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United States Department of Labor

February 15, 2024

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. It is headed by the secretary of labor, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.

United States Department of Labor
Seal of the U.S. Department of Labor
Flag of the U.S. Department of Labor

The Frances Perkins Building, which serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor
Agency overview
FormedMarch 4, 1913; 110 years ago (1913-03-04)[1]
Preceding agency
JurisdictionU.S. federal government
HeadquartersFrances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, D.C., U.S.
38°53′35″N 77°00′52″W / 38.89306°N 77.01444°W / 38.89306; -77.01444
Employees16,922 (2023)
Annual budget$14.6 billion (FY2023)[2]
Agency executives
Websitewww.dol.gov

The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well being of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights. In carrying out this mission, the Department of Labor administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws and thousands of federal regulations. These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 10 million employers and 125 million workers. Julie Su is currently serving as acting secretary since March 11, 2023 following the resignation of Marty Walsh.

The department's headquarters is housed in the Frances Perkins Building, named in honor of Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945.

History edit

 
The former flag of the U.S. Department of Labor, used from 1914 to 1960

In 1884, the U.S. Congress first established a Bureau of Labor Statistics with the Bureau of Labor Act,[3] to collect information about labor and employment. This bureau was under the Department of the Interior. The Bureau started collecting economic data in 1884, and published their first report in 1886.[4] Later, in 1888, the Bureau of Labor became an independent Department of Labor, but lacked executive rank.

In February 1903, it became a bureau again when the Department of Commerce and Labor was established.

United States President William Howard Taft signed the March 4, 1913, bill (the last day of his presidency), establishing the Department of Labor as its own Cabinet-level department. William B. Wilson was appointed as the first Secretary of Labor on March 5, 1913, by President Wilson.[5] As part of this action, the United States Conciliation Service was created as an agency within the department; its purpose was to provide mediation for labor disputes.[6] In October 1919, Secretary Wilson chaired the first meeting of the International Labour Organization even though the U.S. was not yet a member.[7]

In September 1916, the Federal Employees' Compensation Act introduced benefits to workers who are injured or contract illnesses in the workplace. The act established an agency responsible for federal workers' compensation, which was transferred to the Labor Department in the 1940s and has become known as the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.[8]

Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member, was appointed to be Secretary of Labor by President Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. Perkins served for 12 years, and became the longest-serving Secretary of Labor.

The passage of the Taft–Hartley Act in 1947 led to the end of the U.S. Conciliation Service, which was reconstituted outside the department as a new independent agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.[9]

During the John F. Kennedy Administration, planning was undertaken to consolidate most of the department's offices, then scattered around more than 20 locations. In the mid‑1960s, construction on the "New Labor Building" began and construction was finished in 1975. In 1980, it was named in honor of Frances Perkins.

President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress to consider the idea of reuniting Commerce and Labor.[10]

He argued that the two departments had similar goals and that they would have more efficient channels of communication in a single department. However, Congress never acted on it.

In the 1970s, following the civil rights movement, the Labor Department under Secretary George P. Shultz made a concerted effort to promote racial diversity in unions.[11]

In 1978, the Department of Labor created the Philip Arnow Award, intended to recognize outstanding career employees such as the eponymous Philip Arnow.[12] In the same year, Carin Clauss became the department's first female solicitor of the department.[13]

In 2010, a local of the American Federation of Government Employees stated their unhappiness that a longstanding flextime program reduced under the George W. Bush administration had not been restored under the Obama administration.[14] Department officials said the program was modern and fair and that it was part of ongoing contract negotiations with the local.[14]

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.[15]

In December 2010, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was named the chair of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness,[16] of which Labor has been a member since its beginnings in 1987.

