By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Millions of K-12 students in the United States haven’t stepped foot inside of a classroom in over a year, causing long-lasting harm to our nation’s children. Grades are falling, mental health is deteriorating, and working parents are struggling to stay afloat while serving as educators and caregivers ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - A Long Island-based petroleum barge company and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to the brother of one of two seamen killed in a barge explosion off the coast of Texas. The seaman alleged the company fired him for cooperating with investigators and reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard. The explosion occurred on Oct. 20, 2017, off Port Aransas aboard the Buster Bouchard/B. No. 255.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the historic investment in home- and community-based services for people with disabilities and older Americans-and the workers who provide this care-included in President Biden’s American Jobs Plan.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - A Long Island superstructure, foundation and concrete company will pay $135,612 in penalties stemming from the collapse of an approximately 30-foot deep trench in Oyster Bay that led to the deaths of two workers.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Rita Hart withdrew her federal contest of the election results for Iowa’s Second Congressional District, securing Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ victory...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: OXFORD, OH - Without proper safety measures taken, gases and or vapors in a confined space may overcome a worker or a lack of oxygen may suffocate them. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that from 2011-2018, there were 1,030 confined space-related workers deaths.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will not enforce an Office of Labor-Management Standards rule that provides necessary transparency and accountability for labor union assets including trusts...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - In January 2019, a worker at a Holiday Inn Express & Suites hotel in Waller alerted their employer that exposure to carbon monoxide made them ill and asked the employer to call an ambulance. In addition to refusing the worker’s request, the employer allegedly threatened to terminate the employee. After going to the hospital, the worker was terminated.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: RIPON, WI - A forklift struck and seriously injured a 60-year-old seasonal employee as she walked toward a pallet to label products for shipping at a Ripon facility where vegetables are canned for Libby’s and several other brands.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), reintroduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Care (EACH) ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: BRIDGETON, MO - After a production operator at a carbon fiber manufacturer brought various safety concerns to management, he approached a third-party auditor reviewing operations at the company's St. Peters facility with his concerns. The next day, his employer suspended him.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a hearing focused on health inequity in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. In her opening remarks, Senator Murray spoke about the harm longstanding health inequities...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss educational equity post COVID-19...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona questioning a recently released template for states to request waivers of certain accountability and reporting requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which appears to violate the Secretary’s authority.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at the direction of Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC), the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is requesting input from stakeholders on policy ideas on workforce development.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: FARGO, ND - A North Dakota seed production company has committed to changing its safety procedures and training following a worker’s severe and life-altering injury in 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the confirmation of Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health in a 52-48 vote, as well as the confirmation of Dr. Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General yesterday in an 57-43 vote.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats advanced H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1065, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, through the Committee without any Republican amendments ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup of H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1065, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged her colleagues to support the nomination of San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Superintendent Cindy Marten to serve as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, stressing...
