Newsletter Photos July 2, 2014
For tipped workers, the federal minimum wage of $2.13/hour, has not changed since 1991.
Secretary Perez sees how apprenticeship programs at the Navy Shipyard Depot Maintenance Facility at the Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., are helping the Navy fleet. (photo credit Cassandra Eichner)
Secretary Perez (center, hand up) hosts a roundtable with business leaders during the day-long White House Champions of Change Initiative event on June 30.
Secretary Perez stops by a class of highly talented medical professionals, representing a number of countries, at the San Diego Welcome Back Center at Grossmont College in El Cajon, California.
From left to right, Andy Van Kleunen from the National Skills Coalition, Harry Holzer from Georgetown University, Ben Seigel from the Employment and Training Administration, and Earl Johnson from the Department of Health and Human Services following their participation on a panel on June 26 at a STRIVE Leadership Summit.
Approximately 90 participants attend a training by the Wage and Hour Division on basic provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act in Sacramento, Calif., on June 25.
Gloria Steinem (fifth from the right) poses with staff from the Women's Bureau at the White House Summit on Working Families.
Department of Labor agency representatives hosting a breakout session on worker's rights at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Regional Interagency Working Group Roundtable on June 26 in Philadelphia.
Richard James