Download or read book Investigation by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Into the Condition of Men Working on the Waterfront and on Board Pacific Coast Vessels written by California. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigation into the working conditions of sailors and stevedores with testimony from union representatives, sailors, ship captains, and boarding house operators. Concerns included fees paid for obtaining sailors, high costs charged to sailors, and paying off the sailors.