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Building the Framework for Good Jobs in Great Cities  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…

New Flyer Chooses Neutrality to Help Them as They Grow 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…

An Open Letter to the Mining Community  Last week I sent a letter to the mining communityasking everyone to join the Mine Safety and Health Administration in focusing on identifying and eliminating safety and health hazards that can cost…

10 Years Later: The Legacy of Rana Plaza     View this post on Instagram           A post shared by U.S. Labor Department (@usdol) We mourn and honor the more than 1,100 workers killed and the thousands more injured when the Rana Plaza…

A Second Chance Set This Worker on the Path to Career Success Second Chance Month provides an opportunity to highlight the barriers people face in finding work after incarceration – and the benefits of the programs that help them overcome…

Partners in Progress: SMART and SMACNA’s Labor-Management Cooperative Fund In 2002, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National…

How We're Supporting the National Firefighter Registry On Thursday, April 13, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced the opening of the National Firefighter Registryfor Cancer  — the largest effort…

Making Green: Good-Paying Jobs With an Environmental Focus For some workers, every day is Earth Day. Did you know studying how to protect the planet often leads to a good paycheck, too? Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show…