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Yahoo
3 days ago
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Connecticut Job Corps centers to pause operations in June
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The New Haven and Hartford Job Corps centers will pause operations next month in a country-wide move by the U.S. Department of Labor, department officials said. The pause is effective June 30. Hamden American Job Center to close in June On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a phased pausing at the 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers across the country, with a full pause by the end of June. They said the move comes after an internal review of the program's 'outcome and structure.' 'Job Corps was created to help young adults build a pathway to a better life through education, training, and community,' Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement. 'However, a startling number of serious incident reports and our in-depth fiscal analysis reveal the program is no longer achieving the intended outcomes that students deserve. We remain committed to ensuring all participants are supported through this transition and connected with the resources they need to succeed as we evaluate the program's possibilities,' Chavez-DeRemer continued. Officials said the total number of serious incident reports across the country in 2023 was 14,913. Of those infractions, over 300 were for inappropriate sexual behavior or sexual assaults, over 1,000 for acts of violence and over 2,000 reports of drug use. Judge says labor unions' lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department systems can move forward In 2024, the program operated at a $140 million deficit and in 2025, the deficit is projected to reach $213 million. Department of Labor officials said both Connecticut centers are performing with less-than-ideal graduation rates. New Haven is at 43 percent and Hartford is at 30 percent. The national average is 38.6%. They said anything under 60 percent is considered low-performing. Meanwhile, the cost per graduate at the Hartford center is $267,000 and in New Haven, it's $149,000 per graduate. For the program as a whole, the average cost per graduate is $155,600 and the average cost per student per year is $80,284. Officials noted a 'graduate' can be someone kicked out of the program. More information on the department's Employment and Training Administration's first-ever Job Corps Transparency Report can be found on their website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CNBC
12-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
McDonald's announces plans to hire 375,000 workers with Trump Labor secretary
McDonald's on Monday announced plans to hire up to 375,000 workers this summer at a news conference that included U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. While McDonald's has long been one of President Donald Trump's culinary favorites, the company has been cozying up to his administration during his second term. The company likely hopes to stay in Trump's good graces and avoid obstacles to its business, like Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" agenda or unfavorable regulation by the Department of Labor. For example, McDonald's donated $1 million to Trump's second presidential inauguration, marking its first contribution to an inaugural fund in more than a decade. Additionally, representatives from McDonald's, Wendy's, Yum Brands and other fast-food companies reportedly met with Chavez-DeRemer ahead of Trump's inauguration to discuss key industry topics, like pro-union legislation that she sponsored and the joint employer rule, which defines the relationship between franchisor and franchisees. During Monday's event, McDonald's and Chavez-DeRemer celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the company's "Archways to Opportunity" program, which provides tuition assistance and helps employees achieve education goals, like earning a high school degree. McDonald's and the broader restaurant industry typically embark on hiring sprees to meet higher demand during the summer. Monday's announcement set McDonald's biggest hiring target in years. In 2020, as it was reopening its dining rooms, the chain said it was looking to hire just 260,000 restaurant employees. Through its company-owned and franchised restaurants, McDonald's is one of the nation's largest private employers. McDonald's claims that 1 in 8 Americans have worked in one of its restaurants at some point. Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Trump regularly mocked Vice President Kamala Harris' claim to have been a McDonald's alum; McDonald's tried to stay out of the fight, saying in a statement that it wasn't a political brand and didn't have all of its employment records dating back to the 1980s. The latest hiring push comes as McDonald's opens more U.S. restaurants. The company is aiming to add 900 new domestic locations by 2027.
