TRIED TO KILL THE WORK
MEN’S COMPENSATION
BILL
The workmen’s compensation law
of Alaska is among the three worst
laws in the United States. It was
written up by the attorneys of the
Alaska Juneau Mining Company.
Minor improvements have been
made in the original bill under the
leadership of Senator Charles Brown
and Representative William L. Paul.
In the last legislature, Senator
Tom Jenson tried to kill its effect
iveness by requiring that it take
ten employees instead of five to
bring the employer under the act.
When it came to the final pass
age of the bill, Senator Jenson vot
ed “No.”
The entire Nome delegation (ex
cept Sundqnist) and the entire
Fairbanks delegation (except Ross
and Johnston) voted against every
amendment which was not approved
by the corporation lawyers.
Here are some of the amend
ments which were opposed by the
Lomen-Gaffney-Rydeen-Fisher Shel
don combination, the amendments
were proposed by William L. Paul,
and supported by Ross, Johnston,
Sundquist and the First Division De
legation—
(1) Increase compensation for
temporary disability from 50% to
65%; (2) station workers to be
considered “employees”; (3) bur
den of finding out names of bene
ficiaries to be on employer instead
of employee; (4) to make it as
easy for employee to reject the act
as the employer.
The worst features of the hill
were retained by the Gaffney-Lomen
IVTuriay combination. For example,
(1) the right of compromise is re
tained. This is bad in view of the
fact that there is no specified time
when compensation must be paid.
By waiting long enough the design
ing employer can always “settle.”
(2) Widows, parents and chil
dren in foreign countries were to
get only 50 per cent under the Gaff
ney plan.
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