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Everybody enjoys telling, hearing or reading a good story. Sometimes the point of the story is to entertain. Sometimes it’s to inform. And sometimes it’s to persuade. If a story is intended to entertain, it really doesn’t matter if the author gets the facts right; if the story is intended simply to make you smile, who cares if it is

Today’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, much like the August report, shows a steady and consistent economic recovery, but with room for even stronger gains in certain areas. Employment rose by 194,000 and the unemployment rate dropped from 5.2% to 4.8%. Private sector growth was even stronger than those numbers indicate, with an increase of 317,000. But

Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 194,000 jobs in the month of September, and the unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, down from 5.2 percent in August. With the lowest unemployment rate since the pandemic began and sustained growth in private sector employment, the Biden-Harris Administration is continuing to get people back to work. Since

Ahead of Labor Day, Secretary Marty Walsh and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler hosted a virtual roundtable on collective bargaining and organizing in America. We asked Amy Waters, a member ofNational Nurses Organizing Committee/National NursesUnitedand a participant in the roundtable, to shareherexperience with organizing and how their union has supported them. What made you and your coworkers want to organize? Amy

Grant Khanbalinov is a Navy veteran and champion for stronger systems and resources that support mental health. In August, he joined Secretary Marty Walsh during a care economy roundtable in Virginia to discuss the need for policies that help communities and families thrive, including paid family and medical leave. We asked Grant to share his personal experience with paid leave

Several weeks ago, I was confirmed as assistant secretary of labor for disability employment policy, an honor that has placed me at the helm of a place I know and love, the department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. I was fortunate to call ODEP home for a significant portion of my earlier career, and returning during the agency’s 20th anniversary

During National Work and Family Month, we’re highlighting the need for equitable practices in the workplace that support all working families. From paid family and medical leave to flexible work hours and access to quality child care, research shows policies that support a healthy work-life balance are good for workers and employers.  While there’s much more to be done to

This year marks 20 years since the department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, or ODEP, was created. In honor of this milestone, ODEP Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer Sheehy recently talked to Dr. Roy Grizzard, who served as ODEP’s assistant secretary from 2002 to 2007. Sheehy: Please tell us about your career prior to coming to ODEP, and how you ended

Miajul, age 12 and from Shyamol Palli in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sorts through hazardous plastic waste to support his family during a pandemic-related lockdown in May 2020. Credit:©UNICEF/UNI335716 The U.S. Department of Labor just released its annual report, Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, which details the state of child labor in 131 countries and

More than a year and half into the COVID-19 pandemic, depression and anxiety are on the rise among children and young adults—a trend we see reflected in the students (ages 16-24) we serve at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program, especially among people of color. However, we have also observed an encouraging trend: More students are asking for