News from February 2021
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will join UN Secretary-General António Guterres in celebrating the United States’ reentry into the Paris Agreement during the opening session of the UN Association of the United States of America’s virtual 2021 Global Engagement Summit, on Friday, Feb. 19, at 3:00 p.m. EST.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary Antony J. Blinken spoke with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo today. Secretary Blinken emphasized the U.S. commitment to addressing the structural problems that trigger irregular migration – endemic corruption and impunity, lack ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, MT – When OSHA inspectors arrived at Western Bee Supply Inc. in Polson to investigate a recent incident that resulted in a partial finger amputation, they found a workplace with unguarded saw blades, rotating machinery, belts, pulleys and chains. Machine operators were cleaning saw blades and ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: HAGATNA, GUAM – Forty-three workers left the Philippines, traveling 1,550 miles to Guam through a federal temporary work visa program. While working at various construction sites on Guam, their employer willfully withheld their hard-earned overtime pay. Once the U.S. Department of Labor investigated, these workers received all of the wages they had earned.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced several actions designed to accelerate apprenticeship expansion as it considers halting the duplicative apprenticeship system that may reduce quality, strip protections for apprentices and cause confusion for industry. The steps follow a Biden administration announcement today.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: OAK GROVE, MO – Barely two years after Arrow Plumbing LLC agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, federal inspectors responding to a complaint in August 2020 found another of the company’s employees working at least 7-feet below ground in an unprotected trench in Grain Valley.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: HAGATNA, GUAM – Forty-three workers left the Philippines, traveling 1,550 miles to Guam through a federal temporary work visa program. While working at various construction sites on Guam, their employer willfully withheld their hard-earned overtime pay. Once the U.S. Department of Labor investigated, these workers received all of the wages they had earned.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: OAK GROVE, MO – Barely two years after Arrow Plumbing LLC agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, federal inspectors responding to a complaint in August 2020 found another of the company’s employees working at least 7-feet below ground in an unprotected trench in Grain Valley.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, MT – When OSHA inspectors arrived at Western Bee Supply Inc. in Polson to investigate a recent incident that resulted in a partial finger amputation, they found a workplace with unguarded saw blades, rotating machinery, belts, pulleys and chains. Machine operators were cleaning saw blades and ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced several actions designed to accelerate apprenticeship expansion as it considers halting the duplicative apprenticeship system that may reduce quality, strip protections for apprentices and cause confusion for industry. The steps follow a Biden administration announcement today.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced it is seeking applicants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program. INFRA grants will fund transportation projects of national and regional significance ...
By State News Post | Feb 17, 2021
The US State Department published a six page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Feb 17, 2021
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Feb 17, 2021
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
