Fair Labor Standards Act
Workers' Rights Are Human Rights
Set minimum wage for entire country
Protect workers' rights
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Fair Labor Standards Act was introduced in 1938, and was signed as a bill by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The purpose was to end child labor, protect workers' rights, established a fourty hour work week, and proposed a set minimum wage.
- Minimum wage went from $0.25 in 1938, and increased to $7.25 in 2014.
- In 1938, the maximum work week was fourty-four and a half hours