhich might be passed on to fellow workers orto consumers of the product. Prohibition of Dangerous Substances Another form of prohibitive legislation de-signed to protect health forbids the industrialuse of well-known poisons or other disease-pro- (88) HEALTH ducing agencies. Ten European countries haveunited in an international treaty banning poison-ous phosphorus in the match industry, and theUnited States attained the same result by levyinga prohibitive tax of two cents a hundred onmatches made with this ingredient. Canada andMexico and a number of colonies have alsooutlawed it. Some

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