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Working Conditions

The international Labour Organization was successful in banning poisonous white lead from paint. It also was successful in limiting the hours that small children were aloud to work, and it campaigned strongly for employers to improve working conditions generally. The ILO also introduced a resolution for a maximum of 48 hours of work a week, and an 8-hour day. However only a few members of the League adopted this because they thought it would raise industrial costs.