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Child Labor Strike
Children employed in the silk mills in Paterson, New Jersey go on strike for the 11-hour day, 6 days a week. -
National Labor Union Ends
After radical movement and outbreaks of violence the NLU fades away, but paves the road for The Knights of Labor and the AFL. -
The Start for wages and hours
Haymarket riot broke out in illinois, leaving two union members from the Knights of Labor wounded and an explosion that killing 8 police officers. This protest started the violent protest that were seen as "radical" movements from workers. -
Max Hours for New York Bakery Workers
The Supreme Court held that a maximum hours law for New York bakery workers was unconstitutional under the due process clause of the 14th amendment. -
Loray Mill Stike
Violent and relatively unsuccessful Loray Mill Strike during which the National Guard was called, and 100+ masked men destroyed the National Textile Workers Union (NTWU) building. Crushing Southern textile worker's collective bargaining efforts made a furor in US national news, giving momentum and urgency to the more successful labor movement of the 1930s -
Creation of the CIO, the Committee for Industrial Org.
In November 1935, John L. Lewis announced the creation of the CIO, the Committee for Industrial Organization, composed of about a dozen leaders of AFL unions, to carry on the effort for industrial unionism. -
War Time
The AFL pledges that there will be no strikes in defense-related industry plants for the duration of the war.With stikes on the horizon the American Federation of Labors pledge not to strike during war time because the effect would no jus effect the U.S., but also the soliders over seas. -
Taft-Hartley Act
It was designed to amend much of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (the Wagner Act) and discontinued parts of the Federal Anti-Injunction Act of 1932. The act also required union leaders to take an oath stating that they were not communists. Since Communist were on the rise already in Russia, 1917 and in China the U.S. didnt want to take any chances with a violent revolution. -
Equal Pay ACt of 1963
Requires employers to pay men and women the same rates for the same work -
Age Discrimination
This forbids employers to discriminate against people who are either to you or to old for the job. -
OSHA
December 29, 1970. OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
OSHA Act became effecttive April 28, 1971 with head mhairman George Guenther. -
Rehabilitation Act
prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance, in Federal employment, and in the employment practices of Federal contractors. The standards for determining employment discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act are the same as those used in title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. Disability is defined by the ADA as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity." -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. Disability is defined by the ADA as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity." -
Family and Medical Leave Act
Reqires employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons.
