History Of The U.S Department Of Labor

English planters found Jamestown colony

Jul 16, 1607

http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Labor-History-Timeline

Bacon’s Rebellion of servants and slaves in Virginia

Feb 11, 1676

First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City

Nov 16, 1677

The Great Northern War Ends

Aug 8, 1721

http://www.history1700s.com/page1001.shtml

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war of the Austrian Succession.

Oct 18, 1748

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/11186/Treaty-of-Aix-la-Chapelle

Artisans and laborers in Sons of Liberty protest oppressive British taxes

Sep 9, 1765

British troops kill five dock workers in Boston Massacre

Aug 7, 1770

Constitution adopted

Sep 6, 1787

The second federal census was taken in 1800

Feb 7, 1800

http://history1800s.about.com/od/timelines/a/1800-10timeline.htm

Gabriel Prosser’s slave insurrection in Virginia

Oct 28, 1800

Philadelphia shoemakers found guilty of conspiracy

Mar 14, 1805

New Hamsphire enacts first state 10-hour-day law

Feb 11, 1847

National Labor Union founded

May 10, 1866

15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; states the right to vote may not be abrogated by color

Feb 11, 1870

Bureau of Labor Statistics Begins Collecting Employment Data

Jun 27, 1884

On this day in History US Dept of Commerce and Labor is established

Feb 14, 1903

http://www.hisdates.com/years/1903-historical-events_3.html

The childrens Bureau was established

Apr 9, 1912

History of the US Department of Labor, Part 1: 1913 to 1929

Feb 11, 1913

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--aQMVJH1xA

The organic act establishing the Department of Labor

Mar 4, 1913

The First Secretary: William B. Wilson

Mar 6, 1913

http://www.dol.gov/100/timeline/#3

The entry of the U.S. into World War I

Apr 5, 1917

A. Philip Randolph threatens march on Washington to pretest racial discimination in defense jobs

May 12, 1941

Mobilizing for War, Helping Veterans

Dec 7, 1941

Largest strike wave in U.S. history

Dec 11, 1946

First two of 11 unions with Communist leaders are purged from CIO

Mar 10, 1949

A Builder of the Great Society

Aug 30, 1962

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jul/19/master-builder-of-great-society-dies/

Administers the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973

Feb 7, 1973

http://www.nclabor.com/agprogs.htm

Jimmy Carter succeeded Gerald Ford

Jan 11, 1977

http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=james_earl__jimmy__carter,_jr.

Ronald Regan Took Office As President

Jan 19, 1981

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan

A federal court issues the first injunction against a union

Mar 25, 1983

http://www.shmoop.com/history-labor-unions/timeline.html

Ending Sweatshops in the Garment Industry

Sep 12, 1996