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Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
Got a job yet???Republicans quit caring about working americans decades ago.. It's all about abortion and the gays now.
Today, We Honor Working Americans -- But the Republican Budget Doesn't
Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
I do have a job, yes, do you?Got a job yet???Republicans quit caring about working americans decades ago.. It's all about abortion and the gays now.
Today, We Honor Working Americans -- But the Republican Budget Doesn't
Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
And what is it???I do have a job, yes, do you?Got a job yet???Republicans quit caring about working americans decades ago.. It's all about abortion and the gays now.
Today, We Honor Working Americans -- But the Republican Budget Doesn't
Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
New CFAG joins on August 9h - makes 1,556 posts in less than a month.
The new CFAG needs to get a life.
This is fucking wrong! The republican party really does want to go back to the 19th century...
Get rid of these fuckers.
I'm weed jesus. I distribute weed based on the needs of the people.And what is it???I do have a job, yes, do you?Got a job yet???Republicans quit caring about working americans decades ago.. It's all about abortion and the gays now.
Today, We Honor Working Americans -- But the Republican Budget Doesn't
Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
Specifics, please.
I want to insure it 's not panhandling..
Fuck you....This is fucking wrong! The republican party really does want to go back to the 19th century...
Get rid of these fuckers.
K, so you are a dope dealer...I'm weed jesus. I distribute weed based on the needs of the people.And what is it???I do have a job, yes, do you?Got a job yet???Republicans quit caring about working americans decades ago.. It's all about abortion and the gays now.
Today, We Honor Working Americans -- But the Republican Budget Doesn't
Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
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Workpermit.com - Immigration - US - H-1B visaRepublicans quit caring about working americans decades ago.. It's all about abortion and the gays now.
Today, We Honor Working Americans -- But the Republican Budget Doesn't
Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
96 million Americans are looking for work, are under-employed or have simply given up and more Americans are in poverty or sucking the taxpayers tit under Obama economics than ever before. Basically, you're an idiot..Got a job yet???Republicans quit caring about working americans decades ago.. It's all about abortion and the gays now.
Today, We Honor Working Americans -- But the Republican Budget Doesn't
Today, we celebrate Labor Day -- a day to honor America's workers and mark their social and economic achievements.
Tomorrow, Members of Congress return to work and face a pretty sizable piece of business -- enactment of a budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Unfortunately, the Republican budget plans launch a double-pronged attack on the workers we are celebrating today.
The Republican appropriations bills are stacked with ideological provisions known as "riders" that are unrelated to spending levels and weaken basic protections for workers, the backbone of our economy. These riders undermine worker safety, the ability of workers to save for retirement, and workers' ability to have a meaningful, unionized voice in their workplaces. On top of that, the bills cut funding for key agencies that are charged with enforcing these and other worker protections - including basic requirements that workers be paid what they earn and work in a safe environment. And they also underfund programs that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's economy.
In other words, the Republican budget plan would weaken worker protections, weaken enforcement of those weakened protections, and deny training to workers who want to build skills and a career. That's just one reason the President has said that the Republican budget plans are unacceptable.
Here are eight key ways Republican budget plans would hurt working Americans:
1) They'd weaken the Department of Labor's ability to protect wages for more than 135 million workers, costing workers an estimated $70-$80 million in back wages. The Senate bill cuts $67 million from the Wage and Hour Division, the part of the Department of Labor that enforces wage protections like the minimum wage, overtime pay, and the right for workers to be paid what they have earned. That's a 24 percent cut compared to the President's Budget. The House bill cuts the Division by $62 million, or 22 percent, below the President's Budget. These bills would weaken the Division's ability to protect wages in more than 7.3 million establishments for over 135 million workers, including the ability to recover back wages for workers.
2) They'd cut funding for workplace inspections and enforcement of standards that prevent illness, injury, and fatalities on the job. The House would cut funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $57 million -- or 10 percent -- compared to the President's Budget. The Senate cuts OSHA funding more deeply, by $68 million, or 11 percent. This means fewer inspections of dangerous workplaces, a slower response to fatalities and serious injuries, and diminished protections for workers who report unsafe and unscrupulous behavior.
