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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, today hailed the Senate passage of bipartisan legislation that will ensure that chimpanzees owned or supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-that are no longer used for medical research-can continue to...

Crossett, Ark., trucking company cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for asphyxiation hazards following worker fatality

News Release: Region 6 News Release: 13-2042-DAL. Oct. 30, 2013. Contact: Diana Petterson Juan Rodriguez. Phone: 972-850-4710 972-850-4709. Email: petterson.diana@dol.gov rodriguez.juan@dol.gov. CROSSETT, Ark. - Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc., has been cited by the U.S. Department...

Harkin Statement on HELP Committee Approval of Department of Education, EEOC Nominations

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the HELP Committee approved two nominees-Michael Keith Yudin and James Cole Jr. - to serve at the Department of Education, and one nominee-Chai...

Harkin Announces HELP Committee Passage of Six Bipartisan Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Committee approved six bipartisan bills at an executive session today. Two of the bills - the Streamlining Claims Processing for...

Harkin Applauds CDC Guidance on Managing Food Allergies in Schools

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today applauded new voluntary guidelines for schools and early care centers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the management of food allergies in schools. The voluntary guidelines are required by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which Harkin authored and led passage of as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

Statement by Senator Tom Harkin on the Nomination of Richard Griffin as NLRB General Counsel

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Last night, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered a speech on the floor of the Senate on the nomination of Richard Griffin to serve as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Frost Tile and Marble Co. faces $136,400 OSHA penalty for failing to abate previous safety violations at Norton, Ohio, tile manufacturing plant

News Release: NORTON, Ohio - Frost Tile and Marble Co. has been cited for $136,400 in penalties by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 10 health and safety violations at its Norton tile manufacturing facility. The company failed to abate eight violations cited in 2012, including not implementing engineering controls to prevent exposure to respirable dust containing silica in excess of permissible limits.

US Labor Department seeks more than $300,000 for Idaho whistleblower

News Release: Region 10 News Release: 13-2072-SEA (SF-183)

Kline Urges Senate to Reject Griffin Nomination

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Richard Griffin as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board...

Harkin Applauds Senate Confirmation of Richard Griffin to Serve as General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate approved the nomination of Richard Griffin to serve as General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Griffin’s nomination was cleared by the Senate HELP Committee in September.

VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Supports Bill to Protect Retirement Security of America's Workers

News Release: Today the House of Representatives is considering the Retail Investor Protection Act (H.R. 2374), bipartisan legislation to help protect the retirement security of hardworking Americans.

Senate Advances Nomination of Richard Griffin to Serve as General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted to advance the nomination of Richard Griffin to serve as General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Griffin’s nomination was approved by the Senate HELP Committee in September.

Harkin Welcomes Upcoming Senate Vote on Bipartisan Employment Non-Discrimination Act

News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement in response to an announcement by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, would...

US Labor Department's OSHA fines Formed Fiber Technologies $115,000 for repeat safety and health violations at fabric manufacturing plant

News Release: SIDNEY, Ohio - Formed Fiber Technologies Inc., a Sidney automotive fabric manufacturing plant, has been cited for 11 violations carrying proposed fines of $115,000 after a complaint was filed and an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company has been placed in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program.

Napoleon Spring Works faces $147,600 in proposed OSHA penalties for exposing workers to amputation hazards at Archbold, Ohio, plant

News Release: ARCHBOLD, Ohio - Napoleon Spring Works Inc., a manufacturer of garage door hardware, has been cited $147,600 in proposed penalties by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 16 safety violations, including exposing workers to amputation hazards at its Archbold plant.

US Department of Labor's OSHA finds 36 safety violations at Indiana's Crane Army Ammunition Activity following March explosion