Too many children were working and died in poor working conditions. They were working as young as 7 years old, not in school, not given breaks and worked in dangerous jobs.
Congress is the legislative branch. This means they pass laws on issues like child labor and other matters. This is their job as stated in the constitution.
The power to pass a national minimum wage law.
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The power to pass a national minimum wage law
President Johnson used his connections in Congress and his forceful personality to pass his reforms. Some of Johnson's reforms included aid to education, health-care reform, war on poverty, and removing obstacles in the voting process.
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President Johnson used his connections in Congress and his forceful personality to pass his reforms. Some of Johnson's reforms included aid to education, health-care reform, war on poverty, and removing obstacles in the voting process.
Child support is handled by the states; Congress passes laws, not the president.
The FLSA outlawd most child labor in 1935, the depths of the Depression, to eliminate kids competing with adults for the few jobs available.
1. Say no to child labor, and yes to education...... 2. Stop Child Labor 3. Be kind to a child: Stop Child Labor 4. Let a Child be a Child: Stop Child Labor 5. If we want to develop our country we should first develop a bright future for these children.
Child labor is already illegal, and employers who employ unreasonably young children can be punished. No new Child Labor laws have been passed because it's unnecessary to pass them.
In the United States it took many years to outlaw child labor. Connecticut passed a law in 1813 saying that working children must have some schooling. By 1899 a total of 28 states had passed laws regulating child labor. Many efforts were made to pass a national child labor law. The U.S. Congress passed two laws, in 1918 and 1922, but the Supreme Court declared both unconstitutional. In 1924, Congress proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting child labor, but the states did not ratify it. Then, in 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act. It fixed minimum ages of 16 for work during school hours, 14 for certain jobs after school, and 18 for dangerous work. Today all the states and the U.S. Government have laws regulating child labor. These laws have cured the worst evils of children's working in factories. But some kinds of work are not regulated. Children of migrant workers, for example, have no legal protection. Farmers may legally employ them outside of school hours. The children pick crops in the fields and move from place to place, so they get little schooling. Child labor has been less of a problem in Canada because industry there did not develop until the 1900's. The Canadian provinces today have child labor laws similar to those in the United States. Most other countries have laws regulating child labor, too. But the laws are not always enforced, and child labor remains a problem.