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US Department of Labor recognizes Colorado structural steel erector's 25 years of safety, health excellence, renews 'Star' designation
News Release: US Department of Labor recognizes Colorado structural steel erector's 25 years of safety, health excellence, renews 'Star' designation
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US Department of Labor finds shipping company endangered warehouse employees working under suspended cars, motorcycles
News Release: GARDEN CITY, GA - An international freight handling company exposed dozens of employees at a Port of Savannah warehouse to potentially deadly hazards by allowing them to work with automobiles and motorcycles suspended overhead, the U.S. Department of Labor has found.
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US Department of Labor finds The de Moya Group could have prevented fatal, serious injuries after concrete pile struck aerial lift over I-95 in 2022
News Release: MIAMI - One worker died and a second needed a month's hospitalization for a serious leg fracture after falling 35 feet when a suspended concrete pile struck the aerial lift in which they worked in December 2022. U.S. Department of Labor investigators determined their employer, The de Moya Group Inc. of Miami could have prevented the tragedy by following federal workplace safety standards.
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NEWS: Senate HELP Committee Release Staff Bipartisan Discussion Draft Legislation to Reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 3 - Staffs of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Ranking Member of HELP, along with Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) today released and are seeking feedback...
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NEWS: Sanders and Murray Announce HELP Committee Hearing on the Disastrous Overturning of Roe v. Wade
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 21 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a senior member and former chair of the HELP Committee, today released the following statement announcing the HELP Committee will hold a hearing in the Fall on the disastrous Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade...
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Chair Foxx, Ranking Member Cassidy Rebuke Biden’s New SEC Rule Threatening Americans’ Retirement Savings
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) rebuked the Biden administration’s “hard close" proposed rule that limits Americans’ ability to trade in mutual funds, threatening millions of retirement plans.
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US Department of Labor cites Okeechobee labor contractor after heat illness claims the life of 28-year-old farmworker in Parkland
News Release: PARKLAND, FL - On Dec. 31, 2022, a 28-year-old worker arrived from Mexico with his work visa in hand, ready to start 2023 with a new job at a Parkland farm where vegetables awaited harvesting.
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Fireworks, pyrotechnics industry employers strongly urged to make worker safety a priority on July 4
News Release: WASHINGTON - Since the founding fathers declared the colonies independent in 1776, cannons, fireworks and today, extensive pyrotechnic displays have become a July 4th fixture. Unfortunately, so have serious injuries and worse for people employed in the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry when important workplace safety standards are ignored.
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US Department of Labor settles whistleblower case against Delaware salvage yard that wrongly terminated employee for reporting safety concerns
News Release: GEORGETOWN, DE - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with a Delaware salvage yard company and its owner after a federal whistleblower investigation found the company fired a smelter operator for reporting safety concerns.
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Foxx Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Janus v. AFSCME Ruling
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which gave workers the right to choose whether to pay fees to a union or not...
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ED is Woefully Unprepared to Return Student Loan Borrowers to Repayment
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), grilled Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for his department’s lack of preparedness to handle millions of student...
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US Department of Labor cites Utah solar power company after inspectors find workers atop snow-covered Johnstown roof without fall protection
News Release: DENVER - Cited 12 times since 2018 for endangering workers, a Utah-based solar provider allowed employees to work on an icy, snow-covered two-story roof in Johnstown without legally required fall protection in late December 2022, a U.S. Department of Labor safety investigation found.
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US Department of Labor, North Florida non-profit initiative align to safeguard agriculture, construction industries' workers
News Release: US Department of Labor, North Florida non-profit initiative align to safeguard agriculture, construction industries' workers
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Large Scale Fraud In-The-Making at Department of Education
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently briefed the Committee on Education and the Workforce on the massive potential for fraud if the Supreme Court permits the Department of Education to move forward with Biden’s student loan scam. Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman...
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US Department of Labor, Georgia road contractors to promote workplace safety during I-285, I-20 East interchange project
News Release: US Department of Labor, Georgia road contractors to promote workplace safety during I-285, I-20 East interchange project
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Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member Cassidy Blast Biden’s Lack of Transparency in Creating Title IX Rule
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), blasted the Biden administration’s lack of transparency in creating its new Title IX rule, which forces schools...
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Schools Should be Used for Educating Children, Not Housing Illegal Immigrants
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H. Res. 461, a resolution condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States.
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Foxx on Pending SCOTUS Student Loan Case: We Need to Stop This Illegal Scheme
News Release: In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Fox Business to weigh in on Biden’s student loan debt transfer scheme and historic declines in math and reading scores among students. Excerpts from Chairwoman Foxx’s interview...
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Chairwoman Foxx Outlines Transition to a Skills-Based Economy
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Competencies Over Degrees: Transitioning to a Skills-Based Economy"...
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US Department of Labor, trade groups, unions partnering to protect workers from hazards in trenching, excavation
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today signed an agreement with an alliance of trade organizations, labor unions and industry stakeholders to better protect people who do trenching and excavation work.