HIST BC 2567x Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fair Labor Standards Act, Shortage, Tax Bracket
25 Oct 2016
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Ideal that workers play important role in economy, their participation is essential for stability: but could also argue that new deal reinforced / perpetuated already existing inequality, welfare state in particular - both racialized and gendered. 1974 domestic workers guaranteed minimum wage: but in 30"s it reinforced divisions in society. If you are a spouse who is married to somebody who did work full time and you never divorce, you will benefit from the social security system. In addition to that, there was a hierarchy within the working class; privileged some workers above others: new deal fostered a stigma associated with relief - for people who received public assistance. World war ii: she wants to problematize how we talk about world history, history - we think of it as collecting facts / data / info but it"s more about interpreting.
