the department of labor changing rules on media lockup. that's where those of us reporters invited in get to go about half hour early. now reporters must use government computers and telecommunications lines before they can use their own stuff. that's changing. they're not going to be allowed to bring wireless devices into the lockup room with them. there's no personal gear, umbrellas, bags, et cetera. and even pens and paper will be provided to reporters by the department of labor. the department of labor says they're trying to protect the integrity of the data, that's the most important thing to them. i can tell you, tyler, some of the wire services are really concerned about these new changes. they don't like them because they feel that they'll be at a disadvantage, it will take them some time to receive the information from the department of labor. electronically inputted into their own systems and published to the world, they're saying there could be variations in the amount of time between the different wire services and different web

the daily caller reports the department of labor plans to apply child labor laws to youngsters on farms elevators, grain bins, silos, feed stock, stockyards and livestock exchange. i.e., every place bob has taken a date. while it's done in the name -- [ inaudible ] it's another government intrusion and killing a chance to instill the value of hardwork. more important, how is it going to be enforced? the only way, empower the kids to rat on their parents. the administration thereby manages to raise another generation of snitches who will fink on anyone not towing the obama line. as soviets used to say get them early. where will the overreach end? what about suburban chores like lawn mowing? who would iron her giant flag of genghis khan. children should do more work, they should be used for heavy labor. hook them to the sled and yell mush. i, myself, grew tobacco in rural oklahoma. it did me nothing but good. you wonder how many kids from farms ended up occupying wall street? zero. you lived on a farm but a ranch. how is the difference? >> dana: how much livestock you have, i believe. >>

department of labor. h and ffa no a lot of about family farming operations than the u.s. department of labor. jenna: we reached out to the department of labor to get more information on that. we're awaiting responses to our questions. what do you think the real intent is here, senator? seems like you have doubts. what we know initially this was about keeping our children safe. you seem to have a doubt on that. what do you think is the real intention here? >> only one exception do i think it is something other than trying to keep our children safe. people have sat down what can we do to make children safer and this was the solution. my point this is not the solution. we need to perhaps strengthen local high school agricultural programs. and incidentally the studies indicate, you can find a studies i suppose to support whatever pgs you want but even the study that norma mentioned, covered a wider array, people over 21 were included in that study. people who committed suicide were included in the deaths. indi

you are black, a woman, or jewish or muslim or catholic, you can fire a complaint with the department of labor and get that redressed. but if you are fired because you are gay or transgender, you are out of luck. the department of labor's doors are closed to lbgt americans. >> and there has never been an order that says that a federal contractor isn't fire someone because they are gay. >> sadly no. >> when this issue first hit the newspapers on thursday the meeting was on wednesday, people couldn't believe that there wasn't already a legal prohibition on firing someone because they are gay. >> 90% of americans think this law already exists, and yet we are still struggling to get it through. he said the obstructionists in congress when everybody you failure to pass a law, and that failure hurts the american people or economy, barack obama said he felt an obligation to act on his own to help the american people. he has done that very well. he said we can't wait 20 or 30 times signing executive orders so why not this one? >> valley is one of his closest confidants, what was the best articulation

killed one hundred forty six people in manhattan just two years earlier and a year before the department of labor was created congress passed and president taft republican president taft signed the act of one nine hundred twelve protecting more than three thousand match workers people like the matches from phosphorous poised in one hundred thirty six president franklin roosevelt signed into law the hall the hall should be the walsh healey public contracts act banning hazardous workplaces from receiving federal contracts but this was just the beginning by nine hundred fifty two the dangers of working in our minds could no longer be ignored and president eisenhower signed into law the federal coal mine safety act of one hundred fifty two mandating annual inspections of certain underground mines in one hundred sixty six president lyndon johnson expanded them to include inspection of all underground coal mines in the country that same time president johnson also tried to pass tried to pass the most comprehensive workplace safety law yet with the occupational safety hazard act. and although that act o

here is a statement coming out of the labor department. ote, the decision to withdraw this rule was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effects of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms. to be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the obama administration. republican senator jerry moran of kansas was with us yesterday and you were leading the charge on this, senator, to make sure if this regulation went into effect there would be another option or congress would take action. when did you learn that now the administration is abandoning its pursuit of this? >> well, only a few hours after i talked to you on fox news yesterday, the department of labor's announcement, press release was sent to us by the congressional affairs folks and that was met with great surprise and great joy in the sense that i just firmly believe, as do many, particularly those involved in agriculture but many across the country this was a broad overreach that lacked common sense and good judgment and c

