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The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the United States Post Office Department began with a walkout of letter carriers in Brooklyn and Manhattan, [42] soon involving 210,000 of the nation's 750,000 postal employees. With mail service virtually paralyzed in New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia, President Nixon declared a state ...
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.
The history of labor disputes in America substantially precedes the Revolutionary period. In 1636, for instance, there was a fishermen's strike on an island off the coast of Maine and in 1677 twelve carmen were fined for going on strike in New York City. [1]
Coeur d'Alene labor confrontation: 1899 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: 211 1968 St. Petersburg, FL sanitation strike: 1968 St. Petersburg, Florida +200 Disney animators' strike: 1941 Burbank, California +200 2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike: 2018 Alabama and Mississippi: 225 1907 Skowhegan textile strike: 1907 Skowhegan, Maine: 200 2021 St. Paul Park ...
The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor.
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In 2011 and 2013, in response to federal budget-cutting efforts, United States Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), sponsored S. 1116, a proposal to re-combine the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor as the "Department of Commerce and the Workforce." [21] No action on this proposal has been taken beyond referral to committee. [22]
United States Department of Labor publications (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "United States Department of Labor" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.