Today in labor history June 3 A federal law regarding child labor was declared unconstitutional!

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Today in labor history June 3 A federal law regarding child labor was declared unconstitutional!

June 3

June 3, 1900 - The International Ladies� Garment Workers Union was founded when delegates met, selected the union�s name, picked out a union label and elected officers.

June 3, 1918 - A federal law regarding child labor, enacted two years earlier, was declared unconstitutional. A new law was enacted on February 24, 1919, but it, too, was declared unconstitutional. Finally, in the 1930s, child labor provisions were enacted as part of sweeping labor law reforms, but child labor remains a problem in the United States, especially in the retail and fast food industries and farming. For more on child labor and the courts, go to http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=59

Labor history found here: http://www.biglabor.com/history.php & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_03_2009

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