Labor Division of the Economic and Scientific Section Monthly Reports, 1945-1949

This series contains reports within the range of September 1945 to February 1949 (with a gap between the end of June to mid October of 1948). It is comprised of personal drafts of the Monthly Reports ranging from September 1945 to April 1946 (though the document was mislabeled as “Personal Drafts of mo. reports August 1946 - April 1947”), the Monthly Reports ranging from May 1946 to June 1948, and Semi-Monthly reports ranging from 15 October 1948 to 26 February 1949. The reports were produced for the General Headquarters for the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.

The reports contain details pertaining to wages, employment and unemployment, labor legislation, labor disputes with a breakdown of incidents per industry, labor education, union members with a breakdown of the number of unions per industry, and various details concerning the general practices and tasks of the Labor Division.

The Monthly Report for January 1947 had been interfiled with the Samples of Mead Smith Karras Work in Japan 1947 file in Series 2 but was moved here during processing.

Items in this series are in English. Items are arranged chronologically.