Union and operators jointly obtained an administrative ruling on face-to-face pay

Evidence

In 1940, after a Wage and Hour Administration inspector h.d suggested that the 1938 Act might require payment for underground travel time, the United Mine Workers and an operators’ committee joined in applying for and receiving a ruling that to figure “working time on a ‘face to face’ basis in the bituminous coal mining industry would not be unreasonable.” … “The uniform high rates of pay that have always been included in the wage agreement of the mining industry contemplate the employee’s working day beginning when he arrives at his usual working place. Hence, travel time was never considered as a part of the agreement or obligation of the employer to pay for in this industry, nor as hours worked by the employees, and this has been the case since the eight-hour day was established in the industry - April During World War II, as Labor moved from a long-supply to a progressively stronger short-supply position, Mr. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 2301

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The mine union itself favored face-to-face pay to protect marginal mines — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 2300