Introduction
This exhibit will explore labor laws in the United States of America during 1870 through 1940. Before this point in time, there were very loose labor laws that were not… Read more »
This exhibit will explore labor laws in the United States of America during 1870 through 1940. Before this point in time, there were very loose labor laws that were not… Read more »
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions Founded in Pittsburgh 1881 , the Federation of Organizational Trades and Labor Unions of the United States (FOTLU) was “the predecessor organization to… Read more »
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act is also referred to as “Wick’s Bill”. After lobbying it for quite some time, the following year on… Read more »
Questioning the Constitutionality of the Wagner Act This news article in the Los Angeles Times was published on a Thursday morning, July 2nd, 1936. This newspaper is published… Read more »
Primary Sources “1892 Democratic Party Platform.” 1892 Democratic Party Platform | The American Presidency Project, June 21, 1892. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1892-democratic-party-platform. “Act of June 25, 1938 (Fair Labor Standards Act), Public Law… Read more »