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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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The House Labor Committee, chaired by Mary Norton, favorably reported a revised wages and hours bill setting initial minimum wage at 25 cents/hour and maximum 44 hours/week, progressing to 40 cents and 40 hours over two years. Differential clause removed.
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Floor for Wages, Ceiling for Hours Fixed in Revised Measure
WASHINGTON. April 15. - The House Labor Committee has reported the new revised wages and hours bill favorably.
The bill fixed the floor for wages at 25 cents an hour and the ceiling for hours at 44 hours a week.
Under the bill, drawn up by Chairman Mary Norton, the wage scale will advance progressively and the hours drop over a period of two years until the forty hour week and forty cents an hour standard is established.
The committee struck out the differential clause which would set up different wage hour ratios for different sections of the country.
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Washington
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April 15
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the committee reported the bill favorably, striking out the differential clause. wages to advance progressively to 40 cents an hour, hours to drop to 40 per week over two years.
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The House Labor Committee reported the revised wages and hours bill favorably. The bill fixes wages at a floor of 25 cents an hour and hours at a ceiling of 44 per week. Drawn up by Chairman Mary Norton, it establishes a progressive wage scale increase and hours decrease over two years to 40 hours a week and 40 cents an hour. The committee struck out the differential clause for different sections of the country.