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Tom’s father was killed by breathing an excess of silica particles on the job. Now he trains workers on safety measures to prevent a similar fate. On behalf of Tom and his family – and the 2.3 million people exposed to silica in their workplaces – our Occupational Safety and Health Administration worked to issue a silica dust standard in 2016 that will save more than 600 lives a year. OSHA is committed to #WorkingForYou by ensuring workers come home safe and healthy at the end of every shift. #safety
Ensuring workers receive a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work is how our Wage and Hour Division is #WorkingForYou. For nearly a year, Meridian worked as a waitress on the overnight shift at a diner but was not always paid correctly. An investigation by the division recovered the back pay she was owed.
December's #JobsReport shows 75 straight months of job growth, with increases last month in education/health services and leisure/hospitality, among others.
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The promise of America is that everyone who works a full-time job doesn't have to live in poverty. Read about the push to #RaiseTheWage and other efforts as @LaborSec reflects on the past eight years. #CabinetInReview
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"There's nothing more fulfilling than the dignity of work. This is a labor issue; this is a civil rights issue." - @laborsec Tom Perez on the importance of equal employment opportunity today at the #HarkinSummit, hosted by former Sen. Tom Harkin. #pwd #disability #equality
The November jobs report shows that we've been adding jobs for a record 74 months straight, and the unemployment rate is down to 4.6% - the lowest in nine years. The past month saw increases in professional/business services and education/health services, among others.
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@laborsec and Deputy Secretary Lu get the dish on @andpizza, a company that proves employees and bottom lines both benefit when businesses #RaiseTheWage. #MinimumWage #pizza #nomnomnom
"Apprenticeship allowed me to be self-sufficient and to provide for my family in a way that I wasn't able to before." -AJ Banuelos, a journeyman laborer and bellman for Tower Crane and a member of @liunabuilds Local 737 in Portland, Oregon. Share how #ApprenticeshipWorks for you during #NAW2016!
National Apprenticeship Week is here! Apprenticeship is a pathway to opportunity for hundreds of thousands of Americans. #ApprenticeshipWorks #NAW2016
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The October #JobsReport shows that we are still in the longest streak of overall job growth on record, with increases in education and health services and professional and business services. Americans have been waiting for a meaningful raise for too long, and today's report confirms that they are getting one.
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Spotted: These parents know how to #LeadOnLeave. Or should we say leaves? #HappyHalloween 🎃
Repost @whitehouse: "Our country does best when everyone gets their fair shot" -President Obama on National Disability Employment Awareness Month. In 2010, President Obama challenged the federal government to hire 100,000 people with disabilities within 5 years. By 2015, we reached that goal, hiring over 109,000 people with disabilities-and leading to the highest percentage of people with disabilities in federal service in the last 35 years. #InclusionWorks #NDEAM
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