Sentences with phrase «u.s. labor secretary»

Economist and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains the need for a carbon price and elected leaders who'll take action:

He's the U.S. Labor Secretary.

The district's diploma guarantee will be based on job skills identified by the U.S. Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, or SCANs, which last summer released a set of job competencies that it urged school districts to adopt.

And U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez joins me here in the studio to talk about those new jobs numbers.

At 9:30 a.m., U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez and Al Jazeera America host and newscaster Ray Suarez speak to graduates of CUNY's LaGuardia Community College during the college's 42nd annual commencement exercises for about 1,000 students; Javits Center North, 11th Avenue and 38th Street, Manhattan.

In July 2000, Pataki's name surfaced on the short list to be the running mate for Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush, along with the names of Governor John Engler of Michigan, Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania, former Senator John Danforth of Missouri, and former U.S. Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina.

No matter who wins, the next Democratic chairman will face a daunting task, said Buffalo Mayor and state Democratic Chairman Byron Brown, who is leaning toward backing former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez, a Buffalo native.

Rep. Keith Ellison has the edge over former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez heading into this weekend's DNC chair vote, according to a survey conducted by The Hill, but neither candidate is assured victory.

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Rep. Keith Ellison are the top contenders for chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Moving quickly to replace his original U.S. Labor Secretary pick after controversial fast food executive Andrew Puzder withdrew his name, Trump played it safe with his selection: Alexander Acosta.

U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta today rescinded Obama - era guidance that defines a «joint - employer.»

The day - long summit boasted a premier lineup of executives, business experts and elected officials including: U.S. Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta; U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao; Dan Bryant, Senior VP of Walmart's Global Public Government Affairs; U.S. Rep. Lou Correa (CA - 46); Senator Orrin Hatch (R - UT); U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen (FL - 27); Alia Moses, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas; Mary Ann Gomez Orta, President and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute; C.E. Tee Rowe, President and CEO of America's Small Business Development Centers and many more.

The U.S. Labor Department will implement its fiduciary rule on June 9 with no further delays, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said on Tuesday.

«Americans are sick and tired of the playing field not being level,» Tom Perez, U.S. Labor Secretary, said last Friday.

With ports near gridlock and cargo delays being felt throughout the U.S. commercial supply chain, U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez plans to travel to San Francisco on Tuesday to help broker an agreement on a new contract between dockworkers and the group representing shippers and terminal operators.

In mid-May, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez brought the parties back to the negotiating table.

Not exact matches

«We are pleased that Amazon is joining the remarkable group of forward - looking organizations that are pursuing innovations in apprenticeship for the 21st century,» said the Obama administration's Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor, Chris Lu, in a press release.

Robert Reich, a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of «Beyond Outrage,» now available in paperback.

Robert Reich is the former U.S. Secretary of Labor and a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley.

Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of «Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future.»

Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced he will be joined by Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry at the 2017 SelectUSA Investment Summit, June 18 - 20, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced he will be joined by Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, and Secretary...

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe will take the stage, along with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, and Mr. Jeffrey Zients, Director of the National Economic Council.

We must convey to our U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives, to the Secretary of Labor, and to the White House, the huge importance of this proposal.

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«That isn't going to happen,» U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez told me this week.

The 25 - page lawsuit named the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; and the U.S. Department of Labor and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis as defendants.

U.S. Cong., Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Work in America, report of a special task force to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 93rd Cong., lst sess.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman delivered a tribute from President Bill Clinton.

The president has selected R. Alexander Acosta, currently dean of Florida International University College of Law and chairman of U.S. Century Bank, to be secretary of Labor after fast food exec Andrew Puzder withdrew from consideration.

U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez plans to visit Buffalo on March 8th.

«You shouldn't have to have to struggle to feed your family,» said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Pérez.

Verizon Communications and unions representing nearly 40,000 wireline workers have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that has stretched for more than month, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said.

Espaillat, the first formerly undocumented immigrant elected to the House, assailed several other Trump's proposed appointees: Breitbart News co-founder Stephen Bannon for chief political strategist; Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General; Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; fast food magnate Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to hold a U.S. cabinet post when she served as secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

BATON ROUGE — Today, Governor Bobby Jindal sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis of the U.S. Department of Labor requesting through the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 for disaster related workforce training and job placement services and unemployment benefit services for workers displaced as a result of the oil spill.

The inaugural session on the morning of Wed., Apr. 13th, which featured an official ribbon - cutting ceremony, brought together a roster of speakers which included, among others, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Pérez, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Assemblymember Michael Blake, Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

U.S. Government Officials: former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former Secretary of Defense Les Aspin

Naveen Sangji also spoke frankly during a Washington meeting between relatives of deceased workers and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.

This work was funded by contract DOL - OPS -14-P-00121 from the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation Office.

February 24, 2016 • NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez about the movement to increase minimum wages at the local level.

The report was written at the instigation of an assistant secretary for labor, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who became a close adviser to both President Lyndon Johnson and President Richard Nixon and eventually one of the 20th century's most distinguished members of the U.S. Senate.

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education last week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich suggested that the Clinton Administration may introduce its school - to - work initiative as part of an omnibus workforce - development bill.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez's blog post announcing the proposal begins with a touching anecdote about the manager at a discount retail store in Massachusetts, who works long hours with no overtime pay.

As early as 1990, The U.S. Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills published a report (PDF download) about the changing skills young people need to succeed in the workplace.

Speaking this month to a group of nationally recognized teachers and principals, U.S. Secretary of Labor Ann McLaughlin criticized the combative nature of labor - management relations within the nation's schools and urged educators to emulate the more cooperative relationships that have been forged in the private seLabor Ann McLaughlin criticized the combative nature of labor - management relations within the nation's schools and urged educators to emulate the more cooperative relationships that have been forged in the private selabor - management relations within the nation's schools and urged educators to emulate the more cooperative relationships that have been forged in the private sector.

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will hold an executive session on the nomination of Dr. King to serve as Secretary of Education, with no caveats.

Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will vote on Betsy DeVos» nomination as the next U.S. Secretary of Education.

Lt. Governor Tate Reeves sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions last week outlining his support for Betsy DeVos» nomination to be the next United States Secretary of Education.