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Alta Giles 1884 - 1979

Alta Giles of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon was born on March 23, 1884, and died at age 95 years old in June 1979.

Alta Giles
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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 97213
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March 23, 1884
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June 1979
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In 1884, in the year that Alta Giles was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1938, she was 54 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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Giles, Norman (Dec 2, 1937 - Jan 5, 2005) Giles, Glenn (Jan 28, 1940 - Sep 26, 2001) Giles, Bertha (Nov 7, 1894 - Aug 1986) Giles, Clara (Jul 21, 1882 - May 1981) Giles, Ida (Dec 21, 1893 - Jan 15, 1968) Giles, Robert (Sep 20, 1952 - Jan 8, 1994) Giles, Adriadne (Jan 1, 1898 - Sep 1981) Giles, Kate (Oct 24, 1885 - Jan 1981) Giles, Dorothy (May 13, 1923 - Apr 1, 2011) Giles, Harold (Feb 17, 1917 - May 1982)
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