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2009

• ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces winner of Iqbal Masih Award for efforts to combat exploitive child labor - 09-0015-NAT - [01/15/2009]

2008

• ILAB News Release: Officials from United States, Dominican Republic, Central America meet to discuss DR-CAFTA Labor Chapter - 08-1749-NAT - [11/21/2008]
• ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards more than $4.7 million to strengthen benefits of international trade for workers - 08-1379-NAT - [10/10/2008]
• ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards more than $58 million to eliminate exploitive child labor around the world - 08-1352-NAT - [10/01/2008]
• ILAB News Release: U.S. Labor Department issues seventh annual report on worst forms of child labor in trade beneficiary countries - 08-1226-NAT - [08/27/2008]
• ILAB News Release: U.S. Labor Department to co-host youth employment seminar with Brazil, Organization of American States, labor ministers - 08-0662-NAT - [05/19/2008]
• ILAB News Release: U.S. Labor Department to hold public hearing to collect information on use of child and forced labor worldwide - 08-0604-NAT - [05/08/2008]
• ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor launches $4 million project to prevent hazardous child labor in the Dominican Republic - 08-0055-NAT - [01/15/2008]

2007

• ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards more than $54 million to eliminate exploitive child labor around the world - 07-1498-NAT - [10/01/2007]
• ILAB News Release: Ponticelli notes U.S. Department of Labor efforts to ensure a vibrant and competitive workforce during XV Inter-American Conference - 07-1388-NAT - [09/12/2007]
• ILAB News Release: U.S. Labor Department issues sixth annual report on child labor in trade beneficiary countries - 07-1325-NAT - [09/04/2007]
• ILAB News Release: Charlotte Ponticelli sworn in as U.S. Labor Department’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs - 07-0820-NAT - [06/18/2007]

2006

• ILAB Press Release: Department of Labor Announces New Leadership At Bureau of International Labor Affairs [04/05/2006]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Labor Deputy Secretary Addresses Human Trafficking Issues at Congressional-Executive Commission Hearing on China [03/06/2006]
• ODEP Press Release: Labor Department Hosts EU-US Information Exchange On Disability Employment Issues and Trends [02/09/2006]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao to Speak at World Economic Forum on Future Job Growth and Global Employment: International Labor Comparisons Study to Be Released [01/25/2006]

2005

• OPA Press Release: U.S. Delegation Attends International Seminar On Economic and Employment Development [06/13/2005]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor and Iraqi Minister of Labor Meet To Discuss Cooperation to Enhance: Employment Opportunities and Training for Iraqi Workers [06/08/2005]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Meets with Central America and Dominican Republic Ministers to Discuss Progress in Promoting Worker Rights [04/05/2005]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Addresses Challenges Of Aging Workforces at G8 Conference [03/09/2005]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Leads Delegation to Uruguay for Presidential Inauguration [02/28/2005]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Deputy Labor Secretary to Review U.S-Sponsored Child Labor Efforts in India: Will Present $6 Million Contribution to Joint U.S.-India Child Labor Project [02/23/2005]

