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Roxann Griffith Every February, I, along with many others across the nation, commemorate Black History Month and celebrate an important aspect of my diverse cultural heritage. Like most Americans, I’m the sum of many parts, an amalgam of intersecting identities. I am Black, a woman and a proud disabled veteran, to name a few. The intersectionality of my heritage and

Cristian Céspedes En Español Imagine working for as little as $12 per hour as a painter or roofer under the hot sun in Arizona or Nevada. Now, imagine that your employer doesn’t pay overtime wages, falsifies pay records, requires you to work without pay on weekends and intimidates workers who question the company’s pay practices. This terrible situation is exactly

En Español As thousands of football fans cheerfully don their team’s colors and prepare their tailgate feasts before Super Bowl LVII in Arizona, human traffickers and unscrupulous employers seeking to profit from the exploitation of workers are also preparing for the big event. Unfortunately, the large-scale festivities around the Super Bowl create opportunities to take advantage of vulnerable workers, so

[embedded content] En Español The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has been the cornerstone of the Department of Labor’s efforts to promote work-life balance since it became law in 1993. The success of the law over the last 30 years is reflected in the stories of the workers who have exercised their right to take job-protected leave to care for

Editor’s note:In our “I Am DOL” series, we’re highlighting employees who work in a wide range of roles at the Department of Labor but who all share a passion for public service. Stay tuned for more stories, and explore current job openings at the department today. Ron Vargas, a federal project officer in the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), helps

Today,the Bureau of Labor Statistics reportedreported that the American economy added 517,000 jobs in the month of January, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4 percent, the lowest rate since May of 1969. With 12.1 million jobs added since President Biden took office and a monthly average of 356,000 jobs over the past three months, we began 2023 with

Founded in 2006, the Joint Workforce Investment is a High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) between Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265. JWI has pioneered the labor-management partnership approach in transit and continues to lead the industry in workforce development programs. JWI is one of three transit HRTPs that founded California Transit Works! (CTW) in

Black Americans have been instrumental to the development of the United States and have played a crucial role in the American labor movement, through new inventions, workplace organization and public service – including serving at the Department of Labor. Test your knowledge with our Black History Month Labor Trivia Challenge. Questions 1.Who was the first president to recognize Black History

The STRIVE Future Leaders program, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, is an innovative program designed for justice-impacted youth ages 18-24 that currently operates in Atlanta, Chicago, Connecticut, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia and San Diego. We recently spoke to Gomol, a graduate of STRIVE Future Leaders at Café Reconcile in New Orleans, on his experience. Tell us about

While we’re well into the new year, I will not forget those miners we lost in 2022. Each fatality is felt deeply across the Mine Safety and Health Administration. It also reminds us of our core mission: to ensure that miners go home safe and healthy at the end of each shift. We made some progress this year in our