todayinlaborhistory: Today in labor history, April 29, 1943: The special representative to the Nati

todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, April 29, 1943: The special representative to the National War Labor Board issues a report, “Retroactive Date for Women’s Pay Adjustments,” setting forth provisions respecting wage rates for women working in war industries who were asking for equal pay. A directive issued by the board in September 1942 stated that “rates for women shall be set in accordance with the principle of equal pay for comparable quantity and quality of work on comparable operations.”