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Photo Gallery: Labor Day 2012 — The Year in Photos
(September 3, 2012)

Images include:

  • Secretary Solis helps fold American flags at the American GI Forum Residential Center in San Antonio, Texas. (September 9, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis and IRS Commissioner Douglas M. Shulman sign a memorandum of understanding on misclassification of workers at a signing ceremony that included representatives from Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Utah and Washington. (September 19, 2011)
  • Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) Engineering Professor Tim Callinan shows Secretary Solis an award winning Rube Goldberg machine designed and built by AACC students using industry leading 3D printing technology. Earlier, Secretary Solis announced $500 million in grants to community colleges around the country for the development of programs that provide pathways to good jobs for dislocated workers who are changing careers. (September 28, 2011)
  • Senator Harkin gives remarks on efforts to eliminate child labor at an event for the release of three new reports that provide an overview of international efforts to protect children from hazardous work and identify critical gaps in policy and enforcement that leave them vulnerable. (October 3, 2011)
  • During a trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota, Secretary Solis donned a hardhat and toured a turbine facility construction site at Jones Island in Milwaukee. (September 29/30, 2011)
  • MSHA held three days of mine rescue contests. Here, three mine rescuers consult a mine map before advancing underground. (October 3-6, 2011)
  • Secretary Salazar (right) joined Secretary Solis unveiling posters honoring the contributions of the American Latinos in America's Wars. (October 12, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis gives Facebook's ubiquitious thumbs-up LIKE gesture after announcing the Social Jobs Partnership, a social media-based effort that matched jobs with people. (October 20, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis observed a science experiment by science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students at Esperanza Academy Charter High School in Philadelphia. (October 28, 2011)
  • Veterans Day found Secretary Solis in Raleigh, North Carolina. Here, the Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy -- a National Guard sponsored program for high-school dropouts or expellees -- color guard open the event at the Joint Force Headquarters North Carolina National Guard Military Complex. (November 10, 2011)
  • As some workers found their benefits expiring, Secretary Solis joined unemployed teacher Jill Fleming-Salopek and out-of-work bus driver Vincent Brandon, along with members of Congress to talk about the importance of extending funding for federal unemployment insurance benefit programs. (November 30, 2011)
  • At the National Rehabilitation Hospital's 25th Anniversary Vicory Awards gala, ODEP's Kathy Martinez presented the award, which recognized the acting work of a person with disabilities, to Robert David Hall of the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (December 6, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis looked on as President Barack Obama delivered remarks on new minimum wage/overtime protections for in-home care workers.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.) (December 15, 2011)
  • Long before the heat of summer kicked in, the administration started work in its Summer Jobs+ program, where rocker and member of President's Council on Community Solutions, Jon Bon Jovi joined Secretary Solis in discussing ways to coordinate efforts bring summer jobs to troubled communities. (January 5, 2012)
  • During a visit from the First Lady, Secretary Solis presented Michelle Obama a bound collection of photos celebrating the First Lady's work supporting military service members and their families through Joining Forces. (January 30, 2012)
  • To promote the president's State of the Union promise to deliver skilled workers to American businesses, Secretary Solis visited a Job Corps Center in San Diego, Dalif. Here, she stops for a photo with carpentry students. (January 27, 2012)
  • As the news crew grabs some footage, Secretary Solis chatted with community and business leaders in Miami, Fla. Here, Rene Infante, founder of Bargain Town, an open-air market in Miami, chats with Secretary Solis. (February 6, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (center) on a tour of a new General Motors' manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Md. The plant will work on an advanced electric motor for use in future GM vehicles. (February 15, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis and Dr. Jill Biden took to the road on a three-day bus tour to promote the president's Community College to Career program, which helps prepare tomorrow's workers today. Here, Vice President Joe Biden joined them in Thomasville, North Carolina where they were greeted by Mary Rittling, Davidson County Community College president. (February 24, 2012)
  • The CC2C tour kicked off with Secretary Solis and Dr. Biden in Columbus, Ohio, and included stops in Dayton, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina to highlight the importance of community colleges in fostering careers. (February 22, 2012)
  • MSHA's Joseph Main went underground to inspect new coal mining technologies. Here he tries out a wireless communications system at the Robinson Run underground coal mine in Pennsylvania. (February 20, 2012)
