For 16 years, former state Rep. Cherie Berry has served as North Carolina’s labor commissioner.
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Reopening the economy during COVID-19 is a hotly contested issue in the race for N.C. Commissioner of Labor.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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President Donald Trump claimed during a Labor Day press conference at the White House that while he believes the average U.S. soldier loves him, he doubts top military officials in the Pentagon are fans of him because he doesn’t support endless war.
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2020 @ 10:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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The president held forth on many other subjects.
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 @ 10:11 am
By: LifeZette
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President Donald J. Trump is taking action to prevent Americans from being displaced by foreign workers and offshore labor using Federal dollars.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 @ 11:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As tech giant Oracle is targeted, there is an Epstein angle as well.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2020 @ 5:24 am
By: LifeZette
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released “The Employment Situation — April 2020” Friday stating the seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate was 14.7%.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 6:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announces today the Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative, a new partnership with Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) and the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the March U.S. unemployment figures Friday, you’d think they would reflect the onslaught of applications reported over the past two weeks: 3.3 million the week ending March 21 and 6.6 million last week.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 10:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Collaborators get to work on meeting community need
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2020 @ 10:14 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Department of Labor released its weekly jobs numbers Thursday and announced “the highest level” of jobless claims in the history of the country.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 11:30 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina law bans government agencies from making contracts with unions and bans public employees from striking.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2020 @ 1:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina continues to prepare for the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, the NC State Laboratory of Public Health (NCSLPH) within the NC Department of Health and Human Services is now able to perform testing for the virus.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is among 12 states selected by the U.S. Department of Labor to participate in an initiative to increase employment of people with disabilities.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 11:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Department of Labor needs to clean up its act.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 5:10 am
By: LifeZette
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Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is publishing its first Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor, and Child Sexual Exploitation.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 @ 2:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The booming economy and strong labor market allow Americans of all backgrounds to find work and succeed.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 3:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Heat-related illnesses, pesticide exposure and other occupational hazards face migrant and seasonal farmworkers each day.
Published: Saturday, October 5th, 2019 @ 10:16 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Remarks by President Trump at the Swearing-In Ceremony of Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia
Published: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 @ 12:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Greg Murphy, MD appointed to serve as a member of the House Education & Labor Committee.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 9:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A unique grant celebrates East Carolina University’s commitment to using interprofessional collaboration to address emerging and challenging trends in health care, including opioid use and substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2019 @ 3:58 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Poet Adrian Rice, in a thick Irish brogue, paints a scene in the imaginations of the third-graders who sit before him in Walkertown.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It's time to take care of our people, to rebuild our nation, and to fight for our great American workers.
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 @ 8:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Labor Day was the saddest day of the year when I was young. It signaled the official end of summer and the start of the routine of getting up early, going to school, doing homework and going to bed early
Published: Saturday, September 1st, 2018 @ 5:04 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Early this morning, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) implemented a 2004 order of deportation to the Federal Republic of Germany of Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi SS labor camp guard in German-occupied Poland and a postwar resident of Queens, New York.
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 5:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hickory has a labor shortage. Given our state's recent economic history, that claim may sound incredible. But it's true
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 9:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the term “fake news” may be of recent vintage, the phenomenon isn’t. For decades, policymakers in North Carolina and elsewhere have trafficked in poorly understood, misleading, or demonstrably false information
Published: Friday, June 22nd, 2018 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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America has always been a country on the move. Across the ocean, across the continent, and, for decades after the frontier officially closed, Americans have moved away from (and often with) family in search of a better life
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC Greensboro will take over a low-performing Rockingham County elementary school this year, a chance for student teachers and administrators to lend a hand to struggling children and families
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 5:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, the Senate unanimously passed the Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) that modifies the implementation of two upcoming regulations that would have passed on new costs to millions of
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 3:34 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Mako Medical Laboratories, LLC, a fast-growing developer and provider of diagnostic lab tests, will create 153 jobs over five years in Vance County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 10:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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