DEPARTMENT OF LABOR related term(s) Secretary of Labor
Addresses
Anniversary of the AFL-CIO: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 30929-30931 [6NO]
Industrial Relations: William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 16600 [20JN]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act (H.R. 1616): E.J. Nagele, 26489 [7OC]
Opposition to Job Creation—Conservative Ideology: House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Job Training: Sar A. Levitan, 24013-24015 [17SE]
Amendments
Appropriations: making (H.R. 3424), 25497 [1OC], 25696, 25699, 25700, 25702, 25703 [2OC], 27705 [16OC], 28100 [18OC], 28148, 28150, 28152, 28153, 28154, 28156, 28157, 28159, 28170, 28171, 28173, 28175, 28176, 28179, 28180, 28181, 28202 [21OC], 28385, 28387, 28439 [22OC], 28996 [24OC], 34501 [5DE]
———making (H.R. 3424), conference report, 35103 [6DE]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act: enact (H.R. 1616), 30914 [6NO], 31516, 31517 [12NO], 31849, 31862, 31870, 31888 [14NO], 32516, 32574 [20NO]
Polygraph Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1524), 36106-36113 [11DE]
Analyses
Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment (H.R. 3530), 27046 [9OC]
Federal Occupational Disease Compensation Act (H.R. 3090), 20851 [26JY]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3424, making appropriations, 28391 [22OC], 30454 [5NO]
Articles and editorials
Advance Notice of Shutdown Is Probusiness, 19261 [16JY]
After Bhopal—Lid on Chemicals, 5619 [19MR]
Black Lung Appeal Delays, 13632 [23MY]
Black Lung—Not Uncommon for Them To Die While Waiting in the System, 13631 [23MY]
Christmastime Layoffs of 450 Stun Workers at Baltimore Area Steel Plant, 38844 [20DE]
Company Lauds Municipal Agencies, 23268 [10SE]
Desirable Goal—More Flexibility for Labor, 24016 [17SE]
8 Million U.S. Jobs Said Lost Since '79, 15877 [17JN]
Forging Employee Benefits Consensus, 9398 [24AP]
Hoopla Re New Conrail Purchase Proposal—Promises, Yes! Premises Upon Premises, Yes, Yes! Disappointing—Yes, Yes, Yes!, 15511-15513 [12JN]
Host of Strikebreakers Is Tipping the Scale Against Labor, 20388 [24JY]
In the Matter of the Failure of Fairview Orchards Associates To Hire the Scrivens Crew, 27998 [17OC]
Joyless Season at Steel Plant—Maryland Layoffs Jar Holiday, 38845 [20DE]
Profile of a Polygraph—How It Works, and What It Doesn't Do, 36371 [12DE]
Proposed Lie-Detector Ban Splits Business Community, 36370 [12DE]
Save the Job Corps, 2472 [19FE]
Saving Amtrak, 9538 [25AP]
Spreading the Bonus Bucks, 24016 [17SE]
States and Feds Fume Over Right-To-Know Laws, 5618 [19MR]
Tilting Against Labor, 18919 [11JY]
Under Public Pressure, Chemical Firms Push Plant Safety Programs, 31527 [12NO]
Why Bosses Like To Be Told To Hire Minorities, 32205 [14NO]
Why Pay Less to Teenagers?, 7688 [4AP]
Workers Deserve an Early Warning, 31411 [12NO]
Bills and resolutions
Appropriations: making (see H.R. 3424)
Black Lung Benefits Act: additional administrative law judges (see H.R. 1222, 3586)
———reduction of backlog of cases (see H.R. 2833)
BLS: report of unemployment statistics by congressional districts (see H.R. 1322)
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training: commendation (see H.J. Res. 163)
———preventing reductions in force (see S. 550)
Businesses: employee relocation assistance (see H.R. 211)
Federal Boxing Commission: establish (see H.R. 1705)
Handicapped: wages based on individual productivity for workers employed under certificates issued by Sec. of Labor (see H.R. 2676)
Job Corps Program: continuation (see S. Con. Res. 22; H. Con. Res. 75; H. Res. 72)
National job bank: establish (see H.R. 1219)
Railroads: transfer Dept. of Transportation's safety jurisdiction (see S. 1611)
Service Contract Act: repeal (see H.R. 469)
South Africa: annual report on investments by pension funds established under ERISA (see H.R. 925)
———Sec. of Labor to analyze labor practices to promote changes in U.S. policies (see H.R. 926)
State and local governments: enforcement of regulations on exemption of public employees from Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3368)
Court decisions
First National Maintenance Corp. v. NLRB, 31394, 31408 [12NO]
Documents
Mission (excerpt), 9592 [26AP]
Explanations
