FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF 1973

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1861

TO AMEND THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938, AS

AMENDED, TO EXTEND ITS PROTECTION TO ADDITIONAL

EMPLOYEES, TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $2.20 AN

HOUR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 1725

TO AMEND THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO

INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

H.R. 7935

TO AMEND THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO

INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE RATES UNDER THAT ACT,

TO EXPAND THE COVERAGE OF THAT ACT, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

JUNE 6, 7, AND 8, 1973

PART 1

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1973

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Chief Clerk
ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel

ROY H. MILLENSON, Minority Chief Clerk

EUGENE MITTELMAN, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman