John discusses the stagnant federal minimum wage, need for COLA indexing, weak child-labor fines, and gig-worker gaps.
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Dr John Fliter, author of U.S. vs. Darby Lumber Co.: The Triumph of Fair Labor Standards (University Press of Kansas, 2025), is our guest today. The interview covers the history of the struggle for fair labor standards in the US, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the state of labor today.
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