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A Review of Labor Legislation in the United States for the year 1909

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Irene Osgood
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The greatest need in the field of labor legislation is the establishment of scientific standards. The chaotic condition of such legislation in this country is everywhere recognized. This lack of uniformity is due partly to the fact that, where England, for instance, has one body enacting legislation, we have fifty bodies politic, each with different industrial conditions and with different ideas as to what is constitutional. It is significant that this lack of uniformity has led to the organization of a special national association to promote scientific study of labor legislation. Forty-two states held legislative sessions during 1909. A flood of labor bills were introduced and nearly four hundred were enacted into law.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1910 , pp. 163 - 179
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1910

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References

page 163 note 1 For a complete index and summary, see “Legislative Review, No. 1,” American Association for Labor Legislation.

page 166 note 1 The New York commission has presented three bills to its 1910 legislature, and the Wisconsin commission has drawn bills for public consideration.

page 174 note 1 For a most graphic and comprehensive study, see volume on “Child Labor,” recently published by the American Association for Labor Legislation.

page 175 note 1 See Child Labor, published by the Am. Ass'n. for Labor Legislation.

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