June 25, 2015 | WORKERS' RIGHTS |  huffingtonpost.com Today we celebrate the 77th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a landmark law signed by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt. It introduced the eight-hour day, the 40-hour week, and time-and-a-half payment for overtime work beyond 40 hours. It also established a national minimum wage and outlawed oppressive child labor. Roosevelt and his Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, didn't just pull these labor standards out of thin air. Unions fought for every one of them, going back to the 19th century. And they didn't come easily, as the corporate class kicked and screamed about the adverse impact of providing protections for the nation's workers. Full story...