Massachusetts adopts a minimum wage law.
June 4, 1912
Although compliance is voluntary, it is the first state to enact a minimum wage law in the U.S. The first federal minimum wage law is passed in 1938.*
Sources
- Boston Globe
- Dain, Daniel
Although compliance is voluntary, it is the first state to enact a minimum wage law in the U.S. The first federal minimum wage law is passed in 1938.*