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Secretary Walsh calls for release of trade union leaders, members, political prisoners in Belarus after six recent imprisonments

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement about the December 2022 and January 2023 sentencings of six trade union leaders in Belarus


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor, Georgia contractors to promote safety, health  during Hartsfield-Jackson airport concourse widening project

Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Holder-Moody-Bryson-Sovereign, a joint venture


Chair Foxx: OFCCP is Surrendering Employee Privacy to the Left

News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Director Jenny R. Yang to lambast the agency’s imminent release of job creators’ sensitive employee data.


News Release: The Biden administration’s decision to end the Covid-19 national emergency declaration could undermine a central justification for its student-debt forgiveness plan as the Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of the program.


OSHA announces Advisory Committee on Construction Safety, Health to meet March 1; workgroups to meet Feb. 28

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health on March 1, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST.


US Department of Labor, Georgia contractors to promote safety, health during Hartsfield-Jackson airport concourse widening project

News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration



READOUT: Secretary Walsh stresses need to support Black, underserved communities during visit to Tulsa’s historic Black Wall Street, Job Corps

News Release: TULSA, OK - In a visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma today, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh highlighted the need to promote economic justice for people in Black and other underserved communities and how the U.S. Department of Labor is working to help business owners create good-paying jobs and equip workers to fill these positions in these communities.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Department of Labor, Better Business Bureau North Central Texas  sign alliance partnership to help keep workers safe

Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Job Corps Enrollee Allotment Determination on Feb. 9

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor awards $16M to promote equitable access  to unemployment benefits in Connecticut, New Jersey, Oklahoma

News Release: WASHINGTON - To help identify and address barriers workers face regarding access to state unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $16 million in equity grants to Connecticut, New Jersey and Oklahoma.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Massachusetts serial violator The Roof Kings LLC faces $137K in new penalties for again exposing employees to life-threatening falls

News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - Four months after citing a Quincy roofing and construction contractor - with a long history of exposing its employees to dangerous fall hazards and who reneged on a 2017 federal settlement agreement - inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered the employer again knowingly exposing workers to serious injuries or worse.


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Benefit Appeals Report discussed on Feb. 9 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor resolves wage violations, West Hartford moving, storage company pays $41K to 22 employees

News Release: HARTFORD, CT - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered a total of $41,221 for 22 workers employed by a West Hartford moving and storage company and its subsidiary that provided bulk mail delivery service under a contract with the U.S. Postal Service.


Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. anuncia acuerdo entre Mercedes-Benz USA y Job Corps para entrenar a estudiantes en carreras de auto mecánica

News Release: WASHINGTON - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. anunció hoy un acuerdo con Mercedes-Benz USA para empezar a entrenar a estudiantes de Job Corps en centros de Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nueva Jersey y Utah y ayudar con ello a satisfacer la necesidad de técnicos automotrices en la creciente industria de vehículos eléctricos.