Good jobs, grain safety, long COVID resources and more

In North Carolina last week, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su joined Rep. Alma Adams, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles and representatives of a local pre-apprenticeship program, She Built This City, for a roundtable discussion. The conversation covered the importance of raising the quality of jobs in fields traditionally dominated by women and expanding pathways for women and other historically underrepresented groups into good-paying, union jobs.

Discover effective workplace tools and strategies to support your productivity and well-being as you navigate long-term COVID symptoms – or to support your employees as they do so.

⌚ Five seconds: That's how fast a worker can be engulfed in flowing grain, unable to get out. Every year, workers are killed and injured during grain storage and handling operations. Join OSHA for the #StandUp4GrainSafety, March 25-29, to help spread the word on safety measures that save lives.

For years, the Occupational Outlook Handbook has offered valuable information about occupational pay, qualifications, and growth projections. Now profiles for some occupations are available in Spanish.

We’ve awarded $2 million to the International Labor Organization to support efforts to promote fundamental labor rights and acceptable work conditions, including an end to forced labor in supply chains.

We secured $607,395 for 227 workers extending the Valley Metro Light Rail in Phoenix after finding subcontractors violated wage and hour law.

Twenty-five years after the Supreme Court found that unjustified segregation of disabled people into institutions was discrimination, we reflect on the impact of the Olmstead decision.

A Texas contractor’s willful disregard for safety contributed to a teenage worker fatality when a 15-foot trench wall collapsed on him, OSHA found.

Investigators found Jersey Mike’s franchises in Virginia allowed employees under the age of 16 to perform dangerous tasks and work longer than permitted.

Our grants are helping workers advocate for change and supporting meaningful transformation in the workplace. Read how one worker is making a difference in her community.

A Missouri vegetable farm will pay $479,983 to 208 workers after investigators found the employer often underpaid workers for overtime.

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• WCNC: ‘When women succeed, America will succeed’ 
• Pittsburgh Union Progress: ‘They come out and do great’: Roundtable discussion addresses barriers, seeks solutions to help women enter the workforce 
• San Antonio Express-News: After Texas heat deaths hit record, San Antonio workers bracing for another dangerous summer
• The Guardian: ‘A fishing accident blinded me but I was forced to keep working’: abuses faced by workers who catch our fish