Politico
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Chavez-DeRemer travels for Trump
QUICK FIX FREQUENT FLIER: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has said she believes one of the core functions of her job is to be an on-the-ground liaison for the administration in order to ferry back the views of workers and employers to the White House. She has set out to visit all 50 states — a goal she's mentioned in last month's Cabinet meeting, recent television appearances and several other venues. Two months in, she's already been to a half-dozen and is set to be in Ohio on Monday. Chavez-DeRemer has gone to Las Vegas to speak to a Teamsters conference, checked out the Port of Miami, visited a Denver apprenticeship center run by the carpenters union, and traveled to an Arizona community college to see its workforce development program, among other stops. Frequent travel is a part of the job for Cabinet-level officials, regardless of administration, though destinations are often shaped by White House priorities and a given secretary's personal style. Marty Walsh managed to make it to 40-plus states during his time as former President Joe Biden's Labor secretary, though he didn't get to a few in the Great Plains before he left for the NHL Players Association in early 2023. (Walsh also never moved to D.C., opting instead to stay in a hotel when in town and keeping his Massachusetts residence.) His successor, acting Labor secretary Julie Su, had limited travel for a stretch after taking over. But it picked up after the Biden administration tacitly acknowledged that she couldn't get confirmed, particularly in the later part of 2024. Biden's Transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, managed to fill the map like Chavez-DeRemer wants to — but Trump's labor secretary is trying to pack it all into 2025, rather than a presidential term. 'We'll finish all 50 states by the end of the year,' she said at the April 30 Cabinet meeting. Travel opportunities also tend to pick up when Congress is out of session as lawmakers — at least the ones of the president's party — consider it a coup to show off part of their district or state to a high-level official. But there is a considerable amount of coordination involved even in routine plans, as out-of-town travel can take weeks of staff's time to set up and run thousands of dollars once security and other logistics are factored in — to say nothing about unforeseen circumstances. 'There's a finite amount of resources to do other things,' said one DOL aide from the Biden administration. 'There are a lot of demands on your time in D.C. that keep you in town.' DOL did confirm that Chavez-DeRemer flies commercial — a detail that was infamously not necessarily a given in Trump's first administration. 'The 'America at Work' listening tour is about bringing real-world experiences back into the conversation in Washington,' DOL spokesperson Courtney Parella said in a statement. 'By hearing directly from workers, employers, and community leaders, Secretary Chavez-DeRemer is working to ensure that federal policy reflects the modern workforce and supports long-term economic growth.' (Sort of) related: 'A Hit to Business Travel Is Grounding Road Warriors,' from The Wall Street Journal. GOOD MORNING. It's Monday, May 12. Welcome back to Morning Shift, your go-to tipsheet on labor and employment-related immigration. Send feedback, tips and exclusives to nniedzwiadek@ lukenye@ rdugyala@ and gmott@ Follow us on X at @NickNiedz and @Lawrence_Ukenye. And Signal @nickniedz.94. Want to receive this newsletter every weekday? Subscribe to POLITICO Pro. You'll also receive daily policy news and other intelligence you need to act on the day's biggest stories. LEGAL BATTLES RIFS IN LIMBO: A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order that enabled the administration to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and to eliminate certain agencies entirely, our Hassan Ali Kanu reports. Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said in her order federal laws give the president broad power to reorganize the government, including to order mass layoffs. But she added the White House must also follow a set of rigorous legal and procedural requirements. The judge's order blocks any new reduction-in-force notices through May 23, and pauses prior ones from taking effect. DOL and the National Labor Relations Board were among the agencies specifically named in the order. The Trump administration has already moved to appeal. AROUND THE AGENCIES DEMS NEED NOT APPLY: The Trump administration continues to rip through relatively obscure corners of the federal government to boot out Democratic appointees. On Thursday night, Trump ousted the three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission — which works to ensure that toxic or dangerous toys, cribs and electronics are not on the market — despite statutory protections designed to prevent their removal for political reasons. The commissioners have said they intend to sue over their removals, which leaves the CPSC without a quorum necessary for much of its operations. The group includes Richard Trumka Jr., the son of the late head of the AFL-CIO, who became a conservative foil for comments he made about the safety of gas stoves. 'Is the federal agency within the executive branch?' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday. 'Who is the head of the executive branch? He has the right to fire people within the executive branch.' GOV'T SUES ITSELF: The Labor Department sued the U.S. Postal Service last week for allegedly firing a worker who reported an on-the-job injury. The lawsuit filed in the Western District of Texas accuses USPS of violating federal law by firing the worker after she reported breaking her finger while delivering mail. It also accuses officials at the postal service's Caldwell, Texas, facility of denying the worker immediate medical care, continuing to schedule her for shifts while she was injured and giving her the runaround for several days before terminating her. USPS did not respond to a request for comment. Related: 'Trump fires top US copyright official,' from our Katherine Tully-McManus. More agency news: 'The Department of Labor just dropped its investigation into Scale AI,' from TechCrunch. On the Hill TAKING ANOTHER STAB: Senate HELP Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) are reintroducing a bill to lower the age for participating in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by allowing individuals as young as 18 to contribute to ERISA-backed plans under certain circumstances. 'Americans who don't attend college and immediately enter the workforce should be given every chance to save for retirement,' Cassidy said in a statement. 'This legislation empowers American workers, giving them more opportunities to plan for a secure retirement.' The Helping Younger Americans Save for Retirement Act would also gut provisions that backers say make it costly for businesses to cover young employees, such as mandatory audits for employers with workers under the age of 21. Unions ROCKY MOUNTAIN TENSIONS: Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' intent to veto a bill that would ease union organizing in the state has aggravated the labor movement, which is now considering mounting a campaign to bypass lawmakers via a 2026 ballot measure. Polis had cited business concerns with the bill, SB 5, and had urged legislators to make several changes that they rejected, the Denver Post reports. At issue is a law unique to Colorado that effectively requires unions to win twice, once to be workers' representatives and again — with at least a 75-percent supermajority — to have the authority to bargain over dues and other fees. 'Unions have proposed a 2026 ballot measure that would require employers to have 'just cause' before they fire workers,' the Post reports. 'At the same time, a libertarian activist is advancing an anti-union 'right-to-work' ballot proposal in response to the SB-5 push.' More union news: 'Is It Time for Unions to Rethink Everything?' from The Nation. Even more: 'CSX reaches tentative 5-year deal with BLET covering 3,400 workers,' from Reuters. In the Workplace SPANBERGER COOL ON REPEAL: Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who is running to flip the governor's mansion, said she would not sign a repeal of Virginia's right-to-work law, WRIC reports. When she was in Congress, Spanberger co-sponsored the PRO Act that would have, among other things, overridden state right-to-work laws. 'I support labor,' she told the outlet. 'I support our strong Virginia economy, but no, I don't support a full repeal of our current right-to-work statute.' More workplace news: 'Amid DOGE cuts, families struggle with bills, consider leaving D.C.,' from The Washington Post. WHAT WE'RE READING — 'He championed the anti-ESG movement for years. Now, he's a senior policy adviser at DOL,' from Pension & Investing. — 'Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term,' from NBC News. — 'Workday gets contract from US agency behind DOGE staff cuts, no other bids,' from Reuters. — 'Policy that let federal employees use preferred bathroom formally overturned by Trump administration,' from the Government Executive. THAT'S YOUR SHIFT!
