State Workmen’s Compensation Laws Are Now
Strengthened Considerably By Legislative Action
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Washington, D. C. — Twenty-'
Uve states enacted legislation in
1947 improving and strengthen
ing existing workmen's compen
sation laws, according to an ar
ticle in “Labor Information,” a
monthly bulletin prepared by, the
Labor Department.
Five states passed new occu
pational disease laws. Second in
jury funds were established in
South Dakota, Vermont and West
Virginia. The Nevada law was
completely reenacted and made
compulsory instead of elective. In
15 states’ the amount of compen
sation benefits wag increased.
Reenactment of the Nevada law
covering all employers with 4 or
more employes brought to 21 the
number of states having compul
sory laws. Coverage was also
extended by modifications to the
Washington,, Wyoming and Ida
ho laws.
Occupational disease laws were
enacted for the first time in Iowa,
Nevada, South Dakota, Tennes
see, and Texas. This makes a
total of 38 states which now pro
tect workmen against the hazards
of occupational diseases. All of
these new law8 are of the sched
ule type and lisa certain diseases
which are compensable. All of
them cover silicosis. The new
Tennessee law, however, has a
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special provision which ' permits
an employer to reject the sched
ule and elect to be bound for full
coverage of all occupational dis
eases. The New York law was
amended so as to eliminate spec
ial limitations with regard to sili
cosis benefits.
Second injury funds were estab
lished in South Dakota, Vermont,
and West Virginia. As a result
of this action, there are now 35
states which have second injury
funds or equivalent arrangements.
Under the previous law in West
Virginia there was an “equivalent
1 arrangement” under which pay
ment for second injuries was paid
[ out of the regular accident fund.
The amendment sets up a special
second injury reserve in the sur
plus fund.
A number of states provided for
increased benefits. In Colorado
benefits were increased in cases
of disability and death and the I
total maximum allowed in disabil
ity cases was also raised. A Del
aware amendment provides for
payment of compensation during
the entire period of total disabili
ty instead of being limited to 500
weeks. In Indiana an injured
employe may receive compensa
tion for schedule injuries in ad
dition to compensation for tem
porary total disability.
In Kansas the agregate maxi
mum death benefits were raised
and the weekly benefits in dis
ability cases were increased. An
amendment in Maryland increased
the maximum weekly benefits in
cases of total disability $nd the
*8*regate maximum in permanent
partial disability cases. This
amendment also provides that
compensation in death cases
shall be paid for 500 weeks. In
Montana, Nevada and New Mexi
co. benefits for all types of dis
ability and death were increased.
The benefits were also raised in
North Carolina and in that state
compensation ig now payable for
life in cases of total disability
due to paralysis resulting from
injuries to the spinal cord.
Disability and medical benefits
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against the Taft-Hartley law.
“We intend to challenge in the
courts every section of the Taft
Hartley Act which we feel is un
wer^ increased in many states in
addition' to changes in death ben
efits.
All of the states except Oregon
provide for a specified waiting
period immediately following the
injury during which compensation
is not paid. This “waiting time”
ranges from a minimum of one
day to a maximum of 10 days,
with the majority of the states
requiring a 7-day waiting period.
Two states passed legislation on
this subject. In Nevada the wait
ing period was (educed from 7
days to 5 days. An amendment
in Vermont continued the waiting
period, of 7 days, but provided
that compensation is to be paid
for the whole period of) disability
if the disability lasts for 21 days
after the seventh day.
constitutional and destructive of
workers’ rights.
“We intend to establish perma
nent machinery within the Amer
ican Federation of Labor to bring
about the repeal of this 'vicious
and unfair law.
“We will use every legal means
at our command to defeat, at the
polls, all tthose members of Con
gress who voted for final enact
ment of the Taft-Hartley Bill.”
Without retracting from this
strong' stand on action to be tak
en, Mr. Meany cautioned against
irresponsible conduct on the part
of union leaders.
Faced with a law that is in it
self “an invitation to industrial
discord and strife, we And our
selves face to face with a diffi
cult situation • that calls for the
highest degree of Statesmanship
on the part of organized labor,
if we are to serve our workers
and bring to them the real bene
fits of trade union organization.’’
‘^Despite the Taft-Hartley Act,
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. SLIGHTLY SAFER NOW
Washington. D. C.—If you work
ih a factory, your chances of
being: killed or injured an* less
than a year ago, the Department
of Labor reported this week.
The accident rate in manufac
turing. the Department said,, de
clined from 18.2 disabling injuries
for each million employe-hours
worked in the first quarter ofj
1946 to 16 in the same period of
1947. ' j '
However, because of sharply in
creased employment over a year
ago. and longer hours worked, the
total number of persons Injured
rose by 19,000 to 127,000 for the
quarter. Of these, 400 died and
5.000 suffered permanent dis
abilities.
AFL PAINTERS OBTAIN
HOURLY W AGE INCREASE
Providence, R. I.—Six. hundred
painters of the AFL voted to ac
cept a 20-cents-an-hour wage in
crease.
The painters, who had been re
ceiving $1.27 1-2 an hour,' sought
an increase of 31 *1-2 cents
through their union, Local 196,
Brotherhood of Painters, Decora
tors and Paperhangers of Ameri
ca, which has jurisdiction over
painters in Providence, Warwick,
Bristol and Westerly. The coun
ter-offer , of the employers was
18 3-4 cents as hour. The paint
ers now will receive $1.57 1-2 an
■hour.
we must make' a sincere effort to
work with those employers who
believe that production can only
come ■ through industrial peace,”
he declared.
A large part of Mr. Meany's
address was devoted to un anal
ysis of the difficult path labor
will have to trod under the new
legislation. Pointing to the real
intent of the law, to weaken the
trade union movement, he said
that a weak trade union, which
cannot render effective service to
its membership, is in the last
analysis no union at all.
Mr. Meany labeled the Taft
Hartley law as one which will
not contribute in the slightest
degree to the establishment of
industrial peace. In fact, any at
tempt to legislate peace in labor
management relations is doomed
to failure, he asserted.
“Perhaps the best way to state
this basic conclusion is to quote
from a Report made by the New
York State Joint Legislative Com
mittee on Industrial and Labor
Relations. This committee com
posed exclusively of legislator*
on a bi-partisan basis made a
comprehensive study of the entire
problem of employer-employe re
lationships that continued for
quite a few years with consider
able expense to the State of New
York. There were no representa
tives of organized labor on this
committee. We find this commit
tee stating a firm conviction on
this subject which it reached,
after some years of study, in 1940
and which, in 1943 it still felt
so strongly tfiat<it was the high
light of a report submitted to the
JJew York State Legislature in
that year. Let me quote this
statement of the New York State
Joint Legislative Committee:
“ * The most satisfactory and
happiest human relationships arc
the product not of legal compul
sion, but! rather of voluntary, de
termination among human beings
to co-operate with one another.
Though we may legislate to the
end of time, there will never be
industrial peace and harmony
without good faith, integrity, a
high degree of responsibility and
a real desire to co-operate on the
part of all parties concerned.
Without this spirit of good will,
all *of the social, economic and
labor laws of man wilj prove
eventually to be in vain’."
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