Florida Industrial Commission. Reference files, 1936-1953. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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United States. War Manpower Commission

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History Roy Pearson was a labor representative from the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, or IUMSWA, Local No. 9 in San Pedro, California. The IUMSWA was a labor union that represented all shipyard workers. Established in the 1930’s, the Congress of Industrial Relations, or C.I.O, was a federation that organized industrial unions, such as the IUMSWA, in the United States and Canada. The C.I.O. merged ...

United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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The need for the collection of labor statistics was recognized by Congress in 1884 when it established the Bureau of Labor in the Department of the Interior. In 1913 the Bureau was transferred to the newly created Department of Labor under the title Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Commissioner is nominated by the President of the United States. He has advisory committees from labor and management to provide him with practical advice in the preparation and publication of statistics t...

Florida Industrial Commission

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The Florida Industrial Commission was created in 1935 to administer the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ch. 17481, Laws). In 1937, its functions were broadened by the Unemployment Compensation Act (Ch. 18402, Laws). It was organized into the Divisions of Workmen's Compensation, Unemployment Compensation, and Employment Service. It maintained a statewide system of free public employment offices. It operated in cooperation with the U.S. Social Security Board as required by the federal Soc...