Newsletter Photos — May 15, 2014

By The Numbers: Since 1979, the increase in working women has contributed to an 11% rise in GDP or $1.7 trillion in economic growth when adjusted for inflation.

Secretary Perez and Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith meet with Tomlin Coggeshall (center), grandson of former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.

Deputy Secretary Lu (left) provides opening remarks during the biennial Unemployment Insurance Integrity Summit in Washington D.C. Gay Gilbert (center), administrator of the Office of Unemployment Insurance and Eric Seleznow (right), deputy assistant secretary for employment and training listen in during Lu's remarks.

Aliqae Geraci (left) and Jessica Withers, of the Catherwood Library, in front of the Books that Shaped Work in America display.

Eric Seleznow, deputy assistant secretary of labor for employment and training, provides the keynote address during the Second Chances and Safer Communities conference in Washington, D.C., on May 15. David D'Amora, director of the National Initiatives Division for the Council of State Government's Justice Center (on right) listens in. (Photo credit: Greg Gibson Photography)

From left to right: Aida Jones, Ga. Department of Labor; Mary Lee Putnam, Goodwill of North Ga; Elizabeth Warner, director of Workforce Solutions at Ga. Department of Labor; Ben Seigel, Adrian Barrett, and Les Range of the Employment and Training Administration; and Mary Margaret Garrett, the Atlanta Regional Commission following their Job Clubs Evaluation conference session and webinar.

Peter Langsam

Kim Elvin