In July 2011, Ray Jefferson, Assistant Secretary for VETS resigned due to his involvement in a contracting scandal.[17][18][19]

In March 2013, the department began commemorating its centennial.[20]

In July 2013, Tom Perez was confirmed as Secretary of Labor. According to remarks by Perez at his swearing-in ceremony, "Boiled down to its essence, the Department of Labor is the department of opportunity."[21]

In April 2017, Alexander Acosta was confirmed as the new Secretary of Labor. In July 2019, Acosta resigned due to a scandal involving his role in the plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein.[22] He was succeeded on September 30, 2019, by Eugene Scalia. Scalia served until the beginning of the Biden administration on January 20, 2021. Marty Walsh was confirmed as secretary on March 22, 2021.[23] He resigned on March 11, 2023 and was succeeded by deputy secretary Julie Su who is currently serving in an acting position.

Agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, programs, library and corporation of the department edit

Other edit

Relevant legislation edit

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "Chapter 1: Start-up of the Department and World War I, 1913-1921". History of the Department of Labor. from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  2. ^ "FY 2023 Department of Labor Budget in Brief" (PDF). U.S. Department of Labor. U.S. federal government. 2023. (PDF) from the original on May 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Bureau of Labor Statistics
  4. ^ "Bls.gov". from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  5. ^ William Bauchop Wilson
  6. ^ Kampelman, Max M. (1947). "The United States Conciliation Service". Minnesota Law Review. 31: 680ff. from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  7. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  8. ^ "Bls.gov" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  9. ^ Stark, Louis (June 24, 1947). "Analysis of the Labor Act Shows Changed Era at Hand for Industry". The New York Times. pp. 1, 4. from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  10. ^ Lowi, Theodore J. (July 1967). "Why Merge Commerce and Labor?". Challenge. 15 (6): 12–15. doi:10.1080/05775132.1967.11469948. ISSN 0577-5132.
  11. ^ Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here: The '70s. New York, New York: Basic Books. p. 243. ISBN 0-465-04195-7.
  12. ^ "PER 00-00-001 - ADM 2.1 - Employee Recognition Program | Occupational Safety and Health Administration". www.osha.gov. from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  13. ^ HISTORY, WISCONSIN WOMEN MAKING (March 3, 2017). "Carin Clauss (1939-present)". madison.com. from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  14. ^ a b Kamen, Al (April 23, 2010). "AFGE pushes for flextime at Labor Department". The Washington Post. from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  15. ^ . Partnership for Public Service. 2010. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  16. ^ . United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  17. ^ Bewig, Matt; Brinkerhoff, Noel (July 30, 2011). "Labor Official Resigns Following Corruption Investigation: Who is Raymond Jefferson?". AllGov. from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  18. ^ Vogel, Steve (July 25, 2012). "Raymond Jefferson leaves Labor Department after ethics finding". The Washington Post. from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  19. ^ Lambrecht, Bill (July 28, 2011). "McCaskill criticizes Labor Department contracting 'boondoggle'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  20. ^ . United States Department of Labor. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  21. ^ "Remarks By Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, Swearing-In Ceremony". United States Department of Labor. 2013. from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  22. ^ Wu, Nicholas; Jackson, David (July 12, 2019). "Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigns amid Epstein plea fallout". USA Today. from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  23. ^ Puzzanghera, Jim (March 22, 2021). "Senate Confirms Walsh as Labor Secretary". The Boston Globe. from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

Further reading edit

  • Goldberg, Joseph P., and William T. Moye. The first hundred years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Department of Labor, 1985) online
  • Laughlin, Kathleen A. Women's work and public policy: A history of the Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor, 1945-1970 (Northeastern UP, 2000). online
    • Boris, Eileen. "Women's Work and Public Policy: a History of the Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor, 1945-1970." NWSA Journal 14#1 (2002), pp. 201-207 online
  • Lombardi, John (1942). Labor's Voice in the Cabinet: A History of the Department of Labor from Its Origins to 1921. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • MacLaury, Judson (October 28, 1998). "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. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  • Ritchie, Melinda N. "Back-channel representation: a study of the strategic communication of senators with the us Department of Labor." Journal of Politics 80.1 (2018): 240-253.

