This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS PART I Working conditions in industry may be considered xinder two headings: first, in relation to material environment, and, secondly, in relation to personal environment. I will deal with them in this order. A Good Material Environment Undoubtedly, under this ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS PART I Working conditions in industry may be considered xinder two headings: first, in relation to material environment, and, secondly, in relation to personal environment. I will deal with them in this order. A Good Material Environment Undoubtedly, under this heading, we might include the all-important questions of wages, hours, and economic security, which have been already dealt with. It cannot be too clearly stated that proper attention to these matters should take precedence over what I may call the 'refinements ' of factory life. Employers are sometimes accused of introducing superficial 'welfare activities' into their factories, while they neglect to deal honestly with fundamental questions. But though no employer should allow this charge to be levelled against him with any justice, it would be foolish entirely to neglect the refinements, until fundamental conditions were put on an altogether satisfactory basis. This cannot be done all at once. What we have to guard against is the idea that factory refinements can ever be regarded as in any way a substitute for good wages, reasonable hours, and economic security. Assuming this, every employer should seek to surround the workers with the best material environment which his special circumstances and the conditions of his industry render practicable. Clearly, these must vary greatly from factory to factory and industry to industry. One cannot expect to find such good conditions in an old factory in a crowded city as in a new factory in the country, nor can a steel-smelting plant be kept as clean and comfortable as a factory where delicate instruments are assembled. But all employers can place the same aim before them--to make the material working...
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