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Foxx Reacts to NLRB, Democrat Smear Campaign to Silence Whistleblower
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) to provide clarity on oversight being conducted following information received by a whistleblower. The letter refutes Scott’s unfair, unfounded, and irrelevant assertions about the Committee’s subpoena.
Foxx, Good Blast Department of Commerce for Big Labor Favoritism that Hurts Workers and Taxpayers
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo to express strong disapproval of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the CHIPS Incentive Program, which strongly encourages companies seeking CHIPS funding to use project labor agreements (PLAs) in connection with their construction projects.
Hearing Recap: Free Speech on Campus Edition
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee hearing covered the degradation of constitutionally protected free speech on college campuses.
Hearing Recap: Workforce Edition
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the Biden administration’s heavy-handed mandates and out-of-touch regulatory policies that have led to high inflation, shortages in skilled labor, and supply chain disruptions.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published 2022 injury and illness data based on reports by more than 300,000 establishments.
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
For the third time in five months, federal safety inspectors responded to a Portsmouth hardwood flooring mill to investigate reports of unsafe machinery. Two of those inspections involved worker’s injuries, the latest on Oct. 5, 2022,
US Department of Labor finds fall protection would have saved roof worker who fatally plunged through skylight at Milton airport in October 2022
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Unaware of the danger, a 59-year-old roofer working atop a Milton airport hangar on October 25, 2022 stepped onto a skylight and its sudden collapse caused the worker to fall 25 feet to the concrete floor below.
US Department of Labor establishes a Georgia-wide alliance to improve ergonomic safety in state's warehouses
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
On Feb. 22, 2023, OSHA and the Material Handling Institute's Ergonomics Assist Systems and Equipment Council agreed to form the Georgia Warehouse Alliance to promote best safety and health practices through programs at warehouse workplaces in the state
Foxx, Owens Denounce Stanford Law School’s Culture of Illiberalism
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA) Chair Joseph West urging the accreditor to make a determination whether Stanford Law...
NEWS: Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy Seek Answers on Child Labor Violations
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 30 - Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today requested answers from Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) following reports that the company had employed more than 102...
Foxx Reacts to NLRB, Democrat Smear Campaign to Silence Whistleblower
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) to provide clarity on oversight being conducted following information received by a whistleblower. The letter refutes Scott’s unfair, unfounded, and irrelevant assertions about the Committee’s subpoena.
Foxx, Good Blast Department of Commerce for Big Labor Favoritism that Hurts Workers and Taxpayers
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo to express strong disapproval of a Notice of Funding Opportunity...
PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Questions Howard Schultz in HELP Committee Hearing and Calls on Starbucks to End the Illegal Union Busting
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 29 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “No Company Is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks."
Owens Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on Free Speech at College Campuses
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how free speech rights are continuously being violated on college campuses...
Chair Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on America’s Workforce
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how the Biden administration's heavy-handed mandates and out-of-touch regulatory policies are hurting America’s workforce...
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses”
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: Tomorrow, March 29, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses."
Foxx Calls Out FTC For Exceeding Authority With Non-Compete Clause Rule
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, to express concerns with the agency’s proposed “Non-Compete Clause Rule" which would impose a ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
@EdworkforceCmte to Hold Full Committee Hearing: “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment”
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: Tomorrow, March 28, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment" which will examine how current economic conditions created by Biden administration policies are negatively impacting employment for workers and job creators.
NEWS: HELP MAJORITY STAFF REPORT ON STARBUCKS
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2023
News Release: No Company is Above the Law: Myth-Busting Starbucks’ Claims That it Has Not Violated Federal Labor Law with Impunity
Chairwoman Foxx Celebrates House Passage of the Parents Bill of Rights
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and puts in place concrete legal protections that will ensure parents always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child’s education.
Foxx to Cardona: Don’t Trample on Religious Student Organizations’ Rights
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, joined by Reps. Tim Walberg, Glenn Grothman, Elise Stefanik, Rick Allen, Jim Banks, Burgess Owens, Lisa McClain, Mary Miller, Aaron Bean, Nathaniel Moran, and Erin Houchin, sent a comment letter to the Department of Education urging the Department to withdraw a proposed rule that removes protections provided to religious student organizations at public institutions of higher education...