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Join the Conversation: #VetsTownHall
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 4:37 PM EDT
Join the Department of Labor (DOL) for a Women Veterans Twitter Town Hall on Tuesday, May 22 at 12 pm EDT. You’ll have the chance to ask questions about resources and services available to women veterans as they return home from active duty. Officials from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will take part in the discussion, as well as special guests from John 14:2, Inc., Women Veterans Interactive, and Business and Professional Women’s Foundation.
Helping Vets Transition to Civilian Life
Posted on May 08, 2012 at 10:57 AM EDT
Helping veterans who have sacrificed for our country transition to civilian life continues to be a top priority for the Labor Department. That is why on May 2 the department announced the availability of approximately $12 million in grants through the Veterans' Workforce Investment Program. The grants will provide job training and skills development services to help approximately 6,000 veterans succeed in civilian careers. The department will award at least 10 grants in 10 states on a competitive basis to develop programs that include skills assessments, individual job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training, skills upgrades, placement assistance and follow-up services. "These men and women served our country, and now it is our turn to serve them and to support them," said Secretary Solis.
WB Host Equal Pay Twitter Chat
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 3:44 PM EDT
The department’s Women’s Bureau and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs hosted an Equal Pay Twitter Chat on Friday, April 20. Members of the National Equal Pay Task Force also participated in the chat. DOL officials were joined by colleagues from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Justice, as well as special guests from the American Association of University Women and Latinos in Social Media. During the chat, cyberspace participants asked questions about the pay gap and about the resources available to help women make informed career decisions. Participants were able to follow the chat via twitter using the hashtag: #EqualPayChat. DOL, Task Force participants and our guests shared data, resource links and discussed the winning apps for our recent Equal Pay App Challenge, which queried developers to address the pay gap through innovative use of data. During the hour long event, #EqualPayChat appeared as a trending topic in the U.S. and remained in the top three of all trending topics for the Washington, D.C. metro area for most of the afternoon. According to statistics collected on Friday afternoon, the Equal Pay Twitter Chat reached an audience of over 4 million and generated over 1,200 tweets across the country.
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White House Releases Report on Women and the Economy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM EDT
On Friday, April 6, at the White House Forum on Women and the Economy, President Obama discussed the critical role that women play in driving the nation’s economic progress. As part the Forum, the White House released a new report entitled Keeping America’s Women Moving Forward, The Key to an Economy Built to Last, which details the ways in which the Obama Administration has worked to ensure women's economic security at all stages of their lives and careers.
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Focusing on Vulnerable Workers
Posted on April 09, 2012 at 4:09 PM EDT
Sara Manzano-Díaz, director of the department's Women's Bureau, welcomed participants to the second Vulnerable Worker Briefing Series last Friday. The event examined the hardships and challenges faced by Latina workers, and was webcast to more than 400 stakeholders across the country and to the department's regional offices. "Latinas are the fastest growing minority group in the nation and are among the most vulnerable workers who are subjected to wage theft, sexual harassment and gender-based pay discrimination," Manzano-Díaz said. Panelists included Hector Sanchez, executive director of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; Andrea Delgado, senior policy analyst for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; Jordan Barab, deputy assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Pat Shiu, director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; Melvina Ford, senior policy advisor for the Wage and Hour Division, and Laine Romero-Alston, Ford Foundation program officer.
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Celebrating Moms
Posted on April 09, 2012 at 4:17 PM EDT
The department's Women's Bureau in San Francisco and the San Francisco Federal Executive Board's Diversity Awareness Council co-sponsored an event on March 30, in commemoration of Women's History Month. Women's Bureau Regional Director Jenny Erwin and Catherine King, vice president for exhibitions and programs at the International Museum of Women, were among those attending the event. The International Museum of Women is an innovative online museum that showcases art, stories and ideas to celebrate, inspire and advance the lives of women around the world. King gave attendees an online tour of the museum's latest exhibit, "MAMA: Motherhood around the Globe," which explores the realities and ideas of a new global generation of mothers through art, stories and voices.
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Supporting Women in Nontraditional Occupations
Posted on April 09, 2012 at 4:21 PM EDT
The Labor Department announced the availability of approximately $1.8 million in grants to help support women in gaining access to jobs in nontraditional occupations. The grants, jointly administered by the Women's Bureau and the Employment and Training Administration's Office of Apprenticeship, will support innovative projects to improve outreach, recruitment, hiring, training, employment and retention of women in apprenticeships in nontraditional occupations. These include advanced manufacturing, transportation, construction and green jobs related to these industries. The department expects to award up to six grants, with each grantee serving at least 100 women over the course of the grant.
WB to Host Equal Pay Day Roundtable
Posted on April 09, 2012 at 4:24 PM EDT
The department's Women's Bureau and its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will host a roundtable discussion on April 9 in Chicago about the laws, policies and regulations that impact equal pay issues, and how to end pay discrimination. Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. The free event is open to the public and the media. To find out more about this event, view the DOL events calendar.
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