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November

WHD News Release: Statement by US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Wage and Hour Division’s increased enforcement and outreach efforts - 09-1452-NAT - [11/19/2009]

EBSA News Release: US Labor Department withdraws rules on investment advice - 09-1444-NAT - [11/19/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces $4.4 million grant to continue assisting workers affected by layoffs in Ohio - 09-1384-NAT - [11/19/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces $2.5 million grant to Texas to continue to aid workers impacted by Base Realignment and Closure actions - 09-1409-NAT - [11/19/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [11/19/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces nearly $55 million in green jobs training grants through Recovery Act - 09-1439-NAT - [11/18/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor’s OSHA schedules stakeholder meetings on combustible dust hazards - 09-1424-NAT - [11/17/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor’s OSHA provides crowd control guidelines for protecting workers during retail sales events - 09-1426-NAT - [11/17/2009]

WHD News Release: US Department of Labor files complaint to recover $1.5 million owed to workers contracted with TSA at Chicago O’Hare Airport - 09-1345-CHI - [11/17/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues final rule, revises acetylene standard - 09-1421-NAT - [11/16/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor welcomes GAO’s report on under-reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses - 09-1418-NAT - [11/16/2009]

OFCCP News Release: DAL Global Services in Denver agrees to pay $100,000 to 110 Asian, black, white and female job applicants to settle findings of hiring discrimination - 09-1355-DEN - [11/12/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Labor Department’s OSHA proposes $509,000 in fines against Cranesville Aggregate for significant hazards at Scotia, NY, bagging plant - 09-1382-NEW - [11/12/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Labor Department’s OSHA levies $321,000 in fines against bridge and tower painter UCL Inc. in Cincinnati for exposing workers to lead - 09-1351-CHI - [11/12/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Loren Cook Co. of Springfield, Mo., for $511,000 following worker’s death - 09-1374-KAN - [11/12/2009]

WHD News Release: Grandville, Mich., restaurant operators ordered to pay more than $2 million in back wages and damages following US Labor Department investigation - 09-1924-CHI - [11/12/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor certifies approximately 3,400 workers in 8 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1407-NAT - [11/12/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [11/12/2009]

OPA News Release: Deputy secretary of labor testifies before Senate subcommittee on paid sick leave for workers and families - 09-1389-NAT - [11/10/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $394,000 to assist workers affected by boat manufacturer layoffs in Maine - 09-1348-BOS - [11/09/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor’s OSHA provides workplace H1N1 influenza precaution and protection information for workers and employers - 09-1375-NAT - [11/09/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on October employment numbers - 09-1377-NAT - [11/06/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor certifies more than 5,500 workers in 16 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1370-NAT - [11/05/2009]

ESA News Release: Tyson Foods found in violation of Fair Labor Standards Act - 09-1232-ATL - [11/05/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [11/05/2009]

ESA News Release: Employers jailed for failing to comply with court order to pay back wages to Southland cleaning service workers - 09-1092-SAN - [11/04/2009]

ETA News Release: US Labor Department announces release of $108.4 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Massachusetts - 09-1350-BOS - [11/04/2009]

ETA News Release: US Labor Department announces grant exceeding $827,000 to assist workers affected by layoffs from electronics manufacturing industry in Massachusetts - 09-1319-BOS - [11/02/2009]

EBSA News Release: US Labor Department obtains court judgment to restore more than $1.2 million to El Vocero de Puerto Rico union employee retirement plan - 09-1235-NEW - [11/02/2009]

October

OPA News Release: Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on this week’s immigration enforcement and workers’ rights report - 09-1342-NAT - [10/30/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues record-breaking fines to BP - 09-1311-NAT - [10/30/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor certifies approximately 8,600 workers in 16 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1327-NAT - [10/29/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor assistant secretary testifies before Congress on OSHA state plan states’ occupational safety and health programs - 09-1332-NAT - [10/29/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis responds to worker occupational injury and illness decline in BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses - 09-1332-NAT - [10/29/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [10/29/2009]

EBSA News Release: US Department of Labor official testifies before Senate aging committee on 401(k)-type plans - 09-1325-NAT - [10/28/2009]

OPA News Release: US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announces $138 million for smart grid technology - 09-1326-SAN - [10/28/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces $6 million grant to provide Kentucky workers with health insurance payments - 09-1291-ATL - [10/27/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $372,000 to assist workers in Maine affected by electronics industry layoffs - 09-1290-BOS - [10/27/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor certifies approximately 4,500 workers in 17 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1298-NAT - [10/22/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces $3.3 million grant to assist workers in Massachusetts affected by layoffs - 09-1275-BOS - [10/22/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces $1.4 million grant to assist workers affected by layoffs from aircraft manufacturing industry in Oregon - 09-1276-SEA - [10/22/2009]