National Training Incentives Act (H.R. 1219), 3066 [21FE]
Factsheets
Employment Growth in the U.S—November 1982 to November 1985 (Period of Economic Recovery), 35550 [10DE]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act (H.R. 1616), 31425 [12NO]
Letters
Abuses in the Job Partnership Training Act: California Legislature, 6992 [1AP]
Adjudication of black lung claims: Representative Mollohan, 5005 [7MR]
Administration efforts to eliminate railroad unemployment insurance system: National Conference of State Legislatures, 16764 [20JN]
Authorizing appropriations for the Dept. of State, USIA, and the Board for International Broadcasting (sundry), 22534 [1AU]
Black Lung Program: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 31965 [14NO]
Compensatory time off for State and local public employees, 29224 [28OC]
Duty importation status on sodium bromine: Representative Rostenkowski, 10593 [6MY]
———William E. Brock, U.S. Trade Representative, 10593 [6MY]
Effectiveness of Job Corps Program: National Research Council, 17919 [27JN]
Exempt State and local government employees from Fair Labor Standards Act: Don Venhaus, 24882 [24SE]
———John Sampier, 24882 [24SE]
Fair Labor Standards Act amendments (H.R. 3530): International Association of Fire Fighters, 38841 [20DE]
Federal Supplemental Compensation Program: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 7514 [3AP]
Foreign Relations Authorization Act (H.R. 2068): William L. Ball III, 23255 [10SE]
Grades for certain administrative law judges: Alfred M. Zuck, 20500 [25JY]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act, 31409 [12NO]
———Representative Dingell, 31413 [12NO]
———William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 31409 [12NO]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act (H.R. 1616): National League of Cities, 30956 [6NO]
Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.'s plan termination regulations: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 31971 [14NO]
Polygraph Protection Act: CIA, 36177 [12DE]
———Dept. of Defense, 36177 [12DE]
———Representative Aspin, 36177 [12DE]
Subminimum wage: Donaly Grant, 6479 [27MR]
Taxation of profit-sharing plans: Palmer H. Warren, 19710 [18JY]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Act: Allomatic Industries, Inc., 7250 [2AP]
———DEMACO, 7250 [2AP]
———Dependable Knitwear, Inc., 7250 [2AP]
Value of workers (sundry excerpts), 32577 [20NO]
Lists
Job Corps Studies Available From the Joint Economic Committee, 17919 [27JN]
Organizations participating in development of job bank for veterans, 12018 [15MY]
Memorandums
Grades for Certain Administrative Law Judges: Nahum Litt, 20499 [25JY]
Memorials of legislature
Illinois, 24938 [25SE]
Massachusetts, 6366 [26MR]
Mississippi, 9443 [25AP]
Messages
Deferral of Budget Authority: President Reagan, 4449 [5MR]
Rescissions of Budget Authority: President Reagan, 1931 [6FE]
Motion
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (H.R. 3530), pass S. 1570 in lieu, 29228 [28OC]
Petitions
CETA program: Lansing, MI, Tri-County Employment and Training Partnership, 694 [21JA]
Job Corps: Frankfort, KY, Legislative Research Commission, 5729 [20MR]
———NAACP, Jackson, MS, 5587 [19MR]
———New York, NY, City Council, 8059 [16AP]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act (H.R. 1616): Human Development Steering Committee, 30957 [6NO]
One Day Plus Appreciation Day: Houston, TX, City Council, 31255 [8NO]
Remarks in House
AFL-CIO: anniversary, 30928 [6NO]
Aged: discrimination in the workplace, 21648 [30JY]
———extend targeted jobs tax credit (H.R. 1512), 5922 [20MR]
Appropriations: making (H.R. 3424), 44 [3OC], 25662, 25670-25711 [2OC], 26117 [3OC], 34383 [4DE]
———making (H.R. 3424), appointment of conferees, 30454 [5NO]
———making (H.R. 3424), conference report, 34470-34505 [5DE]
———making (H.R. 3424), permission to file conference report, 32508 [20NO]
Black Lung Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 3194), 22757 [1AU]
Black Lung Benefits Reform Act: enact, 5005 [7MR]
BLS: require to collect and report unemployment and related statistics by congressional districts (H.R. 1322), 19746 [18JY]
Chemical Manufacturing Safety Act: enact (H.R. 963), 2058, 2063 [6FE]
———enact (H.R. 963, 965-967), 5618 [19MR]
