Labor Dept. announces new rules for H-2A
U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis announced tough new regulations on wages and job safety protections for temporary agricultural workers. The new rules, which will go into effect in time for the 2010 growing season, “reflect the Administration’s commitment to providing fair wages and strong labor protections [...]
Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions. However, the threat of going to work healthy and coming home severely injured – or not coming home at all – remains all too real.
According to estimates (PDF document)by the International Labor Organization (ILO), worldwide, 1 million workers suffer [...]
GAO Report: Labor Department totally failing workers
This investigation clearly shows that the Department of Labor has left thousands of actual victims of wage theft who sought federal government assistance with nowhere to turn.
That’s the conclusion of an investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a report released this week at a hearing of the [...]