Minimum-Wage

Fair Labor Standards Act Passes Over Fierce Business and Southern Opposition to Minimum Wage and Child Labor Ban

1938-06-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on June 25, 1938, establishing a federal minimum wage of 25 cents per hour, a maximum 44-hour workweek, and banning oppressive child labor—but only after more than a year of fierce congressional opposition from business …

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West Coast Hotel v. Parrish - "Switch in Time" Supreme Court Upholds State Minimum Wage Law

1937-03-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On March 29, 1937, the Supreme Court rules 5-4 in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish to uphold Washington State’s minimum wage law for women, explicitly overruling its 1923 Adkins v. Children’s Hospital precedent and marking the beginning of the “Constitutional Revolution of …

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