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Special articles:

International cost-of-living inquiry-

The International Labor Office, by Prentiss B. Gilbert...

German trade-unions and their 1931 congress, by Fritz Kummer..

Productivity of labor :

Productivity of labor in the sheet department of the iron and steel

industry----

Employment conditions and unemployment relief:

California-Cost of filling jobs by State employment agencies --

Connecticut-Stabilization measures in Hartford County-

Minnesota-Unemployment research project--

Unemployment in foreign countries.--

Industrial and labor conditions:

Annual report of the Secretary of Labor, 1930–31.

Handbook of labor statistics, 1931 edition.--

1931 meeting of Personnel Research Federation

Health and industrial hygiene:

Work environment as a factor in the general health of workers, by

Bernard J. Newman..

Industrial accidents and safety:

Safety code for transportation in coal mines..

Safety code for mechanical refrigeration..

Labor laws and court decisions :

Decisions of courts and opinions affecting labor, 1929 and 1930-----

Arizona-Prevailing-wage law declared unconstitutional..

District of Columbia-Employment agency failing to investigate

applicant held liable for damages caused by her dishonesty -----

Kansas— Newspaper distribution held not violation of Sunday labor

law..

Massachusetts—Rate of pay for scrub women employed by State--

Estonia-Works councils and working hours...

Switzerland-Law providing for vacations with pay in Basel..

Workmen's compensation:

Workmen's compensation legislation of 1931.--

Report on study of Oregon workmen's compensation law..-

Recent compensation reports-

Arizona

California.

Kansas.

New York,

Porto Rico.

California–Court holds injury to wooden leg is not compensable----

Georgia,

Operation of turpentine business held not "farming” under

compensation law..-..

Economic conditions can not change employee's compensation

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Oklahoma-Death by lightning held compensable--

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Workers' education and training:

Vocational guidance recommendations of White House Conference

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Industrial disputes:

Strikes and lockouts in the United States in November, 1931...

Conciliation work of the Department of Labor in November, 1931.-

Work of United States Board of Mediation, 1930–31..

Porto Rico-Industrial disputes, 1930–31.

China-Strikes in Greater Shanghai, 1931

Labor agreements, awards, and decisions :

Agreements—

National agreement in the full-fashioned hosiery industry----

Awards and decisions-

Railroad brotherhoods—Central of Georgia Railway --

Street-railway employees-St. Louis, Mo.----

Decisions of Industrial Commission of Colorado..

Labor turnover:

Labor turnover in American factories, November, 1931..

Housing:

Building permits in principal cities of the United States, November,

1931.

Experiments in Negro housing in New York and Cincinnati..

New York-Home ownership among 789 families in Buffalo..

Wages and hours of labor :

Hours and earnings in foundries and machine shops, 1931

Hours and earnings in sheet mills and tin-plate mills, 1931.

Wage-rate changes in manufacturing industries, November, 1931.

Recent wage changes reported by trade-unions -

California-Collection of unpaid wages, 1929–30.-

Illinois--Relative importance of check and cash methods of wage

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Belgium-General survey of wages in 1931.-

France-General survey of wages in 1930 and 1931.-

Luxemburg-General survey of wages in 1931...

Trend of employment:

Summary for November, 1931.

Employment in selected manufacturing industries in November, 1931.

Employment in nonmanufacturing industries in November, 1931.

Employment in building construction in November, 1931..

Employment on Class I steam railroads in the United States.-

Wholesale and retail prices:

Retail prices of food in November, 1931.

Retail prices of coal in November, 1931

Comparison of retail-price changes in the United States and in foreign

countries...

Index numbers of wholesale prices in November, 1931.

Immigration and emigration:

Statistics of immigration for October, 1931

Publications relating to labor:

Official - United States.

Official-Foreign countries.

Unofficial.--

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