Title: Making the Case for Night Work Legislation in Progressive Era New York, 1911-1915
Abstract: In 1907 the New York Court of Appeals considered a bindery company's challenge to a night work law passed by New York's legislature in 1898 and amended in 1903. The statute stated that “no female shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any factory in this state before six o'clock in the morning, or after nine o'clock in the evening of any day.” The outcome of the case was preordained, for New York's highest court was famous for advocating the legal “freedom of contract” principle, which negated state efforts to limit workers' hours. From 1878 through 1904 the Court of Appeals had held that any restriction on laborers' hours was unconstitutional. The only exception, Lochner v. New York , had been reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court on appeal.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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