Epoch Times
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Secretary of Labor Warns States Could Lose Federal Funding If Illegal Immigrants Get Unemployment Benefits
U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer warned states of losing federal funding if they fail to comply with President Donald Trump's directives on rewarding illegal immigrants with tax dollars, according to an April 25 'Our nation's unemployment benefits exist solely for workers who are eligible to receive them,' Chavez-DeRemer wrote in a The secretary reminded all states that failing to fulfill existing legal obligations will result in the loss of federal funding through the Title III UI administrative grant. The warning is pursuant to presidential memorandum, 'Preventing Illegal Aliens from Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits,' and executive order 14218, 'Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders.' Chavez-DeRemer also reminded states of an earlier communication by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, based on which, states can access the DHS immigration This is a 'critical tool' to ensure 'illegal immigrants do not access our nation's unemployment benefits,' said the labor secretary. Related Stories 4/25/2025 4/25/2025 'As a result of this change, I instructed the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to send a letter to all State Unemployment Insurance Administrators urging them to immediately start using SAVE for every initial and continued claim filed by an individual who indicates that they are not a U.S. citizen,' he said. The SAVE database is aimed at helping agencies at federal, state, local, and tribal levels to confirm the immigration status and citizenship of individuals before issuing benefits. A presidential memorandum An executive According to a Department of Government Efficiency finding released The Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts have been met with challenges. State and local governments with sanctuary policies block or restrict local officials from enforcing federal laws such as those related to immigration. The lawsuit was filed by over a dozen cities that would be affected by the cancellation of federal funding for 'sanctuary' cities. In his order, the judge said the administration's attempt amounts to a violation of the Constitution's separation of powers principles and banned the government from any further funding cuts. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is On April 24, the Department of Agriculture asked states to take steps to this effect. States were asked to check the identities of people who apply for SNAP, collect their social security numbers, and verify their legal status in the United States.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
States warned federal funding is in jeopardy if illegal immigrants are collecting unemployment benefits
States that allow illegal immigrants to collect unemployment benefits could lose federal funding, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said Friday. In a letter to all governors, Chavez-DeRemer urged them to comply with President Donald Trump's directives to ensure that tax dollars aren't used to benefit those in the U.S. illegally. "Our nation's unemployment benefits exist solely for workers who are eligible to receive them," Chavez-DeRemer wrote. "To qualify for unemployment, one must be able and available to work, actively seeking work and be legally authorized to accept employment in the United States. Unemployment benefits are not a handout for those in our country illegally." Hud Terminates Obama-era Housing Rule That Trump Warned Would 'Destroy' Home Values Chavez-DeRemer urged the states to use SAVE, an online database for registered federal, state and local government agencies, to verify the immigration status of applicants seeking benefits or licenses. The move comes as the Trump administration continues to clamp down on illegal immigrants who receive taxpayer benefits. Read On The Fox News App On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USDA) is taking action to ensure that illegal immigrants no longer receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, widely known as food stamps. Hud Offices Became As Vacant As A 'Spirit Halloween' Store Under Biden: Admin Sources "USDA's nutrition programs are intended to support the most vulnerable Americans," Rollins said. "To allow those who broke our laws by entering the United States illegally to receive these benefits is outrageous." Last month, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner warned illegal immigrants living in government-funded housing that HUD is prioritizing only Americans under the Trump administration. "At HUD, we only serve one out of four Americans that we should be serving, and that has to come to an end," Turner told Fox News Digital at the time. "And so we're not only making it a priority, but we are making that our only priority, that American citizens will benefit from hard-working American taxpayer dollars."Original article source: States warned federal funding is in jeopardy if illegal immigrants are collecting unemployment benefits
