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Recent News About US Department of Labor (DOL)
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News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - A Baton Rouge roofing contractor - who ignored federal safety inspectors’ February 2022 warnings that not complying with required fall protection standards exposed their workers to serious dangers - now faces the consequences after an investigation into a worker’s deadly fall at a different work site two months later found the incident could have been prevented if protective devices were used.
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News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - One of the nation’s largest discount retailers continues to expose employees to the risk of injuries by flagrantly ignoring workplace safety regulations, this time with hazardous conditions found at two Ohio locations, in Maple Heights and Columbus.
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News Release: WAPAKONETA, OH - Federal safety investigators found workers at General Aluminum Mfg. Co.’s Wapakoneta site exposed to machine hazards, just 36 days after they found similar violations at the aluminum vehicle parts manufacturer’s facility in Conneaut.
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An Orlando, Florida, Family Dollar store faces a proposed $330,446 fine after U.S. Department of Labor investigators discovered deliberate and repeated safety violations during an investigation into a tragic shoplifting incident.
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News Release: CANTON, GA - A federal workplace safety investigation into a Jan. 19, 2022, ammonia leak that hospitalized two workers and led to the evacuation of about 50 workers at a Canton poultry processing plant found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring required safety standards were followed.
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There were 15 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in July.
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Burr, Paul, Cruz Launch Oversight of National Science Foundation
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Burr, Paul, Cruz Launch Oversight of National Science Foundation
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Burr: Combat Fentanyl Crisis with Better Leadership, Stronger Borders, and Substance Use Disorder Programs
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Senator Murray Statement on Emergency COVID Funding Bill
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Senator Murray Statement on Inflation Reduction Act
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Republican Senator Blocks Bill to Codify Americans’ Right to Contraception
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Murray, Markey, Hirono, Duckworth Announce Senate Floor Effort to Pass the Right to Contraception Act
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Murray, Wyden Demand Answers on Mistreatment at Youth Residential Treatment Facilities
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Government Watchdog Finds $311 BILLION Budget Error at Department of Education
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Foxx Op-Ed: Time to Stand for Parental Rights
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Foxx: Biden Cannot Redefine His Way Out of This Recession
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Keller: Democrat Bill Exacerbates Home Health Care Shortage, Puts Vulnerable Americans at Risk
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Foxx: Biden’s Nomination for DOL’s Wage and Hour Division Means More of the Same Terrible Policies
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. government on July 21 requested the Mexican government review whether the rights of free association and collective bargaining have been denied to workers at the VU Manufacturing parts facility in Piedras Negras, Coahuila.