The primary fact-finding agency for the U.S. Government which collects and analyzes U.S. demographic data in the areas of labor economics and statistics.

A federal agency in the U.S. Department of Labor engaged in fact-finding in the field of labor economics. Among its functions is the compiling of the cost-of-living index. Craft union - A union whose membership is restricted to workers employing a particular skill, but admits workers having that skill regardless of the industry in which they work.

The ( BLS ) is one branch of the United States Department of Labor. This Federal agency is the principal data-gathering agency of the Federal government in the field of economics. The BLS collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates data relating to employment, unemployment, the labor force, productivity, prices, family expenditures, wages, industrial relations, and occupational safety and health. Well known data released by the BLS include: the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, the unemployment rate, and nonagricultural employment levels.

The principal fact-finding agency for the federal government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other federal agencies, state and local governments, business and labor. BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.

The federal government's principal fact-finding agency of labor economics that provides statistics reflecting the social and economic conditions of U.S. workers, workplaces, and workers' families.

A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables.

Part of the Department of Labor. The BLS is the principal fact-finding agency for the federal government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.