feeding chickens, so this i think ultimately is about expanding the power and reach of the department of labor you're a farmer out there right now, most of the contact you have from the government is from the department of agriculture, and you always have these squabbling matches between cabinet departments over who's got more power and who's got bigger reach. this is an unprecedented reach by the federal government and department of labor to do something it's never done before and when you consider that the majority of land in the united states is farmland, it takes on kind of a chilling tone from the farmers we're talking to. iraq rick no chance the government would try to prevent my kids from taking out the trash, is there? >> not unless you live on a farm! don't get me wrong, suburban kids can mo the lawn for spare change but all of the sudden when they're on the farm it changes. this is where they learn responsibility, ethics and hard work if they don't grow nup a city and they're going to take it away. rick: i've got four kids at home, sometimes it feels like we're living on a farm. davi

. >> today on united states farm report, the department of labor withdrawing underage farm employee regulationsoposalling eating more vegetables t come was some natural risks. >>> and mike hoffman sees science sees signs of a cool summer. >> united states farm report. makers of end zone nitrogen aid. more efficient for higher yields and by the 2012 chevy hd. welcome to u-s farm report, i'm john phipps. . >> welcome to united states farm report. farmers successfully derailed new child labor regulations this week. tine has the details. i have long suspected the real rule makers for agriculture would not be politicians as much as consumers and trading partners. this appears to be the case for the protein sector. from gestation crates big food is setting standards. arguing with your buyer is financially dangerous. especially if the competition is ready to meet the new requirements. >> thank you. hello. the department of labor is giving up on its plan to change rules regarding kid whose work on farms. they said they got thousands of complaints farm families about the potential impact the rules could

the department of labor's wages and hours division. a administration in three years it has grown by 40%. this is virtually the auditors, the irs of the department of labor. >> this isn't about big government, small government within this is about smart government. these are some of the morse sensical regulations that exist. it's not government regulators who care about kids most. it's not frankly the farm owners because that what they are. we are not talking about family farms, were talking about large corporate -- >> there is an implication for family-owned and operated farms. >> parents have the safety of their kids most in minds. parents need to know how dangerous it is working with some of this machinery. megyn: you have farmers in the midwest saying and i do and i don't need the government to come in and tell me. >> a farmer in the midwest isn't what a farmer in the midwest was 30 years ago. a farmer in the midwest isn't out there plowing fields. a farmer in the midwest is managing a huge operation. megyn: they are throwing soy bea

>>stuart: what do you make of the priority access give ton some reporters and the labor department willh reporters get the 20 to 30 priority access slots. what do you make of that? >>guest: that is not unusual. they have been doing it that way for years. and basically what it does it favors the wire services and the cable news networks, fox news being among them, and to help get the news, the data out, as quickly as possible. that is not the financial part. the government computers, that is the change. >>stuart: in the background you have millions of people leaving the workforce and the unmoment rate coming down during the obama administration and people seem to say, wait, what really going on here and along comes the labor department and changes the computers you can see to get the information out and that is why i use the word "sinister," and and if the word is appropriate. >>guest: we value to wait-and-see. a last us on the journey level side that wonder if that will be an accurate description. there is worry about it, absolutely. >>stuart: thank you for joining us. very interesting

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under the national labor relations act, yet the overarching goal of the national labor relations board and the labor department's efforts is to put up barriers that can have the effect of limiting employer free speech. in the micro area under the specialty health care decision permitting microunions, unions can now gerrymander a bargaining unit so it's made up of a majority of employees who support the union n. this decision, the standard for whether unions petition for bargaining unit was appropriate was not changed to make it very difficult for employers to prove it is not happen. the decision will lead to smaller units which will be ease to organize and will cause fran meantation and discord -- practicing men station and discord in the workplace. allowing microunits will decrease the number of bargaining units in the workplace. the result means that the employer could face multiple simultaneous organizing campaigns, all with shortened election periods thanks to this ambush rule. those two combined would be pretty dangerous. under the department of labor's proposed regulation to require increased reporting of

