News from August 2021

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, CT – A Danbury bakery and its owner may not threaten, terminate or cause harm to current or former workers who cooperate with a U.S. Department of Labor investigation of the bakery’s employment practices, a federal court in Hartford has ordered in a consent preliminary injunction obtained by the department.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – On Aug. 18, workers at the General Motors’ Silao plant in Mexico voted to reject a proposed collective bargaining agreement, an action heralded as a win for the labor protections built into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, CT – A Danbury bakery and its owner may not threaten, terminate or cause harm to current or former workers who cooperate with a U.S. Department of Labor investigation of the bakery’s employment practices, a federal court in Hartford has ordered in a consent preliminary injunction obtained by the department.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – On Aug. 18, workers at the General Motors’ Silao plant in Mexico voted to reject a proposed collective bargaining agreement, an action heralded as a win for the labor protections built into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

By DOT News Wire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its August 2021 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of June and for the second quarter of 2021. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines. The ATCR and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
By State News Post | Aug 20, 2021
The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Aug 20, 2021
There were nine notices published by the Transportation Department in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2021
There were four notices published by the Labor Department in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.

By DOJ Gazette | Aug 20, 2021
There was one notice published by the Justice Department in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
There were four notices published by the Interior Department in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.

By Fed News Journal | Aug 20, 2021
There was one notice published by the Federal Reserve System in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.

By DOE Gazette | Aug 20, 2021
There were 18 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.

By Commerce News Now | Aug 20, 2021
There were 40 notices published by the Commerce Department in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.

By USDA Wire | Aug 20, 2021
There were 12 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending July 18, according to the Federal Register.
By John Sammon | Aug 20, 2021
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Bryan Newland Aug. 7 as Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs for the Department of the Interior.

By Karen Kidd | Aug 20, 2021
Paying almost 15,000 federal firefighters at least $15 an hour, following President Joe Biden's recently implemented pay initiatives, will help hire and maintain the nation's wildfire fighting force, Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in an Aug. 17 news release.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Tropical Storm Henri that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Lebanon, Missouri, attorney has pleaded guilty in federal court to tax and labor violations.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Evidence Also Showed He Had an Interest in Traveling to Another Country to Have Sex with Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment this week charging two Kerrville men and an Ingram man with distribution of narcotics.