2004

• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Addresses Challenges to Combating Human Trafficking at Conference on Trafficking in Persons in North America: Also Cites Progress Made Against This Terrible Form of “Modern-Day Slavery” [12/06/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Labor Department Awards $18.65 Million in Grants in FY 2004 To Battle Adult and Child Trafficking Around the World [10/20/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Labor Department Awards $9 Million Grant to International Labor Organization to Fight HIV/AIDS in the Workplace [10/20/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Announces $23 Million In Grants to World Vision and Catholic Relief Services: Grants Fund Education Programs in Africa and Latin America To Help Child Labor Victims [10/04/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: United States Provides over $110 Million in Grants to Fight Exploitive Child Labor Around the World [10/01/2004]
• OSHA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao and Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez Sign Joint Declaration to Improve Working Conditions for Mexican Workers: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and Occupational Safety and Health Administration Sign Letters of Agreement with Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry [07/21/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta Honor Immediate Past International Leadership Foundation Chairman Emeritus Dr. John B. Tsu [07/16/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Outlines Accomplishments of High-Level U.S. Department of Labor Delegation to China: Four-Day Trip of High-Ranking U.S. Labor Officials Highlights Expanded Efforts to Strengthen Worker Protections [06/24/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Visits Disabled Orphans at Langfang Children’s Village: Four-Day Trip Highlights Expanded Efforts to Strengthen Worker Protections [06/23/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and Labor Department Officials Visit Skills Training Center for Women: Four-Day Trip of High-Ranking U.S. Labor Officials Highlights Expanded Efforts to Strengthen Worker Protections [06/22/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans Tour Johnson Controls Manufacturing Plant: Manufacturing plant in China creates jobs for American Workers, Highlights Value of Worker Protections [06/22/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and USDOL Delegation Meet with Chinese Academic Experts to Discuss Chinese Labor Laws: Four-Day Trip of High-Ranking U.S. Labor Department Officials Highlights Expanded Effort to Strengthen Worker Protections [06/22/2004]
• OPA Press Release: The U.S. Department of Labor and The People’s Republic of China Sign Four Joint Letters of Understanding: Four-Day Trip of High-Ranking U.S. Labor Officials Highlights Expanded Efforts to Strengthen Worker Protections [06/21/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao to Visit China with High Level U.S. Department of Labor Delegation: Four-Day Trip to Highlight Expanded Efforts to Strengthen Worker Protections [06/20/2004]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Highlights Hispanic Worker Safety, Delivers Address at U.S.–Mexico Chamber of Commerce Roundtable [05/26/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Secretary Praises Children’s World Congress [05/12/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report on Child Labor in Trade Beneficiary Countries: Report Specified under the Trade and Development Act [5/11/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Launches U.S.-India Child Labor Project [02/17/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Review New Allegations of Workers' Rights Violations Against Mexico [02/05/2004]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report on International Child Labor: Report Compares Spending by Governments and International Financial Institutions on Basic Education and Child Labor Efforts in 73 Developing Countries [02/04/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Meets With Iraqi Women: Two-day Trip Highlights Democratization Efforts [01/29/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Inaugurates Grand Opening of the Baghdad Employment and Training Center: Two-day Trip Highlights Democratization Efforts [01/28/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Brings Greetings from America's Children to the Al Waziriyah Orphanage in Baghdad: Two-day Trip Highlights Democratization Efforts [01/28/2004]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Tours Baghdad Police Academy With U.S. F.O.P. President: Two-day Trip Highlights Democratization Efforts [01/28/2004]