Chemical plants: protection for workers and residents who live nearby, 9346 [24AP]
Coal miners: status of backlogs in black lung claims, 10213 [2MY]
Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments: enact (H.R. 281), 33686 [2DE]
Construction industry labor law amendments: enact (H.R. 281), 11935 [14MY]
Contract Savings Act: enact, 24200 [18SE]
Emergency Veterans Job Training Act: programs, 7242 [2AP]
Employee achievement awards: clarify tax treatment (H.R. 3147), 22048 [31JY]
Employment: assure pay equity, 19139 [16JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (H.R. 2676), 15042 [10JN]
———amend (H.R. 3530), 27037, 27046 [9OC], 29217 [28OC], 29224, 29225 [29OC], 29226 [1NO]-29228 [28OC], 29550 [29OC], 29774, 29779 [30OC], 30989 [12NO], 38840 [20DE]
———amend (H.R. 3530), S. 1570 passed in lieu, 29228 [28OC]
———application of overtime provisions to police and firefighters, 17958 [27JN]
———exempt State and local government employees from overtime provisions (H.R. 3271), 24882 [24SE]
———provide an exemption for State and local government employees (H.R. 3173), 22714 [1AU]
Fall River, MA: Aluminum Processing Co.'s economic development of urban center, 23268 [10SE]
Farmworker field sanitation standard: issuance, 8393, 8394 [18AP]
Federal Occupational Disease Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 3090), 20829 [26JY], 20850-20852 [26JY]
Foreign Relations Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 2068), 23255 [10SE]
Fraudulent Youth Employment Practices Act: enact (H.R. 2544), 12404 [16MY]
Garcia v. San Antonio, TX: Supreme Court decision regarding overtime labor wages, 24882 [24SE]
Handicapped: prohibit discrimination in employment (H.R. 370), 10392 [2MY]
Hazardous substances: right-to-know laws (H.R. 963, 965), 2058, 2063 [6FE]
Hazardous Substances Right To Know: ensure for workers (H.J. Res. 225), 7534 [3AP]
Inflation: economic and labor goals, 3659 [26FE]
Job Corps: studies to measure effectiveness, 17918 [27JN]
Job Corps Program, 10503 [6MY]
———anniversary, 23478 [11SE]
———continuation (H. Res. 72), 6474 [27MR]
Labor surplus areas: change size of cities eligible, 476 [3JA]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act: enact (H.R. 1616), 5903, 5920 [20MR], 9339 [24AP], 19261 [16JY], 26489 [7OC], 30181 [1NO], 30944, 30956 [6NO], 31393-31413, 31424-31429 [12NO], 31559, 31562 [13NO], 31829, 31831, 31849-31878 [14NO], 32511, 32515-32584 [20NO], 35148 [6DE], 38844 [20DE]
Management consulting firms: effects on labor unions, 19738 [18JY]
Minorities: Bureau of Labor Statistics figures on unemployment, 15745 [13JN]
National Employment Priorities Act: enact, 19928 [22JY]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker-Week: observance, 5915, 5928 [20MR]
National Labor Relations Act: collective bargaining, 18918 [11JY]
National Training Incentives Act: enact (H.R. 1219), 3066, 3067 [21FE], 8481 [18AP]
NLRB: anniversary, 20387 [24JY]
Nuclear power industry: employment opportunities, 9387 [24AP]
Older Workers Employment Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2712), 15231 [11JN]
OSHA: application of standards to nonmanufacturing sector workers, 17540 [26JN]
———study results of workplace deaths and injuries, 9542 [25AP]
Pension benefits: permit employers and employees to purchase supplemental (H.R. 3179), 22803 [1AU]
Polygraph Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1524), 5088 [7MR], 24196 [18SE], 35563 [10DE], 36135, 36175 [12DE], 36369 [12DE]
Retirement: abolish mandatory (H.R. 522), 618 [7JA]
Salaries: require reports describing actions to enforce Federal laws prohibiting discrimination, 471-474 [3JA]
Shorter Work Week Act: enact (H.R. 2933), 19053 [15JY]
Single-Employer Pension Plan Termination Insurance Program: improve (H.R. 2995), 19052 [15JY]
Sodium bromine: duty importation status, 10593 [6MY]
Task Force on Plant Closings and Worker Dislocation: establishment, 22761 [1AU]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 2941), 18537 [10JY]
Training programs: unemployment insurance incentives for State-certified, 7702 [4AP]
U.S. industry: deny investment tax credit and accelerated cost recovery for any item which does not have at least 85% domestic content (H.R. 3051), 19615 [18JY], 19736 [18JY]