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united, states, department, labor, executive, departments, federal, government, responsible, administration, federal, laws, governing, occupational, safety, health, wage, hour, standards, unemployment, benefits, reemployment, services, occasionally, economic, . 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 It is headed by the secretary of labor who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president s Cabinet United States Department of LaborSeal of the U S Department of LaborFlag of the U S Department of LaborThe Frances Perkins Building which serves as the headquarters of the U S Department of LaborAgency overviewFormedMarch 4 1913 110 years ago 1913 03 04 1 Preceding agencyUnited States Department of Commerce and LaborJurisdictionU S federal governmentHeadquartersFrances Perkins Building200 Constitution Avenue NWWashington D C U S 38 53 35 N 77 00 52 W 38 89306 N 77 01444 W 38 89306 77 01444Employees16 922 2023 Annual budget 14 6 billion FY2023 2 Agency executivesJulie Su Acting SecretaryJulie Su Deputy SecretaryWebsitewww wbr dol wbr govThe purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster promote and develop the well being of the wage earners job seekers and retirees of the United States improve working conditions advance opportunities for profitable employment and assure work related benefits and rights In carrying out this mission the Department of Labor administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws and thousands of federal regulations These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 10 million employers and 125 million workers Julie Su is currently serving as acting secretary since March 11 2023 following the resignation of Marty Walsh The department s headquarters is housed in the Frances Perkins Building named in honor of Frances Perkins the Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945 Contents 1 History 2 Agencies boards bureaus offices programs library and corporation of the department 2 1 Other 3 Relevant legislation 4 See also 5 Notes and references 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp The former flag of the U S Department of Labor used from 1914 to 1960In 1884 the U S Congress first established a Bureau of Labor Statistics with the Bureau of Labor Act 3 to collect information about labor and employment This bureau was under the Department of the Interior The Bureau started collecting economic data in 1884 and published their first report in 1886 4 Later in 1888 the Bureau of Labor became an independent Department of Labor but lacked executive rank In February 1903 it became a bureau again when the Department of Commerce and Labor was established United States President William Howard Taft signed the March 4 1913 bill the last day of his presidency establishing the Department of Labor as its own Cabinet level department William B Wilson was appointed as the first Secretary of Labor on March 5 1913 by President Wilson 5 As part of this action the United States Conciliation Service was created as an agency within the department its purpose was to provide mediation for labor disputes 6 In October 1919 Secretary Wilson chaired the first meeting of the International Labour Organization even though the U S was not yet a member 7 In September 1916 the Federal Employees Compensation Act introduced benefits to workers who are injured or contract illnesses in the workplace The act established an agency responsible for federal workers compensation which was transferred to the Labor Department in the 1940s and has become known as the Office of Workers Compensation Programs 8 Frances Perkins the first female cabinet member was appointed to be Secretary of Labor by President Roosevelt on March 4 1933 Perkins served for 12 years and became the longest serving Secretary of Labor The passage of the Taft Hartley Act in 1947 led to the end of the U S Conciliation Service which was reconstituted outside the department as a new independent agency the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 9 During the John F Kennedy Administration planning was undertaken to consolidate most of the department s offices then scattered around more than 20 locations In the mid 1960s construction on the New Labor Building began and construction was finished in 1975 In 1980 it was named in honor of Frances Perkins President Lyndon B Johnson asked Congress to consider the idea of reuniting Commerce and Labor 10 1 He argued that the two departments had similar goals and that they would have more efficient channels of communication in a single department However Congress never acted on it In the 1970s following the civil rights movement the Labor Department under Secretary George P Shultz made a concerted effort to promote racial diversity in unions 11 In 1978 the Department of Labor created the Philip Arnow Award intended to recognize outstanding career employees such as the eponymous Philip Arnow 12 In the same year Carin Clauss became the department s first female solicitor of the department 13 In 2010 a local of the American Federation of Government Employees stated