MAURICE J. TOBIN, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS EWAN CLAGUE, Commissioner ARYNESS JOY WICKENS, Deputy Commissioner Assistant Commissioners HERMAN B. BYER HENRY J. FITZGERALD CHARLES D. STEWART Chief Statistician SAMUEL WEISS H. M. DOUTY, Chief, Division of Wage Statistics W. DUANE EVANS, Chief, Division of Interindustry Economics HERSEY E. RILEY, Chief, Division of Construction Statistics NELSON M. BORTZ, Acting Chief, Division of Industrial Relations SAMUEL H. THOMPSON, Chief, Division of Productivity and Technological Development FAITH M. WILLIAMS, Chief, Division of Foreign Labor Conditions SEYMOUR L. WOLFBEIN, Chief, Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics PAUL R. KERSCHBAUM, Chief, Office of Program Planning BORIS STERN, Special Assistant to the Commissioner The printing of this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (October 9, 1950) For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. - Price 50 cents a copy UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR • BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Residential Rent Increases in 9 Decontrolled Areas 663 Ceiling Price Regulations Numbers 17-26 and Wage Adjustment 665 Electric Utilities: Wage Structure, September 1950 668 Gas Utilities: Wage Structure, September 1950 672 Effects of 75-Cent Minimum: Wood-Furniture Industry 674 Effects of 75-Cent Minimum: Men's Seamless Hosiery Industry 676 Wage Chronology No. 4: Bituminous Coal Mines-Supplement No. 1 678 Consumer Finances Survey, 1951: Preliminary Findings 680 Agreement Expirations and Wage Adjustment Provisions 691 Migratory Labor in American Agriculture 693 Recommendations in Secretary of Labor's 1950 Report 694 Changes in Administration of Defense Mobilization Program III The Labor Month in Review Recent Decisions of Interest to Labor 708 Chronology of Recent Labor Events 711 Developments in Industrial Relations June 1951 Vol. 72. No. 6 A Brief History of The American Labor Movement BLS Bulletin No. 1000 From the earliest, fragile colonial organizations to the United Labor Policy Committee representing 15 million workers in 1951, this 84-page booklet, with 24 illustrations, traces the growth, struggles, philosophy, and achievements of the organized labor movement in the United States. Its five chapters also discuss the nature and extent of collective bargaining, the structure of unions, "noneconomic" labor activities, and labor legislation. An appendix records in brief paragraph form outstanding events in labor history beginning with the organization of printers in 1778 and ending with the Gompers centennial celebration of 1950. Published in an attractive, pocket-sized format, the Brief History is adaptable both to classroom use and quick perusal by the busy individual. ORDER DIRECT FROM The Superintendent of Documents SINGLE COPY, 25 cents 25 Percent Discount on orders of 100 copies or more |