ETA News Release: US Labor Department announces more than $3.8 million in grants to assist workers affected by layoffs in Oregon’s recreational vehicle manufacturing industry - 09-1277-SEA - [10/22/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor and partners unveil tool to help unemployed homeowners verify income received from unemployment compensation - 09-1288-NAT - [10/22/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [10/22/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces 2010 Trade Adjustment Assistance funding allocations - 09-1283-NAT - [10/21/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor provides more than $24.8 million to assist tsunami recovery efforts in American Samoa - 09-1257-NAT - [10/20/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Labor Department’s OSHA issues report on Nevada’s state occupational safety and health program - 09-1267-NAT - [10/20/2009]

OSHA News Release: US Labor Department’s OSHA addresses need for combustible dust standard - 09-1074-NAT - [10/20/2009]

OASP News Release: US Department of Labor launches 4th annual Drug-Free Work Week campaign - 09-1280-NAT - [10/19/2009]

ETA News Release: US Labor Department’s Employment and Training Administration hosts art exhibit to mark National Disability Employment Awareness Month - 09-1285-NAT - [10/19/2009]

MSHA News Release: MSHA proposes more than $500,000 in penalties against mine operator - 09-1279-PHI - [10/19/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council sets November meeting - 09-1281-NAT - [10/16/2009]

ETA News Release: US Labor Department announces release of $85 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Colorado - 09-1262-DEN - [10/15/2009]

ETA News Release: US Department of Labor certifies more than 2,300 workers in 14 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1268-NAT - [10/15/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [10/15/2009]

ETA News Release: US Labor Department announces release of more than $13 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Montana - 09-1230-DEN - [10/14/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies approximately 8,600 workers in 17 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1245-NAT - [10/09/2009]

ESA News Release: US Labor Department recovers more than $1.4 million in back wages for 237 contract employees of USCIS Vermont Service Center - 09-1243-BOS - [10/08/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [10/08/2009]

MSHA News Release: MSHA puts 10 operators on notice for potential pattern of violations - 09-1227-NAT - [10/07/2009]

ILAB News Release: Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis addresses the 16th Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor in Buenos Aires, Argentina - 09-1186-NAT - [10/07/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $553,000 to assist workers affected by layoffs from textile manufacturing industry in Maine - 09-1221-BOS - [10/06/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor provides nearly $775,000 to continue severe storm recovery efforts in Illinois - 09-1214-CHI - [10/06/2009]

ODEP News Release: U.S. Department of Labor steps up efforts to serve workers with disabilities - 09-1228-NAT - [10/06/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department notifies former Standard Oil Development Co. employees in New Jersey of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-1199-BOS - [10/02/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department proposes exemption to allow new health plan for Chrysler retirees to acquire company securities - 09-1210-NAT - [10/02/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on September employment numbers - 09-1222-NAT - [10/02/2009]

ODEP News Release: U.S. Department of Labor holds ‘national listening session’ for public input on reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act - 09-1211-NAT - [10/01/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies approximately 7,200 workers in 17 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1212-NAT - [10/01/2009]

OSHA News Release: U.S. Labor Department’s OSHA begins National Emphasis Program on recordkeeping to determine accuracy of worker injury and illness data - 09-0775-NAT - [10/01/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [10/01/2009]

September

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor provides more than $1.5 million to continue flood recovery efforts in Ohio - 09-1195-CHI - [09/30/2009]

ODEP News Release: U.S. Labor Department awards cooperative agreement to establish national technical assistance center for employers on people with disabilities - 09-1196-NAT - [09/30/2009]

ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards $6.4 million in grants to support international worker rights - 09-1204-NAT - [09/30/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department recovers more than $1.5 million in back wages for 272 contract employees of USCIS Vermont Service Center - 09-1205-BOS - [09/30/2009]

WB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards contract to produce ‘A Woman’s Guide to Green Jobs’ - 09-1200-NAT - [09/30/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department obtains judgment with NFL player and his company, restoring more than $400,000 in pension assets - 09-1133-PHI - [09/30/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $38 million in grants to assist workers in Michigan - 09-1193-CHI - [09/29/2009]

ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s Sandra Polaski addresses Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Labor and Employment Ministerial in Paris - 09-1170-NAT - [09/29/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces more than $430,000 to assist workers affected by layoffs from financial services industry in Maine - 09-1161-BOS - [09/29/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces more than $2 million to assist workers affected by printing industry layoffs in Maine - 09-1162-BOS - [09/29/2009]

ILAB News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards nearly $59 million to eliminate exploitive child labor in 19 countries - 09-1113-NAT - [09/28/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces more than $164 million for state unemployment insurance technology infrastructure grants - 09-1184-NAT - [09/28/2009]

MSHA News Release: MSHA increases funding for state health and safety training grants - 09-1164-NAT - [09/24/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies Delaware auto workers as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1176-NAT - [09/24/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [09/24/2009]

ETA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on success of summer jobs program for nation’s youth - 09-1183-NAT - [09/23/2009]

OSHA News Release: U.S. Labor Department awards more than $6.8 million in safety and health training grants - 09-1165-NAT - [09/18/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies approximately 4,700 workers in 13 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1157-NAT - [09/17/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces more than $300,000 to assist workers affected by layoffs in Maine’s paper manufacturing industry - 09-1121-BOS - [09/17/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department proposes exemption to allow new health plan for General Motors retirees to acquire company securities - 09-1148-NAT - [09/17/2009]

