A new book spotlights Frances Perkins' efforts to challenge the United States' restrictive immigration policies as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor ...

On a mud-swept afternoon in March 1933, Washington, D.C. reporters thronged around Frances Perkins, the newly appointed secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It had been a hard ...

In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act into law, which established a minimum wage, the right to overtime pay, and rules for child labor. Government agencies ...

Donald Trump’s second administration has advanced an avalanche of policy action and political pronouncements that have jolted ...

The practice traces back to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential administration ... touch on redlining specifically. The 1968 Fair Housing Act, passed after the assassination of the Rev ...

Norton was a staunch supporter of Franklin Roosevelt ... of the House Labor Committee, one of the busiest committees in the House of Representatives. Mary T. Norton was instrumental in passing the ...

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Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets standards for private and public employment including wages, overtime pay and child labor. Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides up to 12 weeks of ...

These conditions violate the Fair Labor Standards Act’s child labor hazardous orders and hours provisions. The division’s investigation also determined Perdue Farms violated the FLSA’s ...

“If a company wants public support, it must demonstrate a commitment to hiring local workers, respecting labor rights, and paying fair wages.” The Chattanooga Central Labor Council urges city ...