<P> The U.S. Congress first established a Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1884 with the Bureau of Labor Act , to collect information about labor and employment . This bureau was under the Department of the Interior . The Bureau started collecting economic data in 1884 , and published their first report in 1886 . Later , the Bureau of Labor became an independent Department of Labor but lacked executive rank . It became a bureau again within the Department of Commerce and Labor , which was established February 15 , 1903 . President William Howard Taft signed the March 4 , 1913 ( the last day of his presidency ) bill , establishing the Department of Labor as a Cabinet - level Department . William B. Wilson was appointed as the first Secretary of Labor on March 5 , 1913 by President Wilson . Secretary Wilson chaired the first meeting of the International Labour Organization in October 1919 , even though the U.S. was not yet a member . </P>
<P> The U.S. Congress first established a Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1884 with the Bureau of Labor Act , to collect information about labor and employment . This bureau was under the Department of the Interior . The Bureau started collecting economic data in 1884 , and published their first report in 1886 . Later , the Bureau of Labor became an independent Department of Labor but lacked executive rank . It became a bureau again within the Department of Commerce and Labor , which was established February 15 , 1903 . President William Howard Taft signed the March 4 , 1913 ( the last day of his presidency ) bill , establishing the Department of Labor as a Cabinet - level Department . William B. Wilson was appointed as the first Secretary of Labor on March 5 , 1913 by President Wilson . Secretary Wilson chaired the first meeting of the International Labour Organization in October 1919 , even though the U.S. was not yet a member . </P>
when was the us department of labor created
when was the us department of labor created
March 4 , 1913
March 4 , 1913