Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- United States
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
American Association for Labor Legislation Records
Records consist of correspondence, committee minutes, reports, financial records and research documents generated by staff members to facilitate legislative programs. These research materials deal with the following subjects: general labor law, general social insurance, health insurance, occupational safety, diseases and accidents, labor law administration, pensions and old age benefits, unemployment, wages, hours of work, working conditions, workers' compensation and unionism.
American Association for Labor Legislation Records on Microfilm
Records consist of correspondence, committee minutes, reports, financial records and research documents generated by staff members to facilitate legislative programs. These research materials deal with the following subjects: general labor law, general social insurance, health insurance, occupational safety, diseases and accidents, labor law administration, pensions and old age benefits, unemployment, wages, hours of work, working conditions, workers' compensation and unionism.
Briefs before the New York State Court of Appeals in Joseph Tipaldo Minimum Wage Case
Consists of the briefs filed with New York's Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court by John J. Bennett, attorney general of New York. Also included is A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK MINIMUM WAGE LAW CASE, prepared by the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor in 1936. This pamphlet analyzes the social significance of the Tipaldo case.
National Consumers League Records
Records document the League's research and lobbying activities for federal and state legislation and various social action programs. Consist of routine business records, published and unpublished reports, correspondence, and research documents pertaining to equal pay, equal rights, minimum wage, child labor, women workers, migrant workers, and fair labor standards.
National Women's Trade Union League of America Records on Microfilm
These records include correspondence, reports, speeches, notes, printed matter, minutes of meetings, proceedings of the League and of the International Congress of Working Women, biographical material on the League's officers, and correspondence between the National League and its local branches. Major issues covered include the eight-hour day, minimum wage, establishment of sanitary work areas, federal aid to education, civil rights, price controls and social security.