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"Labor, Department of". In Kurian, George Thomas (ed.). A Historical Guide to the U.S. Government. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 353– 360. ISBN 978-0-19-510230-7. Available in slightly revised form as MacLaury, Judson. "A Brief History: The U.S. Department of Labor". United States Department of Labor
The Frances Perkins Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Labor. It is located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW and sits above Interstate 395. The structure is named after Frances Perkins, the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933–1945 and the first female cabinet secretary in U.S. history. [1]
The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (LACFL) is the central labor council for unions and worker organizations in Los Angeles County, California.The organization has its roots in the late 19th century when trade unions across the Los Angeles region formed labor councils for mutual aid, eventually affiliating with the American Federation of Labor in 1901.
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for the transportation system in the county, including freeway expansions, express lane management, bus and rail transit operation, and commuter rail funding ...
It works to advance the secretary's mission by making the department inclusive, transparent, accountable and responsible. [2] The office coordinates the outreach efforts of individual agencies within the department to ensure a broad cross-section of stakeholder participation in all facets of the department's efforts.
CDOT was established by order of the Chicago City Council on 11 December 1991 [3] when Mayor Richard M. Daley restructured the Chicago Department of Public Works into the new Chicago Department of Transportation. [5] The restructuring took effect on 1 January 1992. [5]
In 1940, all Department attorneys and legal personnel were transferred to the supervision of the solicitor of labor. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] In the 1980s, the office attracted attention for delays in cases enforcing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , [ 7 ] and for not seeking the maximum compensation for back wages due under the Fair ...
The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a 44-story, 604-foot (184 m) Art Deco skyscraper located in the Chicago Loop, standing at the foot of the LaSalle Street canyon. Built in 1930 for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), it has served as the primary trading venue of the CBOT and later the CME Group, formed in 2007 by the merger of the CBOT and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.