A novel experiment in unemployment insurance will be tried next year, under the auspices of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and tne clothing manufacturers.
Beginning Jan. 1, 1924, unemployment benefits will be paid out of an insurance fund contributed to by union members and their employers. Each week employees will pay into this fund 1½% of their earnings, and their employers will contribute an equal amount. The fund will be administered by seven trustees: three manufacturers, three employees, and a Chairman designated by both. Professor John R. Commons of the University of...
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