Worker Rights

The Right to Strike

Jun 11, 1804

Is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances.

Labor Movement

Jan 1, 1864

Is a collective organization of working people developed to represent and campaign for better working conditions and treatment from their employers and, through the implementation of labour and employment law, their governments. The organization's standard unit is the trade union.

Trade Union

Jan 1, 1867

Is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, achieving higher pay and benefits such as health care and retirement, increasing the number of employees an employer assigns to complete the work, and better working conditions.

Child labor laws

Apr 1, 1918

Children under 14 may not be employed, children between 14 and 16 may be employed in allowed occupations during limited hours, and children between 16 and 18 can be employed for unlimited hours in non-hazardous occupations.

Railway Labor Act

Dec 26, 1926

Is a United States federal law that governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries.

Fair Labor Standards Act

Jun 25, 1938

The FLSA introduced the forty-hour work week, established a national minimum wage, guaranteed time-and-a-half for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in oppressive child labor, a term that is defined in the statute.

The Taft-Harley Act

Jan 1, 1947

Is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Jun 10, 1963

A United States federal law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.

Civil Rights Act

Jul 2, 1964

Landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[5] that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Jul 2, 1965

Federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Apr 28, 1971

An agency of the United States Department of Labor. Their mission is to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.

Rehabilitation Act

Sep 26, 1973

The principal sponsor of the bill was Rep. John Brademas [IN-3]. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 replaces the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities, to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities, to establish special responsibilities in the Secre

Americans with Disabilties Act

Jul 26, 1990

Is a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990.

Family and Medical Leave Act

Feb 5, 1993

Is a United States federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Qualified medical and family reasons include: personal or family illness, family military leave, pregnancy, adoption, or the foster care placement of a child.[

Minimum wage

Apr 1, 2015

A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labor.