Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 149-152
Author(s):  
Betsy Wood
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
New Deal ◽  
Labor Movement ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
Labor Standards ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Fair Labor Standards Act ◽  
Fair Labor

The conclusion discusses the final phase of the national child labor movement, which occurred during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. After the Supreme Court declared the National Recovery Administration (NRA) unconstitutional, reformers secured the federal child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1938. However, reformers continued to push for a child labor amendment and once again were defeated by opponents. Ultimately, reformers were disappointed by the federal child labor provisions of the FLSA. These provisions were limited and reflected the legacy of a new imaginary Mason-Dixon Line within capitalist society.

DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938

2002 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K. Fleck
Keyword(s):  
New Deal ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Labor Standards ◽  
Roll Call ◽  
The South ◽  
Roll Call Voting ◽  
Fair Labor Standards Act ◽  
The New Deal ◽  
Fair Labor

This article uses roll-call voting and constituency data to provide an improved understanding of how and why the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 divided the Democratic Party. The evidence suggests, first, that the predominance of southerners among Democrats who opposed the FLSA resulted in part from the widespread disfranchisement of low-wage workers in the South and, second, that Democratic opposition to the FLSA in the House of Representatives reflected a weakening of the coalition that had passed so much legislation during the earlier years of the New Deal.

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