and pens and paper will be supplied by the department of labor. big changes on the jobs number lockup, guys. >> big change is coming. the president once again advocating the buffett rule and called on congress to raise taxes on the highest earnings. he also hit on the need to close deficits and the important of investments yesterday and told me about the importance of getting a budget passed. it was a heated exchange where i challenged him on the lack of support on the budget plan for next year. the budget voted on in march received zero votes in the house. >> why is it that the president puts forth the budget and not even bone democrat didn't buy into it. >> there's about zero truth to anything in the question you just asked me, maria. >> okay. where's the budget? >> maria, if you look at the president's budget -- >> what budget? >> maria, the president of the united states puts out a budget. it is the most detailed thing that is out in the united states right now. >> how come no democrat wanted to buy into it? >> maria, maria, maria, the preside

he indicated to me that he is trying to work with the department of labor to get these moderated. exactly what that means. i think what he indicated at the time was that this perhaps could have been a lot worse, but because of his intervention, some of these things have been modified. but if you look at where they are headed, this hasn't changed. this is a far-reaching proposal that will have tremendous implications for american agriculture. >> greta: the first thing i thought of, you might have a family restaurant, where everybody buses the tables from age 7 to however old. families run these. a farm is not the same as a family restaurant. but what provoked this? was there a terrible accident? why did the secretary of labor and the labor department think they had to go to the family farms and tell the families what could the kids could or couldn't do? >> there wasn't any consultation with the farmer ranch community, with the farm organizations, if you talk to the farm bureau. nobody consulted with them. there is not any data to suggest that glfs kind of a problem. so sometimes tst

today, announcing that we have a grant from the department of labor for $5 million, that fulfills an application put together brilliantly and number of different companies, training institutions, collaborating with the city college, to bring real hope to our kids in san francisco, kids that we care about. we fulfil a promise that has been made for decades that we would not leave you without hope in tit

today, announcing that we have a grant from the department of labor for $5 million, that fulfills an application put together brilliantly and number of different companies, training institutions, collaborating with the city college, to bring real hope to our kids in san francisco, kids that we care about. we fulfil a promise that has been made for decades that we would not leave you without hope in the city. we put real dollars into that today. you are going to hear this from this administration time and again. you will have a lot of your colleagues talk about this day. everything has changed from this day forward. we are not going to have businesses just succeed on their own without lifting of our participation. whether it is jobs looking at those earlier jobs that we focused on. these tech companies and their early stages were looking for the most brilliant software engineers they could find, so they were recruiting from berkeley, stanford, and they got to that initial talent. but as they grow and sustain this industry, they are looking for data systems administrators. they're looki

department of labor. i've got a question that gets to the main question of why are more people claiming and i wonder about the substitution effects. some people talked about the rise in the retirement age as being one reason health insurance going away for some people being another reason. i'm wondering if anybody has investigated the evolution of other social insurance programs like workers compensation and other things where the state reductions and benefits might be causing some of the increases in the costs. >> i'll mention a couple things. one is welfare reform, which the law was passed in 1996, i believe. and there's been quite a lot of research on the effect of welfare reform on low income parents obtaining disability benefits. initially ssi, but to the extent they have had some work experience. for fairly young people, it doesn't take a lot of work experience to qualify for ssdi. so part of the rise in the disability incidents that steve has pointed to for women could be, and for younger people, co

over the last three years the department of labor has helped 16 states provide disability insurance claimants with targeted job coaching and training to help them get back to work. last year alone the number of one stop career centers engaging with participants of the saas ticket to work program increased by 34%. together we're helping those who can get back to work do so. we're making sure that they keep part of their benefit so they can get the need that they help to transition back to work. social security and medicare provide a safety net for millions of americans retired workers and beneficiaries. many of whom are low income and depend on these programs for their very survival. we must act soon to address the immediate and long-term imbalances between income and costs of the program. the earlier these reforms can be made the more options and time we have to better prepare for those affected and to easy the burden on our most vulnerable communities. thank you. >> i would like to begin by commending the politics trustees for their important contributions to this year's report. this report

