Author: Massachusetts Federation of Labor

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780260077516

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Fifty-First Annual Convention of the Massachusetts State Federation of Labor: August 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1936 The problem, therefore, of putting some unemployed back to work in industry is one of the greatest tasks before the American people. Many per sons take it for granted that, as industry comes back to normal, the unemployed will automatically find work. Careful Observation of the facts indicates, how ever, that increases in the worker's productivity have been so great that even a return to normal business will not give work to all who seek it. The problem will never be solved until reduction in the hours Of labor goes hand in hand with the introduction and develop ment of machinery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.