This Day in Labor History: April 9, 1917

On April 9, 1917, the Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s new 10 hour day law for both men and women that also provided for overtime pay. The Court went away from its usual position as hard-core defenders of contract doctrine, deciding the limited nature of the law meant that the state did not expand its police [] The post This Day in Labor History: April 9, 1917 appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.