In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the Fair Labor Standards Act, which regulated standard working hours and conditions across the United States for the first time. In 1940 ...

the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the National Labor Relations Act. These laws provided crucial safeguards for workers and were central to FDR's New Deal initiatives during the Great Depression.

Roosevelt’s secretary of labor ... including the Social Security Act of 1935, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. A fascinating portrait of the ...

Franklin D Roosevelt ... Labor Relations Act Also known as the Wagner Act. This allowed workers to join trade unions and gave them some protection from being treated unfairly by their employers ...

The conditions violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. “Perdue Farms has substantial influence in the poultry processing industry,” said Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda in a statement.

During her 12 years as Roosevelt's labor secretary, she was credited with helping establish the Social Security Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the National Labor Relations Act that ...