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New Yorker named U.S. Department of Labor Solicitor

New York's Commissioner of Labor, M. Patricia Smith, has been approved for the high-ranking position of Solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor.

U.S. Department of Labor: Union membership has big advantages

Every year or so Hotel Voice prints information showing the advantages workers have when they are union members. The information is based on statistics gathered by the federal government through the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Republicans oppose President’s Dept. of Labor nominee

Republicans in Congress are blocking President Barack Obama's nominee for the important position of Solicitor in the U.S. Department of Labor.

New York Unemployment Update

We have been hearing from many members about the difficulties you are having receiving unemployment benefits due to the New York State Department of Labor being overwhelmed with the number of people whose claims have hit the one year mark. This has created several types of issues for the Department of Labor. Read more...

Obama addresses AFL-CIO on Labor Day

The entire eight years former president George W. Bush was in office, unions were systematically shut out of the White House and corporate interests took the reigns of the Department of Labor.

Under new Secretary of Labor, new hope for the Labor Dept.

President Barack Obama's Secretary of Labor, former U.S. Representative Hilda Solis, has already succeeded in invigorating and reorienting the Department of Labor to a considerable degree. She has assembled a team of dedicated and effective advocates who have spent their careers protecting workers and their rights.

NY will issue three weeks of $300 supplemental unemployment benefits

September 12, 2020 3:56 PM

The New York Department of Labor has announced that the state will begin to distribute $300 a week supplemental unemployment benefits (provided under the Lost Wages Assistance Program) the week of September 14th.

Affordable Care Act Regulation Will Affect COBRA Notices

Suggested guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Labor as a result of a provision in the Affordable Care Act—often called Obamacare—will change COBRA notice requirements. This means that members and their families will be notified of a choice they can make when they lose their healthcare benefits for any reason including the loss of employment. For this reason, this is a very important issue for all members to understand.

President-Elect Biden: “the government should encourage the formation of unions”

On January 8, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden announced the nominations for the key members of his economic team, including leadership at the United States Department of Labor. The President-elect committed that under the Biden-Harris administration, our government will not only protect the rights of workers to organize, but actually encourage the formation of unions in an effort to help our economy recover and rebuild our nation’s middle class. Read more...