October 2, 2024 | CN, CPKC, CSX, DOL, DOT, News, Top News
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. Department of Labor photo ____________________ On September 25, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su sent letters to the CEOs of three Class I freight railroads — CPKC,...
September 27, 2024 | DOL, News, Top News
From left: Retired ATDA President Leo McCann, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and ATDA President Ed Dowell (DOL photograph) ____________________ The American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) was one of nine unions honored by the U.S. Department of Labor on...
September 26, 2024 | CN, CPKC, CSX, DOL, DOT, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 25, 2024) U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su today sent letters to the CEOs of three Class I freight railroads – CPKC, CN, and CSX –...
August 10, 2023 | DOL, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: OSHA/ Department of Labor press release, August 9, 2023) After several U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety and health investigations at the East Palestine, Ohio, site where a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailed in February 2023, the train’s...
April 27, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: Roll Call, April 26, 2023) The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted along party lines (11-10) Wednesday to advance Julie Su’s nomination to be Labor secretary, with several senators’ floor votes still in question. Full story: Roll...
April 24, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: People’s World, April 21, 2023) Fending off Senate Republican attacks, notably over jobless insurance payment fraud when she was California’s Labor Commissioner, U.S. Labor Department Under Secretary Julie Su appeared on her way to Senate Labor Committee...
April 20, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: CNN, April 20, 2023) Julie Su, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of labor, is set to take part in a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Full story: CNN
March 14, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: The Guardian, March 12, 2023) Julie Su has come a long way since she first made headlines in 1995 when she, then just 26 years old, was lead lawyer for 72 Thai workers who were essentially kept in slavery, toiling 18 hours a day at a sweatshop just outside...
March 2, 2023 | DOL, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 28, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien regarding President Joe Biden’s nomination of Julie Su as Labor Secretary: “The Teamsters...
March 1, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: Politico, March 1, 2023) President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he would nominate Julie Su to be his next Labor secretary, moving swiftly to fill a coming vacancy within his cabinet. Full story: Politico