their unhappiness that a longstanding flextime program reduced under the George W Bush administration had not been restored under the Obama administration 14 Department officials said the program was modern and fair and that it was part of ongoing contract negotiations with the local 14 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 15 In December 2010 Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was named the chair of the U S Interagency Council on Homelessness 16 of which Labor has been a member since its beginnings in 1987 In July 2011 Ray Jefferson Assistant Secretary for VETS resigned due to his involvement in a contracting scandal 17 18 19 In March 2013 the department began commemorating its centennial 20 In July 2013 Tom Perez was confirmed as Secretary of Labor According to remarks by Perez at his swearing in ceremony Boiled down to its essence the Department of Labor is the department of opportunity 21 In April 2017 Alexander Acosta was confirmed as the new Secretary of Labor In July 2019 Acosta resigned due to a scandal involving his role in the plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein 22 He was succeeded on September 30 2019 by Eugene Scalia Scalia served until the beginning of the Biden administration on January 20 2021 Marty Walsh was confirmed as secretary on March 22 2021 23 He resigned on March 11 2023 and was succeeded by deputy secretary Julie Su who is currently serving in an acting position Agencies boards bureaus offices programs library and corporation of the department editAdministrative Review Board ARB Benefits Review Board BRB Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training BAT Bureau of International Labor Affairs ILAB Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative CFOI Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA Employees Compensation Appeals Board ECAB Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program EEOMBD Employment and Training Administration ETA Mine Safety and Health Administration MSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Office of Administrative Law Judges OALJ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management OASAM Office of the Chief Information Officer OCIO Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy OASP Office of the Chief Financial Officer OCFO Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs OCIA Office of Disability Employment Policy ODEP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs OFCCP Office of Inspector General OIG Office of Labor Management Standards OLMS Office of Public Affairs OPA Office of Public Liaison OPL Office of the Secretary OSEC Office of the Deputy Secretary Office of the Solicitor SOL Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization OUIM Office of Workers Compensation Programs OWCP Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PBGC Office of the Inspector General Veterans Employment and Training Service VETS Wage and Hour Division WHD Women s Bureau WB Other edit Wirtz Labor Library Job CorpsRelevant legislation edit1926 Railway Labor Act 1947 Taft Hartley Act PL 80 101 1949 Fair Labor Standards Amendment PL 81 393 1953 Small Business Act PL 83 163 1954 Internal Revenue Code PL 83 591 1955 Fair Labor Standards Amendment PL 84 381 1958 Small Business Administration extension PL 85 536 1961 Fair Labor Standards Amendment PL 87 30 1961 Area Redevelopment Act PL 87 27 1962 Manpower Development and Training Act PL 87 415 1962 Public Welfare Amendments PL 87 543 1963 Amendments to National Defense Education Act PL 88 210 1964 Economic Opportunity Act PL 88 452 1965 Vocational Rehabilitation Act amended PL 89 333 1965 Executive Order 11246 1965 McNamara O Hara Service Contract Act 1966 Fair Labor Standards Amendment PL 89 601 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act 1973 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act PL 93 203 1973 Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act PL 93 112 1974 Fair Labor Standards Amendment PL 93 259 1974 Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act PL 92 540 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISA Pub L 93 406 1975 Revenue Adjustment Act Earned Income Tax Credit PL 94 12 164 1976 Overhaul of vocational education programs PL 94 482 1976 Social Security Act Amendments Aid to Day Care Centers PL 94 401 1977 Fair Labor Standards Amendment PL 95 151 1977 Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 1978 Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act PL 95 523 1981 Budget Reconciliation Act PL 97 35 1982 Job Training Partnership Act PL 97 300 1983 Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act PL 99 603 1988 Family Support Act PL 100 485 1988 Employee Polygraph Protection Act 1989 Fair Labor Standards Amendment PL 101 157 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act PL 101 508 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act PL 103 3 1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation and Bankruptcy Act PL 103 66 1996 Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 PL 104 188 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act PL 104 