All Posts Tagged With: "fair labor standards act"
Labors True Magna Charta
Labor is a commodity whether exchanged directly or indirectly—directly as a service or indirectly as the bag of wheat produced by one’s labor. Since the beginning of 1933 more than 630 million man-days of work have been lost as a direct result of work stoppages, with no account taken of the secondary idleness caused by [...]
1Sep1956 | Paul L. Poirot | 0 comments | ContinuedUnemployment by Legal Decree
Consider the person who is incapable of earning the legally-fixed minimum wage. Last year, when Congress was debating the question of a new minimum wage law, labor unions were strong in their praise of such a bill. When the new minimum of $1.00 an hour for workers in “covered” industries became effective on March first [...]
1Aug1956 | Bettina Bien Greaves | 0 comments | Continued-
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