Newsletter Photos March 12, 2015
5 million Highest number of job openings since 2001.
As U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez (left) applauds, Sen. Edward Kennedy's grandson Max Allen and widow Victoria Reggie Kennedy unveil Sen. Kennedy's plaque at his induction ceremony for the Labor Department Hall of Honor in Washington, D.C., March 12, 2015. Sen. Kennedy's sons Edward Kennedy, Jr. (far right) and Patrick Kennedy look on.
(From left) Deputy Secretary of Labor Christopher Lu, Edward Kennedy, Jr., Patrick Kennedy, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, former Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, former Secretary of Labor William Brock and former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao gather after Secretary Perez's remarks at a ceremony inducting the late Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy into the Labor Department's Hall of Honor in Washington, D.C., March 12, 2015.
Secretary Perez addresses a convening of the National League of Cities in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 2015.
Secretary Perez crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge with thousands of other participants in the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday."
Eric Biel, associate deputy undersecretary of labor for international affairs (left) meets 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and his wife, Sumedha, at the opening of the International G7 Stakeholder Conference in Berlin, March 10, 2015.
Secretary Perez borrows the saw from Marcus Ramsey and Carl Thomas, carpentry students at the Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Academy, Aug. 20, 2014.
Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu (center) joined by Rep. Elizabeth Esty watches as James Mills, director of the manufacturing department at Henry Abbott Technical High School in Danbury, Conn., showcases the school's manufacturing training program on March 10, 2015.
At the "Making Women's Rights Real" women's history month observance in Boston were: (left to right) Diane Hammer of Simmons College; Lydia Edwards of Equal Justice Works; Sheila Katzman, chair, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women for New York City; Anjali Sakaria, legislative director for Sen. Dan Wolf and Jacqueline Cooke, regional administrator for the Women's Bureau.
Office of Disability Employment Policy Chief of Staff Dylan Orr meets a remotely-operated robot at the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference.
National Center for Transgender Equality Executive Director Mara Keisling leads a presentation on gender identity in the workplace at Department of Labor headquarters.
A diverse panel of women leaders, including the department's Women's Bureau San Francisco Regional Administrator Kelly Jenkins-Pultz (next to speaker) attended the release of the 2015 Report on the Status of Women in Pasadena, California, on March 4.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (center left), Illinois Department of Labor Dir. Hugo Chaviano (front row, third on the right) and Illinois Feed & Grain Association's John Lee (to the governor's right) pose with the OSHA Peoria Area Office staff at the Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Day.
Ensuring the payment of prevailing wages on federally-funded construction projects helps workers and levels the playing field for contractors.
Mickey Cook