October 24 --
The 40-hour work week goes into effect
under the Fair Labor Standards Act, signed by President Roosevelt two
years earlier - 1940
(The Labor Law Source Book: Texts of 20 Federal Labor Laws is a handy collection that puts the full texts of all the major U.S. labor laws into one book. Includes the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Family and Medical Leave Act and 15 more. The full, actual language of each law is presented—without elaboration by the editor—and a helpful topic finder at the back of the book tells you which laws apply to basic concerns and classes of workers.)
U.S. minimum wage increases to 40¢ an hour - 1945
October 23
President Theodore Roosevelt establishes
a fact-finding commission that suspends a nine-months-long strike by
Western Pennsylvania coal miners fighting for better pay, shorter
workdays and union recognition. The strikers ended up winning more pay
for fewer hours, but failed to get union recognition. It was the first
time that the federal government had intervened as a neutral arbitrator
in a labor dispute - 1902
Explosion and fire at Phillips Petroleum refinery in Pasadena, Texas, kills 23 and injures 314 - 1989
Explosion and fire at Phillips Petroleum refinery in Pasadena, Texas, kills 23 and injures 314 - 1989
Postal workers Joseph Curseen and Thomas
Morris die nearly a month after having inhaled anthrax at the Brentwood
mail sorting center in Washington, D.C. Other postal workers had been
made ill but survived. Letters containing the deadly spores had been
addressed to U.S. Senate offices and media outlets - 2001
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