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howard shapiro is counsel to the inspector general at the department of labor. mr. cecil roberts is president of the united mine workers of america. and dr. jeffrey colder is director in the office of mine and safety health research with the national institute for occupational safety and health. before i recognize each of you for your testimony, i'll just remind you of the lights. i know all of you have been here. we've got a green light, yellow light and red light. green light will indicate that you have five minutes. the yellow light, you have one minute. and the red light, we would ask you to wrap-up your testimony. your entire written testimony will be included in the record. so you can summarize, if you would like. with that, we'll start with mr. shapiro. you're recognized, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will summarize my written statement that has already been provided. >> microphone. >> is it on now? okay. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for inviting me to testify this morning. with respect to the oig report on allegations of retaliation and intimidatio

thought you were an inspector from the government in here investigating, which is something the department of labor rarely if ever does because they're so overwhelmed with the workplaces they have to in fact. in terms of leaving to quickly and i didn't have self numbers and applebee's to save it in the book i was assaulted at the end of my time there, which i decided to cut ties with the one i worked with as i didn't want to work with it. >> speaking of inspectors, did anyone at the stats you would logically expect immigration services in kitchen and find, did you ever see federal immigration and there's quite >> i didn't run into federal immigration inspectors. farm fields are incredibly disparate, so it's an incredibly socialized for tours. so just found that here and all of that is just the scale of that issue is really large. so everybody has verified employment. >> and it is employers asking for documentation or since it before they hired you? >> i have to provide the basic implementation and the documentation like that for wal-mart and for applebee's. i did not initially have too provided in

department of labor.nd i'll tell you one of the things that we need to remember is that we can't forget our young people. our young people need us more than ever. they need role models. they need to see that all of us are working together, and that we can stand up tall and say that they can also have a piece of that american dream that so many people out there would like us to forget. and say that you know what? tough luck. if you can't pick yourself up from your own bootstraps, that's too bad. i don't believe that it i don't believe that's the vision that this president wants, that i want, that the reverend wants, and that what you want. our dream is a dream for everyone to be able to stand up tall, to be self empowered, to have dignity and respect, no matter where you come from, what zip code, what school you graduated from, or what college you attended. it's not about that. it is about the character of the individual. it really is. and we must never lose sight of that. [applause] >> i don't think i hav

national level and in the first days of january, he launched the summer jobs campaign, the department of labor and nonprofit industry and the private sector to come together to provide youth opportunities for 100,000 youth and i think mario is going to go more into detail on what opportunities is. >> yeah, so opportunity youth is sort of a new locution that the obama administration is using. we know in san francisco very well, this board of supervisors, the mayor, the city family knows what, who opportunity youth are. we talk them transitionally aged young people. 16 to 24-year-olds disconnected, 16 to 24-year-olds who are involved in public systems. the quote on this slide is from san francisco's transitionally aged youth initiative. the screen shot at the bottom right is the title page from a 2007 mayor's task force that was the result of a year of work by city agencies and nonprofit contractors. we have multiple system involved, young people who are the people who they are trying to prioritize. we call them tay or disconnected tay. that's one of the same as opportunity youth. >> so the reas

experts say nasdaq appears to have won out because of lower fees and heavy tech line-up. >>> labor departmenthour ago results are mixed. employers pulled back on hiring adding 120,000 jobs last month, down from more than 200,000 in each of the previous three months. despite the pull-back the unemployment rate fell a little to 8.2. analysts say the drop is likely because fewer people are looking for work. here's other business headlines in the bloomberg business report. >>> good morning. stock market closed today in observance of good friday. wall street will probably react to today's big jobs report monday morning. for today, let's focus on housing. housing meltdown continues to weigh on the big banks. just how much? j.p. morgan's ceo diamond says the bank could bring in 24 billion dollars in annual profit if you exclude losses on home loans last year the company earned 19 billion dollars in a letter to shareholders the ceo said the main difference between what the bank is earning and what it should be earning, continues to be the high cost and also tied to those mortgages. jpmorgan faces mor

department of labor. department of labor gives out contracts. 18 organizations that this money. the largest is an organization -- it was with the original people in the program. this year we're going to a competition. we are working on it now, saying that we want to serve these areas and this is why we want to serve them now. they will review and score bids and decide who serves which areas. that is how i knew we were not in jacksonville. we are basically a contractor with the u.s. department of labor. host: senior community service employment program spends money on helping low-income older americans get a job. our guest timothy hamre helps them get a foot in the door and hopefully that will turn into something else. funding was cut in fiscal year 2011. $450 million. a pretty significant cut there. guest: we did have extra funds for a while. everybody talks about the stimulus program and how long it took to get things going. the way our program works is someone gets the paycheck and we are able to get mo