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U.S. Department of Labor

National

Biden nominates Julie Su to be Secretary of Labor

Mar 16, 2023

If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace Marty Walsh, who is leaving to become head of the National Hockey League Players’ Association. 

Workers Rights

America’s top wage and hour law enforcer

Jun 1, 2022

Jessica Looman, former head of the Minnesota building trades union council, now leads the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

National

A Laborer atop the Department of Labor

Mar 31, 2021

Marty Walsh, sworn in as labor secretary March 23, is the former head of Laborers Local 223 and the Boston Building Trades Council.

National

Biden names former union leader as nominee for labor secretary

Jan 12, 2021

If confirmed by the newly-seated Democratic Senate, Marty Walsh would be the first union member to serve as labor secretary since 1977.

Workers Rights

Nonunion concrete contractor gets prison sentence in wage fraud case

Aug 1, 2017

Caught violating prevailing wage, he lied to investigators about repaying the money — and offered money to employees to lie and say he’d paid them.

National

Trump Labor nominee confirmed

Apr 29, 2017

Alex Acosta was sworn in April 28, the day after a 60-38 confirmation vote in the Senate.

National

Trump’s Labor Secretary nominee: Puzder withdraws; Acosta up next

Feb 28, 2017

After Puzder, Acosta comes as a relief to labor.

People

Labor secretary taps Worley for national Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship

Oct 4, 2016

The committee advises the Secretary of Labor on matters facing the registered apprenticeship system.

Union Democracy

Re-run election confirms Shirley Block and Jon Hunt as leaders of ATU Local 757

May 3, 2016

Block got 55 percent of the vote, and Hunt got 52 percent.

No Picture
Union Organizing

New rule forces union-busters into the daylight

Apr 1, 2016

The Department of Labor has eliminated a reporting loophole that lasted 54 years.

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