Newsletter Photos — November 13, 2014

$36.7 million awarded to 156 groups this year to help homeless veterans.

Lorain County Community College mechatronics student Mara Rice talks with Secretary Perez about her work testing the commercial feasibility of using ribbon bonding in automotive components. Secretary Perez met Mara and other students during his visit to LCCC's SMART Commercialization Center for Microsystems, where students will benefit from a $15 million grant from DOL to 11 community colleges across the state announced in September.

Secretary Perez talks about the important role that faith leaders can play in connecting their congregation to DOL-funded programs that are helping to address ongoing challenges like long-term unemployment and ensuring that ex-offenders have help making the transition back into the workplace. The event was co-hosted by Rev. Dr. Paul Hobson Sadler, Jr., and Rev. Dr. Jawanza Colvin at the University Hospitals Otis Moss Health Center.

Secretary Perez and U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker sat down together with journalist Laura Flanders during the National Women's Law Center annual awards dinner to discuss the many ways that employers, community colleges, labor groups, and industry associations are working together to provide our changing workforce with the skills and flexibility needed for 21st century careers.

During his keynote speech at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s annual luncheon, Secretary Perez focused on the work of civil legal aid organizations and the Department of Labor to ensure that the economy continues to grow.

Secretary Perez spoke on the importance of building partnerships among government, business, colleges and unions at the Nov. 13 Career and Technical Education Workforce Development Summit in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Malissa McLean, at right, a veteran who served in both the Army and the Air Force and an information technology program manager at the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, participates in a panel discussion on women veterans during the department's Salute to Veterans on Nov. 10. At left is the panel moderator, Nancy A. Glowacki, an Army veteran and the Women Veteran Program manager at the Veterans' Employment and Training Service.

Secretary Perez meets with Lori and Patrick Smith of Ohio. They were able to obtain health coverage through the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion after health problems caused them to lose their jobs and employer-sponsored insurance.

From left, Wage and Hour Division investigators Ruben Jimenez, Jamika Lopez and Leticia Rodriguez attend a training workshop for farm labor contractors in Madera, Calif., along with Agriland Farming Co. CEO James Maxwell and Nora Pedraza, the division's assistant district director in Sacramento.

Women's Bureau Director Latifa Lyles addresses the first biannual New England Women's Policy Conference in Boston on Nov. 7.

Susan P. Curnan, Brandeis University professor and director, addresses participants of the Enough is Known for Action: Ready to Employ, Educate and Support Youth, briefing co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor and Brandeis University on Nov. 13.

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Director Patricia A. Shiu, second from right, with participants in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 7. From left, Jenny Yang of the EEOC and Grande H. Lum and Deeana Jang of the Department of Justice. (Photo courtesy of Deeana Jang)

Wage and Hour Administrator David Weil, left, listens as workers discuss their experiences in the garment industry at the Garment Workers Center in Los Angeles.

John Leach