  • As the department entered its centennial year, a project to restore the murals that hang in headquarer's lobby commenced. Maura Duffy works to restore the paintings, created by artist Jack Beal, back to their original luster when they were installed in 1977. (March 6, 2012)
  • Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security Phyllis C. Borzi addresses the ERISA Advisory Council's first meeting of 2012. (March 13, 2012)
  • In Dallas, Texas, more than 200 employers and service providers attended the Women Veterans Resource/Job Fair. The event was sponsored by the Women's Bureau. (March 13, 2012)
  • In March, the Iqbal Masih Award was given to documentary filmmaker Len Morris for his film 'Stolen Childhoods.' Here, ILAB's Sandra Polaski (seated right) and Kevin Willcutts listend to Morris' remarks. (March 20, 2012)
  • The department unveiled its newly redesigned 'Hall of Honor,' inducting the Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement as the first honorees. A local mariachi band played traditional music. (March 26, 2012)
  • Magic was in the air as Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and Secretary Solis spoke at the White House Urban Economic Forum in Los Angeles. The dialog focused on urban entrepreneurship and the efforts to address the employment situation for African-Americans and Latinos. (March 22, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis, Kiran Ahuja (left), executive director of White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and OFCCP's Patricia Shiu, joined Red Baraat (South Asian/New Orleans-style brass band) at the reception for the National Philanthropic Briefing on the AAPI community. (April 2, 2012)
  • As part of the department's year-long centennial commemoration, artwork such as this, 'Piscando en Pajaro,' a silkscreen by Juan Fuentes, 1994. (Courtesy of the Gilberto Cárdenas Latino Art Collection: Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.) were displayed through out the Frances Perkins building. (April 5, 2012)
  • At the White House Forum on Women and the Economy, Secretary Solis discussed women and the economy with a TV reporter outside the White House. (April 6, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk at the VI Summit of the Americas. Here, Secretary Solis is greeted by President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia at Casa De Huespedes in Cartagena, Colombia. (April 15, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined President Obama on a visit to Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio. The college's Transformations Program for Computerized Numerically Controlled Machining had placed more than 90 percent of participants in jobs within three months of graduation. (April 18, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis attended the Fifth Annual Construction Worker's Memorial Mass, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, which began with this procession. The 'Hard Hat' Mass is celebrated to remember those construction workers who died on the job in the last year. (April 24, 2012)
  • After the passing of Mark H. Ayers, president of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, Secretary Solis delivered a heartfelt speech at the BCTD's National Legislative Conference. She also inducted Mr. Ayers into the Hall of Honor. (May 1, 2012)
  • Part of the department's celebration of Diversity Day - the Choomsarang Korean Folk Dance Group of Chicago performs a traditional Korean dance known as the flower crown dance. (May 1, 2012)
  • OSHA's Dr. David Michaels joined young artists and other VIPs at the NAOSH Week kickoff. The children submitted winning entries to the poster contest. (May 7, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis delivered the keynote address for the commencement ceremony at Estrella Mountain Community College, in Avondale, Ariz. Here, she congratulates one of the 300 graduating students. (May 11, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined Telemundo's José Díaz-Balart and TODAY's Natalie Morales to discuss 'Job One,' an event which brings together 500 top Florida business, civic and education leaders for a discussion on skills required for 21st century jobs. (May 21, 2012)
  • At the United Farm Workers 50th Anniversary, in Bakersfield, Calif., Secretary Solis inducted Dolores Huerta, co-founder of UFW and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, into the department's Hall of Honor. (May 20, 2012)
  • A state-of-the-art Navy jet is being assembled at during Deputy Secretary Seth Harris's visit to the Rochester Institute of Technology. Here he talks with (L to R) Dr. Nabil Nasr, assist provost and director of the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at RIT and Andrig Harlan, assistant director of Operations, CIMS. (May 21, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis, Senator Tom Harkin, ETA's Jane Oates, Gage Taylor, a student at Indian Hills Community College, and Mark Douglas, center director, cut the ribbon to open the Ottumwa (Iowa) Job Corps Center. (June 8, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis signed agreements with Ambassadors from Ambassadors of Honduras, the Philippines, Peru and Ecuador intended to develope partnerships on worker rights. Here, the Secretary shakes hands with Ambasador Cely of Ecuador. (June 11, 2012)
  • Children from the Labor Department's Child Development Center received a greeting from the crash test dummy at the kick off of OSHA's Safety Week. (June 13, 2012).
