United States federal law concerning the work week and overtime pay for rail workers
Adamson Act
Long title
An Act to establish an eight-hour day for employees of carriers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes.
Nicknames
Eight-Hour Workday Act
Enacted by
the 64th United States Congress
Effective
September 3, 5, 1916
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 64–252
Statutes at Large
39 Stat. 721
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 17700 by William C. Adamson (D-GA) on September 1, 1916
Committee consideration by House Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House Rules
Passed the House on September 1, 1916 (241-57)
Passed the Senate on September 2, 1916 (47-28)
Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on September 3, 5, 1916
The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers.[1][2]
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