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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $1 million in grant funding to support disaster-relief jobs and employment and training services for Alaska residents in the aftermath of severe storms and flooding caused by Typhoon Halong.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $2,383,398 in additional funding to support continued disaster-relief jobs and employment and training services for West Virginia residents in the aftermath of February 2025 severe storms.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $4 million in additional funding to support continued disaster-relief jobs for Missouri residents affected by severe storms that occurred in spring 2025.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued the following statement regarding the September 2025 Employment Situation Report:
In the week ending November 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week’s level. The 4-week moving average was 224,250, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s average.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $2,383,398 in additional funding to support continued disaster-relief jobs and employment and training services for West Virginia residents in the aftermath of February 2025 severe storms.
WASHINGTON – The United States has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at Grupo Yazaki, S.A. de C.V., located in the city of Leon in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The United States has suspended liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods into this country from the Yazaki facility, which manufactures automotive components, wire harnesses, and electronic components.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of an additional $700,000 in grant funding to Georgia for continued employment and training services for residents affected by severe storms in 2024.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to organizations in 45 states, the Navajo Nation, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to reduce mining accidents, injuries, and illnesses by supporting programs such as safety and health courses.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education today announced new interagency agreements to break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs, and move closer to fulfilling the President’s promise to return education to the states.