American Association for Labor Legislation
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American Association for Labor Legislation
International Association for Labour Legislation American Section
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International Association for Labour Legislation American Section
Association for Labor Legislation
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Association for Labor Legislation
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Internationale Vereinigung für Gesetzlichen Arbeiterschutz American Section
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In 1905 a small group of economists formed the American Association for Labor Legislation. The group's initial purpose was the study of labor conditions and labor legislation in the United States. By 1909, however, under the leadership of John Andrews, this "study" group took an activist turn and began actively promoting, lobbying for, and effecting major changes in worker's compensation, occupational health and safety, and child labor laws. The legislative program of the AALL is defined and traced historically through this valuable collection of records. The AALL concerned itself with four major areas during its 36-year history: alleviation of adverse working conditions; promotion of health and safety measures; action against unemployment; social insurance
The American Association for Labor Legislation was formed to promote uniformity of labor legislation and to encourage the study of labor conditions with a view toward promoting desirable legislation.
The American Association for Labor Legislation (AALL) was founded by John R. Commons and John Bertram Andrews in 1908. The AALL's mission was to lobby for social welfare legislation. Frederick Ludwig Hoffman was a German-born statistician who, after immigrating to the United States in 1884, became director of the American Public Health Association and executive committee member of the American Association for Labor Legislation. Under Hoffman's and Andrews' direction the AALL worked to enact legislation to provide for compensation for industrial accidents, promote industrial safety, and institute unemployment, old age, and health insurance.
The American Association for Labor Legislation was formed to promote uniformity of labor legislation and to encourage the study of labor conditions with a view toward promoting desirable legislation.
The Association was founded as a branch of the International Association for Labor Legislation. Preliminary discussions about forming the group occurred during 1905 and culminated in the first meeting of the Association held on February 15, 1906, in New York City.
During the Association's first few years, three basic objectives were established: to serve as the American branch of the International Association for Labor Legislation; to promote uniformity of labor legislation in the United States; and to encourage the study of labor conditions with a view toward promoting desirable labor legislation.
John Bertram Andrews was appointed executive secretary in 1909. His wife, Irene Osgood Andrews, eventually became associate secretary. John Andrews, as lobbyist, lecturer, author and editor of the publication THE AMERICAN LABOR LEGISLATION REVIEW, became the motivating force of the Association. Broadly speaking, the American Association for Labor Legislation set the following goals: the alleviation of adverse working conditions; the creation of laws to protect safety and health on the job; and the provision of compensation in times of unemployment and benefits for workers no longer able to participate in the labor force. To facilitate the implementation of the Association's interests, study groups were established to investigate labor conditions. Active lobbying was undertaken in support of protective labor legislation in state and federal legislatures, and critiques were published concerning pending bills. The lifetime of the Association roughly corresponded to Andrew's lifetime; its activities ceased after his death in 1943.
The American Association for Labor Legislation was formed to promote uniformity of labor legislation and to encourage the study of labor conditions with a view toward promoting desirable legislation.
The Association was founded as a branch of the International Association for Labor Legislation. Preliminary discussions about forming the group occurred during 1905 and culminated in the first meeting of the Association held on February 15, 1906, in New York City.
During the Association's first few years, three basic objectives were established: to serve as the American branch of the International Association for Labor Legislation; to promote uniformity of labor legislation in the United States; and to encourage the study of labor conditions with a view toward promoting desirable labor legislation.
John Bertram Andrews was appointed executive secretary in 1909. His wife, Irene Osgood Andrews, eventually became associate secretary. John Andrews, as lobbyist, lecturer, author and editor of the publication The American Labor Legislation Review, became the motivating force of the Association. Broadly speaking, the American Association for Labor Legislation set the following goals: the alleviation of adverse working conditions; the creation of laws to protect safety and health on the job; and the provision of compensation in times of unemployment and benefits for workers no longer able to participate in the labor force. To facilitate the implementation of the Association's interests, study groups were established to investigate labor conditions. Active lobbying was undertaken in support of protective labor legislation in state and federal legislatures, and critiques were published concerning pending bills. The lifetime of the Association roughly corresponded to Andrews' lifetime; its activities ceased after his death in 1943.
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Accident insurance
Arbitration, Industrial
Child labor
Civil service reform
Civil service retirement
Collective bargaining
Collective labor agreements
Convict labor
Depressions
Depressions
Disability insurance
Disaster relief
Eight-hour movement
Emigration and immigration
Employment agencies
Employment agencies
Factories
Factory and trade waste
Factory laws and legislation
Hazardous occupations
Health insurance
Health insurance
Hours of labor
Hours of labor
Industrial accidents
Industrial accidents
Industrial hygiene
Industrial mobilization
Industrial safety
Industrial safety
Industrial toxicology
Insurance, Maternity
Unemployment insurance
Unemployment insurance
International labor activities
Labor bureaus
Labor injunctions
Labor laws and legislation
Labor laws and legislation
Labor unions
Labor unions
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Mediation and conciliation
Mexicans
Mine safety
New Deal, 1933-1939
Occupational diseases
Occupational diseases
Old age assistance
Pensions
Pensions
Pensions
People with disabilities
Personnel management
Phosphorus
Public health
Public health laws
Public welfare
Sex discrimination against women
Social legislation
Social security
Social security
Social welfare
Unemployment
Unemployment
Unemployment
Unemployment and crime
Vocational rehabilitation
War and emergency powers
Women
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Workers' compensation
Workers' compensation
World War, 1939-1945
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