Newsletter Photos - August 28 2014

Newsletter Photos — August 28, 2014

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The private sector has added 2.1 million jobs to the economy since Labor Day 2013.

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Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez watches himself in animation at the Bento Box Animation Studio in Atlanta, Aug. 22.

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Wage and Hour Division Deputy Administrator Laura Fortman (left) and Carlos Martín Jiménez Macías, consul general for the Mexican Consulate in Chicago, at Local 181 Carpenters' Union headquarters in Elk Grove, Illinois, on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu gives remarks to students at the 50th anniversary celebration of Job Corps at the Woodland Job Corps Center in Laurel, Md., on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training Teresa Gerton delivers remarks at the first VetsInTech Women Veterans Hackathon at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 25

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Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Joseph Main presents at the 2014 U.S.-China Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health in Beijing, Aug. 20.

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Christopher Godfrey, chief judge and chairman of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board.

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Amanda Perez, a laboratory technician in the sterile climate chambers for Hark Orchids LP in Kalamazoo, Michigan, conducts in-vitro propagation by placing orchid sprouts in growing medium under sterile conditions.