Government

Celebrating Women’s History Month First celebrated as Women's History Week in 1980, following a Proclamation by then-President Carter, March marks Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate women’s historic contributions to all aspects of…
Read More...

Update to the CareerInfo App is Now Available!   The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to announce improvements and updates to the CareerInfo app,…
Read More...

Supporting Women's Success in STEM As we close out Women’s History Month, we sat down with the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Mary “Beth” Nettles, who serves as the section chief for Mine Safety and Health Administration…
Read More...

How OSHA’s New Authority Empowers Immigrant Workers En español"Often vulnerable workers are not only subject to labor exploitation but also to other crimes, with false promises of employment and false promises of better lives." -@OSHA_DOL…
Read More...

A New Collaboration Helped us Improve our Job Quality Measurement and Promote Good Jobs for All Good, family sustaining jobs make our economy and our nation stronger, but our current structure of work is not enough to provide…
Read More...

NLRB/FMCS Partnership is Helping Employers and Workers Build Relationships and Reach Agreements One of the biggest challenges facing workers when they organize a union is reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement with their…
Read More...

Expanding Opportunity for Workers – Yes, WIOA Can! Graduation gowns at the Spring 2022 Lake Area Technical College graduation.The federal government is making big investments in infrastructure, clean energy, manufacturing and technology –…
Read More...

Did We Forget the Lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire? On March 25, 1911, a fire started on the upper floors of the Asch Building in Manhattan, New York – home to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. That fire became one of the…
Read More...

Q&A with MSHA Instructor Michele Santos-Cranford During Women’s History Month, we asked Michele Santos-Cranford, an instructor at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy, to tell us about her career and what advice she has for…
Read More...

WISER’s Cindy Hounsell - Increasing women’s financial education and retirement security since 1996 In the early 1980s, Cindy Hounsell’s employer froze the benefits in the pension plan it offered to its employees.  That meant that…
Read More...