The American Federation of Labor at their first national convention calls for states to enact legislation barring children under 14 from wage labor.
The Working Men’s Party proposes to forbid the employment of children younger than 14.
Massachusetts limits children to working 10 hours per day. Many states do the same but are not consistent in enforcing their laws.
Massachusetts creates the first state child labor law requiring factory children under 15 to go to school a minimum of 3 months per year.
Early trade unions at the National Trades’ Union Convention propose requiring state minimum age laws for factory work.
The New England Association of Farmers, Mechanics and Other Workingmen officially condemns child labor.
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