2003

• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao helps launch DOL-funded HIV/AIDS Workplace Initiatives Project in Ghana [12/20/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Visits with Victims of Child Trafficking and Tours Kokrobite Primary School in Ghana [12/20/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Tours Rehabilitation Centers for Trafficked Children [12/19/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Helps Launch $2 million DOL Anti-Trafficking Project: Catholic Relief Services to Manage Project in Benin [12/19/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Visits with Former Child Soldiers and Tours Home for Demobilized Child Soldiers [12/18/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Launches Project to Combat Use of Child Soldiers [12/17/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao to Highlight Initiatives to Combat Child Labor and the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Four-Day, Three-Country African Trip to Highlight Plight of Children [12/12/2003]
• OPA Press Release: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and Three Newly Appointed Women Iraqi Labor Officials Tour Minneapolis Workforce Center: Stable Democracy Created Through Jobs and Job Training [10/27/2003]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Secretary Welcomes New Iraqi Women Labor Officials As Fact-Finding Trip Begins [10/20/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Announces $5 Million International Child Labor Grant [10/20/2003]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Grant Will Provide HIV/AIDS Education: Chao Announces Million Grant to Improve Working Conditions for Ugandan Laborers suffering from HIV/AIDS [10/15/2003]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Grant Will Teach Workplace Health and Safety: Secretary Chao Announces International Technical Assistance Project in Serbia [10/14/2003]
• OPA Press Release: U.S. Labor Department Announces Grants for Labor Law and Trade: Labor Secretary Chao Announces $13.6 million to Build Trade Capacity [10/01/2003]
• ETA Press Release: U.S. Labor Official Participates in International Meeting to Discuss Labor and Workforce Issues: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to Meet in Paris [09/29/2003]
• OSHA Press Release: OSHA Assistant Secretary Meets with International Counterparts to Discuss Workplace Safety [08/29/2003]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Labor Department Publishes International Labor Comparisons on U.S., Europe and Asia [07/22/2003]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Highlights U.S. Efforts on Child Labor, HIV/AIDS at International Labor Conference: Stresses Support for Workers to Move up Ladder of Opportunity [06/11/2003]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan Meet to Discuss Child Labor Issues: Secretary Recognizes Queen Rania’s Leadership in Combating Child Labor [06/11/2003]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report on Child Labor in Trade Beneficiary Countries: Report Specified under the Trade and Development Act [06/02/2003]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Convenes International Conference on Child Soldiers: Announces $13 Million U.S. Initiative on Prevention and Rehabilitation [05/07/2003]

2002

• OPA Press Release: Trinational Occupational Safety and Health Group Meets in San Diego: U.S., Canada, and Mexico partner in fostering cooperation in workplace safety [10/28/2002]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. Labor Department to Provide Technical Assistance to China on Labor Law, Worker Rights and Mine Safety [10/10/2002]
• ILAB Press Release: Child Trafficking in Thailand Target of Labor Department Grant to Faith-Based Group [10/03/2002]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Department Awards $1.5 Million Grant to CARE to Counter Child Labor in Bolivia [09/26/2002]
• OPA Press Release: Department of Labor Announces $3 Million Available for Grants to Strengthen International Labor Reporting [08/14/2002]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Department Issues Seventh Report on Child Labor: Report Profiles Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor in 33 Countries [07/31/2002]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Department and USAID Release Data from Collaborative Survey on Child Labor on Cocoa Farms in West Africa [07/26/2002]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report on Child Labor in Trade Beneficiary Countries [07/12/2002]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Secretary Announces Grants to Counter Child Labor [04/08/2002]
• OPA Press Release: Labor Secretary Announces $3 Million Grant At Afghan Event [01/29/2002]

2001

• ILAB Press Release: Moorhead Appointed as Deputy Under Secretary of Labor for International Affairs [10/03/2001]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Secretary Announces New Funding for Program to Combat Trafficking of Children for Exploitative Labor in Africa [04/23/2001]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department makes Grant to Train Unionists, Support Civil Society in Colombia [04/11/2001]

2000

• ILAB Press Release: Labor Secretary Herman Signs Technical Assistance Agreement With Ukraine [07/26/2000]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Recommends Ministerial Consultations On Enforcement Of Mexican Labor Laws At TAESA [07/10/2000]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. And Mexican Labor Secretaries Sign Consultation Agreements [05/22/2000]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Secretary Herman Lays Out Plans For Accelerated, Time-Bound Programs To Eliminate Worst Forms Of Child Labor [05/17/2000]
• ILAB Press Release: Latest Labor Department Report To Congress On International Child Labor Emphasizes Long-Term Benefits Of Education Over Work [05/16/2000]
• ILAB Press Release: Seminar Papers Compare Service Sector Entrepreneurship in U.S. and Europe [03/21/2000]
• ILAB Press Release: New Labor Department Report Shows No Improvement In Worker Rights In Burma [03/13/2000]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Releases Data On Wages In Apparel And Footwear Industries [03/03/2000]

