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Bureau of Labor Statistics Begins Collecting Employment Data
The Bureau publishes its First Annual Report in 1886. It consisted information of the industrial depresions. -
J. Ernest Wilkins Sr.
Ernest Wilkins was a notable African American laywer, labor leader, and an undersecretary in the Eisenhower administration. He was appointed by President Eisenhower as Undersecretary of Labor for International Labor Affairs. He was the chairman of Eisenhower's committee. -
Maurice Tobin
He was born Maurice Joesph Tobin on May 22nd, 1901. He was born in Mission Hill, Boston, Massachusetts. He became the Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; he was mayor from 1938-1945. During this time he advocated the Fair Employment Practices Bill. -
Meeting the Job Needs of Immigrants
The US Employment Service starts a general placement agency that was not required by law for the immigrants. -
President Taft Creates Labor Department
President William Howard Taft signs the Organic Act which created the US Department of Labor; it was signed during Taft's last hours in office. -
The First Secretary
WIlliam B. Wilson comes to the US at the age of 8 and works as a "breaker boy" in coal mines. Later on, he goes on to beocme a the secretary of his union. He represents Pennsylvania’s 15th District in the U.S. Congress.He plays an important role in the World War I victory. -
Establishing Benefits for Injured and Sick Workers
FECA is a compensation program for federal employees. FECA stands for Federal Employees Compensation Act. FECA pays for medical benefits, survivors and disability who is not at fault. They also cover employees who are ill and while federally employed and those who are killed on the job. This program is administrated by the DOL. -
International Labor Comes to the Capital
The U.S hosted the first meeting in Washington DC. They had 184 International Conventions on a wide range of workplace. -
Railway Labor Act Creates National Mediation Board
The Railway Labor Act was drafted by labor and management , then passed by Congress without amendment. It provides a comprehensive statutory framework for resolution resolution of labor-management disputes in the airline and railroad industries. It was enacted in 1926. -
Fair Pay for Longshore and Harbor Workers
This a federal law that provides benefits to the no-fault workers; other than crew masters of a vessel injured in maritime employment. If the employers purchase the LHWCA coverage endorsement, they can obtain coverage under a standard workers policy. -
BLS Begins Collecting Unemployment Data
In 1933, it was estimated that about 13 million people in the US were unemployed. The unemployment rate was up to 25%. BLS collected all the unemployment data. -
Father of the Five-Day Workweek
Many people believe it was the union who gave us the 5 day, 8 hour a day, work week but it was not. It was Henry Ford believe it or not. It had nothing to do with charity; it had evrything to do with increasing profits and dealing with the forces of competition. -
The Trail Blazer
A group of men came up with the idea of forming a club for comradeship on the trail. The ideas and experiences in hiking, hunting, fishing and photographing on back country trips. The four men were C. A. Carlson, J. W. MacDonald, H. K. Butler, and Hilding Adler. The first formal meeting was held on December 27, 1933. -
New Deal Agencies Offer Employment During Depression
The New Deal was enacted in the US between 1933 and 1936. President Franklin Roosevelt played a big part in this program. These programs were in response to the Great Depression. It focused on the 3 R's. Reform, Relief, and Recovery. -
Wagner-Peyser Act Brings Workers, Employers Together
The act provided a establishment of national employment system and cooperation with the states in promotion. The United States Employment Service should be maintained and established by the Department of Labor. -
U.S. Joins International Labour Organization
It protects the rights of the employee in a private sector. The act created the National Labor Relations Election which conducts elections, The act does not aplply to the workers who are covered by the Railway Labor Act. -
Social Security Act Creates Safety Net for Most Vulnerable
This was enacted in 1935. This act gave money to the people who were elderly, those who were disabled and unemployed. This act really benefitted the elderly. -
Fair Labor Standards Act Codifies 40-Hour Workweek
President Roosevelt avioded pocket vetoes 9 days after Congress had adjourned, he signed 21 bills. The bills were a landmark law in the Nation's social and economic development. This was the Fair Labor Act of 1938. This act banned oppressive child labor and set the minimum wage at 25cents and the maximum workweek at 44hours. -
Mobilizing for War, Helping Veterans
This is the day we were attacked at Pearl Harbor. -
Martin Durkin
Martin Durkin is a television producer and director. He has produced, directed and executive-produced a wide variety of programmes covering the arts, science, history, entertainment, features and social documentaries. In 1997, Channel 4 broadcast Durkin's documentary series Against Nature, which criticized the environmental movement for being a threat to personal freedom and for crippling economic development.Against Nature was know to be one of the most pleasurable things to watch on televison. -
The Eisenhower Years
Eisenhower created the committee to look into discrimination in the government. They made sure that equal opportunity was being met. -
James Paul Mitchell
Jmaes Mitchell was politician in New Jersey. He served as the US Secretary of Labor from 1953-1961. He was a Democrat-for-Eisenhower after Eisenhower's inauguration in 1953. He wa then appointed Assistant Secretary of Army. -
Arthur J. Goldberg
Authur was an American statesman and jurist who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Supreme Court Justice and Ambassador to the United Nations. Presidnet Kennedy apointed him to two positions. The first was United States Secretary of Labor; he served for one year. The second job was as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, replacing Felix Frankfurter, who had resigned because of poor health. -
A History Making Phone Call
President John F. Kennedy calls Wirtz to offer him the Scretary of Labor position. -
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz was a former U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor.He served as Scretary of Labor for 7 years under the adminstration of President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. -
The Eqaul Pay Act of 1963
It was the United States federal law protaining to the Fair Labor Standards Act; it aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. It was signed on June 10, 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act outlawed discrimination against racial, ethnic, religious and national minorities. and women. It ended unequal voting registration requirments and segregation in school. -
Economic Opportunity Act
This act was signed by Lyndon Johson on August 20, 1964. This was central to his Great Society campaign on its War on Poverty. -
McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act
This act required that general contractors an subcontractors performing services on prime contracts in excess of $2,500 to psy employees in various classes. -
Job Loss - Important Information Workers Need To Know To Protect Their Health Coverage and Retirement Benefits
The EBSA administrates ERISA which governs the retirement and welfare plans. The ERISA also includes health coverages; COBRA and HIPAA.
