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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1939
Page
9
A labor-advocacy committee urges employers to pay the minimum wage of 25 cents per hour for 44 hours weekly with time and a half for overtime. They solicit donations to fund legal action and invite public discussion while insisting wages be set by law and applied to all workers.
The Shenandoah Valley based Committee of Fair Play for Workers denounces Elmer R. Andrews the Wage and Hour Administrator for granting a 12 hour day or 56 hour week to a group with a 15 day protest window. They pledge to defend both labor and industry and ensure fair treatment under the law while opposing perceived evasion by employers.
A union style appeal urges workers in interstate commerce to report nonpayment and to donate to fund a fight against a ruling limiting overtime. It warns of back pay liability for firms not complying and notes a deadline of the 19th to file protests against the policy.
A worker supports the Committee of Fair Play for Workers narrative and asks for receipts and payroll details. The note mentions cents and dollars as pay and contribution and promises full cooperation with the committee views. It is addressed to Box No. 270 in Winchester and requests mailing of receipts.
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