News from March 2015
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the first 26 recipients of the 2014 Regional Innovation Strategies program grants. The Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) program, which is being run by the Department’s Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ...
![WHD News Release: US Department of Labor finds oil and gas industry workers in New Mexico, west Texas underpaid by more than $1.3M [03/30/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/f1/ed/11410057/webp_adobestock_211865737.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE — A day's work in an oilfield usually means long hours in physically demanding and exhausting conditions. Industry workers deserve every penny of their hard-earned wages. In the oil-and-gas-rich Southwest, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division is making sure these workers ...
![OSHA News Release: Koser Iron Works faces penalties of more than $102K for exposing workers to machine, fire and explosion hazards, lack of training [03/30/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/4d/39/11410088/webp_adobestock_308761831.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: BARRON, Wis. — Once again, workers were exposed to dangerous amputation hazards while fabricating metal products because safety mechanisms were not in place at Koser Iron Works Inc. Responding to a complaint, inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
![OSHA News Release: Wood pellet manufacturer ignores serious safety hazards and fines, places workers at repeated risk of amputation and fire [03/30/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/54/9d/11410068/webp_adobestock_263034311.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: NIAGARA, Wis. — For the fifth time in the past three years, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found workers at Wood Fibers Inc. at risk of amputation, fire and other life-threatening hazards in October 2014. Despite OSHA's effort, the company has failed to provide proof that hazards had been fixed or pay penalties from previous inspections.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Date of Action: March 19, 2015 Type of Action: Amended Consent Judgment and Order Names of Defendant: Fletcher-Thompson, Inc. Savings Plan and Michael S. Marcinek, in their capacities as fiduciaries of the Fletcher-Thompson Inc. Savings Plan Allegations: In 1984, Fletcher-Thompson, Inc., an architectural, ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Date of Action: March 19, 2015 Type of Action: Amended Consent Judgment and Order Names of Defendant: Fletcher-Thompson, Inc. Savings Plan and Michael S. Marcinek, in their capacities as fiduciaries of the Fletcher-Thompson Inc. Savings Plan Allegations: In 1984, Fletcher-Thompson, Inc., an architectural, ...
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2015
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
