Employer Fined for Overworking Female Staff
A state labor official cracks down on local violations of the ten-hour work law for women.
Mrs. Blanch H. Mason, assistant state labor commissioner, has been in Everett the past few days to investigate complaints of violations of the ten-hour law for women employees. This humane statute provides that no employer can exact more than ten hours on any one day of a woman employee. Complaint was made to the clerks' union and the assistant state labor commissioner secured the evidence this week, the result being that the case was heard Wednesday; the defendant pleaded guilty and received the fine and costs attached to the suit.
“This should prove a very wholesome check and restraint to further violation of this law.”
Early 20th-century labor battles in Everett often centered on basic protections like hours and safety. Today, the debate has shifted from a 10-hour day to the struggle for predictable scheduling and living wages in the city's retail and service sectors.
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