Susan Wild: “The Federal Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938 for the explicit…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2019

The Federal Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938 for the explicit purpose of protecting workers from substandard wages. That landmark bill passed the House by a vote of 291-89. By the letter of that law, the minimum standard of living necessary for a worker's well-being is in Congress' hands. Members of both parties chose not to leave it up to market forces because poverty-level wages, sweatshops, and poor working conditions should not happen in the United States of America in 1938 or in 2019.

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Susan Wild

Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jul 18, 2019

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