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consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers.

In 1920 the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed, creating the era of Prohibition.

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Labor unions are associations of workers formed to protect workers' rights and advance their interests. Unions negotiate with employers through a process known as collective bargaining.

By June, Roosevelt and Congress had passed 15 major laws including the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Glass-Steagall Banking Bill, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act that fundamentally reshaped many aspects of the American economy.

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On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft

laws during the 1940s
Smith Act, formally Alien Registration Act of 1940, U.S. federal law passed in 1940 that made it a criminal offense to advocate the violent overthrow of the government or to organize or be a member of any group or society devoted to such advocacy.

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William George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor union leader for 57 years. He was the key figure in the creation of the AFL-CIO and served as the AFL-CIO's first president, from 1955 to 1979.

laws in 1950s
In 1954 with its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court ruled on racial discrimination in public schools, but four years before that (and twenty-four years before Bakke), Boalt Hall was caught up in a controversy concerning the role of racism in the admission of minority law students.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was intended to strengthen voting rights and expand the enforcement powers of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It included provisions for federal inspection of local voter registration rolls and authorized court-appointed referees to help African Americans register and vote.

laws in 1960
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which covers fair housing for minorities.

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In March of 1970, the United States had been in a financial and commerce standstill for two weeks. Postal workers were tired of poor working conditions and low pay resulting in strikes at 499 post offices in 13 states.The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 was a law passed by the United States Congress that abolished the then United States Post Office Department  which was a part of the cabinet and created the United States Postal Service a corporation like independent agency with an official monopoly on the delivery of mail

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An Act to provide for payments out of public funds towards trade unions expenditure in respect of ballots, for the use of employers' premises in connection with ballots, and for the issue by the Secretary of State of Codes of Practice for the improvement of industrial relations and to make provision in respect of exclusion or expulsion from trade unions and otherwise to amend the law relating to workers, employers, trade unions and employers' association.

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Los Angeles Riots 1992 Resulting in loss of work spaces and loss of employees

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Los Angeles Riots 1992 Resulting in loss of work spaces and loss of employees

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The 1992 Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) charged with using excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King.
The rioting took place in several areas in the Los Angeles metropolitan area as thousands of people rioted over six days following the verdict's announcement. Widespread looting, assault, and arson occurred during the riots, which local police forces had difficulty controlling due to lack of personnel and resources. The situation in the Los Angeles area was resolved only after the California National Guard, United States military, and several federal law enforcement agencies deployed more than 5,000 federal troops to assist

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The Great Recession was a period of marked general decline observed in national economies globally that occurred between 2007 and 2009. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country
The causes of the Great Recession include a combination of vulnerabilities that developed in the financial system, along with a series of triggering events that began with the bursting of the United States housing bubble in 2005–2012
When housing prices fell and homeowners began to abandon their mortgages, the value of mortgage-backed securities held by investment banks declined in 2007–2008, causing several to collapse or be bailed out in September 2008.

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In 2014, two states and 13 localities including New York City passed and or implemented paid sick leave laws, setting in motion a trend that has continued through the decade.
At the state level, California and Massachusetts enacted comprehensive paid sick leave laws, becoming only the second and third states to do so. Connecticut became the first in 2011, but the movement did not gain traction until 2014.
Since then, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington have followed suit and enacted some form of paid sick leave. At the local level, there are now an additional 20 cities and three counties with sick leave laws.
With no form of mandatory paid leave at the federal level, it is expected that states will continue to expand paid leave programs for illness and other reasons, largely thanks to the aggressive movement in 2014 that paved the way.

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The Fair Labor Standards Act Jan. 1, 2020.

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The Fair Labor Standards Act Jan. 1, 2020.

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As previously reported, as of January 1, 2020, the FLSA requires employers to pay all salary exempt employees at least $684/week (equivalent to $35,568 per year for a full-year worker).