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Taft signed the bill that made created the Burea of Statsistics
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In 1884, The Bureau of Labor Statistics was formed
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Congress OFFCIALLY converts the Bureau of Labor to Department of Labor
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The bureau of labor changed to the US Department of Labor
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The immigration act forced the US Department of Labor begin functioning as a general placement agency for immigrants
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The Federal Compensation Act provides benefits to workers who are injured or contract illnesses in the workplace.
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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.
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This act states the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects.
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James J Davis becomes head of DOL
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The Wagner-Peyser act revitalizes various employment offices to help the DoL
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An act that ensures that products will be made effectively
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Frances was the first woman appointed to the cabinet , she was also the secretory of labor during the Great Depression
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The social security act of of 1935 begins payment of business to the elderly, the disabled and unemployed
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President Truman creates the Bureau of International Labor Affairs to foster U.S. international relations efforts.
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Its function was and is to "aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns".
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The first African American secretary of labor
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Birthed from the worry the union leadership and funding was linked to organized crimes.
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The Civil Rights act 1964 bans discrimination
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Secretary of labor who later became the ambassdor of Japan
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This law requires that employers with Federal contracts or subcontracts of $25,000 or more provide equal opportunity and affirmative action for Vietnam era veterans, special disabled veterans, and veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign.
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This law was made to establish federal assistance programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force.
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First chinese-born member of the cabinet and 24th secretary of labor in the cabinet
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The FMLA was passed
