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Tables of Contents for The Quest for a Living Wage
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Tables
xi
Preface
xv
State Minimum Wage Legislation and Early Economic Conditions
1
10
Sweating
2
1
Economic Conditions in the Second and Third Decades
2
9
Minimum Wage Programs Take Shape
11
20
The Massachusetts Law
11
2
The Movement Gains Momentum
13
1
The Oregon Program
14
2
Early Court Decisions and the Legal Precedents of the Minimum Wage (1913-1937)
16
5
The Demise of State Programs
21
5
Judicial Reversal
26
5
Enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Its Constitutionality
31
28
The National Debate on Minimum Wage Legislation
32
13
Introduction and Enactment of the Bill
45
7
Legal Challenges to the Fair Labor Standards Act
52
7
The First Decade: The Fair Labor Standards Act Comes of Age
59
20
Economic Conditions During the First Decade
59
2
Program Implementation and Administration
61
10
The 1949 Amendments to the FLSA
71
8
The Second Decade: The Emphasis on Education
79
16
Economic Conditions in the Second Decade
79
1
Wage and Salary Stabilization
80
1
Enforcement in the First Half of the Decade
81
3
The Second Half of the Decade
84
3
Enforcement Activity in the Second Half of the Decade
87
1
Economic Impact of the Minimum Wage
88
3
The Wage Order Program
91
1
Conclusion
91
4
The Third Decade: The Decade of Assessment
95
28
The Economic Situation in the 1960s
95
2
The 1961 Amendments to the FLSA
97
12
The Equal Pay Act
109
1
The 1966 FLSA Amendments
109
7
Minimum Wage Impact Assessment
116
2
Program Compliance
118
1
Conclusion
119
4
The Fourth Decade: The Decade of Empiricism
123
42
The State of the Economy
124
1
Legislation in the Fourth Decade
124
19
The Decade of Empiricism
143
1
Employment and the Minimum Wage
144
4
Inflation, Income Distribution, and the Minimum Wage
148
3
Program Administration
151
1
Industry Committees under the Act
152
6
An Assessment of the Industry Committee Program
158
2
Conclusion
160
5
The Decade of the 1980s: Stalemate
165
36
Economic Conditions in the 1980s
165
2
The 1981 Minimum Wage Study Commission
167
5
Disposition of the Commission's Report
172
1
Program Activities in the 1980s
172
3
Legislative Initiatives in the 1980s
175
11
Enforcement Activities in the 1980s
186
1
Five Decades of Program Operation
187
2
Minimum Wage Workers in 1988
189
5
Staffing of the Wage and Hour Division
194
3
Conclusion
197
4
Conclusion
201
4
Epilogue
205
6
Appendix
211
38
Bibliography
249
28
Index
277