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Christina Coleman-Lovelace, a community outreach and resource planning specialist at the Wage and Hour Division’s Birmingham, Alabama, District Office, shares how her family’s civil rights legacy inspired her career in public service.
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Start Building Your Financial Resilience Today
Ali Khawar -
America Saves Week is February 21 through 25. This week — and every week! — is a great time to start building financial resilience.
60 Days of Driving Progress in Trucking Apprenticeships
Angela Hanks -
The trucking industry plays a vital role in the U.S. supply chain, and America’s truck drivers have helped keep our economy — and 72% of all goods shipped in the U.S. — moving throughout the pandemic.
Want Equal Pay? Get a Union.
Wendy Chun-Hoon, Liz Shuler -
Union approval is the highest it has been in nearly 50 years, with 60 million non-union workers saying they would vote for a union if they could. Now is the time to act.
Honoring the Contributions of Black Leaders with Disabilities
Jennifer Thomas -
During Black History Month we celebrate the contributions of leaders both past and present.
Building Back Better: Centering Equity and Inclusion in Job Creation and Economic Development
Elyse Shaw -
Women and people of color are overrepresented in low-wage jobs that lack essential benefits. This is one of the biggest barriers to economic equity.
Women and Girls in Growing STEM Jobs
Christine Machovec -
Check out these five STEM occupations in which at least 1 in 6 jobs were held by women that are projected to grow faster than average.
We’re Using Data to Better Understand Our Work and Create More Equitable Programs and Policies
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez -
See how the U.S. Department of Labor is using data to improve our work and make sure we’re serving all America’s workers equitably.
Black Women’s Economic Recovery Continues to Lag
Sarah Jane Glynn, Mark DeWolf -
Recovery has been uneven across demographics. Black women have faced the slowest recovery, with 2.6% fewer adult Black women employed in December 2021 than February 2020.