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April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, and William Wiatrowski, Acting Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Start Taking Workplace Harassment Seriously, Reconsider Decision Not to Collect Economic Data
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Tip Proposal Would Steal Billions from Workers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Withdraw Harmful Proposed Tip Rule
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. William Emanuel, Member of the National Labor Relations Board - Warren Leads Senate Colleagues in Calling on NLRB Member to Disclose All Potential Conflicts of Interest
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Nov. 2, 2017
Letter to Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - Feinstein, Colleagues Urge Sessions to Protect Transgender Workers from Discrimination
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 25, 2017
Letter to the Hon. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Request for Information, Overtime Protections for Working Families
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 21, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Department of Labor - Administration Too Lax on Worker Safety
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Neomi Rao, Administrator of the Office of Management and Budget and the Hon. Victoria Lipnic, Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Congress Members Slam President Trump's Attack on Equal Pay for Equal Work
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 24, 2017
YouthBuild Preparatory Academy Receives $1.1 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Labor
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 18, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Ethics Requirements for Political Appointees
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 9, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General and John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Senators Call on Sessions to Answer for Anti-affirmative Action Program and to Prevent Discrimination Against Career DOJ Attorneys
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 27, 2017
Whitehouse Statement On Justice Department Argument Against Protections For LGBT Workers
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
June 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby and the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Calling for Robust Funding for National Sea Grant College Program
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
June 2, 2017
Letter to Ms. Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO of Mondelez International - Pressing Mondelez International to Stop Shifting Production from the U.S. to Mexico
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
May 19, 2017
Whitehouse Marks 25th Anniversary of RI Workers' Compensation Reform
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
May 12, 2017
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Expedite Hiring At National Defense Labs, Test Ranges
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
May 2, 2017
EDA Awards $600K to Develop Innovative Business Cluster in Providence
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 1, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John M. Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Maintain Revision of Employment Form to Improve Wage Data, Address Pay Gap
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 6, 2017
Whitehouse and Cicilline Introduce Bill to End Tax Incentive for Offshoring Jobs
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 4, 2017
On Equal Pay Day, Murray, Reed, & Whitehouse Introduce Paycheck Fairness Act of 2017
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 7, 2017
Reed, Whitehouse Vote To Uphold Fair Pay Rules; Republicans Repeal Transparency Protections For Workers
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
March 6, 2017
Reed, Whitehouse Vote to Uphold Fair Pay Rules; Republicans Repeal Transparency Protections for Workers
Sen. Jack Reed
Feb. 15, 2017
Whitehouse Statement On Puzder Withdrawing Nomination
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 10, 2017
Letter to Andrew Puzder, Nominee for Secretary of Labor - Women and Worker Safety
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 9, 2017
Reed Urges Puzder to Withdraw as Nominee for Labor Secretary
Sen. Jack Reed
Feb. 8, 2017
Reed Teams Up with Gillibrand to Introduce FAMILY Act to Provide Paid Leave for All Employees
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2017
Letter to President Trump - Exempt Entire VA from Hiring Freeze
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 15, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Carolyn N. Lerner - Investigate Trump Transition Officials for Attempting to Discriminate Against Federal Employees
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 8, 2016
Reed Statement on Potential Puzder Nomination for Labor Secretary
Sen. Jack Reed
Dec. 8, 2016
Whitehouse Statement On Trump's Selection Of Fast Food CEO Puzder For Labor Secretary
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Oct. 26, 2016
Letter to Federal Regulators - Strengthen Accountability Measures for Executive Pay
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 25, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee - Call for a Provision Rolling Back Critical Workplace Protections Be Stripped From Final Defense Authorization Bill
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 22, 2016
Letter to Tom Perez and David Weil, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division respectively - Requesting Further Investigation into the Working Conditions of Wells Fargo Bank
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 27, 2016
RI to Receive $1.25 Million in Re-Employment Grants
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 25, 2016
Delegation Announces $100,000 to Help Young Ex-Offenders in Providence Find Housing, Work
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 12, 2016
Letter to Mr. Robert Waterman, U.S. Department of Labor - Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 29, 2016
Letter to Thomas Perez, Secretary of Labor - Extend Overtime Pay to Thousands of Connecticut Workers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 23, 2015
Workforce Training Partnerships Look to Fill Open Jobs Now
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 13, 2015
Letter to Joh Cousins, CEO, Compass Group - Let Workers Organize
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Rhode Island DLT Receives $235,737 Grant for Temporary Caregiver Insurance Program
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 23, 2015
RI Receives Nearly $2.4 Million for Unemployment Improvements
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 17, 2015
Sen. Whitehouse Introduces Bill to Support RI Credit Unions and Boost Small Business Lending
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 6, 2015
Letter to Roy Blunt, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Chuck Schumer, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee - Advocating for Better Employee Wages
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 5, 2015
Reed Seeks to Extend Cost-Effective, Job-Saving Layoff Prevention Act
Sen. Jack Reed
Aug. 5, 2015
Reed Seeks to Protect Veterans & Prevent Misuse of GI Bill Benefits
Sen. Jack Reed
Aug. 4, 2015
Rhode Island Selected for President Obama's TechHire Initiative
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 30, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen. Jack Reed
July 20, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States of America - Strong Support of New Overtime Rule
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 30, 2015
Whitehouse Applauds Obama Administration's Expansion of Overtime Pay
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
June 30, 2015
Reed Backs White House Plan to Restore Fairness to Overtime Pay Rules
Sen. Jack Reed
Date
