Fair Labor Standards
6/21/1974 | 28m 45s
Focusing on the 1974 FLSA amendment, which gave labor rights to domestic workers.
With the amendment of the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) in 1974, suddenly domestic workers received labor rights where there were none before. Murdell Varnado, J.C. Massey (Area Director of the Jackson Wage Hour Office) and Nina Benson (Coordinator of the Mississippi Household Technicians Maids Organization) discuss the possible ramifications and upsides to the new law.
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Black Life is a local public television program presented by mpb
Fair Labor Standards
6/21/1974 | 28m 45s
With the amendment of the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) in 1974, suddenly domestic workers received labor rights where there were none before. Murdell Varnado, J.C. Massey (Area Director of the Jackson Wage Hour Office) and Nina Benson (Coordinator of the Mississippi Household Technicians Maids Organization) discuss the possible ramifications and upsides to the new law.
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Black Life is a local public television program presented by mpb