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24 Oct, 2017

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24 Oct, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - October 24

The 40-hour work week goes into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act, signed by President Roosevelt two years earlier - 1940

U.S. minimum wage increases to 40¢ an hour - 1945

This Week in Labor History - October 24

24 Oct, 2017

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24 Oct, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - October 23

President Theodore Roosevelt establishes a fact-finding commission that suspends a nine-months-long strike by Western Pennsylvania coal miners fighting for better pay, shorter workdays and union recognition. The strikers ended up winning more pay for fewer hours, but failed to get union recognition. It was the first time that the federal government had intervened as a neutral arbitrator in a labor dispute - 1902

This Week in Labor History - October 23

22 Oct, 2017

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22 Oct, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - October 22

October 22
Bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd is killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. He was a hero to the people of Oklahoma who saw him as a "Sagebrush Robin Hood," stealing from banks and sharing some of the proceeds with the poor - 1934

This Week in Labor History - October 22

21 Oct, 2017

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21 Oct, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - October 21

Wisconsin dairy farmers begin their third strike of the year in an attempt to raise the price of milk paid to producers during the Great Depression. Several creameries were bombed before the strike ended a month later. The economy eventually improved, allowing the farmers to make more money - 1933

This Week in Labor History - October 21