News and reports from the Department of Labor.

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $12 million cooperative agreement to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity to strengthen democratic, independent workers’ organizations in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

There were eight notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Nov. 26, according to the Federal Register.

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL), and Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the 80-15 vote in the Senate to pass a resolution adopting the tentative agreements reached earlier this year between unions and railroads, and avert a national rail shutdown.

Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), joined colleagues, advocates, and pregnant workers in pushing for Senate passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) this Congress to protect pregnant workers and ensure they have the basic workplace accommodations they need to have healthy pregnancies.

Yesterday, at a meeting of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), spoke about her continued efforts to get her PREVENT Pandemics Act, as well as additional COVID and public health funding, into the end-of-the-year funding bill.

Taxpayers just can’t catch a break under the Biden administration. Last Week, President Biden extended the student loan repayment pause—again.

America’s ongoing worker shortage is forcing employers to reimagine how they identify qualified workers. Fewer employers are requiring a baccalaureate degree because arbitrary degree requirements restrict qualified applicants.

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s announcement that President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout will remain suspended, and that the Court will take up its challenge next year:

Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 263,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced an Idaho stone quarry has been ordered to pay almost $1 million in back pay to 60 workers.

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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the November 2022 Employment Situation Report:

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, at a meeting of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), spoke about her continued efforts to get her PREVENT Pandemics Act, as well as additional COVID and public health funding, into the end-of-the-year funding bill.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has notified the operator of the Morton Salt Inc.’s Weeks Island Mine and Mill in New Iberia, Louisiana, of the existence of a pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards under section ...