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The establishment of The Bureau of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics HistoryThe Bureau of Labor was established in the Department of the Interior by the Bureau of Labor Act June 27, 1884, to collect information about employment and labor. It -
The beginning
The U.S. Congress first established a Bureau of Labor in 1888 under the Department of the Interior. -
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Later, the Bureau of Labor became an independent Department of Labor but lacked executive rank. It became a bureau again within the Department of Commerce and Labor. -
President Taft Signs
President William Howard Taft signed the March 4, 1913 (the last day of his presidency), bill establishing the Department of Labor as a Cabinet-level Department. -
Transferred over
Brief historyIn 1913, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was transferred to the Department of Labor. -
Meeting the jobs needs of immigrants
U.S. Employment Service begins functioning as a nonstatutory general placement agency for immigrants. -
Harry Hayt
Harry Hayt elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919) Read more: Harry Hayt PRATT — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/pratt-harry-hayt.html#ixzz2KFIeoA2a -
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Establishing benefits
The Federal Compensation Act was passed in order for sick/injured workers to get benefits. -
Entry to WW1
With the entry of the U.S. into World War I on April 5, 1917, adequate war production became a national necessity and issues of working conditions and labor peace assumed paramount importance.The Department assumed the major responsibility for implementing the nation's war labor policies, which included recognition of the right of workers to bargain collectively, establishment of machinery to adjust grievances, and an 8-hour workday. -
Labor department streamlines war production
The U.S. declares war on Germany on April 6 and Congress creates the War Labor Administration to organize wartime production. -
International labor comes to the capital
International Labour Organization held its first meeting in Washington, D.C. -
Womans Bureau
The Women's Bureau, was established in 1920 -
Women recieve a voice in the workplace through the womans Bureau
Mary Anderson is the bureau's first director, serving until 1944. -
Other thoughts by the Republicans Administrators
After the activism of President Wilson there was a sharp reversal in policy by the Republican Administrations from 1921 to 1933 and the Department reflected their desire for less government. -
Positive steps to deal with the Depression
The Department took few positive steps to deal with the Depression under William N. Doak, an official with the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. One of the principal Departmental programs for fighting the Depression was the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, which fought wage slashing on federal construction projects by requiring that contractors match local rates. -
Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins became the Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945 and was the first female cabinet secretary in U.S. history -
Thomas David Patrick
Thomas David Patrick was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939) Read more: Thomas David Patrick O’MALLEY — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/o-malley-thomas-david-patrick.html#ixzz2KFJYHcAM -
Frank Joseph Gerard
Frank Joseph Gerard was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939) Read more: Frank Joseph Gerard DORSEY — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/dorsey-frank-joseph-gerard.html#ixzz2KFGrpuvo -
John Federick
in 1939 John Federick was appointed commissioner of conciliation for the United States Department of Labor for upper Michigan and northern Wisconsin Read more: John Frederick LUECKE — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/luecke-john-frederick.html#ixzz2KFFuYaw4 -
Truman beats FDR
When Harry S. Truman succeeded FDR in April 1945, Perkins resigned voluntarily -
Eisenhower appoints Martin P. Durkin
Brief HistoryHistory of US department of laborIn 1953 President Eisenhower appointed Martin P. Durkin, a Democrat and president of the plumbers and steamfitters union. The unions took Durkin's appointment as a sign that the new Administration was open to change in the hated Taft-Hartley Act. -
George P, Shultz
In the 1970s, following the civil rights movement, the Labor Department under Secretary George P. Shultz was instrumental in promoting racial diversity in unions -
Thomas Michael
Thomas Michael elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, served until his resignation on November 11, 1997 (January 3, 1981-November 11, 1997) Read more: Thomas Michael FOGLIETTA — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/foglietta-thomas-michael.html#ixzz2KFHlWWWH -
Getting ranked
In August 2010, the Partnership for Public Service ranked the Department of Labor 23rd out of 31 large agencies in its annual "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government" list -
Hilds Solis
In December 2010, then-Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was named the Chair of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness of which Labor has been a member since its beginnings in 1987. -
Ray Jefferson
In July 2011, the Department was rocked by the resignation of Ray Jefferson, Assistant Secretary for VETS, in a contracting scandal -
2009 budget
The annual budget in 2009 was 10.5 billion dollars. -
2010 budget
In 2012 , the annual budget was 13.3 million dollars
