Today, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1784): “The global spread of COVID-19, known more commonly as the coronavirus, has sparked conversations in recent weeks about health and safety in the workplace and paid si... Read more »
Today, the leaders of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), unveiled a bipartisan bill to protect students’ access to school meal benefits during school closures related to COVID-19. As of March 10, 621 schools have been closed or are scheduled to close, affecting more than 430,000 students and jeopardizing access to a critical s... Read more »
The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule today that will establish Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs), which are apprenticeships led by job creators, colleges, and other entities instead of the federal government. Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement in support of DOL’s rule, which will expand ap... Read more »
Union bosses have a long history of cheating workers out of millions of dollars in hard-earned union dues. It’s no surprise that yesterday’s top headlines included federal prosecutors charging former UAW President Gary Jones, the leader of the union, with embezzling more than $1 million in union dues, racketeering, and tax evasion. Over the past six months, Education and Labor Committee Republican... Read more »
Today, Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), issued the following statement in support of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule requiring additional financial reporting for labor union-controlled trusts such as workforce development programs funded by union worker dues: “Union bosses have a long history of che... Read more »
Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss strengthening apprenticeships. “Today we are here to discuss reform of the National Apprenticeship Act, an important tool in our efforts to promote and strengthen apprenticeshi... Read more »
Today, Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX), Republican Member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to examine the Department of Labor's oversight of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund: “Workers in the mining industry have been an extremely important part of the American economy for decades. Congress create... Read more »
Today, the Committee on Education and Labor announced plans for a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, to discuss a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the National Apprenticeship Act. The hearing will be held by the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment at 10:15 a.m. In a joint statement, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Higher Education and Workf... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement in support of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) final rule to update the standard for determining joint-employer status: “After years of uncertainty created by the Obama-era NLRB, today’s final joint-employer rule will restore a reasonable interpretation of the Nationa... Read more »
Today, Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), submitted a comment letter to Secretary Eugene Scalia supporting the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule to increase transparency and accountability among union intermediate bodies, which are mid-level public sector labor organizations. In the letter, Reps. Foxx an... Read more »