1999

• ILAB Press Release: United States Provides Record $21.6 Million in Grants to Fight International Child Labor; Leads World in Fighting Abusive Practices [12/22/1999]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Provides $6 Million in Grant to Help Eliminate Child Labor in Central American Coffee Industry [11/23/99]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Ends Review of Freedom of Association Complaint Against Canada [04/21/1999]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report on Gains in Fight Against International Child Labor [03/25/1999]
• ILAB Press Release: Herman Announces Major Grants to Fight Child Labor in Africa [03/17/1999]

1998

• ILAB Press Release: U.S. to Review First NAFTA-related Labor Complaint Against Canada [12/18/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. and Mexican Labor Secretaries to Consult on Pregnancy Discrimination [10/26/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Hold Conference with European Union on Employment of People with Disabilities [10/23/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: Herman Expands Department's Fight Against Child Labor to Central America [04/20/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: Statement by Irasema Garza Secretary of the U.S. National Administrative Office Public Hearing on Allegations that Mexico Failed to Enforce its Labor Laws at Plant of U.S. Subsidiary Corporation in Mexico [03/23/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. and Mexico Labor Secretaries to Consult on Alleged Employment Discrimination in Maquiladora Plants [02/27/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Hold Public Hearing In Continued Probe of International Child Labor [02/11/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Review New Freedom of Association Complaint Against Mexico [01/30/1998]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Secretary Herman Requests Consultation with Mexican Counterpart on NAFTA Pregnancy Discrimination Complaint [01/12/1998]

1997

• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Hold Conference on International Treaties [12/01/1997]
• ILAB Press Release: Statement of Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman on the Launch of the Global March Against Child Labor [11/19/1997]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Review Freedom of Association Allegation Against Mexico [11/17/1997]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Releases Report of Employment Conference with European Union [10/16/1997]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Review Employment Discrimination Allegations in Mexico [07/15/1997]
• ILAB Press Release: Child Labor Meeting To Discuss Product Labeling, Consumer Education Presidential Apparel Task Force Members Testify Before Labor Department [04/18/1997]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department To Fund Elimination Of Child Labor In Soccer Ball Industry [02/13/1997]

1996

• ILAB Press Release: U.S. NAO Again Moves To Review Workers Representation Issues In Mexico [12/10/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor and Justice Department Join in Effort Against Child Sexual Exploitation [08/22/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Will Review NAFTA Submission About Mexican Labor Law [08/02/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Secretary Reich To Address World Labor Officials On Eradication Of Child Labor [06/10/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report On Union Registration In Mexico [06/07/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Funds Grant On Eradication of Child Labor [05/30/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Joint Communiqué Of The Third Ministerial Council Meeting Of The Commission For Labor Cooperation [05/16/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: International Child Labor Activist Visits Labor Department [05/01/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Releases Report On Child Prostitution As A Form Of Forced Labor [04/23/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Papers from Symposium on China's Labor Market [03/07/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: U.s., Canada and Mexico to Hold Public Seminar on Union Registration and Certification [02/23/1996]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Hold a Public Forum as Part of NAFTA Consultations with Mexico [02/22/1996]

1995

• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Looks at International Sale and Trafficking of Children [09/28/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Secretary Reich Praises Cooperation with Canada and Mexico [09/27/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor and State Departments Host Symposium on Labor Trends in China [09/18/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: ILAB, ILO Sign Agreement to Develop Programs to Eliminate Child Labor [08/07/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Secretary Reich Appoints NAO Advisory Panel [06/26/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S.-Mexico Agreement on Ministerial Consultations [06/26/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: Secretary of Labor Accepts Ministerial Consultations [06/26/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Hold Hearings on International Child Labor Practices [05/03/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: U.S. and Mexico Consult on NAO Report [04/28/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: Ministerial Council of Commission for Labor Cooperation Meets in Ottawa [04/28/1995]
• ILAB Press Release: North American Commission for Labor Cooperation Announces Executive Director [02/28/1995]