193 1996 Veterans Employment Opportunities Act PL 105 339 1998 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity ActSee also edit nbsp United States portalMinistry of Labour links to articles on national ministries or departments worldwide and US states Equal Employment Opportunity Commission National Labor Relations Board Occupational Information Network Holland Codes Ticket to Work Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations on Employee s benefitsNotes and references edit Chapter 1 Start up of the Department and World War I 1913 1921 History of the Department of Labor Archived from the original on April 30 2017 Retrieved February 4 2013 FY 2023 Department of Labor Budget in Brief PDF U S Department of Labor U S federal government 2023 Archived PDF from the original on May 11 2023 Bureau of Labor Statistics Bls gov Archived from the original on July 4 2014 Retrieved July 25 2014 William Bauchop Wilson Kampelman Max M 1947 The United States Conciliation Service Minnesota Law Review 31 680ff Archived from the original on September 26 2023 Retrieved September 27 2023 Iga ucdavis edu PDF Archived from the original PDF on March 5 2016 Retrieved August 4 2014 Bls gov PDF Archived PDF from the original on September 23 2015 Retrieved August 4 2014 Stark Louis June 24 1947 Analysis of the Labor Act Shows Changed Era at Hand for Industry The New York Times pp 1 4 Archived from the original on September 26 2023 Retrieved September 27 2023 Lowi Theodore J July 1967 Why Merge Commerce and Labor Challenge 15 6 12 15 doi 10 1080 05775132 1967 11469948 ISSN 0577 5132 Frum David 2000 How We Got Here The 70s New York New York Basic Books p 243 ISBN 0 465 04195 7 PER 00 00 001 ADM 2 1 Employee Recognition Program Occupational Safety and Health Administration www osha gov Archived from the original on March 17 2017 Retrieved March 17 2017 HISTORY WISCONSIN WOMEN MAKING March 3 2017 Carin Clauss 1939 present madison com Archived from the original on May 30 2019 Retrieved May 30 2019 a b Kamen Al April 23 2010 AFGE pushes for flextime at Labor Department The Washington Post Archived from the original on October 21 2016 Retrieved April 26 2010 Best Places to Work gt Overall Index Scores Partnership for Public Service 2010 Archived from the original on September 3 2010 Retrieved September 1 2010 About USICH United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Archived from the original on July 21 2011 Retrieved August 12 2013 Bewig Matt Brinkerhoff Noel July 30 2011 Labor Official Resigns Following Corruption Investigation Who is Raymond Jefferson AllGov Archived from the original on September 21 2011 Retrieved July 31 2011 Vogel Steve July 25 2012 Raymond Jefferson leaves Labor Department after ethics finding The Washington Post Archived from the original on January 15 2021 Retrieved February 7 2014 Lambrecht Bill July 28 2011 McCaskill criticizes Labor Department contracting boondoggle St Louis Post Dispatch Archived from the original on September 3 2011 Retrieved February 7 2014 DOL s 100th Anniversary United States Department of Labor Archived from the original on February 28 2013 Retrieved August 12 2013 Remarks By Secretary of Labor Thomas E Perez Swearing In Ceremony United States Department of Labor 2013 Archived from the original on July 7 2014 Retrieved August 8 2014 Wu Nicholas Jackson David July 12 2019 Trump s Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigns amid Epstein plea fallout USA Today Archived from the original on July 20 2021 Retrieved July 2 2021 Puzzanghera Jim March 22 2021 Senate Confirms Walsh as Labor Secretary The Boston Globe Archived from the original on August 4 2021 Retrieved March 22 2021 Further reading editGoldberg Joseph P and William T Moye The first hundred years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics US Department of Labor 1985 onlineLaughlin Kathleen A Women s work and public policy A history of the Women s Bureau US Department of Labor 1945 1970 Northeastern UP 2000 online Boris Eileen Women s Work and Public Policy a History of the Women s Bureau US Department of Labor 1945 1970 NWSA Journal 14 1 2002 pp 201 207 onlineLombardi John 1942 Labor s Voice in the Cabinet A History of the Department of Labor from Its Origins to 1921 New York Columbia University Press MacLaury Judson October 28 1998 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 Retrieved September 24 2023 Ritchie Melinda N Back channel representation a study of the strategic communication of senators with the us Department of Labor Journal of Politics 80 1 2018 240 253 External links editUnited States Department of Labor at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp News from Wikinews nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Texts from Wikisource Official website nbsp Department of Labor on USAspending gov U S Department of Labor in the Federal Register Department of Labor reports and recommendations from the Government Accountability Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Department of Labor amp oldid 1204222706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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