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SOURCE: www.help.senate.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today reintroduced major legislation to create a healthier future for America by giving our citizens access to better preventive care and consumer information to encourage healthier lifestyles.  The Healthier Lifestyles and [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.apwu.org The union is “deeply disappointed” by the Postal Service’s announcement — via the Wall Street Journal — that it plans to close as many as 2,000 post offices beginning in March, APWU President Cliff Guffey said Monday. The Postal [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual “Union Members — 2010” report released today: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that, in 2010, the unionization [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today took part in unveiling the Obama administration’s action plan to strengthen and support military families. She joined the president and first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, other Cabinet members and [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.nteu.org Washington, D.C. — The ability to deliver critical public service to the American people is seriously threatened if we turn back the clock to 2008 budget levels, said the leader of the nation’s largest independent union. “By failing [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Lead Enterprises Inc. issued 32 citations, more than $307,000 in penalties FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to Lead Enterprises Inc. in Miami, Fla., alleging that the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Lead Enterprises Inc. issued 32 citations, more than $307,000 in penalties FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to Lead Enterprises Inc. in Miami, Fla., alleging that the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the House of Representatives’ vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act: “The American people are looking to Washington for solutions to grow our economy [...] Read More

SOURCE:  www.peer.org Internal Review Prescribes Mish-Mash of Minor Repairs, Avoids Structural Defects Washington, DC — A long-awaited internal review of the troubled U.S. Labor Department whistleblower protection program essentially endorses the status quo despite a series of scathing reports by [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith today issued the following statement regarding new developments in the ongoing investigation of the April 5, 2010, explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. “The Department [...] Read More