The first child labor law was proposed in 1906 by a Republican senator. The 40 hour work week and age limits on work were passed by congress in 1938 (Fair Labor Standards Act). Yes, unions were, and mostly are, of the left. Like most movements, there is good and bad and in between to be found. On balance, where the left got it right (not…
The first child labor law was proposed in 1906 by a Republican senator. The 40 hour work week and age limits on work were passed by congress in 1938 (Fair Labor Standards Act). Yes, unions were, and mostly are, of the left. Like most movements, there is good and bad and in between to be found. On balance, where the left got it right (notice the pun?): equality in law and in fact for women, non-whites and gay people. That was then, This is now and what was once a solid and salutary movement has overplayed its hand.
The first child labor law was proposed in 1906 by a Republican senator. The 40 hour work week and age limits on work were passed by congress in 1938 (Fair Labor Standards Act). Yes, unions were, and mostly are, of the left. Like most movements, there is good and bad and in between to be found. On balance, where the left got it right (notice the pun?): equality in law and in fact for women, non-whites and gay people. That was then, This is now and what was once a solid and salutary movement has overplayed its hand.