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Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah
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Report on Labor [Report No. 13]
Convention Hall, April 2, 1895
Mr. President:-
Your Committee on Labor and Arbitration beg leave it report that they have had under consideration the various propositions referred to them and submit to you for incorporation in the Constitution the accompanying article on Labor.
We return herewith Files # 15, 20, 36, 46, 68, 70, 101, 110, 114, 141, 147.
Strevell,
Chairman.
ARTICLE. __.
LABOR.
Section 1. The rights of labor shall have just protection through laws calculated to secure to the laborer proper compensation for his service, and to promote the industrial welfare of the state.
Section 2. The legislature shall provide by law for “A board of labor arbitration,” which shall fairly represent the interests of both capital and labor. It shall be the duty of such board to endeavor by mediation and conciliation to effect a settlement of difficulties between employer and employee also, to hear and determine all differences and controversies which may be submitted to them by either of the parties. The board shall perform such other duties and receive such compensation as may be prescribed by law.
Section 3. Not more than eight (8) hours actual work shall constitute a lawful day’s work in all underground mines, and on all state, county and municipal works.
Section 4. The legislature shall provide for giving to mechanics, laborers, and material-men, an adequate lien on the property on which such labor or material may be expended.
Section 5. The legislature shall prohibit:
(1) The employment of women or children under the age of fourteen (14) years in underground mines.
(2) Discrimination in wages on account of sex.
(3) The contracting of convict labor.
(4) The labor of convicts outside of prison grounds, except on public works under the direct control of the state.
Section 6. Any contract or agreement releasing the employer from liability or responsibility on account of personal injuries received by employee through the negligence of the employer while in the service of said employer; shall be absolutely null and void.
Section 7. Blacklisting or similar practices by railroad companies or other corporations or associations is forever prohibited.
Section 8. The right of action to recover damages for injuries resulting in death shall never be abrogated, and the amount recoverable shall not be limited to any statutory limitations.
Section 9. The legislature shall establish a bureau for the collection of statistics and information on the subject of labor, its relation to capital, hours of labor, earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity and other statistics of general information.
The Bureau shall be under the charge of a commissioner whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law.
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