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Executive Order 11246 (EO 11246) followed up Executive Order 10479, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 13, 1953, which established the anti-discrimination Committee on Government Contracts, which was itself based on a similar Executive Order 8802, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941.
The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [78] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.
Delegating and Transferring Certain Functions and Affairs to the Office of Defense Mobilization Provided for in Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1953 June 17, 1953 31 10462: Delegation of Certain Functions of the President to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator June 19, 1953 32 10463: Amendment of Section 6.4 of Civil Service Rule VI June 25 ...
In 1954, Eisenhower appointed General Lucius D. Clay to head a committee charged with proposing an interstate highway system plan. [232] The president's support for the project was influenced by his experiences as a young army officer crossing the country as part of the 1919 Army Convoy . [ 233 ]
However, Eisenhower limited the Board's mandate to clarifying the issues rather than recommending a settlement. Realizing that the strike could linger despite the use of the Taft–Hartley provisions, management offered a three-year contract with small improvements in pay and fringe benefits and binding arbitration over Section 2(b).
Executive Order No. 10479 (18 FR 4899) is a directive by President Dwight Eisenhower that created the Government Contract Committee. Issued on August 13, 1953, the order sought to insure compliance with, and successful execution of, the equal employment opportunity program.
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; Long title: An act to provide for the reporting and disclosure of certain financial transactions and administrative practices of labor organizations and employers, to prevent abuses in the administration of trusteeships by labor organizations, to provide standards with respect to the election of officers of labor organizations, and for other purposes.
The report served as a key resource to the Eisenhower administration in the creation of Executive Order 10450. [10] Thus, the Hoey Committee was one of the first steps of institutionalizing homophobia in government work in the United States, and served as a guide for future government officials to do the same, as the Eisenhower administration ...