Labor and Working Conditions

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Labor and Working Conditions

Introduction to Labor and Working Conditions...247
Labor Strikes and Their Effects on Society:...248
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916...251
Legal Recognition of Industrial Women...254
Conscientious Objector...258
National Labor Relations Act...260
Equal Pay Act of 1963...263
American Federation of Labor on President Johnson and Human Rights...265
Solidarity's First Congress...267
Americans with Disabilities Act...272
Indian Child Labor...275
How Ireland Hid Its Own Dirty Laundry...279
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families...282
Honduran Sweatshops...286
Judge Rejects Lawsuit Challenging Army "Stop Loss" Policy...288
Undocumented Migrant Farm Workers...290

Introduction to Labor and Working Conditions...247

PRIMARY SOURCES

Labor Strikes and Their Effects on Societyh
    Charles Henry Bliss, 1902...248

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916
    Edward Keating and Robert Owen, 1915...251

Legal Recognition of Industrial Women
    Eleanor L. Lattimore, 1919...254

Conscientious Objector
    Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1934...258

National Labor Relations Act
    Robert R. Wagner, 1935...260

Equal Pay Act of 1963
    Edith Green and Edith Rogers, 1963...263

American Federation of Labor on President Johnson and Human Rights
    AFL-CIO, 1968...265

Solidarity's First Congress
    J. B. Weydenthal, 1981...267

Americans With Disabilities Act
    George H. W. Bush, 1990...272

Indian Child Labor
    Sophie Elbaz, 1990...275

How Ireland Hid its Own Dirty Laundry
    Mary Gordon, 2003...279

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
    United Nations General Assembly, 2003...282

Honduran Sweatshops
    Ginnette Riquelme, 2003...286

Judge Rejects Lawsuit Challenging Army "Stop Loss" Policy
    The Associated Press, 2005...288

Undocumented Migrant Farm Workers
    Andrew Lichtenstein, 2005...290