Child labor laws

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  • Factory Act

    Limited working hours for children in cotton mills

  • First strike

    The first strike for the 10-hour work-day occurred by carpenters in Boston.

  • Factory Act

    Limited working hours for all children in all textile factories

  • NJ went on strike for the 11 hour day/6 day week.

    Children employed in the silk mills in Paterson, NJ went on strike for the 11 hour day/6 day week.

  • first state child labor law

    Massachusetts creates the first state child labor law where children under 15 working in factories have to attend school for at least 3 months per year.

  • Mines Act

    Mines ActWomen and girls, and boys under 13 were no longer alllowed to work in the mines

  • Ten Hours Act

    10 hour working days for women and children in all textile factories

  • Two railroad strikers were shot dead

    Two railroad strikers were shot dead and others injured by the state militia in Portgage, New York.

  • proposes banning the employment

    Working Men's Party proposes banning the employment of children under the age of 14

  • ban children under 14 from all gainful employment.

    The first National Convention of the American Federation of Labor passes a resolution calling on states to ban children under 14 from all gainful employment.

  • "Uprising of 20,000".

    Factory Act

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Many women lost their livesin this fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory due to locked doors and no safe exit.

  • Women and children were beaten

    Women and children were beaten by police during a textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts.