U.S. Department of Labor, the First Seventy-five Years |
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... million . The four bureaus were the Bureau of Labor Statistics , the Bureau of Immigration , the Bureau of Naturalization and the Children's Bureau . The Bureau of Labor Statistics was a well- established organization created in 1884 to ...
... million . The four bureaus were the Bureau of Labor Statistics , the Bureau of Immigration , the Bureau of Naturalization and the Children's Bureau . The Bureau of Labor Statistics was a well- established organization created in 1884 to ...
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... million workers in a reserve labor force . In early 1918 , it began the enormous task of mobilizing 3 million workers for agriculture , shipbuilding and defense plants . In addition , federal war production offices were instructed to ...
... million workers in a reserve labor force . In early 1918 , it began the enormous task of mobilizing 3 million workers for agriculture , shipbuilding and defense plants . In addition , federal war production offices were instructed to ...
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... million people had been placed in jobs . Much had been done to raise living standards and improve working conditions ... millions of job - hungry veterans would swamp the labor market , the economy picked up and there were jobs aplenty ...
... million people had been placed in jobs . Much had been done to raise living standards and improve working conditions ... millions of job - hungry veterans would swamp the labor market , the economy picked up and there were jobs aplenty ...
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... millions of bulletins on child care . It was a leader in the fight for a constitu- tional amendment limiting child labor . Although the amendment never was ratified , it paved the way for later legislation regulating the employment of ...
... millions of bulletins on child care . It was a leader in the fight for a constitu- tional amendment limiting child labor . Although the amendment never was ratified , it paved the way for later legislation regulating the employment of ...
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... million persons were placed . The Children's Bureau began to collect information on relief supplied to families and to the homeless in the Nation's cities . It also studied the provision of unemployment insurance in the States ...
... million persons were placed . The Children's Bureau began to collect information on relief supplied to families and to the homeless in the Nation's cities . It also studied the provision of unemployment insurance in the States ...
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activities administration's AFL-CIO agencies American workers Ann Dore McLaughlin areas became budget Bureau of Immigration CETA Children's Bureau competition Conciliation Service Congress cooperation Corps coverage created Davis-Bacon Act deal Department of Labor Department's developed Donovan Durkin economic Eisenhower employers employment and training Employment Service enacted enforcement equal employment opportunity ERISA established Federal Government Frances Perkins goals Goldberg grams groups improve increased industry job training Labor Department labor force Labor Standards labor-management legislation major Manpower Mediation ment million minimum wage Nixon OFCCP OSHA pension Perkins private sector problems promoted raising the minimum reduce regulatory relations responsibilities role safety and health Schwellenbach Secretary Brock Secretary of Labor Secretary Wilson served Shultz skills Social Security sought strike Taft-Hartley Act tion tional training programs U.S. Department unemployed unemployment insurance union veterans Vietnam War War on Poverty welfare women Women's Bureau World War II youths