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No. 4 - - 1026
"January 11, 1936.
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TO ALL ST.ATE .ADMINISTRATORS:
"I want to make perfectly clear the policy of the Works Progress
Administration rel~tive to private employment or employment on contract
jobs under the diraction of other Federal Department3 which may be offered
to WPA workers.
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ir; expected that WPA workers will accept avAilable jobs in
private employment, whether of a permanent or temporary nature, provided:
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(1)
That the temporary or permanent work shall be a full-time job.
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(2)
That such work shall be at a standard or going rate of wages.
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(3)
Tbat such work shall not be in conflict with established union
relationships.
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(4)
That workers sha ll be offered ~n opportunity to return to the
WPA upon completion of temporary jobs.
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It seems to me extremely important tha.t all workers be given
eYery reasonable opp ortunity to accep t tem9orary employment bacause this
often results in a permanent opportunity, and, obviously, worke rs are
going to be loath to accept temporary jobs unless they can be given definite
assurance that the WPA. work will be open to them upon their completion.
"It is important t ~w.t our offices guard against two things:
"First, we should not develop employment exchanges within our
own organization.
There are adequate employment offices throughout the
nation · and it would be an unwarranted usA of funds and an obvious duplication if we ware to attempt to set up placement services.
trsecond, 1· t 1s
· equa 11y 1mpor11an
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... t t'na t th e emp 1 oye rs wh o a. re p aying standard and going rates of wages ba fully protected and that our
organization not be used as a means of forcing workers to accept substandard wages from anybody.
"Very sincerely yours,
( signed)
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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"H~ rry L. Hopkins
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
No. 4 - - 1026
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"January 11, 1936.
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TO .ALL ST.ATE .ADMINI STR.ATORS:
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1 want to make perfectly clea r the policy of the Works Progress
Administration rel~tive to private employment or e mp loyment on contract
jobs under t he direction of other Federal Departmentn which may be offered
to WPA workers.
11 It
is expected that WPA workers will accept available jobs in
private employment, whether of a perma nent or temporary nature, provided:
11
(1)
That the tempora ry or permanent work shall be a full-time job.
11
(2)
That such work shall be at a standard or going rate of wages.
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(
3)
Tba t such work sha ll not be in conflict with establi shed union
relationnhips.
11
(4)
Tha t work ern shall be offered an oppo rtunity to return to the
WPA upon completion of temp orary jobs.
11 It
seems to me extreme l y i m})o rtant that all workers be g ivan
every reasonable opportunity to accept te m::,i orary employment bacaus e t his
often results in a permanent opportunity, and , obvious ly, worke r s are
going to be loath to accept temporary jobs unless they can be g iven definite
assurance thRt the WP.A. work will be open to them upon their complAtion.
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It is importa nt foat our offices guard aga inst two things:
"First, we should not develop e mp loymen t exchanges within our
own organiza tion,
There are adequate employment offices throughout the
nation · and it would be an unwa rranted usA of funds and an obvious duplication if we were to attempt to set up placement services.
tfsecond, it is equally important that the employers who are paying standard and going rates of wages be fully protected and that our
organization not be used as a means of forcing workers to accept nubstandard wages from anybody.
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Very s inceI"ely yours,
( s i gned)
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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"H~rry L. Hopkins
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