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Frances Perkins

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Name: Frances Perkins

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Perkins Award: When Champions Need a Champion

Labor and Employment LawAlthough the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team enjoyed plenty of success on the field in the 1990s, they were far behind the men’s team when it came to pay and benefits. In 1997, they approached Ballard Spahr labor and employment lawyer ... [Published Ballard Spahr - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Frances Perkins, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Pro Bono, Labor

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Albany has lost its edge

Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 3:10 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013The ethics report on Vito Lopez's attacks on women and the Assembly's ... [Published Times Union - May 24 2013]

Entities: Al Smith, Charlie Murphy, Charles Evans Hughes, Frances Perkins

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Funerals today 5/20/2013

Edith Beaird, 90, 10 a.m., Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home’s Chapel of Faith, 5701 Highway 277 South; burial follows in Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery.Irvin “Rich” Behney, 83, 9:30 a.m., The Hamil Family Funeral Home chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.; interment, ... [Published Abilene Reporter - May 20 2013]

Entities: Baptist Church, Mike Stanton (outfielder), Frances Perkins, William Carroll, Michael Barry

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Death notices 5/20/2013

Jack BennieBROWNWOOD — Jack Bennie, 67, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at home. Funeral services are pending with Heartland Funeral Home.Charles W. “Charlie” CooperANSON — Charles W. “Charlie” Cooper, 53, formerly of Stamford, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, ... [Published Abilene Reporter - May 20 2013]

Entities: Frances Perkins, Anson Ltd, Lubbock, Texas

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Harley Shaiken

BD’s textile industry crying out for change

WASHINGTON: The death toll from the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh swelled to more than 1,000 workers, cementing its place among a grisly lineup of the world’s worst industrial disasters and reinforcing calls that the tragedy ... [Published DAWN Group - May 12 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Harley Shaiken, Workers, Disaster, Texas City (United States)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Forsyth Co. father, son arrested for stealing from 91yearold

MARIETTA - A father and son from Forsyth County have been charged with stealing more than $1.6 million from an elderly Cobb County woman.Cobb County authorities said Jeffrey T. Carr, 39, of Bethel Ridge Court, Gainesville, remains jailed, while his father, ... [Published Access North GA - May 10 2013]

Entities: Frances Perkins, Joseph Carr, Jeffrey Carr

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

Fire shuts down Labor Dept. building

Fillichio did not immediately have information on what caused the fire at the Frances Perkins building or how extensive the damage was. The building on Constitution Ave. opened in 1975. ... [Published Modesto Bee - May 03 2013]

Entities: Labor, Frances Perkins

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

Will Fire At Labor Department Building Affect Release Of Employment Report?

WASHINGTON An overnight fire at the Labor Department's headquarters shut the building down for most employees early Friday, but the agency's monthly employment report was released as scheduled.Department employees and members of the news media involved ... [Published Huffington Post - May 03 2013]

Entities: Labor, Frances Perkins, Washington DC, Unemployment

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Obama Diversity Promise Makes Second Cabinet Like First

After being criticized for the lack of diversity among his early Cabinet picks for his second term, President Barack Obama is remaking his new team in the image of his first.Obama’s selection yesterday of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his next transportation ... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Hispanics

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Local legislators hold office hours

p. John J. Binienda, D-Worcester, will meet with constituents from 10 a.m. to noon May 17 at the South Worcester Neighborhood Center, 47 Camp St. For more information, call (617) 722-2692 or (508) 753-5962, or e-mail john.binienda@state.ma.us.Worcest ... [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Worcester (United States), Marlboro (United States), West Boylston (United States), Frances Perkins

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

would like to meet.

