...hours as President, just before Woodrow Wilson took office in March 1913. The new department, intended to "foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States," was assembled from four existing government agencies that dealt with statistics, immigration, naturalization...

...department. They reflected the statutory purpose of the Department of Labor when it was created in 1913: "[T]o foster, promote, and develop the welfare of...conditions, and to advance their opportunities for employment" (Perkins 1943, np). 1t should be noted that since its founding, the department's role in...

...down the Department of Labor." Created to "foster, promote and develop the welfare of wage-earners, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable labor," the department sets rules and standards governing working hours, workplace health and safety,...

...presence in the federal government. Public Law 426-62: An Act to create a Department of Labor, states, "The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to...advance their opportunities for profitable employment." Over the next 90 years, the department, rather than serving as a working-class presence in the president's...

...Labor and a Department of Commerce. INTRODUCTION The Organic Act of the Department of Labor stated that the purpose of the Department of Labor "shall be to...advance their opportunities for profitable employment." Today, the Department of Labor is responsible for these same activities and more. Its mission of promoting...

...their working conditions, and their employment opportunities. The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the...advance their opportunities for profitable employment. 11.122 Secretary Frances Perkins, General Subject File, 1933-1944 (0.25 in.) Finding Aid: NC-58 MLR...