![S11, E11: The Department of Labor](https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/civil_discourse/1151/thumbnail.jpg)
Format
mp3@74kbps
Length
57:33
Recording Date
2022
Keywords
politics, government, documents, House, Senate, Congress, President, POTUS, SCOTUS, courts, cases, law, rules
Description
Aughie and Nia discuss the Department of Labor as the next in the series. The Bureau of Labor was initially part of the Department of Interior, then its own Bureau but not part of the Cabinet, and then part of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and then in 1913 it becomes its own Department with a Cabinet Secretary as the head. From this convoluted start to the present, the Department of Labor has had to balance union and labor rights with employer desires to maximize profits. Aughie explains this tension within the mandate of the department.
Disciplines
American Politics
Rights
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Civil Discourse Podcast
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![S11, E11: The Department of Labor](https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/civil_discourse/1151/thumbnail.jpg)
Comments
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