ADAMSON ACT SEPTEMBER 1916 ADAMSON ACT EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORTATION U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ECONOMY AND LABOR UNDER GREAT PRESSURE FROM PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON CONGRESS PASSED THE ADAMSON ACT IN SEPTEMBER 1916 THE ACT ESTABLISHED AN EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY FOR INTERSTATE RAILROAD WORKERS UNDER THE LAW RAILROAD OWNERS WHO EMPLOYED WORKERS FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS HAD TO PAY THEIR WORKERS TIME AND A HALF FOR OVERTIME OWNERS OPPOSED THE LEGISLATION BUT WILSON SUPPORTED IT IN HOPES OF AVOIDING A MAJOR RAILROAD STRIKE THE ADAMSON ACT WAS THE FIRST FEDERAL LAW IN SUPPORT OF AN EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY ITS PASSAGE ALSO HELPED WILSON WIN RE ELECTION IN 1916 IN 1917 THE U.S SUPREME COURT UPHELD THE LAW'S CONSTITUTIONALITY
