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News Release: WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Labor and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will participate in the trans-Atlantic tripartite Trade and Labor Dialogue, which was announced at the U.S.-European Union Trade and Technology Council Ministerial meeting in Paris on May 15-16, 2022. The dialogue will join trade unions, businesses and governments in the U.S. and Europe to discuss trade and labor issues.
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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the bills it addressed on May 19
There was activity on 10 bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 19.
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US Department of Labor recovers $39K in back wages for 28 workers after uncovering overtime violations by Mississippi home healthcare agency
Release: Employer: Open Heart Senior Home Care LLC
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US Department of Labor recovers $11K for worker fired illegally for using federally protected medical leave by Los Angeles meat, poultry provider
News Release: Employer name: Commodity Sales Co.
Investigation site: 517 S. Clarence St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Date: October 2018 - October 2021
Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the Los Angeles slaughterhouse and packing company terminated an employee ...
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Senator Murray, Casey, Democrats Push Biden for White House Formula Coordinator to Lead National Strategy
News Release: Dear Mr. President: The United States is in the middle of an infant formula shortage crisis. After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents and caregivers are exhausted. The last thing they need is to worry about finding safe infant formula to feed their babies-yet that is exactly the situation many...
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US Department of Labor to hold listening session for Southwest workers, advocates, union representatives on possible revisions to overtime regulations
News Release: DALLAS ─ The U.S. Department of Labor will hold an online listening session for Southwest employees and their stakeholders on May 25, 2022, on possible revisions to the regulations that enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions for executive, administrative and professional employees.
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Committee co-chaired by US Labor Department, US Trade Representative requests Mexico review alleged labor rights denial at Reynosa parts plant
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement today requested that the Mexican government conduct a review at the Panasonic Automotive Systems electronic parts facility in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, in response to a petition filed under the USMCA alleging that plant workers there have been denied the rights of free association and collective bargaining.
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How politicians on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee dealt with bills on May 18
There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 18.
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Senator Murray Joins Democratic Senators in Condemning Data Brokers for Collecting and Selling Location Data of People Visiting Abortion Clinics
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) joined twelve of her Senate colleagues in sending letters to SafeGraph and Placer.ai, two data brokers, condemning the companies for collecting and selling the cellphone-based location data of people who visit abortion clinics and risking the...
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Walberg Opening Statement at Markup of Slapdash Democrat Bills
News Release: Today, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an Education and Labor Committee markup on bills ranging from school construction to onerous wage and hour penalties...
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Senator Murray: Protecting Schools and Hospitals Against Cyberattacks is a Matter of National Security
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on strengthening cybersecurity in the health care and education sectors to ensure that the technologies people increasingly rely on to meet with their...
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Foxx, Steel on Addressing the Nation’s Infant Formula Shortage
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in support of H.R. 7791, the bipartisan Access to Baby Formula Act, which was introduced by Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and will help prevent future devastating shortages...
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Foxx on Ed and Labor Markup, Democrats’ Rushed Bills
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation today regarding unnecessary and expensive school construction projects, predatory wage and hour penalties, a package of bills that will create duplicative programs, and two bipartisan bills on mental health and substance abuse...
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US Department of Labor announces $2M funding opportunity to help women workers who earn low wages learn about labor rights, benefits
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a funding opportunity of $2 million for up to eight grants to help women who earn low wages to learn about and access their employment rights and benefits.
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Walsh: 'Department of Labor is committed to shoring up this workforce at both ends' to help nursing professionals
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh helped commemorate National Nurses Week by meeting with nursing professionals.
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Mayorkas: 'Additional H-2B visas will help employers meet the demand for seasonal workers'
Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor confirmed the availability of further H-2B visas for back half of the fiscal year.
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CORRECTED: US Department of Labor finds Breckenridge contractor willfully exposed workers to trench hazards after fatal cave-in
News Release: BRECKENRIDGE, CO - One worker suffered fatal injuries and two co-workers barely escaped similar fates when they were rescued from a trench that collapsed as they installed sewer pipes in a Breckenridge neighborhood on Nov. 16, 2021.
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READOUT: Secretary Walsh visits George Washington University to meet workers, students; discuss strengthening mental health care workforce
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited George Washington University’s Hospital and Behavior Health Department on May 17, 2022, to meet with students, faculty and hospital residents to discuss ways to strengthen professional pathways to mental health care and to hear about workers’ experience with behavioral health service delivery and staff support amid the pandemic.
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“Republicans’ Rights Rewind:” Senator Murray Launches Caucus Effort to Highlight Republicans’ Non-Stop Attacks on Reproductive Rights
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to launch Senate Democrats’ new effort to highlight the non-stop efforts by Republicans to roll back reproductive rights-on everything from...
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May 18: bills handled by Education and Labor Committee
There was activity on one bill related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 18.
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