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The Kansas Court of Industrial relations is not empowered to determine minimum wage for women and minors in industry reads an article in the Kansas City Star. The constitutional right of the Industrial Court to fix wages continued for several years following the creation of the Court by a special session of the Kansas Legislature in 1921. Challenged by the Topeka Packing Company and the Topeka Laundry Company in the United States Supreme Court, the court was declared unconstitutional in 1925.
Date: July 11, 1925
Item Number: 214202
Call Number: SP 331.061 K13 Clipp V. 1 Kansas City Star 1925
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214202
Business and Industry
Business and Industry - Labor - Child labor
Business and Industry - Labor - Employees
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Business and Industry - Labor - Women's rights
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Kansas City Star
Collections - Library
Date - 1920s - 1925
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement - Child labor
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Court of Industrial Relations
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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