Child Labor Laws
Child labor began to decline as the labor and reform movements grew and labor standards in general began improving, increasing the political power of working people and other social reformers to demand legislation regulating child labor. States varied considerably in whether they had child labor standards and in their content and degree of enforcement. By then, American children worked in large numbers in mines, glass factories, textiles, agriculture, canneries, home industries, and as newsboys, messengers, bootblacks, and peddlers.
State Consumers’ Leagues and Working Women’s Societies generated the National Consumers’ League in 1899 and the National Child Labor Committee in 1904, which shared goals of challenging child labor, including through anti-sweatshop campaigns and labeling programs. Federal protection of children wasn't obtained until the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, which was challenged before the Supreme Court. Which brought the hardworking children to a victory.
State Consumers’ Leagues and Working Women’s Societies generated the National Consumers’ League in 1899 and the National Child Labor Committee in 1904, which shared goals of challenging child labor, including through anti-sweatshop campaigns and labeling programs. Federal protection of children wasn't obtained until the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, which was challenged before the Supreme Court. Which brought the hardworking children to a victory.
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