News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


U.S. Department of Labor Renews Workplace Safety Alliances with Montana Contractors Association and Montana Contractors Compensation Fund

News Release: BILLINGS, MT – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed separate alliances with the Montana Contractors Association (MCA) and Montana Contractors Compensation Fund (MCCF) to address safety and health hazards at worksites throughout the state.


U.S. Department of Labor Proposes a New Rule to Protect Union Workers

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) posted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would increase and enhance financial transparency for unions regulated by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). The NPRM proposes ...


U.S. Department of Labor Awards $400,000 in Brookwood-Sago Grants  For Mine Safety Education and Training

News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has awarded $400,000 in funding through its Brookwood-Sago grant program to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines. Fiscal ...


U.S. Department of Labor Releases Reports on International Child Labor And Forced Labor that Highlight China’s Labor Abuses

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today released a list of 17 goods produced in China under conditions of forced labor in violation of international standards. The list includes five new goods added in 2020 – including gloves, hair products, textiles, thread/yarn and tomato products – all of which are linked to state-sponsored forced labor by ethnic and Muslim minorities.


U.S. Department of Labor Awards Additional Funding To The Cherokee Nation for Grant Responding to Opioid Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced additional funding for an opioid-crisis National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant for the Cherokee Nation. The award of $1,998,834 will provide continued employment and training services to eligible individuals in communities across 14 counties included in the tribal jurisdiction that are affected significantly by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction and overdose.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.