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CONSUMER RIGHTS

 This wasn’t a unified movement wasnt like the civil rights where everyone was fighting at the same time

 Corruption of the [|American] meatpacking industry during the early-20th century. There were harsh tones [|poverty], absence of social programs, unpleasant living and working conditions, and hopelessness prevalent among the working class, which is contrasted with the deeply-rooted [|corruption] on the part of those in power.  Upton Sinclair's sensational novel [|The Jungle](1906) led to the Meat Inspection Act, which put federal inspectors in all packinghouses whose products entered interstate or foreign commerce. Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906- is a [|United States federal law] that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous [|patent medicines].

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act- is a set of laws passed by[|Congress] in 1938 giving authority to the [|U.S. Food and Drug Administration] (FDA) to oversee the [|safety of food], drugs, and cosmetics. It replaced the earlier [|Pure Food and Drug Act] of 1906. FFDCA limits pesticide residues on food in interstate commerce (including imports)

Fair Labor Standards Act- The FLSA established a national [|minimum wage],[|[3]] guaranteed '[|time-and-a-half]' for [|overtime] in certain jobs,[|[4]] and prohibited most [|employment] of [|minors] in "oppressive child labor”.(1938)

 Consumer product safety act- 1972- t established the [|United States Consumer Product Safety Commission] as an [|independent agency of the United States federal government] and defined its basic authority. The act gives CPSC the power to develop safety standards and pursue recalls for products that present unreasonable or substantial risks of injury or death to consumers.

Age discrimination in employment act- forbids [|employment][|discrimination] against anyone over the age of 40 years in the [|__United States__] - 1967

 COMPARED-

 Environmental- with these 2 we get environmentally safe products. Things that have been recycled or won’t hurt the environment

 Women’s rights- with these 2, it makes it so the women can get the same things as men

 Anti-unionism- with these 2, its making it so that the people aren’t getting screwed over

 PRESENT-FUTURE  Occupy Wall Street- an ongoing series of [|demonstrations] in [|New York City]'s [|Zuccotti Park] in the [|Wall Street] financial district which began on September 17, 2011 initiated by Canadian activist group [|Adbusters]. The participants are mainly protesting social and [|economic inequality], corporate greed, corruption and influence over government—particularly from the[|financial services] sector—as well as [|lobbyists] and the jobless rate. The protesters' slogan "[|We are the 99%]" refers to the[|difference in wealth] and income growth in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population.

 PEOPLE

 Muckraker- The term muckraker is closely associated with reform-oriented journalists who wrote largely for popular magazine,continued a tradition of [|investigative journalism] reporting.

 1900-1925  Upton Sinclair- Exploited the meat packing industry by The Jungle by journalist Upton Sinclair. The book is now often interpreted and taught as a journalist's exposure of the poor health conditions in this industry

 Samuel Hopkins Adams- was a muckraker like Upton Sinclair. He wrote The Great American Fraud. Him and Upton were big contributiors to the Pure Food and Drug Act

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1926-1950 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Royal S. Copeland- was an American academic, [|homeopathic] physician, and [|politician]. Copeland served as primary author and sponsor of the [|Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act] of 1938, an important consumers right law

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Frederick J. Schlink- was an American [|consumer rights] activist. He co-wrote the book [|100,000,000 Guinea Pigs] with [|Arthur Kallet], and co-founded the [|watchdog] group [|Consumers Research].[|[1]] In 1927, Schlink was co-author, with [|Stuart Chase], of the bestseller, Your Money's Worth, a warning about sales pressure and misleading advertising.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1951-1975 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ralph Nader- American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Nader came to prominence in 1965 with the publication of his book [|Unsafe at Any Speed], a critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers in general

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Esther Peterson- was a lifelong [|consumer] and [|women's] advocate. Peterson joined the Industrial Union Department of the [|AFL-CIO], becoming its first woman lobbyist. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> She was Assistant Secretary of [|Labor] and Director of the [|United States Women's Bureau] for President [|John F. Kennedy], Special Assistant for [|Consumer Affairs] under Presidents[|Lyndon B. Johnson] and [|Jimmy Carter], Vice President for Consumer Affairs at [|Giant Food] Corporation, and president of the [|National Consumers League].

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1976-1999 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Harvey Rosenfield- is an [|American][|lawyer], [|author] and [|consumer advocate]. In 1985, he founded [|Consumer Watchdog], a nationally recognized, [|nonpartisan][|nonprofit][|public interest group]. which advocates for [|taxpayer] and [|consumer] interests, with a focus on insurance, health care, political reform, privacy and energy.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Kenneth Hecht- is an American public interest [|attorney]. Hecht is an advocate for improved access to nutritious, affordable food on behalf of low-income people.Kenneth Hecht was one of the co-founders in 1992 of California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA), a nutrition policy and advocacy organization whose chief aims are expansion and improvement of the federal food programs in order to eliminate [|hunger] and prevent [|obesity].

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Automakers- they don’t want to be blamed for the cause of the accident, and want the people being responsible for it. Big business vs Consumer rights

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Richard Nixon-
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the closing days of the 92nd Congress, President Nixon unleashed a virulent, anti-consumer lobbying effort which succeeded in defeating or blocking major consumer protection legislation. All lip service to consumer interests in health, safety, and dollar value in the market place was swept aside as White House operatives lobbied along with corporate interests to defeat the Consumer Protection bill in the Senate ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pope Benedict XVI- he opposes economic materialism. materialism interferes with connection between the individual and the divine, or that it is inherently an immoral lifestyle. believe materialism is connected to war, greed, anomie, crime, environmental degradation, and general social malaise and discontent.

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