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Last week, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers. This EO underscores the importance of care – and care workers – in our economy. Care is an essential component of the administration’s commitment to America’s industrial policy through bold, forward-looking investments to revitalize domestic manufacturing, create good-paying jobs, strengthen supply chains,

From Amazon to Starbucks; from Google to ski resorts in Utah; from the “green energy” industry to the healthcare industry, more workers are becoming aware of their rights to organize and bargain collectively. The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) helps ensure that workers can exercise these rights by advancing democracy, transparency, and financial integrity in the labor organizations that represent

Vice President Kamala Harris talks with workers at New Flyer’s electric bus manufacturing plant in St. Cloud, Minnesota. White House photo. As part of our neutrality series, we are highlighting companies that are choosing to remain neutral when their workers signal an interest in forming a union. This can begin a collaborative labor-management relationship, building a stronger business and workforce.

The Biden-Harris administration is delivering historic investments to communities across the country, growing our economy from the middle-out and bottom-up, not top-down. Thanks to the Investing in America agenda – which includes legislation such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act – our nation has a once-in-a-generation chance to build America’s next-generation infrastructure, while

Editor’s Note: This is part of a blog series by the Office of Labor-Management Standards on the various ways unions support workers. OLMS Director Jeffrey Freund introduced the series by writing about how unions serve the interests of members and non-members alike “beyond the bargaining table“. More recent posts have highlighted how union support for pre-apprenticeship programs helps provide a

On Thursday, April 13, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced the opening of theNational Firefighter Registry for Cancer— the largest effort ever undertaken to understand and reduce risk of cancer among U.S. firefighters. Each year, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) receives about 2,600 claims from federal firefighters injured or sickened

We mourn and honor the more than 1,100 workers killed and the thousands more injured when the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on April 24, 2013. Six of the eight floors of the building housed factories producing garments for major international brands. Workers expressed concerns that the building was structurally unsafe the very morning of the accident due

During the pandemic, Community Learning Center (CLC), a Department of Labor YouthBuild grant recipient in Fort Worth, Texas, developed a partnership with Housing Channel which allowed YouthBuild participants to build eco-friendly tiny homes on their property using products and equipment provided. CLC incorporated many green methods and products such as energy-efficient appliances, LED lighting, and eco-friendly insulating material. CLC also

About 1 in 36 children in the U.S. has autism spectrum disorder (autism), a condition that lasts throughout a person’s life and can affect their behavior, communication, interactions, and learning. Recognizing the celebration of Autism Awareness Month, we at the U.S. Department of Labor reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that autistic people can access the benefits they are entitled to

In 2002, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) created the Labor-Management Cooperation Fund (LMCF), in support of Partners in Progress (PINP). PINP formed to advance the prosperity of the sheet metal industry, the interests of the union and its members, as well as