29 U.S.C. § 202 : US Code - Section 202: Congressional finding and declaration of policy

Search 29 U.S.C. § 202 : US Code - Section 202: Congressional finding and declaration of policy

(a) The Congress finds that the existence, in industries engaged
in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor
conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard
of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being
of workers (1) causes commerce and the channels and
instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate
such labor conditions among the workers of the several States; (2)
burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; (3)
constitutes an unfair method of competition in commerce; (4) leads
to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free
flow of goods in commerce; and (5) interferes with the orderly and
fair marketing of goods in commerce. That Congress further finds
that the employment of persons in domestic service in households
affects commerce.
(b) It is declared to be the policy of this chapter, through the
exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce among the
several States and with foreign nations, to correct and as rapidly
as practicable to eliminate the conditions above referred to in
such industries without substantially curtailing employment or
earning power.