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Department of Labor   /dɪpˈɑrtmənt əv lˈeɪbər/   Listen
Department of Labor

noun
1.
The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913.  Synonyms: DoL, Labor, Labor Department.






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"Department of Labor" Quotes from Famous Books



... States Department of Labor through its employment service urges the adoption of motor-truck transportation facilities in order to conserve the time of men in farming neighborhoods during the period of planting, cultivation, and harvest, so as to relieve the farm ...
— The Rural Motor Express - Highway Transport Commitee Council of National Defence, Bulletins No. 2 • US Government

... taking this Committee seriously. Throughout the country in each government or province similar committees, called "Troikas," were created, each of three members, one from the Commissariat of War, one from the Department of Labor, one from the Department of Management, in each case from the local Commissariats and Departments attached to the local Soviet. Representatives of the Central Statistical Office and its local organs had a right to be present at the meeting ...
— The Crisis in Russia - 1920 • Arthur Ransome

... of Social Security, AFL-CIO, Member, Federal Advisory Council, Department of Labor, Member, National Planning Association; Official, ...
— The Invisible Government • Dan Smoot

... prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements. Information is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Department of Labor), Bureau of the Census (Department of Commerce), Central Intelligence Agency, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Defense Intelligence Agency (Department of Defense), Defense Special Weapons Agency (Department ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... balloons rather than railroads. The general good must be advanced, whatever the damage to private interests. But the present case brings up the question whether machinery is a general good at all; whether the effect of its introduction into almost every department of labor, will not be felt in the destitution of millions. And, upon this point, I observe, that, like all other great revolutions, the immediate effect may be such as has been suggested. But the final result will be beneficial, ...
— Humanity in the City • E. H. Chapin



Words linked to "Department of Labor" :   Occupational Safety and Health Administration, executive department, OSHA



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