32:23-36 - Standards to be observed in establishing minimum period
32:23-36. Standards to be observed in establishing minimum period
In establishing any such minimum number of days or period, the commission shall observe the following standards to accomplish the following objectives:
(a) To encourage as far as practicable the regularization of the employment of longshoremen;
(b) To bring the number of eligible longshoremen more closely into balance with the demand for longshoremen's services within the Port of New York district without reducing the number of eligible longshoremen below that necessary to meet the requirements of longshoremen in the Port of New York district;
(c) To eliminate oppressive and evil hiring practices affecting longshoremen and waterborne commerce in the Port of New York district;
(d) To eliminate unlawful practices injurious to waterfront labor; and
(e) To establish hiring practices and conditions which will permit the termination of governmental regulation and intervention at the earliest opportunity.
L.1953, c. 202, p. 1531, Part I, s. 1, Art. IX, par. 3.