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May

• MSHA News Release: MSHA urges public to ‘Stay Out and Stay Alive’ - 08-0651-NAT - [05/12/2008]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces enhanced union transparency rules - 08-0642-NAT - [05/09/2008]

• 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 - [05/08/2007]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [05/08/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards $250,000 grant to Minnesota to develop long-term workforce strategies - 08-0600-CHI - [05/07/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards $250,000 to Iowa to develop strategies that prepare workers for new and emerging industries - 08-0599-KAN - [05/07/2008]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor improves energy employees’ Web pages by adding information about occupational diseases to listing of toxic substances - 08-0576-NAT - [05/07/2008]

• OPA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor releases new “elaws” tool to help employers comply with recordkeeping, reporting and notice requirements - 08-0251-NAT - [05/06/2008]

• OPA News Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao delivers keynote address at new Cleveland Job Corps Center open house - 08-0592-NAT - [05/05/2008]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on April employment numbers - 08-0611-NAT - [05/02/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards $250,000 to help develop economic strategies in Virginia’s Southside region - 08-0524-PHI - [05/01/2008]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [05/01/2008]

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April

• ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department secures more than $688,000 in overtime back wages for 238 employees of Quest Diagnostics Inc. nationwide - 08-0583-BOS - [04/28/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards $250,000 to build talent development strategies in eastern Connecticut - 08-0415-BOS - [04/24/2008]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/24/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant of more than $1.7 million to assist Missouri workers affected by automotive industry layoffs - 08-0432-NAT - [04/23/2008]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor files suit against Aggregate Industries to recover more than $1 million in back wages due 302 Denver-area workers - 08-0426-DEN - [04/21/2008]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department enforcement agency announces four criminal convictions for March 2008 - 08-0527-NAT - [04/21/2008]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Labor Department kicks off youth job safety campaign on TODAY show - 08-0525-NAT - [04/21/2008]

• MSHA News Release: MSHA publishes final rule on seals in underground coal mines - 08-0542-NAT - [04/18/2008]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/17/2008]

• ESA News Release: Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. in Dallas has agreed to pay $1.5 million in back wages and salary to resolve discrimination allegations - 08-0418-DAL - [04/11/2008]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department sues Chicago investment firm and executives to recover more than $25 million for five Michigan union pension plans - 08-0319-CHI - [04/11/2008]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on House vote to block U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement - 08-0493-NAT - [04/10/2008]

• VETS News Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao comments on veterans’ unemployment report - 08-0491-NAT - [04/10/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards nearly $3 million to advance President’s Prisoner Re-entry Initiative - 08-0458-NAT - [04/10/2008]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/10/2008]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on House Speaker Pelosi’s move on the U.S.-Colombia FTA - 08-0485-NAT - [04/09/2008]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department to assist nuclear weapons workers in Livermore, Calif. - 08-0429-NAT - [04/09/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor awards more than $238,000 to California to develop strategies in northern San Joaquin Valley - 08-0391-SAN - [04/08/2008]

• OPA News Release: U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao statement on TAA following president’s signing of bill to implement U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement - 08-0460-NAT - [04/07/2008]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on March employment numbers - 08-0450-NAT - [04/04/2008]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/03/2008]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Winter’s Architectural Roofing for alleged workplace safety and health violations - 08-0404-NAT - [04/02/2008]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $250,000 grant to help Texas strategize for changes in Upper Rio Grande economy - 08-0428-DAL - [04/02/2008]

• OASAM News Release: U.S. Labor Department and Social Security Administration share technology to provide more efficient access to online benefits information - 08-0437-NAT - [04/02/2008]