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1 Jasmine, Sammi, Tommy http://homestake.sdsmt.edu/Photos/Historical/Open%20Cut%20miners %20late%201800's.jpg

2   Bad conditions  Low wages  Kids working instead of school  Long hours CAUSES http://businessesgrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/factory-workers.jpg

3   Better wages  Limit on amount of hours  Better conditions  Specific age for kids to begin work GOALS http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/var/plain_site/storage/images/publications/food-beverage-nutrition/foodproductiondaily.com/financial/flawed-eu-directive-abuses- food-production-staff-wages/8425181-1-eng-GB/Flawed-EU-Directive-abuses-food-production-staff-wages_strict_xxl.jpg

4   April 17 th, 1905 case  An overworked employer at a baker filed a complaint  Lochner - $50 fine or 50 nights in jail  Attempted to appeal  Gov’t used this case as an example to all future cases. Lochner vs. New York https://mstartzman.pbworks.com/f/1265 249449/con0035.gif http://grovesapush.wi kispaces.com/file/view /con0208.gif/301850816 /con0208.gif

5   September 4, 1905  Curt Muller required Mrs. E. Gotcher to work more than 10 hours  Went against state law  Muller was indicted, convicted, and fined $10.00  Appealed to Supreme Court  Used Lochner decision in this case  Conviction was upheld Muller vs. Oregon

6   Traveled the nation speaking for coal miners and textile industry  Speeches easily disturbed people 1913 Colorado coal mine strike –  Joined the strike in early fall, December, January  Arrested, smuggled a letter out to the public Mother Jones http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488- 90/37/3726/F8PAF00Z/posters/mother-jones-mary-harris-jones-1920s.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/- VaIKaH3_2CM/ULiFuGNGKeI/AAAAA AAAHg0/X5EEyzjBZbs/s400/jones- mother.jpg

7   Another leader in the work and labor reform  Joined Jane Adams hull house and in 1891  The new law also limited working hours for women.  The governor put Kelly in charge of enforcing the law.  She earned a law degree so shecould take action on prosecute for people in need.  Became general secretary of the national consumers league in 1899.  Founded the national child labor committee.  Founded national child labor committee Florence Kelley http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Florence_Kelley_cph.3b20591.jpg

8   Children started work in factories at ages as young as 5  Since ancient times children have worked to support there families  In 1802 the British parliament passed the first law regulating child labor  In 1836 Massachusetts passed the first child labor laws in USA  The first federal child labor law Passed in 1916 by U.S Congress the keating-owen child labor act Child labor laws http://andymacdonald.typepad.com/.a/6a011169017d50970c017d3bcccb6c970c-320wi http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7WUH16VSwd4/TKPv33BjaGI/AAAAAAAABo4/6cdrNo33nr0/s1600/child+labor.jpg

9   1913 Woodrow Wilson creates separate Department of Labor  Led to Keating-Owen Act being passed  Adamson Act  Workmen’s Compensation Act  Enforcement of new laws was responsibility of Dept. of Labor  Aided workers along with businesses Dept. of Labor http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/Policya ndProcedures/finalbulletinshtml/Bulletin_03-01.gif

10   Min. wage per hour $7.25  Specific amount of hours you can work depending on a job.  Overtime must be paid  Starting age to work – 16-18 (depending on the job) Present day conditions http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wkyu/files/201404/minimumwage.jpg

11   Beaubouef, Bruce A. "Creation of the U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor." Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century. Ipswich, MA: Salem, 2007. N. pag. Salem History. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.  Brody, David. "Brody, David. "child Labor." World Book Student. World Book,2014 Web. 2 October 2014." N.p.: n.p., n.d. Web.  Brody, David. "Child labor." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.  Cassanello, Robert. "Muller v. State of Oregon." St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide. Ed. Neil Schlager. Vol. 1. Detroit: St. James, 2004. 650-54. Gale. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.  "Florence Kelly." Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995. Biography in Context. Web. 7 Oct. 2014.  Ivers, Gregg. "Lochner v. New York." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.  "Lochner v. New York 1905." Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America. Ed. A Walton Litz, et al. Vol. 4: Business Law/Federal Powers and Seperation of Powers/Federalism & State Powers/Labor & Labor Practices/Military Law/Native Americans/Taxation. Detroit: UXL, 2001. 1003-1009. U.S. History In Context. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.  Maggard, Sally Ward. "Mother Jones." Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century. Ed. F. Gorman Robert. 10 vols. Salem Press, 2008. Salem History Web. 06 Oct. 2014.  ""Mother Jones." Contemporary Heroes and Heroines. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1992. Biography in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2014." N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Web. Cited work


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