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Acting DOL Secretary Su pushes workers’ rights
Acting DOL Secretary Su pushes workers’ rights

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su strongly pushed workers’ rights enforcement to a Republican-controlled House committee that at times challenged her plan. Her testimony before the House Education and the Workforce Committee on June 7 was intended to be a discussion of the Department of Labor budget for fiscal 2024, which begins Oct. 1, but it also gave insight into how Su will lead the Labor Department.

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Safety, Organized Labor, Construction IssuesCBCTC GenJulie Su, US Department of Labor, OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, safety
Shuler laments need for ‘Deaths on the Job’ Report
Shuler laments need for ‘Deaths on the Job’ Report

Holding a copy of this year’s AFL-CIO Deaths On the Job Report, an angry federation President Liz Shuler had a blunt message for the nation’s employers. “This report should not have to exist …These pages should be blank,” she said.  Shuler joined a large crowd in the U.S. Labor Department’s main auditorium to honor the 5,190 workers killed on the job in 2021, the latest federal data available, which is what the AFL-CIO uses for its annual report

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Construction Projects, Organized Labor, SafetyCBCTC GenOSHA, jobsite safety, safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Women at Work, Liz Schuler