Sentences with phrase «secretary of labor»

But the president fell short of the ambitious goals he set in the 1992 campaign, his former secretary of labor says in a new memoir.

At 1 p.m., Hochul discusses Cuomo's Paid Family Leave proposal during a roundtable with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, Partnership for the Public Good, 617 Main St., Suite 300, Buffalo.

In response to the new rule, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins announced in an article co-authored with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez that NIH will increase the salary levels for the first 3 years of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA)-- which also serve as a benchmark for many other funding sources — «to levels above the threshold.»

Roberts T. Jones, the foundation's vice president and the former assistant secretary of labor for employment and training in the Bush Administration, was among those who lost their jobs.

One big concern: Giving investors the right to sue could have «a chilling effect on people giving advice,» says Ann Combs, head of government relations at Vanguard Group and a former assistant secretary of labor under Pres. George W. Bush.

Chao, who served as Secretary of Labor under former President George W. Bush, is married to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Mrs. Korologos served as U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan from 1987 - 1989.

Vice President Mike Pence, joined by Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke, Gov. Greg Abbott, and Rep. Blake Farenthold, will travel to Texas to visit with those affected by Hurricane Harvey and assess the damage.

While President Obama is declaring income inequality the «defining issue of our times,» New York Mayor Bill De Blasio is making fixing it his city's top priority and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is speaking out about the

In an op - ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday evening, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta confirmed that the agency's fiduciary rule will begin taking effect on June 9.

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards — which many consider a benchmark for postdoc pay — will rise «above the threshold,» stated National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins in an article co-authored with Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez.

Sevillia served as director of Policy and Legislative Affairs at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, he helped secure the Senate's support for the most robust immigrant integration proposal in decades, as well as confirmation of U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.

Chairman Perez was the United States Secretary of Labor from 2013 to 2017.

Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why civil disobedience and #Occupy is so important in the age of big money.

That may be one reason the Trump administration issued the memorandum as soon as it did, before its new secretary of labor was confirmed.

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

Obama intends to nominate Lu as the successor to Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth Harris, who is leaving the agency next week to be a distinguished scholar at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

The photographs and accompanying text and audio create a complex portrait of a middle - class African American family that is meant to stand in contrast to a 1965 report written by Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan, which blamed «the deterioration of the fabric of Negro society» on a weak family structure.

In late 1964, Daniel Patrick «Pat» Moynihan was a largely unknown 37 - year - old assistant secretary of labor in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

A former Secretary of Labor during the Clinton administration, author of 14 books, and current professor at UC Berkeley, Reich lends invaluable experience and unstoppable vigor to what could have been a cold, dismaying film.

She served as U.S. Secretary of Labor from 2001 - January 2009, and is the first Asian American woman to be appointed to the President's cabinet in American history.

Prior to that, for nearly eight years, Director James led the U. S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), a position to which he was appointed in 2001 by then Secretary of Labor, Elaine Chao.

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Ultimately, Puzder's critics say that he is unfit to be Secretary of Labor because he has prioritized CKE Restaurant's profits over workers» well - being.

«We are excited that Andy Puzder will serve as our nation's next Secretary of Labor,» Dawn Sweeney, the National Restaurant Association's president and CEO, said in a statement.

Trump's advisers and cabinet picks, including Secretary of Labor nominee Andy Puzder, have generally been outspoken about their desire to roll back financial regulations.

As ThinkAdvisor's Melanie Waddell has reported, President Donald Trump is expected to issue an order directing the DOL to delay its fiduciary rule by six months or a year and has appointed an acting secretary of Labor while confirmation hearings for his chosen Labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, have been delayed.

President Trump recently signed an executive order directing the incoming Secretary of Labor (whoever that may be) to review the rule with an eye towards rescinding or revising it.

«I applaud Commissioner Kaufman, Assistant Attorney General Tom Lawrie and their entire staff for their willingness to take prompt and aggressive action in a complex case involving multiple parties, tribal immunity and related issues,» said Maryland Secretary of Labor Leonard J. Howie III in a statement.

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

Former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, the wife of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, stars in a 30 - second television spot released by the Kentucky Republican's campaign.

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.

In the early 1970s, U.S. Secretary of Labor George Shultz told universities that if they didn't at least have plans for increasing the number of women on their faculties, they might lose their federal grants.

With no final decision on the lawsuit expected until well after the Trump administration takes office — and with administration appointees including the proposed secretary of labor and the Republican - controlled Congress apparently opposed to the change — observers believe that, even were the new rule to survive court scrutiny, it would likely be overturned.

Enforcement had been scheduled to begin Oct. 15, but Secretary of Labor William Brock delayed it at the request of the Congress, which is considering legislation that would exempt state and local government workers, including school employees, from the more costly provisions of the act, said Herbert Cohen,...

Secretary of Labor Elizabeth H. Dole said last week that the Bush Administration is considering ways to make it easier for workers to transfer pension benefits when they change employment.

For Long, the presence of both the Secretary of Education and Secretary of Labor at the summit was particularly significant, indicating a new link between the departments.

Professor Edward Banfield brought into his course on «urban problems» a young assistant secretary of labor named Daniel Patrick Moynihan, whose enthusiastic explanation of the nascent «war» fired my imagination — and introduced the man who would later become my doctoral adviser, chief mentor, and the source of three riveting jobs.

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 sector.

«Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, 6/12/2017, # 54.»

In a June 12, 2017 statement, Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta extolled the virtues of expanding apprenticeship programs (The White House 2017).

However, despite continued pushback from the broker - dealer and insurance industries on the controversial rulemaking — and delays — Saxon told ThinkAdvisor that he doesn't believe that Phyllis Borzi, assistant secretary of labor for DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, the main architect of the fiduciary rule, «is ever going to give up» on making sure the fiduciary redraft sees the light of day.

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

Sen. Bernie Sanders responded to former Vice President Joe Biden's recent endorsement of former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez for DNC chair by reaffirming the necessity for Rep. Keith Ellison to win the DNC chair seat in order to take the Democratic Party in a more progressive direction.

«There is still a fair and there is still an unfair in society,» Mr. Cuomo said at the rally, at which he was joined by Thomas E. Perez, the United States 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.

Liberals such as former secretary of labor Robert Reich and conservatives such as Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee support the approach, as do a growing number of climate scientists and economists.

Thomas Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Obama, is in the running to be National Democratic chairman.