In 1894, New Zealand established such arbitration boards with the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act In 1896, the colony of Victoria, Australia established similar boards In 1907, the Harvester decision was handed down in Australia. It established a 'living wage' for a man, his wife and two children to "live in frugal comfort" In 1909, the Trade Boards Act was enacted in the United Kingdom, establishing four such boards In 1912, the state of Massachusetts, United States, set minimum wages for women and children In the United States, statutory minimum wages were first introduced nationally in 1938[3] In the 1960s, minimum wage laws were introduced into Latin America as part of the Alliance for Progress; however these minimum wages were, and are, low[4]