Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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"The labor problem in Australia has always been one of great importance. There are 767 labor unions in the country, with a membership of 580,000, which includes, practically all the workers. Legislation has long been developing to control this highly organized labor, to regulate wages, hours, and conditions of...
"After the period of depression in 1893, wages were so reduced that public opinion demanded a change; the result was the formation of wage administration boards, presided over by state officials, and consisting of three or four representatives each from the employers and the employees. The awards granted were in...
Unfortunately dissatisfaction at awards and the slowness of decisions, combined with the impossibility of enforcing the laws against strikers, has resulted in an increased number of strikes, rather than the expected decrease. The workers are so well off that they realize that their demands are extreme and would be rejected...
Professor Kirsopp Lake will be the leader at the meeting of the Graduate Discussion Club this evening at 7 o'clock in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House. At this meeting there will be a further discussion of the subject "The Ethics of Discussion," which was admirably presented at the...
The Christmas Recess for students registered in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in the College, or in the Engineering School, for the current academic year, will begin on Thursday, December 23, 1920, and end on Sunday, January 2, 1921.