Jason Lefkowitz

Labor Dept. Announces $100 Million in Green Jobs Training Grants

(Video transcript) Big news out of the Labor Department today — they awarded $100 million in grants to programs training workers for the green jobs of the future: Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced nearly $100 million in green jobs training grants, as authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 …

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Labor Department Unveils Regulatory Priorities for 2010

Today, the Department of Labor released its Fall 2009 Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda (PDF). That may sound dull, but if you care about good jobs and safe workplaces, you should care about this, because it signals the Department’s regulatory priorities for the year to come. And now that we have a Labor Department with leaders who …

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When The Revolution Comes, Your 401(k) Will Be First Against The Wall

Everybody’s favorite vampire squid, Goldman Sachs, has practiced a form of virtual class warfare for a long time now. But Bloomberg reports today that top execs there are now arming themselves for the real thing: “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing to the …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.