ODEP News Release: U.S. Labor Department awards cooperative agreements to improve registered apprenticeship training for youth and young adults with disabilities - 09-1107-NAT - [09/17/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [09/17/2009]

MSHA News Release: MSHA awards $500,000 in Brookwood-Sago mine safety grants - 09-1140-NAT - [09/15/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council to hold Sept. 29 teleconference- 09-1132-NAT - [09/11/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $11.1 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to West Virginia - 09-1033-PHI - [09/10/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Sen. Tom Harkin as new chairman of HELP Committee - 09-1109-NAT - [09/10/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [09/10/2009]

ILAB News Release: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on reports detailing international child labor and forced labor - 09-1111-NAT - [09/10/2009]

ILAB News Release: U.S. Labor Department issues reports on international child labor and forced labor - 09-0946-NAT - [09/10/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $42.5 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Colorado - 09-1015-KAN - [09/09/2009]

OSHA News Release: U.S. Labor Department’s OSHA issues final rule updating personal protective equipment standards based on national consensus standards - 09-0968-NAT - [09/09/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $1 million to assist workers in Iowa affected by manufacturing industry layoffs - 09-1093-KAN - [09/08/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis for Labor Day - 09-1103-NAT - [09/04/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on August employment numbers - 09-1100-NAT - [09/04/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $20.9 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to New Hampshire - 09-1073-BOS - [09/03/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department proposes civil penalty rules for multiemployer defined benefit pension plans that fail to take corrective funding action - 09-1076-NAT - [09/03/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [09/03/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $200.8 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Illinois - 09-1034-CHI - [09/02/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on report detailing violations of employment and labor laws in U.S. cities - 09-1083-NAT - [09/02/2009]

OASP News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces dates for 4th annual Drug-Free Work Week - 09-1071-NAT - [09/01/2009]

OSHA News Release: Illinois OSHA public employee protection plan receives federal approval - 09-0695-CHI - [09/01/2009]

August

MSHA News Release: When disaster strikes underground, mine rescue teams spur to action - 09-1064-NAT - [08/31/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies approximately 3,200 workers in 14 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1053-NAT - [08/27/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $89.3 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Wisconsin - 09-1014-CHI - [08/27/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [08/27/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces more than $3.4 million to continue to assist Minnesota workers affected by manufacturing industry layoffs - 09-1037-CHI - [08/26/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on death of Sen. Edward Kennedy - 09-1047-NAT - [08/26/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $316,000 to assist workers in Maine affected by automotive industry layoffs - 09-0961-BOS - [08/25/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies approximately 1,400 workers in 5 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-1027-NAT - [08/24/2009]

OPA News Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, in response to worker fatality decline in Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, says one death is too many - 09-1011-NAT - [08/20/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [08/20/2009]

ESA News Release: Gerber Products Co. in Fort Smith, Ark., agrees to pay $900,000 to minorities and females for hiring discrimination - 09-0969-DAL - [08/18/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department sues retirement plan trustees of defunct Alabama wholesaler to recover nearly $900,000 in pension assets - 09-0970-NAT - [08/13/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $2 million grant to provide nearly 1,800 North Carolina workers with health insurance payments - 09-0920-ATL - [08/13/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [08/13/2009]

OPA News Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis announces changes in Job Corps leadership - 09-0971-NAT - [08/12/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor - 09-0974-NAT - [08/12/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $20.4 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Hawaii - 09-0912-SAN - [08/11/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver [08/11/2009] - 09-0967-NAT - [08/11/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies more than 1,750 Arizona workers as eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-0965-SAN - [08/10/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies nearly 550 auto workers in 3 states as eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-0964-NAT - [08/10/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor uncovers child labor and migrant and seasonal farm labor violations on Bladen and Craven counties, N.C., blueberry farms - 09-0847-ATL - [08/10/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant of nearly $522,000 to assist workers affected by layoffs in Iowa - 09-0919-KAN - [08/10/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on July 2009 employment numbers - 09-0950-NAT - [08/07/2009]

OPA News Release: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor - 09-0947-NAT - [08/07/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $3.4 million grant to assist workers affected by manufacturing layoffs in Wisconsin - 09-0921-CHI - [08/06/2009]

OSHA News Release: OSHA establishes "Watch List" to strengthen integrity of Outreach Training Program - 09-0917-NAT - [08/06/2009]

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [08/06/2009]

EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department obtains judgment against former president of Chicago investment firm to restore $50 million to Michigan union pension plans - 09-0906-NAT - [08/05/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards $6.5 million to develop innovative programs to prepare workers for careers in fast-growing industries - 09-0916-NAT - [08/05/2009]

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor certifies almost 2,000 auto workers in Michigan, Indiana, South Carolina and Mississippi are eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-0922-NAT - [08/04/2009]