Department of Labor

On Worker's Memorial Day: Protest Bush Administration Policies Making Work Less Safe

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transpave, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Workplace Deaths, Dura-Bond, Pennsylvania Primary, Workers Memorial Day, Department of Labor, Afl-Cio, President Bush, Workplace Safety, Osha, Arcelormital, Sago, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Monday, April 28, is one day set aside to concentrate on saving workers' lives. It is an occasion on which we mourn the dead and strive for better conditions for the living.

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Elaine Chao's Absence of Accountability

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Labor, Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Mary Beth Maxwell

Chao's 'leadership' at the Department of Labor should not be emulated by anyone. She has undermined the agency and failed to serve in the best interests of workers she is charged with protecting.

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4,000 Mine Safety Violations Ignored On Bush Administration Watch

Charleston (W.V.) Gazette | Ken Ward Jr | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Labor, Richard Stickler, Mine Safety Violations, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Mine Safety, Msha, Politics News

Federal regulators have allowed mine operators to avoid fines for thousands of health and safety citations, despite a federal law that requires moneta...

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Feds Fight To Keep Utah Mine Investigation Docs From Public

CNN | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home

Read More: Robert Murray, Richard Stickler, Utah Mine Disaster, MSHA, Department of Labor, Crandall Canyon, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Bob Murray, Home News

Court proceedings of the investigation into the collapse of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine should not be made public, argue attorneys for the Mine Safety...

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