By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has conferred Alliance Program Ambassador status on Buckeye Service, Transmission, Exploration and Production Safety Network in recognition of the organization's collaborative relationship with OSHA and its commitment to addressing safety and health hazards in Ohio's oil and gas industry.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now overseeing worker retaliation complaints filed under two new whistleblower statutes - the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act and the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden announced he was nominating Jennifer Abruzzo to be the new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Republican Leader of the Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Republican Leader of the Homeland Security Committee John Katko (R-NY) sent a letter to President ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden announced plans to close pathways to work for students, job seekers, and job creators by ending 131 innovative, employer-led apprenticeship programs, called Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs)...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - When OSHA inspectors arrived at Western Bee Supply Inc. in Polson to investigate a recent incident that resulted in a partial finger amputation, they found a workplace with unguarded saw blades, rotating machinery, belts, pulleys and chains. Machine operators were cleaning saw blades and...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: OAK GROVE, MO - Barely two years after Arrow Plumbing LLC agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, federal inspectors responding to a complaint in August 2020 found another of the company’s employees working at least 7-feet below ground in an unprotected trench in Grain Valley.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on an effort by North Carolina state legislators to reopen schools safely...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued additional school reopening guidance...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidelines on schools reopening for in-person instruction. Senator Murray...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced the nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona to be the Secretary of Education to the full Senate by a bipartisan vote of 17-5. Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the HELP Committee, reiterated her strong support...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced the nomination of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the Secretary of Labor to the full Senate by a bipartisan vote of 18-4. Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the HELP Committee, reiterated her strong support for Mayor Walsh, highlighting his long career fighting for workers and his commitment to building back an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: HUGO, OK - A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety investigation has found a Hugo rail car products and services provider did not follow federal safety standards for working in confined spaces after two workers died from inhaling toxic fumes.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats advanced their left wing partisan COVID-19 budget reconciliation scheme along party lines...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 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 committee markup of Democrats' partisan budget reconciliation scheme...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, opposing the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute at a committee markup of Democrats' partisan budget reconciliation scheme...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX), a distinguished Member of the Education and Labor Committee...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Education and Labor Committee Democrats unveiled their piece of the budget reconciliation scheme...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) findings that the Raise the Wage Act would lift nearly one million Americans out of poverty and raise wages for up to 27 million workers.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after announcing the subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress...
