In the 1930s, when Congress was discussing the labor laws that would be a part of the New Deal, that would protect all workers, Southern members of Congress refused to support those labor laws if they included protections for domestic workers and farmworkers.
Nos anos 30, quando o Congresso discutia as leis do trabalho, que fariam parte do Novo Acordo, que protegeriam todos os trabalhadores, membros sulistas do Congresso recusaram-se a apoiar as leis do trabalho se incluíssem proteção para trabalhadoras domésticas e trabalhadores rurais.