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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(106,066 posts) Wed Jun 25, 2025, 09:58 AM Wednesday

Today in History: June 25 1938 FDR signs groundbreaking labor act

In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which set a minimum wage, guaranteed overtime pay and banned “oppressive child labor,” was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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