Previous News Releases - October 2005

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department Extends Annual Reports Deadline After Hurricane Wilma Hits Florida - 05-2087-ATL - [10/31/2005]

• ODEP News Release: Secretary of Labor Announces Seven Recipients Of the Secretary’s New Freedom Initiative Awards - 05-2078-NAT - [10/27/2005]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao On Lifting of the Davis-Bacon Act Suspension - 05-2088-NAT - [10/26/2005]

• MSHA News Release: MSHA, Gypsum Association Officials Sign Alliance Agreement - 05-2070-DAL - [10/26/2005]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor Announces $3.4 Million Grant To Increase Skills of Arizona IT Workers - 05-1964-SAN - [10/20/2005]

• VETS News Release: Labor Secretary Encourages Employers to Hire Vets First; Enhances Protection of Rights for Guard and Reserve Members - 05-1612-NAT - [10/20/2005]

• EBSA News Release: ERISA Advisory Council to Hold Final 2005 Meetings - 05-2030-NAT - [10/20/2005]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor Awards $125 Million in Competition for the President's Community-Based Job Training Grants - 05-1932-NAT - [10/19/2005]

• OPA News Release: Labor Department's Head of Disability Employment Policy Kicks Off Mentoring Day 2005 - 05-2006-NAT - [10/19/2005]

• EBSA News Release: Labor Department Web Site Assists Hurricane Victims Locate Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors - 05-1985-NAT - [10/17/2005]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Announces More than $3.7 Million to Train Transportation Industry Workers - 05-1854-NAT - [10/17/2005]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department Obtains $700,000 Restoration To Michigan Plumbers and Pipefitters Pension Fund - 05-1061-CHI - [10/12/2005]

• MSHA News Release: MSHA Develops Core Safety Principles in Alliance With National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association - 05-1950-NAT - [10/11/2005]

• MSHA News Release: MSHA Kicks Off Winter Alert Campaign - 05-1935-NAT - [10/11/2005]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor Helps Hurricane Katrina Victims Preserve Health Benefits - 05-1967-NAT - [10/11/2005]

• ESA News Release: Recordkeeping Rule Clarifies OFCCP’s Definition Of “Job Applicant” for Internet and Related Technologies - 05-1958-NAT - [10/07/2005]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao On September Employment Numbers - 05-1956-NAT - [10/07/2005]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor Launches Re-employment Partnership in Mississippi to Help Hurricane Katrina Evacuees - 05-1934-ATL - [10/06/2005]

• EBSA News Release: ERISA Advisory Council to Hold October Teleconferences - 05-1887-NAT - [10/05/2005]

• MSHA News Release: MSHA Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Focuses on Addressing Risks to Miners of Drug and Alcohol Use - 05-1839-NAT - [10/04/2005]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor Announces Minimum Wage Increase For Some American Samoa Industries - 05-1845-NAT - [10/01/2005]