Listen "October 24 - The Minimum Wage Law Goes into Effect"
Episode Synopsis
On this day in Labor History the year was 1934. That was the day that the first minimum wage law went into effect in the United States. The minimum was twenty-five cents an hour. The wage law was part of the Fair Labor Standards Act passed earlier that year.
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