UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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 Registry No. 244—04 
 
 NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 
 
 PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 SCHIFFLI LACE AND 
 EMBROIDERY INDUSTRY 
 
 AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 28, 1933 
 
 The Code for the Schiffli Lace and Embroidery 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 
 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SCHIFFLI LACE 
 & EMBROIDERY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 
 
 Preamble 
 
 To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Re- 
 covery Act, the following provisions are established as a Code of fair 
 competition for the Schiffli Lace & Embroidery Manufacturing 
 Industr}'. 
 
 I. DEFINITIOlSrS 
 
 The term " employer " as used herein shall include every person, 
 firm, partnership, association, or corporation, their receivers or 
 trustees, engaged in the manufacture or production of lace and/or 
 embroidery which is manufactured by machines commonly known 
 as Schiffli machines. 
 
 The term " effective date " as used herein is defined to be the 
 second Monday after the approval of this Code b}^ the President. 
 
 IL Labor 
 
 1. On and after the effective date, employers shall not employ 
 any person under the age of sixteen years. 
 
 2. On and after the effective date, all employers shall comply 
 with the requirements of Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National 
 Industrial Recovery Act, which provides as follows : 
 
 (1) 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 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; (2) 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: and (3) that employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 
 labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved 
 or prescribed by the President. 
 
 3. On and after the effective date, employers shall not operate 
 upon a schedule of hours of labor for their employees in excess of 
 forty hours per week and they shall not operate Schiffli machines 
 for more than two shifts of forty hours each per week. 
 
 4. On and after the effective date, no employer shall pay to any 
 employee, except to learners during a six weeks period of apprentice- 
 
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ship, less than the followino^ which are hereby established as mini- 
 mum rates of pay; that is to say : 
 
 Machine watchers on 10 yd. machines 50^ per hour. 
 
 " " " 15 " " <iO0 per hour. 
 
 Shuttlers, 10 yd. machines 350 per hour. 
 
 " 15 " " 40^ per liour. 
 
 Menders 50t per liour. 
 
 Stitchers $1.00 per hour. 
 
 Pantograph watchers 37<' per liour. 
 
 Spanners on frame machines 37^ per hour. 
 
 Spanners on automat machines 60f per hour. 
 
 Helpers on frame machines 350 per hour. 
 
 Piece sewers 350 per hour. 
 
 The provisions for maximum hours are intended to establish a 
 maximum of hours of labor per week for every employee covered, so 
 that under no circumstances will any employee be employed or be 
 permitted to work for one or more employers in the aggregate in 
 excess of the prescribed number of hours in a schedule week. 
 
 The provisions for a minimum wage in this Code are intended to 
 establish a guaranteed minimum rate of pay per hour of employ- 
 ment regardless of whether the employee's compensation is otherwise 
 based on a time rate or upon a piecework performance. 
 
 III. Design Piracy 
 
 Design piracy is prohibited and is declared to be an unfair trade 
 practice and an unfair method of competition. 
 
 IV. Modification, Changes, and Additions 
 
 This code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made sub- 
 ject 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 
 regulation, issued under Title I of the 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. 
 
 Such of the provisions of this code as are not required to be 
 included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, 
 with the approval of the President, be modified or eliminated as 
 changes in circumstances or experience may indicate. It is con- 
 templated that from time to time supplementary provisions to this 
 code or additional codes will be submitted for approval of the 
 President to prevent unfair competititm in price and other unfair 
 and destructive competitive practices and to eifectuate the other 
 purposes and policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 
 Act consistent with the provisions hereof. 
 
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