Unemployment statistics: require to collect and report by congressional districts (H.R. 1322), 19746 [18JY]
Remarks in Senate
Administrative law judges: employ additional for cases involving black lung disease (S. 1217), 13631-13633 [23MY]
Appropriations: making (H.R. 3424), 28138-28170, 28171-28183 [21OC], 28385-28391 [22OC]
———making (H.R. 3424), appointment of conferees, 28391 [22OC]
———making (H.R. 3424), conference report, 34078-34082 [4DE], 34396-34400 [5DE], 34994-34999 [6DE]
———making (H.R. 3424), unanimous-consent agreement, 28165 [21OC]
———reduce amount of discretionary funds provided for in H.R. 3424, 28385 [22OC]
Black Lung Program: borrowing from the trust fund, 31963 [14NO]
BLS: relocation, 35549 [10DE]
Brock, William E., III: nomination as Sec. of Labor, 9566, 9591 [26AP]
———nomination as Sec. of Labor confirmed, 9592, 9597 [26AP]
Construction industries: modify wage system on Federal projects (S. 1005), 9451 [25AP]
Employment: funding for study of automation in the labor exchange process, 28156 [21OC]
———State program to provide unemployment compensation to fund self-employment (S. 1008), 9456 [25AP]
Foreign trade: require reports on foreign labor practices, 31706 [13NO]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Central States Pension Fund management, 27560, 27561 [15OC]
Job Corps: funding, 12175 [15MY]
———funding (S. Res. 50), 1053 [24JA]
———maintain present funding levels (S. Res. 50), 2468 [19FE]
Labor markets: availability of information, 33209 [22NO]
Mine Safety and Health Administration: funding for mine inspections, 28180 [21OC]
———Golden Fleece of the Month recipient, 7809 [15AP]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (S.J. Res. 38), 5264 [14MR]
Presser, Jackie: labor fraud investigation, 20729 [26JY]
Railroads: transfer safety jurisdiction (S. 1611), 23046 [9SE]
Shasteen, Donald E.: joint referral of nomination, 4949 [7MR]
———nomination confirmed, 16250 [19JN]
Subcommittee on Investigations: inquiry into labor fraud investigation of Jackie Presser, 38468 [19DE]
Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: funding, 28152 [21OC]
Tripp, Robert E.: tribute, 18154 [9JY]
Unemployment: increase funding for services to dislocated workers, 28159-28162, 28177 [21OC]
Veterans: career development, training, and placement program (S. 1033), 9920 [30AP]
Reports
Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 3424) (H. Rept. 99-402, 32618 [20NO]
———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3424) (H. Rept. 99-289), 25048 [26SE]
———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3424) (S. Rept. 99-151), 26241 [4OC]
Conference: H.R. 3424, Making Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, 32605-32615 [20NO]
Construction Industry Labor Law: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 281) (H. Rept. 99-311), 32641 [20NO]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 281; H. Res. 324) (H. Rept. 99-394), 32617 [20NO]
Evaluation of the Economic Impact of the Job Corps Program, 1055 [24JA]
Global Competition Will Share Ohio Industry: Borge R. Reimer, 23669-23670 [12SE]
Increase Stability of Collective Bargaining in Building and Construction Industry: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 281) (H. Rept. 99-311), 27827 [17OC]
Indian Education Programs Eligibility: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 1621) (S. Rept. 99-180), 31756 [13NO]
Issues Surrounding Pension Terminations for Reversion: Richard Ippolito (excerpt), 22017 [31JY]
Job Corps Program Reaffirmation: Committee on Education and Labor (H. Res. 72), 7610 [4AP]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act (H.R. 1616): (excerpt), 31408 [12NO]
———dissenting views, 31393 [12NO]
Nomination: Dennis E. Whitfield, 28578 [23OC]
———Dennis M. Kass, 31756 [13NO]
———Donald E. Shasteen, 15929 [17JN]
———Roger D. Semerad, 26765 [8OC]
———William E. Brock III, 9150 [24AP]
Older American Worker—Age Discrimination in Employment (excerpt), 14411 [5JN]
Organized Crime's Influence in Labor Organizations (excerpt), 1217 [29JA]
Prevention of Denial of Employment Opportunities: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1524) (H. Rept. 99-416), 34788 [5DE]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1524; H. Res 337) (H. Rept. 99-431), 35787 [10DE]
