Yes, Nick, it was the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that created the Federal minimum wage and established maximum hours Federally.

Thing is, Henry Ford, a private owner of a company, within this case Ford, chose to do so in 1914, including female employees in 1916, and established the five day, forty hour workweek in 1922.The unions had nothing to do with it, nor did the Federal Government.

The Federal Government, and said unions may have attached themselves unto said movement, but it was a PRIVATE owner of a company that instituted said role, WELL before the unions, or Federal Government did.

Just sayin'.