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The New England Association of Farmers, Mechanics and Other Workingmen decide “Children should not be allowed to labor in the factories from morning till night, without any time for healthy recreation and mental culture,” for it “endangers their . . . well-being and health”
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Members at the National Trades’ Union Convention mke the first official suggestion that states should establish minimum age law for children in factories.
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Massachusets passes a law that says children under 15 working in factories must go to school 3 months a year
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Massachusets limits childrens work hours to 10 hours a day and amny other states follow with simmilar laws but none were enforced well.
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Working Men’s Party wants to make employing children under 14 illegal.
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The first national convention of the American Federation of Labor asks states to put a ban on paid work for children under 14 years old.
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The New york labor movement, led by Samuel Gompers prohibits the production of cigars in tenements which is a trade that many children are involed in.
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The Democratic Party adopts the platform plank to ban the employment of children under 15 in factories.
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Campain for federal child labor law reforms.
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The first federal child labor law bans the shipment of goods across state lines if minimum age laws are not followed. The law was only in effect untill when it was declared unconstitutional.
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Congress passes an amendment to the constitution that gave federal government the power to regulate child labor, but not enogh states ratify it so it never goes into effect.
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Walsh-Healey Act says the United States government will not buy goods made by underaged children
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The second attempt to ratify the amendment that would give the federal government the authority to regulate child labor barely misses the nescassary votes for ratification.
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Sugar act makes sugar beet growers un able to receive benift payments if minnimum age and hours of work laws are not followed.
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Finally, through the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal government has authority to regulate minimum age and hours of employment standards.