Economists and corporations and government and organized labor are all trying to figure out how to deal with all the changes that are going on in our economy. And by changes, I mean that work is breaking down.We’ve gone from full-time employment to project-work ... [Published Upstart Business Journal - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Labor Unions, Calculus, Franklin D Roosevelt

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Fortman speaks about Frances Perkins at forum

Frances Perkins' appointment as the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet wasn't even her biggest accomplishment.It was her work in leading President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal societal changes that will be her most lasting legacy, said Laura Fortman, who ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Frances Perkins, Franklin D Roosevelt, Maine Department of Labor, Mount Holyoke College, Workers

Quotes

...of academics and economic theorists produced was a mish-mash, exactly what would be expected of experimentation in the face of a daunting crisis. "the notion that the new deal had a preconceived theoretical position is ridiculous" said Frances Perkins, who would become FDR’s, Secretary of Labor from 1933-45, the first woman ever to serve in the Cabinet

Open thread for night owls: Despite supposed wealth of over-65s, most depend only on Social Security [Published Daily Kos - Mar 04 2013]

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Perkins Award: When Champions Need a Champion [Published Ballard Spahr - 17 hours ago]
Albany has lost its edge [Published Times Union - May 24 2013]
Funerals today 5/20/2013 [Published Abilene Reporter - May 20 2013]
Death notices 5/20/2013 [Published Abilene Reporter - May 20 2013]
BD’s textile industry crying out for change [Published DAWN Group - May 12 2013]
Forsyth Co. father, son arrested for stealing f... [Published Access North GA - May 10 2013]
Bangladesh 1,000 Deaths Recall Disasters From T... [Published Bloomberg - May 10 2013]
Will Fire At Labor Department Building Affect R... [Published Huffington Post - May 03 2013]
Department of Labor Building Closed Friday Due ... [Published NBC Washington DC - May 03 2013]
Department Of Labor Building Closed After Fire [Published WUSA 9 - May 03 2013]
Fire shuts down Labor Dept. building [Published Modesto Bee - May 03 2013]
Fire Shuts Down Labor Department Headquarters [Published Zero Hedge - May 03 2013]
Fire shuts down Labor Dept. building [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - May 03 2013]
Obama Diversity Promise Makes Second Cabinet Li... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 30 2013]
Lynn Parramore: When Your Boss Steals Your Wage... [Published naked capitalism - Apr 30 2013]
Local legislators hold office hours [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Apr 29 2013]
would like to meet. [Published Upstart Business Journal - Apr 26 2013]
Fortman speaks about Frances Perkins at forum [Published Individual.com - Apr 19 2013]
The Daily Agenda for Wednesday, April 10 [Published Box Turtle Bulletin - Apr 10 2013]
WOMEN OF THE YEAR: Great Changes, New Chances, ... [Published Time - Apr 01 2013]
Open thread for night owls: Despite supposed we... [Published Daily Kos - Mar 04 2013]
Hilda Solis steps down as Labor Secretary. So h... [Published Ezra Klein - Jan 10 2013]
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Resigns [Published Slate - David Weigel - Jan 09 2013]

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Fire Shuts Down Labor Department Headquarters [Published Zero Hedge - May 03 2013] Will this be the first instance in history of too many fired leading to an actual fire? Let the jokes begin. From AP : An overnight fire at the Labor Department's headquarters has shut the building down for most employees . Spokesman Carl ...
Lynn Parramore: When Your Boss Steals Your Wage... [Published naked capitalism - Apr 30 2013] By Lynn Parramore, a senior editor at Alternet. Cross posted from Alternet Imagine you’ve just landed a job with a big-time retailer. Your task is to load and unload boxes from trucks and containers. It’s back-breaking work. You toil 12 to 16 hours ...
The Daily Agenda for Wednesday, April 10 [Published Box Turtle Bulletin - Apr 10 2013] TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: AIDS Walk , Belmont, NC; Women’s Fest 2013 , Camp Rehoboth, DE; AIDS Walk , Cincinnati, OH; AIDS Walk , Des Moines, IA; AIDS Walk , Honolulu, HI; AIDS Walk , Las Vegas, NV; Miami Beach Pride , Miami, FL; ...
Open thread for night owls: Despite supposed we... [Published Daily Kos - Mar 04 2013] Dean Baker writes Time to Bury Pew Report on Wealth by Age Group :A couple of years ago, Pew did an analysis that gave breakdowns of wealth by age group. It found that the median household over the age of 65 had $170,500 in net worth. I was actually ...
Hilda Solis steps down as Labor Secretary. So h... [Published Ezra Klein - Jan 10 2013] On Wednesday, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced that she was stepping down. That prompted all sorts of Twitter snark : "[W]e have a secretary of labor??" And so on. But, yes, the United States does have a secretary of labor! And now ...