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Lester Newman 1884 - 1969

Lester Newman of Whitestone, Queens County, NY was born on July 11, 1884, and died at age 85 years old in August 1969.
Lester Newman
Whitestone, Queens County, NY 11357
July 11, 1884
August 1969
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Lester Newman's History: 1884 - 1969

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    1884

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    July 11, 1884
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  • 08/dd
    1969

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    August 1969
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    Lester Newman lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1884, in the year that Lester Newman was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1903, when he was 19 years old, the United States Department of Commerce and Labor was created by President Theodore Roosevelt to control the excesses of big business. Renamed the Department of Commerce 10 years later, many departments concerned with workers were transferred to the Department of Labor at that time. Another spin-off, the Bureau of Corporations, became the Federal Trade Commission.
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