The cuts in the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA are part of a larger cut to the Department of Labor's worker protection efforts under the Republican budget plans. The Senate cuts $260 million from these worker protection agencies in total, while the House cuts about $200 million.
3) The House would reverse an existing policy that lets independent experts accompany workplace safety inspectors. This would deny OSHA and workers the help of industrial hygienists and safety engineers who provide expertise, and translators and worker advocates who help ensure that workers have a voice in identifying and understanding hazards in their workplace. These third-party experts would not be allowed to participate without a vote being organized among workers first - a requirement that would unnecessarily delay the identification and abatement of hazards that put workers at risk of harm.
4) The Senate would effectively block, by endless delay, a rule to protect workers from carcinogenic silica dust. OSHA needs to update a decades-old rule limiting workers' exposure to this known lung carcinogen. But the Senate rider would delay improving protections for workers until unnecessary, additional studies are completed.
5) They'd make it harder to prevent unlawful treatment of workers who take action to improve their working conditions. The House and Senate bills slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively, below the President's Budget. At this level of funding, the Board would be forced to reduce its staffing level by up to one-third, severely hindering its ability to investigate and litigate unfair labor practices and conduct secret ballot elections, as required by law, around the nation.
6) They'd use multiple riders to further disempower the NLRB. Both the House and Senate bills include numerous riders that would block common-sense rules to level the playing field for workers who want to vote on whether or not to form a union, and interfere with the Board's adjudicatory functions by prohibiting it from considering cases regarding joint-employer standards or the appropriate size of a bargaining unit.
7) They'd block protections for workers saving for retirement. The Department of Labor's "Conflict of Interest" rule would protect those saving for retirement from being steered into investments that are in their advisors' financial interest but not theirs. The Council of Economic Advisers has estimated that conflicted advice leads to annual losses of about $17 billion for IRA investors.
8) They'd underfund employment and training programs that employers need to build a skilled workforce and workers rely on to prepare for 21st-century jobs, depriving at least two million workers of job training and employment services. The Senate and House bills fail to support the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which last year passed the Senate 97-3, and other key employment services. The Senate funds employment and training programs at $650 million less than the President's Budget level, while the House bill reduces the funding level by nearly $500 million. Under the Republican bills, at least two million fewer workers would receive job training and employment services, as compared to the President's Budget. The Republican bills also deny funding for the Administration's proposed Apprenticeship Grants, depriving American workers of the chance to participate in this proven learn-and-earn model, which offers a clear gateway to the middle class. The Senate bill in particular also slashes funding for targeted grants to help workers whose jobs are lost as a result of mass layoffs and natural disasters, providing only $74 million for program year 2016 -- $167 million (69 percent) less than the President's Budget.
I'll have to disagree here, the department of labor is not a waste of taxpayer dollars and is necessary to protect workers.The Department of Labor should be completely dismantled and done away with. It's a waste of taxpayer dollars and overreach of the federal government.
It's just another corrupt department of government, it should be downsized, employees should be immediately held responsible for their constant screw-ups and their unions should be fully investigated for political corruption and collusion with the Democrat Party.I'll have to disagree here, the department of labor is not a waste of taxpayer dollars and is necessary to protect workers.The Department of Labor should be completely dismantled and done away with. It's a waste of taxpayer dollars and overreach of the federal government.
Wage and Hour Division (WHD) - U.S. Department of LaborIt's just another corrupt department of government, it should be downsized, employees should be immediately held responsible for their constant screw-ups and their unions should be fully investigated for political corruption and collusion.I'll have to disagree here, the department of labor is not a waste of taxpayer dollars and is necessary to protect workers.The Department of Labor should be completely dismantled and done away with. It's a waste of taxpayer dollars and overreach of the federal government.
