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Michael Speer - Sep 13, 2022
We’ve recovered over $5 million for workers under an initiative focusing on workers who support businesses by cleaning, providing security or doing landscaping.
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Getting the Word Out on Preventing Suicides
Karena Lorek - Sep 08, 2022
During Suicide Prevention Month, we’re getting the word out about the importance of supporting workers’ mental health.
Reducing Technical Debt at the Department of Labor
Gundeep Ahluwalia - Sep 08, 2022
Technical debt is used to refer to results of inefficient or outdated software and applications. Learn how we're working to reduce it.
Equipping Future Leaders With Skills for Life
Office of Public Affairs - Sep 07, 2022
We recently spoke to Sadam, a graduate of STRIVE Future Leaders in San Diego, on his experience building a meaningful career.
How We Can Help When Natural Disasters Strike
Matt Jackson - Sep 06, 2022
In 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared over 60 natural disasters across the United States. Deadly fires in the West and Southwest, flooding in Puerto Rico, Kentucky, Minnesota and Alaska, water supply crises in Mississippi and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and severe seasonal storms have left no region of the country unaffected by natural disaster.
Disasters often impair infrastructure and access to vital resources just when communities need them most. Understandably, the response is “all hands-on deck,” as communities attempt to limit injury and damage and then repair a
Advancing Labor-Management Partnership Initiative
Andrew Hasty, Darnice Marsh - Aug 29, 2022
At the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, we’re committed to advancing labor-management transparency while ensuring workers have a voice in their workplaces.
The Advancing Labor-Management Partnership Initiative, or AMP, will help us advance our mission by enabling us to identify examples of labor-management cooperation through collective bargaining and promote collaboration between unions and employers.
What is a Labor-Management Partnership?
What do you think of when you hear the word partnership? For some it may invoke an image of a couple who has trav
Investing in America's Workers: Q & A with Carlos Morales
Office of Public Affairs - Aug 26, 2022
Carlos Morales met Labor Secretary Marty Walsh during a Secretary trip to California and shared his experience as an industrial maintenance electrician apprentice. We asked Carlos more about his path from warehouse worker - earning just enough to pay bills - to a thriving apprenticeship with a bright future ahead.
Building Communities of Partnerships in New England
Dana Kelly - Aug 25, 2022
When the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Management, Margarita Devlin, visited the Boston Region Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service team, it was clear their sense of teamwork contributed immensely to their success. The Boston Region Department of Labor Veteran Employment and Training Services team is committed to doing everything they can to ensure that veterans can enjoy long-term employment and a better quality of life.
Stay Out, Stay Alive: Active and abandoned mine sites are dangerous, potentially fatal
Stephen Gigliotti - Aug 23, 2022
Each year, dozens of people are injured or killed while exploring, swimming or playing at a mine property. Active and abandoned mine sites all pose serious risks to people untrained and unfamiliar with the site.