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Box 1

 Container

Contains 39 Results:

Annual Meeting Resolutions, 1930-1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Significant resolutions pertaining to child labor, including a resolution favoring a 16-year minimum work age for employment of children in industry and that adequate appropriations be made for their educational needs

Dates: 1930-1947

Annual Meeting Resolutions, 1930-1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Minimum Wage: A resolution urging concerted action to continue the League's national campaign for minimum wage laws.

Dates: 1930-1947

Annual Meeting Resolutions, 1930-1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

8/40 Hours Per Week: A resolution to urge the passage of state laws limiting hours of work to eight in one day and forty in one week

Dates: 1930-1947

Annual Meeting Resolutions, 1930-1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Equal Rights: A resolution voicing strong support for equal opportunities for men and women in industry through legislation

Dates: 1930-1947

Annual Meeting Resolutions, 1930-1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Other resolutions pertaining to unemployment insurance legislation, the Social Security Act, health insurance, migratory workers, labor-management relations, equal pay, and establishing labor standards in all government contracts

Dates: 1930-1947

Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes discussions on: economic implications of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); child labor and the FLSA; minimum wage experience; and a wage and hours program for the states

Dates: 1938

Board of Directors - Minutes of Meetings, 1937-1954

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

(Incomplete, arranged by month). Discussion topics are primarily those referred to in File 1

Dates: 1937-1954

Fiftieth anniversary, 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Address by Dr. J. Douglas Brown, Princeton: Cooperation vs. Paternalism; 50th Anniversary Award presentation to Dr. Alice Hamilton, Harvard Medical School; Remarks by Florence Kelley; Speech by Senator Paul H. Douglas; Letter establishing the 50th Anniversary Fund; Letter of congratulations from President Harry Truman ; Editorial comment by the New York Times; List of Milestones (page 2 of 2)

Dates: 1949