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- Safety in the workplace has always been a concern. Were the working conditions at your place of employment ever unsafe? Describe what was unsafe about your working conditions.
- The U.S. government has on many different occasions passed laws to help regulate wages. Some laws were passed to create reasonable minimum wages, others to ensure that men and women were paid equally for the same work. Were your wages fair?
- Most industrialized nations regulate child labor, but this was not always true. Did you work as a child? What was the job? What were your working conditions and pay? Did working prohibit you from finishing school?
- What about discrimination in the workplace? Were you ever prevented from getting a job or a promotion because or your race, religion, or gender? How did this make you feel? What did you do?
- The U.S. government has created laws, departments, and systems to help the nation's workers. Did labor legislation such as the Civil Rights Act, the Social Security System, the Fair Labor Standards Act, or workmen's compensation affect your working life?
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