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Posted By Klarissa 4 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsLabor Secretary Solis is adding staff and signaling the department will soon begin putting in practice the more assertive regulation of business she promised early in her tenure.
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Klarissa4 months, 2 weeks ago
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As part of the federal stimulus program, the administration was allotted $575 million for fiscal 2009 to help train workers who have lost their jobs due to foreign trade, and has distributed more than $470 million since January. The Bush administration was allotted $220 million in such funds for fiscal 2008. In addition, the program was expanded in mid-May to include more types of workers.
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The Obama administration is also naming more of the people who will hold senior posts in the Labor Department, few of whom have business backgrounds, a shift from most of former President Bush's appointees. -
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Wolfie20074 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Ms. Solis and President Barack Obama also have reversed or postponed some policy decisions made under former President George W. Bush. In April, the labor department postponed a last-minute Bush-era rule that would have required unions to disclose more about their finances. The agency will take more time to consider the rule, which businesses praised and unions said was excessive."
Of course, it would be excessive to examine the books of a labor union. What a load! -
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Wolfie20074 months, 2 weeks ago
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Oh yeah, OSHA needs to be doing more like they did to some friends of mine who own a commercial roofing business. They had to put a wheelchair access toilet in their office even though they never have clients coming to the office. As a matter of fact, there has never been a wheelchair bound person in their office neither before they spent the $20K to put the toilet in nor since it was installed.
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