Require Employer Consultation With Employees Before Plant Closing or Permanent Layoff: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1616) (H. Rept. 99-336), 29374 [29OC]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1616; H. Res. 313) (H. Rept. 99-336), 31001 [7NO]
Workplace Training: Anthony P. Carnevale, 8481-8483 [18AP]
Rulings
Application for worker adjustment assistance by Atlas Minerals: Stephen A. Wandner, 16291 [19JN]
Application for worker adjustment assistance by Union Carbide Corp.: Robert O. Deslongchamps, 16291 [19JN]
Statements
Emergency Veterans Job Training Act Programs: Representative Florio, 7242 [2AP]
Employment Situation: Janet L. Norwood, 35550 [10DE]
Health and Sanitation Standards for Agricultural Labor, 26556 [8OC]
Job Corps Program: Frank C. Casillas, 4384 [5MR]
———Raymond J. Donovan, Sec. of Labor, 4386 [5MR]
———Representative Conyers, 13702 [23MY]
Labor Rights Violations on Taiwan: Asia Resource Center, 20865 [26JY]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act (H.R. 1616): President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, 5904 [20MR]
National Security and the Importance of the Textile Industry: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 25624 [2OC]
National Training Incentives (H.R. 1219): Representative Clinger, 15518-15519 [12JN]
Nixon Experience and Beyond: William Mirengoff, 2470-2472 [19FE]
November Unemployment Situation, 35550 [10DE]
OSHA Study Results of Workplace Deaths and Injuries: Representative Gaydos, 9542 [25AP]
Pay Equity Act (sundry excerpts), 471-474 [3JA]
Prenotification of Job Loss: President's Council on Industrial Competitiveness, 31398 [12NO]
Terminate the Job Corps—A Rebuttal: Home Builders Institute, 2468-2470 [19FE]
Working Relationship With William E. Brock: Lane Kirkland, 9593 [26AP]
Studies
Effectiveness of Job Corps Program (excerpt), 17918 [27JN]
Job Corps Program Cost-Effectiveness: Bruce F. Baird, 10504 [6MY]
Summaries
Fair Labor Standards Act: amendments (H.R. 3530), 29226 [1NO]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Renewal Act (H.R. 2941), 18537-18539 [10JY]
Transfer of Rail Safety Jurisdiction (S. 1611), 23048 [9SE]
Veterans' Career Development and Training and Job Bank Act (S. 1033), 9923 [30AP]
Tables
Davis-Bacon reform wage savings, 9452 [25AP]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25711-25725 [2OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3424)—conference report, 34472-34498 [5DE], 34996 [6DE]
Economic impact of the Job Corps program, 1055 [24JA]
Impact of Senate Committee on Appropriations proposal on the Summer Youth and Training Program, 28152 [21OC]
Rate of Unemployment, 25607 [2OC]
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, possible later requirements on the Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriation (H.R. 3424), 28387 [22OC]
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, spending totals on the Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriation (H.R. 3424), 28387 [22OC]
Testimonies
Job Corps Program: Terrel H. Bell, 10504 [6MY]
Labor Rights Violations in Haiti: Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 20843 [26JY]
Texts of
Contract Savings Act, 24202 [18SE]
H.R. 370, prohibit discrimination against handicapped in employment, 10393 [2MY]
H.R. 1524, Polygraph Protection Act, 5088 [7MR]
H.R. 2544, Fraudulent Youth Employment Practices Act, 12405 [16MY]
H.R. 2676, Fair Labor Standards Act amendment, 15043 [10JN]
H.R. 3051, deny investment tax credit and accelerated cost recovery for any item which does not have at least 85% domestic content, 19736 [18JY]
H.R. 3173, provide an exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act for State and local government employees, 22715 [1AU]
H.R. 3424, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, 25684-25693 [2OC]
H.R. 3424, making appropriations, 28138-28148, 28163 [21OC]
H.R. 3530, Fair Labor Standards Act amendments, 27046 [9OC], 29217 [28OC]
S. 1033, Veterans' Career Development and Training and Job Bank Act, 9921 [30AP]
S. 1217, employment of additional administrative law judges, 13631 [23MY]
S. Con. Res. 22, maintain present level of funding for Job Corps, 3809 [27FE]
S. Res. 50, Job Corps funding, 1054 [24JA]