Frances Perkins: "Three Decades: A History of the Department of Labor" - Milestone Documents

Frances Perkins: “Three Decades: A History of the Department of Labor”

( 1943 ) Commentary by Karen Linkletter, California State University, Fullerton

Glossary

after the war after World War I
collective bargaining organized negotiation between workers and employers
organic act fundamental governing law
Wagner-Peyser Act a law passed in 1933 that created a network of public employment offices nationwide

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Frances Perkins (Library of Congress)

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