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>All of those laws were created because companies did NOT implement such limits. Many of the 'work standards' laws (including child labor laws) were actually
by nickff 6y ago
>All of those laws were created because companies did NOT implement such limits.
Many of the 'work standards' laws (including child labor laws) were actually enforcing standards and best-practices which originated from industry leaders. One example is how the mechanized textile manufacturers eliminated child labor (as it was unnecessary and uneconomical), then lobbied governments to ban child labor (probably to 'punish' their competitors). The 40-hour work week (largely) originated at various industry-leaders (notably including Ford, which was very efficient, and preferred energetic and loyal workers over tired and seasonal ones).
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/40-hour-workweek-henry-ford-1026067-2017-07-27 https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs...
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoIf by "industry leaders" you mean unionized workers, then sure.
- nickff 6y agoFord was not unionized when they moved to the 40-hour work week, and the textile mills weren't unionized when they eliminated child labor.
- joshuamorton 6y agoNo, but movements for minimum age limits in industry began in unions in the mid 1800s, and the Democratic party adopting a pro-minimum-age law stance was due to pressure from Unions. Similarly, the push for 8 hour workdays began with union support in the mid 1800s, 50+ years before Ford popularized it (and in fact it was due to this pressure that public sector employees had 8-hour workdays as early as 1869). Individual states had banned child labor and passed 8-hour workday laws (due to union and public pressure) far before Ford or the Textile mills did so "voluntarily".