News from December 2015
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today delivered remarks and chaired a meeting of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council in Biloxi, Mississippi. During the meeting, the Council approved the Initial Funded Priorities List (FPL) totaling approximately $183 million of ecosystem restoration ...
![OSHA News Release: Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on roofing company owner's guilty plea today to charges related to employee's fatal fall [12/09/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/b4/54/11410055/webp_adobestock_204335772.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA — Roofing company owner James J. McCullagh pleaded guilty today to one count of willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulation causing death to an employee, four counts of making false statements, and one count of obstruction of justice. The case stems from a 2014 incident where a worker who was not provided with fall protection fell 45 feet from a roof while performing roofing repairs on a church in Philadelphia.
![OSHA News Release: OSHA fines Columbus, Ohio, wire manufacturer $131K after 2 workers suffer amputations, company ignores machine safety procedures [12/09/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/ec/28/11410063/webp_adobestock_224328871.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two workers suffered partial amputation of their left middle fingers in separate incidents at Columbus-based ITC Manufacturing because the company failed to protect them from machinery operating parts. The injuries occurred just months after the electrocution of another worker when he touched live wires at the company's facility.
![OSHA News Release: Worker wrongfully terminated after workplace injury, company ordered to pay more than $332K in back wages and damages, as well as attorney's fees[12/09/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/69/b2/11410071/webp_adobestock_293176705.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — RCL Wiring LP, which operates as Idaho & Sedalia Transportation Company, harassed and terminated a signal shop technician in retaliation for reporting a work-related injury in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act , U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A federal contractor that manufactures portable meals for the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies discriminated systematically against qualified men seeking entry-level production jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleges in a lawsuit filed today.
![ILAB News Release: US and Honduras sign landmark labor rights agreement [12/09/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/a0/68/11410081/webp_adobestock_320462966.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Honduran Minister of Labor Carlos Madero have signed an historic agreement on labor rights that underscores their governments' shared commitment to making trade work for workers. The agreement supports a comprehensive monitoring and action plan ...
By DOT News Wire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 9, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 9, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 9, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 9, 2015
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
