Dangers and/or Drawbacks of Work

In Week 7, we explored the Wagner Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. Workers’ Rights are also themes that emerge in the Week 7 readings and videos.

• Select at least two readings or videos from our course which address the dangers and/or drawbacks of work.
• Now, explain how either the Wagner Act or Fair Labor Standards Act addressed the conditions described in these pieces. For example, you may find a reading that addressed long hours and dangerous conditions. Introduce that reading, and the part of the reading which includes this example, and explain how workers’ rights legislation addressed these dangers and drawbacks. What may have changed for the workers in our readings/videos? What did not change?

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa

http://www.pbs.org/livelyhood/workday/weekend/timeline.html

2-3 pages