-
Beggining of Child labor
In the early 1800's, the idea of child labor had begun to spread and it was taking place in factories spread across th.e U.S -
The Factory Health and Morals Act, 1802
this is the first factory act passed by the british parliament and applied predominantly to apprentices in cotton and woollen mills -
officially convicts child labour
The New England Association of working men, in a official manner, criticizes child labour. -
Minimum age law
minimum age law for factory work are proposed by early trade unions at the National Trades’ Union Convention -
first law
the first law was enforced in Massachussetts, stating factry children under the age of 15 must attend 3 months of school in a year. -
limiting working hours
though not consistent, many states limit working hours to 10 hours per day. . -
1844 Factory Act
the act reduced working hours for working children. -
age restrictions
employement of children under the age of 14 is proposed to be prohibited by the working men's party. -
first national convention
at the first national convention, the American Federation of Labour asks states to accomplish a legislation wage labour for children under the age of 14. -
New York Labor Movement
an end to child labour is attempted in the cigar industry, under the leadership of Samuel Gompers -
banning factory employment for children under age 15.
bannng of factory employement is recomended for children under 15 years of age by the democratic party. -
Juvenile Protective Association
juvenile protection association is founded by jane addmas to advocate the harmful effects of child labour. -
Children’s Crusade
a march from Pennsylvania to the home of President Theodore Roosevelt in New York is organized by mother jones demanding school and play time and raising the issue of child labor to the prominence of the public. -
abolishing child labour
goal of abolishing child labour is formed by the naitonal child labour committee. -
Monitoring
The united Childrens bureau begins monitoring the childrens working area and living area. -
The Keating-Owen Act
The Keating-Owen act is put into action which banned the buying of products which included child labor in any way. -
Changing the Law
The congress try to change the law but not enough countries are convinced that the law should be passed. -
The Walsh-Healy Act
The Walsh-Healy act was passed and minumum wage, overtime pay and safety standards was set. -
Roosevelt - Fair Labor Standard act
Franklin Roosevelt signs the Fair Labor standard act -
Fair Labor Standards Act
At this point in time, another Act was issued and child labor had come to a stop. From this point on wards child labor was illegal and had punishment which came along with the usage of child labor. -
Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act
Child labor is prohibited from this point in time and onwards -
The international Labor Organization
The internation Labor Organzation's convention becomes the Minumum Age Convention which sets to remove Child labor from everywhere. -
Human's right watch
A Report is published which reavealed the child labor is still taking place in certain parts of the world -
CARE
CARE or Children’s Act for Responsible Employment, is a group created by Senator Tom Harkins which had ammended the Fair Labor Standard act to Heighten the punishment of breaking the Child Labor laws
