V. I. Lenin

THE NEW FACTORY LAW



Written in exile in summer 1897      
Appendix written in autumn 1897      
Published in pamphlet form      
in Geneva in 1899      

Published acording
to the 1899 edition
 
 



From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1972

First printing 1960
Second printing 1963
Third printing 1972

Vol. 2, pp. 267-315.

Translated from the Russian
Edited by George Hanna


Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo,
[email protected] (May 1998)

THE NEW FACTORY LAW[97]

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Why Was the New Factory Law Passed?  .   .   .   .   .   .
What Should Be Considered Working Time?  .   .   .   .   .
To What Extent Does the New Law Reduce Working
Hours? .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
What Does the Law Consider "Night-Time" for the
Workers?    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
How Does the Ministry of Finance Try to Prove That to
Restrict Overtime Would be "Unfair" to the Worker? .   .
What Power Does the New Law Grant the Ministers? .   .
How Our "Christian" Government Curtails the Workers'
Holidays  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
How Is the Observance of the New Law Gauranteed?  .   .
Will the New Law Improve the Workers' Condition?   .   .
What Is the Significance of the New Law?  .   .   .   .   .

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