Newsletter Photos December 11, 2014
$100 million the largest federal investment in apprenticeships.
Tyler Buck (left), an apprentice with the Urban Technology Project, demonstrates certified warranty repairs for Apple computers to U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez (beside Buck), Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and Philadelphia Schools Superintendent, Dr. William Hite (right) on Dec. 11, 2014.
During their tour of Montgomery College, Secretary Perez (left) and Secretary Pritzker listen in as cybersecurity student Kolawole Oyekanmi explains how the recent TAACCCT grant will help provide students with the tools and technologies necessary to develop, practice, and validate in-demand skills.
Secretary Perez discusses paid sick and parental leave policies at a roundtable hosted at Rutgers University in New Jersey on Dec. 11.
Secretary Perez (left) and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main pause for a photo with a miner from Cumberland Coal Resources LP in Waynesburg, Pa., on Dec. 1.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez meets with Canadian Minister of Labour and Status of Women Kellie Leitch Dec. 8, 2014 during a visit to discuss family-friendly workplace policies in Gatineau, Canada.
Deputy Secretary Christopher P. Lu (left) and Chinese State Administration of Work Safety Minister Yang Dongliang discuss mutual challenges and strategies to protect workers from occupational hazards.
At Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J., on Dec. 11, Secretary Perez greets Adrian Martinez, who enrolled for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
Dr. David Weil, administrator of the Wage and Hour Division (right) with Jeff Fitzgerald, director, Unemployment Insurance Division, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment after signing the renewal of a partnership agreement to combat worker misclassification.
Wage and Hour Division Administrator Dr. David Weil addresses the Painters & Allied Trades Labor Management Cooperation Initiative Finishing Industries Forum in Las Vegas on Dec. 8, 2014.
Carl Fillichio, senior advisor, Office of Public Affairs (right) presents William Usery, former Secretary of Labor, with a congratulatory letter from Secretary Perez.
AAPI community members met with Department of Labor representatives in Seattle, Wash., to discuss how the federal government can serve the AAPI community better.
Joining efforts to protect workers in agriculture are (left to right) Wage and Hour Division Investigator Billy Lee, WHD Regional Agriculture Enforcement Coordinator Ruben Lugo, Nisei Farmers League President Manuel Cunha, Chris Valadez, California Fresh Fruit Association, and WHD Regional Administrator Ruben Rosalez, at the MSPA training workshop in Fresno, December 4.
Major Geraldine Farris