• Registry No. 910—04 NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SHOE FINDINGS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1933 UNIV. OF FL LIS. p^HfgyTl DEFT. u.s. sfFotiTwrr The Code for the Shoe Findings Manufacturing Industry in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are to be regarded as having received the approval of the National Recovery Administration as applying to this industry UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1933 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. -------- Price 5 cents Submitted by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHOE FINDINGS PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR SHOE FINDINGS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Article 1 — Purpose To effectuate the policy of Title I in the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a code of fair competition for the Shoe Findings Manufacturing Industry. Article 2 — Definition (a) Shoe Findings shall be held to comprise all articles used or sold for foot comfort and shoe fitting, and all articles used or sold for replacement inside the shoe. (b) Employers shall mean all persons who employ labor in the manufacture of shoe findings. (c) Employees shall mean all persons employed in the actual manu- facture of shoe findings. (d) The term "effective date" as used herein shall mean ten (10) calendar days after this Code shall have been approved by the President of the United States. Article 3 — Administration To effectuate further the policies of the Act, the National Associa- tion of Shoe Findings Manufacturers is hereby designated as the agency to cooperate with the Administrator in administering, super- vising, and promoting observance of the provisions of this Code by employers as hereinbefore defined. (a) Any employer in the industry may participate in this code or in any addition thereof and receive the benefits therefrom by accept- ing the proper share of cost and responsibility of creating and admin- istering it by becoming a member of said association. Failure on the part of any member of the association to pay the amount of such charge for a period of thirty days after the date payable shall con- stitute a violation of this code. (b) This association imposes no inequitable restrictions on admis- sion to membership therein. (c) This code is not designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate small enterprises, and will not operate to discriminate against them. Article 4 — Conditions As required by Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are conditions of this Code: (a) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 10192—33 (J) labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. (b) That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing. (c) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of emplojmient approved or prescribed by the President. Without in any way attempting to qualify or modify, by interpre- tation, the foregoing requirements of the National Industrial Recovery Act, employers as hereinbefore defined may exercise their right to select, retain, or advance employees on the basis of individual merit without regard to their membership or nonmembership in any organization. Article 5 — Hours of Labor On and after the effective date, the maximum hours of labor for any employee as hereinbefore defined, excepting outside salesmen, shall be forty hours per week ; no more than five days in any one week ; no more than eight hours in any one day, with the exception that during seasonal peaks of demand, labor may be employed not to exceed forty-eight hours a week; no more than eight weeks of any six months' period. Article 6 — Wages (a) On and after the effective date, the wages paid male employees shall be not less than 37.5^ per hour or, if on a week-to-week basis, then at a rate of not less than $15.00 per week. The wages paid to any female employee shall be at the rate of not less than 30^ per hour or, if on a week-to-week basis, then at a rate of not less than $12.00 per week. (b) The foregoing minimum wage rates are not a discrimination by reason of sex, but because of the difference of the work in the industry. (c) Employers in the industry shall not employ any minor under the age of sixteen years. Article 7 — Amendments, Modification, and Termination (a) Such provisions of this Code as are not required to be included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, upon the application of the National Association of Shoe Findings Manu- facturers and with the approval of the President of the United State-. be modified or eliminated. It is contemplated that from time to time supplementary provisions to this Code may be submitted in behalf of the industry for the approval of the President of the United States. (b) If any provision of this code or its application is held invalid or unenforcable, the remaining provisions of the code and their application shall not be affected thereby. (c) This code shall continue in effect for the period provided in the National Industrial Recovery Act unless sooner terminated in accordance with the law in such case made and provided. Article 8 — Rules and Regulations This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of Clause 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regula- tion, issued under Title I of said Act, and specifically to the right of the President to cancel or modify his approval of this Code or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. National Association or Shoe Findings Manufacturers Berthold Lienhardt, Secretary. c/o^Standard Insole Co., Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. 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