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J. Davitt McAteer, assistant secretary for the Labor
Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), has been named
acting solicitor of the Labor Department.
McAteer has served as assistant labor secretary since
February 1994 and, in addition to his new responsibilities as acting solicitor,
will continue to function as MSHA's top official.
"Davitt McAteer has been extremely effective in running
the Mine Safety and Health Administration," said Secretary of Labor Robert B.
Reich. "He brings to this new position considerable expertise in the law of the
workplace; he has long supported enacting and enforcing health and safety laws
that protect our nation's workers."
Ida Castro, presently serving as the deputy assistant
secretary for workers' compensation, has been named acting deputy solicitor.
From 1984-93, McAteer served as executive director of the
Occupational Safety and Health Law Center, a public interest law firm that
engages in litigation, education and training, and policy analysis of workplace
health and safety issues, both domestically and abroad.
McAteer received his law degree from West Virginia
University in 1970. The following year, he launched his legal career as an
attorney with the Center for the Study of Responsive Law. His main thrust was
improving conditions in U.S. mines.
In 1972, McAteer took a position with the United Mine
Workers of America (UMWA). As solicitor of safety for the UMWA, he helped to
revitalize the union's safety and health program, improving the training of
rank-and-file safety inspectors.
McAteer is married, has five children and lives in
Jefferson County, W.Va.
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