By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s announcement that he is nominating Eugene Scalia to be the Secretary of Labor. Senator Murray opposed Scalia’s nomination to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor back in 2001, citing his anti-worker record.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Jimmie Crowder Excavating and Land Clearing Inc. for exposing employees to amputation and other safety hazards at the company’s facility in Tallahassee, Florida. The demolition and excavating company faces $81,833 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the statement below following the House of Representatives vote on the Raise the Wage Act today, which would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Senator Murray is a cosponsor of the Raise the Wage Act in the Senate.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed compliance assistance resources to help employers find and fix workplace hazards before they cause injury or illness.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - As temperatures rise in Delaware, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to protect their employees from the dangers of working in hot weather.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - As temperatures rise in West Virginia, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to protect their employees from the dangers of working in hot weather.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - As temperatures rise in Delaware, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to protect their employees from the dangers of working in hot weather.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: QUEEN CITY, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Graphic Packaging International LLC - an Atlanta, Georgia-based paper product manufacturer - for exposing employees to hot steam, and failing to ensure the use of proper hazardous energy control methods. The company faces $211,400 in proposed fines.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: BOSTON, MA - As temperatures rise in New England, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to protect their employees from the dangers of working in hot weather.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited R.V. Wagner Inc. - based in Affton, Missouri - for exposing employees to trench engulfment hazards as they installed concrete storm water pipes on Stable Road in St. Louis, Missouri. OSHA proposed penalties of $212,158 for violations of its trench safety standards.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: PRYOR, OK - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited HE&M Inc., a Pryor, Oklahoma-based metalworking band saw manufacturer, for exposing employees to fall, machine guarding, struck-by, and electrical hazards. HE&M faces penalties totaling $187,533.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the resignation of Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. Senator Murray previously called on Secretary Acosta to resign following the arrest of serial sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein earlier this week.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, alongside Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), introduced the Athletics Fair Pay Act to help close the gender pay gap in Olympic and amateur sports. Female athletes, including the world champion U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, are still often paid far less than their male counterparts.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and today reintroduced the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act, comprehensive legislation to crack down on employers...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to news the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Trump Administration’s Title X changes may go into effect while they are challenged in court.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) requesting an update into its investigation...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Nonwovens Corp. - a home and personal care fabric products manufacturer based in Long Island, New York - will address and correct hazards at their five manufacturing facilities in New York, and pay $200,000 in penalties to resolve safety violations.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging vigilance among employers and employees to address the types of workplace hazards that tend to peak in the summer months.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, in a speech from the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, denounced Republicans for bringing a partisan lawsuit-Texas v. United States-which threatens to strike down health care...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the statement below following Jeffrey Epstein’s federal indictment on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. In 2007, Secretary Acosta, then the...