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Politician
April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, and William Wiatrowski, Acting Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Start Taking Workplace Harassment Seriously, Reconsider Decision Not to Collect Economic Data
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Tip Proposal Would Steal Billions from Workers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Withdraw Harmful Proposed Tip Rule
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. William Emanuel, Member of the National Labor Relations Board - Warren Leads Senate Colleagues in Calling on NLRB Member to Disclose All Potential Conflicts of Interest
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Nov. 2, 2017
Letter to Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - Feinstein, Colleagues Urge Sessions to Protect Transgender Workers from Discrimination
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 25, 2017
Letter to the Hon. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Request for Information, Overtime Protections for Working Families
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 21, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Department of Labor - Administration Too Lax on Worker Safety
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Neomi Rao, Administrator of the Office of Management and Budget and the Hon. Victoria Lipnic, Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Congress Members Slam President Trump's Attack on Equal Pay for Equal Work
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 24, 2017
YouthBuild Preparatory Academy Receives $1.1 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Labor
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 18, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Ethics Requirements for Political Appointees
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 9, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General and John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Senators Call on Sessions to Answer for Anti-affirmative Action Program and to Prevent Discrimination Against Career DOJ Attorneys
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 27, 2017
Whitehouse Statement On Justice Department Argument Against Protections For LGBT Workers
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
June 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby and the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Calling for Robust Funding for National Sea Grant College Program
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
June 2, 2017
Letter to Ms. Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO of Mondelez International - Pressing Mondelez International to Stop Shifting Production from the U.S. to Mexico
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
May 19, 2017
Whitehouse Marks 25th Anniversary of RI Workers' Compensation Reform
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
May 12, 2017
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Expedite Hiring At National Defense Labs, Test Ranges
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
May 2, 2017
EDA Awards $600K to Develop Innovative Business Cluster in Providence
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 1, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John M. Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Maintain Revision of Employment Form to Improve Wage Data, Address Pay Gap
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 6, 2017
Whitehouse and Cicilline Introduce Bill to End Tax Incentive for Offshoring Jobs
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 4, 2017
On Equal Pay Day, Murray, Reed, & Whitehouse Introduce Paycheck Fairness Act of 2017
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 7, 2017
Reed, Whitehouse Vote To Uphold Fair Pay Rules; Republicans Repeal Transparency Protections For Workers
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
March 6, 2017
Reed, Whitehouse Vote to Uphold Fair Pay Rules; Republicans Repeal Transparency Protections for Workers
Sen.Jack Reed
Feb. 15, 2017
Whitehouse Statement On Puzder Withdrawing Nomination
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 10, 2017
Letter to Andrew Puzder, Nominee for Secretary of Labor - Women and Worker Safety
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 9, 2017
Reed Urges Puzder to Withdraw as Nominee for Labor Secretary
Sen.Jack Reed
Feb. 8, 2017
Reed Teams Up with Gillibrand to Introduce FAMILY Act to Provide Paid Leave for All Employees
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2017
Letter to President Trump - Exempt Entire VA from Hiring Freeze
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 15, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Carolyn N. Lerner - Investigate Trump Transition Officials for Attempting to Discriminate Against Federal Employees
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 8, 2016
Reed Statement on Potential Puzder Nomination for Labor Secretary
Sen.Jack Reed
Dec. 8, 2016
Whitehouse Statement On Trump's Selection Of Fast Food CEO Puzder For Labor Secretary
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Oct. 26, 2016
Letter to Federal Regulators - Strengthen Accountability Measures for Executive Pay
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 25, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee - Call for a Provision Rolling Back Critical Workplace Protections Be Stripped From Final Defense Authorization Bill
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 22, 2016
Letter to Tom Perez and David Weil, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division respectively - Requesting Further Investigation into the Working Conditions of Wells Fargo Bank
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 27, 2016
RI to Receive $1.25 Million in Re-Employment Grants
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 25, 2016
Delegation Announces $100,000 to Help Young Ex-Offenders in Providence Find Housing, Work
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 12, 2016
Letter to Mr. Robert Waterman, U.S. Department of Labor - Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 29, 2016
Letter to Thomas Perez, Secretary of Labor - Extend Overtime Pay to Thousands of Connecticut Workers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 23, 2015
Workforce Training Partnerships Look to Fill Open Jobs Now
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 13, 2015
Letter to Joh Cousins, CEO, Compass Group - Let Workers Organize
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Rhode Island DLT Receives $235,737 Grant for Temporary Caregiver Insurance Program
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 23, 2015
RI Receives Nearly $2.4 Million for Unemployment Improvements
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 17, 2015
Sen. Whitehouse Introduces Bill to Support RI Credit Unions and Boost Small Business Lending
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 6, 2015
Letter to Roy Blunt, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Chuck Schumer, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee - Advocating for Better Employee Wages
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 5, 2015
Reed Seeks to Extend Cost-Effective, Job-Saving Layoff Prevention Act
Sen.Jack Reed
Aug. 5, 2015
Reed Seeks to Protect Veterans & Prevent Misuse of GI Bill Benefits
Sen.Jack Reed
Aug. 4, 2015
Rhode Island Selected for President Obama's TechHire Initiative
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 30, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen.Jack Reed
July 20, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States of America - Strong Support of New Overtime Rule
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 30, 2015
Whitehouse Applauds Obama Administration's Expansion of Overtime Pay
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
June 30, 2015
Reed Backs White House Plan to Restore Fairness to Overtime Pay Rules
Sen.Jack Reed
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