Recently in Labor
This hearing examined strategies – including investments in rebuilding crumbling infrastructure – to create good-paying jobs in order to put the nation’s stalled economy on the road to recovery. More than 2.2 million American workers have lost their jobs in the past 12 months and millions more are still looking for permanent employment.
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Witnesses:
- Panel I:
- Hon. Charles E. F. Millard » Director Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Panel II:
- Jared Bernstein » Director of the Living Standards Program Economic Policy Institute
- Ron Blackwell » Chief Economist AFL-CIO
- Christopher Hansen » President and CEO AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association)
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Robert Pollin »
Professor of Economics
Founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Dana Stevens » Unemployed Worker Thorofare, New Jersey
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William W. Beach »
Director
Center for Data Analysis The Heritage Foundation
This hearing, held in San Francisco, CA, further examined how the current financial crisis is impacting pension funds and workers’ directed retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans.
Witnesses:
- Shlomo Benartzi, Ph.D. » Professor UCLA Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA
- Steve Carroll » Retiree Petaluma, CA
- Mark Davis » Partner Kravitz Davis Sansone Encino, CA
- Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D. » Professor University of California at Berkeley
- Roberta Quan » Retiree Richmond, CA
- Tif Joyce » President Joyce Financial Management Sebastopol, CA
This hearing examined how the current financial crisis is impacting pension funds and workers’ directed retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans. According to a recent poll by the Associated Press, more than half of all Americans are worried that the ongoing financial crisis will force them to postpone retirement.
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Witnesses:
- Jerry Bramlett » CEO BenefitStreet, Inc.
- Dr. Teresa Ghilarducci » Professor of Economic Policy Analysis The New School for Social Research
- Dr. Peter Orszag » Director Congressional Budget Office
- Jack VanDerhei » Research Director Employee Benefit Research Institute
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Dr. Christian Weller »
Associate Professor of Public Policy
University of Massachusetts-Boston Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
This hearing explored options to safeguard promised retiree health benefits. With insurance premiums skyrocketing and companies looking to cut expenses, an increasing number of companies have been rolling back or eliminating promised retiree health benefits.
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Witnesses:
- C. William Jones » Chairman ProtectSeniors.org
- Bill Kadereit » President National Retiree Legislative Network
- David Lillie » Retiree Raytheon Missile Systems Tucson, Arizona
- Scott Macey » Senior Vice President and Director of Government Affairs Aon Consulting, Inc.
- Norman Stein » Douglas Arant Professor of Law University of Alabama
- Dale Yamamoto » President and Founder Red Quill Consulting
This hearing examined the Department of Labor’s last-minute proposal that would dramatically weaken future workplace health standards and further slow their enactment. The department allowed only 30 days for comment on the proposal and would not hold public hearings.
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Witnesses:
- Randel Johnson » Vice President U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Celeste Monforton, PhD, MPH » The George Washington University School of Public Health
- Margaret “Peg” Seminario » Director of the Department of Occupational Health and Safety AFL-CIO
- Leon Sequeira » Assistant U.S. Labor Secretary for Policy
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Jared Bernstein »
Director
Living Standards Program
Economic Policy Institute -
Diana Furchtgott-Roth »
Senior Fellow
Center for Employment Policy
Hudson Institute - Robert Greenstein » Executive Director Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
- Nell Minow » Editor and Co-Founder The Corporate Library
- Robert Roach » General Vice President International Association of Machinists Upper Marlboro, MD
- Patricia Friend » International President Association of Flight Attendants–CWA Washington, DC
- Rob Kight » Vice President for Compensation, Benefits, and Services Delta Airlines Atlanta, GA
- Gary Ford » Attorney Groom Law Group Washington, DC
- Tom Kochan » George M. Bunker Professor of Management MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA
The Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Immigration and Custom Enforcement workplace raids and the effects of the raids on local communities, including the impact on children, most of whom are American citizens. Witnesses explored how immigration enforcement could be improved in order to protect children.
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Witnesses:
- Kathryn Gibney » Principal San Pedro Elementary School San Rafael, California
- Janet Murguia » President National Council of La Raza
- Simon Romo » Chief Counsel New Mexico Child Protective Services
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James Spero »
Acting Deputy Assistant Director
Office of Investigations U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Frank A.S. Campbell »
Senior Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs United States Department of Justice - Floyd Clarke » Vice President MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.
- Joe Ricci » Executive Director National Association of Security Companies
- Donna Uzzell » Chairwoman National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council
- Mark deBernardo, Esq. » Jackson Lewis, LLP
- Weldon Kennedy » Vice Chairman Guardsmark, Inc.
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Hon. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) »
Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Chief Sponsor of H.R. 3195 - Andrew Imparato » President and CEO American Association of People with Disabilities
- Carey McClure » Plantiff in ADA Lawsuit v. General Motors
- Robert L. Burgdorf » Professor of Law University of the District of Columbia
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David K. Fram, Esq . »
Director
ADA & EEO Services
National Employment Law Institute Washington, DC
- Roger King » Jones Day San Diego, California
- Sarah Fox » AFL-CIO Washington, D.C.
