Child labor, enacted two years earlier, was declared unconstitutional SCOTUS 1918

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/history/06/03

June 3, 1900
The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union was founded when delegates met, selected the union’s name, picked out a union label and elected officers. Years later, the union became famous for its song, "Look for the union label."

June 3, 1918



A federal law regarding child labor, enacted two years earlier, was declared unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court said it was an unconstitutional infringement on the businesses engaged in interstate commerce. A new law was enacted on February 24, 1919, but it, too, was declared unconstitutional. Finally, in the 1930s, child labor provisions were enacted as part of sweeping labor law reforms, but child labor remains a problem in the United States, especially in the retail and fast food industries and agriculture.