Department of Labor

Bush Lies and Deception-A Farewell

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics


Christopher Brauchli

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual. Thomas J...

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The nation's jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory ga...

The Bush Administration's Latest Assault on Immigrant Farmworkers

Bruce Goldstein | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics


Bruce Goldstein

New changes to the guestworker program proposed by the Bush administration would reduce protections and contravene decades of lessons learned about temporary worker programs.

On Worker's Memorial Day: Protest Bush Administration Policies Making Work Less Safe

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

Monday, April 28, is one day set aside to concentrate on saving workers' lives. It is an occasion on which we mourn the dead and strive for better conditions for the living.

Elaine Chao's Absence of Accountability

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Mary Beth Maxwell

Chao's 'leadership' at the Department of Labor should not be emulated by anyone. She has undermined the agency and failed to serve in the best interests of workers she is charged with protecting.

4,000 Mine Safety Violations Ignored On Bush Administration Watch

Charleston (W.V.) Gazette | Ken Ward Jr | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics


Federal regulators have allowed mine operators to avoid fines for thousands of health and safety citations, despite a federal law that requires moneta...

Feds Fight To Keep Utah Mine Investigation Docs From Public

CNN | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home


Court proceedings of the investigation into the collapse of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine should not be made public, argue attorneys for the Mine Safety...