Minimum Wage Panel, Augusta, Maine, ca. 1939. Maine State Museum, 2011.3.2100.
Minimum Wage Panel, Augusta, Maine, ca. 1939. Maine State Museum, 2011.3.2100.
Maine's first minimum wage law was enacted in 1939 and only applied to women and children who worked in the fish-packing industry.
This is a photograph of the panel enforcing the minimum wage in Maine. Three members represented the fish-packing industry, three represented workers, and three the general public.