- Lori Gay » Salt Lake City, Utah
- Bill Tambussi, Esquire » Cooper University Hospital Camden, New Jersey
- John Prater » President Air Line Pilots Association Denver, Colorado
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Scott Macey »
Senior Counsel
Aon Consulting
Representing the American Benefits Council Washington, D.C. -
Judy Mazo, Sr. »
Vice President and Director of Research
Segal Company
Representing the National Multiemployer Coordinating Committee for Pension Plans Washington, D.C. - Sal Tripodi » President-Elect (2006-07) American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Edwin Foulk »
Assistant Secretary
Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Washington, D.C. -
Eric Peoples »
Former Employee
Victim of Bronchiolitis Obliterans (Popcorn Lung) Victim of Bronchiolitis Obliterans (Popcorn Lung) Carthage, Missouri - Scott Schneider » Director of Occupational Safety and Health Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America Washington, D.C.
- Daruch Fellner » Attorney Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher Washington, D.C.
- Frank Mirer » Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Hunter School of Urban Public Health New York, New York
- Cecil Roberts » President United Mine Workers of America Fairfax, Virginia
- Debbie Hamner » Wife of deceased miner George “Junior” Hamner Buckhannon, West Virginia
- Melissa Lee » Wife of deceased miner Jimmy Lee Speedwell, Kentucky
- Scott Howard » Miner Roxana, Kentucky
- Chuck Knisell » Miner Westover, West Virginia
- Tony Oppregard » Attorney at Law Lexington, Kentucky
- Bruce Watzman » Vice President for Safety, Health and Human Resources National Mining Association Washington, D.C.
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Jim Dean »
Director of Extension and Outreach
College of Engineering & Mineral Resources
West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia
- Catherine Ruckelshaus » New York, New York
- Cliff Horn » A. Horn, Inc. Barrington, Illinois
- John J. Flynn » President International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Washington, D.C.
- Richard R. Shavell » Shavell & Company, P.A. Boca Raton, Florida
- Stan Dorn » Senior Research Associate Urban Institute Washington, D.C.
- Bruce Herman » Executive Director National Employment Law Project New York, New York
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Lael Brainard »
Vice President and Director
Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in International Economics
Brookings Global Economy and Development Program Washington, D.C. - David Lee Bevard » Former Maytag Employee Galesburg, IL
- Thea Lee » Policy Director AFL-CIO Washington, D.C.
- Tim Alford, Ph.D » Director Alabama Office of Workforce Development Montgomery, Alabama
- The Honorable Rose DeLauro » U.S. Congresswoman Third District of Connecticut
- The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton (No Written Testimony Available) U.S. Congresswoman Washington, D.C.
- Catherine Hill » Research Director American Association of University Women Washington, D.C.
- Heaher Boushey » Senior Economist Center for Economic and Policy Research Washington, D.C.
- Dedra Farmer » Plaintiff in the Walmart Sex-Discrimination Class Action Suit Lawrence, Kansas
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth » Director Center for Employment Policy Hudson Institute Washingt, D.C
- Admiral Frank L “Skip” Bowman » President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute Member, BP U.S. Refineries Independent Review Panel
- Carolyn W. Merritt » Chair U.S. Chemical Safety Board
- Eva Rowe » Parents were killed in Texas City explosion
- Red Cavaney » President and CEO
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Joan Alker »
Deputy Executive Director
Center for Children and Families Senior Researcher
Health Policy Institute Georgetown University
Washington, DC - Brian England » Owner British American Auto Repair Columbia, Maryland
- Andrew Webber » President and Chief Executive Officer National Business Coalition on Health Washington, D.C.
- Linda Blumberg, Ph.D » Economist and Principal Research Associate Urban Institute Washington, DC
- Barbara Bovbjerg » Director for Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues U.S. Government Accountability Office Washington, D.C.
- Matthew Hutcheson » President and Founder Pension Dynamics Corporation Tigard, Oregon
- Stephen Butler » President and Founder Pension Dynamics Corporation Contra Costa County, CA
- Robert Chambers, Esq. » Partner, Helms, Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC Chairman, American Benefits Council
- Panel I:
- Ivo Camilo » California
- Jennifer Jason » Florida
- Teresa Joyce » Florida
- Keith Ludlum » North Carolina
- Panel II:
- Nancy Schiffer » Lawyer AFL-CIO Washington, DC
- Gordon Lafer » Professor University of Oregon
- Harley Shaiken » Professor University of California-Berkeley
- Charles Cohen » Chamber of Commerce Washington, DC
- Richard Trumka » Secretary-Treasurer AFL-CIO
- Judy Feder » Dean Georgetown Public Policy Institute Georgetown University
- William T. Archey » President and Chief Executive Officer AeA
- Dr. Lynn A. Karoly » Senior Economist Rand Corporation
- Jacob Hacker, Ph.D » Professor Yale University
- Eileen Applebaum » Director Center for Women and Work Rutgers University
- Christian Weller » Senior Economist Center for American Progress
- Rosemary Miller » Flight attendant
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth » Director Center for Employment Policy
- Kellie Johnson » President ACE Clearwater Enterprises, Inc.
- Panel I:
- Congresswoman Louise Slaughter » Sponsor of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Information Act (GINA) 28th Congressional District of New York
- Congresswoman Judy Biggert » Lead co-sponsor of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Information Act 13th Congressional District of Illinois
- Panel II:
- Karen Rothenberg » Dean and Marjorie Cook Professor of Law University of Maryland School of Law Baltimore, MD
- David Escher » Former employee Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Reno, NV
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Harriet Pearson »
Vice President
Corporate Affairs and Chief Privacy Officer IBM Corporation Washington, DC -
Burton J. Fishman »
Partner
Fortney Scott LLP
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Employment (GINE) Coalition