  • During a visit to the Work Force Initiatives in Pittsburgh, Penn., Secretary Solis talks with John Thornton, president of Astrobotic, a company specializing in affordable space exploration and mission technologies. (June 14, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis delivers remarks at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 2012 Awards Gala. (June 20, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis, with NALEO president Sylvia Garcia close by, introduced President Obama to the 1,100 attendees of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Conference. The President received a standing ovation. (June 22, 2012)
  • Over several days of high-level meetings with her international counterparts, Secretary Solis discussed issues of mutual importance, such as wages, worker protections and women's rights. Here, the Secretary greets Madam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Vice President of Vietnam's National Assembly. The Secretary also met with the UK Secretary of Works and Pensions and Colombian Minister of Labor. (June 25 - 27, 2012)
  • While visiting the Reading (Penn) Area Community College, Deputy Secretary Harris saw the college's mechatronics advanced manufacturing labs. (June 28. 2012)
  • After speaking at the Naturalization Ceremony that welcomed 21 new citizens to the U.S., Secretary Solis posed for a photo with the new citizens and their families. (July 2, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis squeezed in a visit with one of the many Summer Jobs+ success stories, Jamba Juice. Here she pauses for a photo with Jamba Juice COO Bruce Schroeder (in apron), National Jobs Corps Director Edna Primrose (to the right of Schroeder), and students and faculty from the Potomac Job Corps center who were all on hand to celebrate the store's opening. (July 9, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined news anchors Blanca Garza and Cesar Bayona in studio at Telemundo 48 during the a visit to the Center for Employment Training, in San Jose, Calif. (July 23, 2012)
  • MSHA Observed the 10th anniversary of the Quecreek mine rescue that saved nine men's lives after a 77-hour rescue effort - just months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Here, a bronze statue of a coal miner graces the entrance to the Quecreek Mine rescue site. (July 28, 2012)
  • In July, Secretary Solis joined representatives from innovative Registered Apprenticeship Programs across the country to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Registered Apprenticeship Act. (July 31, 2012)
  • In Philadelphia, YouthBuild students, project partners and community members gathered in front of the newly renovated property. More than 125 students participated in the renovation process over the course of 18 months, turning a community eye-sore into a source of local pride. (August 6, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis received a standing ovation as she walked through the crowd on her way to addressed the 74th Quadrennial Convention of Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union. (August 10, 2012)
  • Find out more about Labor Day and the U.S. Department of Labor at our Labor Day pages. (September 3, 2012)

Images include:

  • Secretary Solis helps fold American flags at the American GI Forum Residential Center in San Antonio, Texas. (September 9, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis and IRS Commissioner Douglas M. Shulman sign a memorandum of understanding on misclassification of workers at a signing ceremony that included representatives from Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Utah and Washington. (September 19, 2011)
  • Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) Engineering Professor Tim Callinan shows Secretary Solis an award winning Rube Goldberg machine designed and built by AACC students using industry leading 3D printing technology. Earlier, Secretary Solis announced $500 million in grants to community colleges around the country for the development of programs that provide pathways to good jobs for dislocated workers who are changing careers. (September 28, 2011)
  • Senator Harkin gives remarks on efforts to eliminate child labor at an event for the release of three new reports that provide an overview of international efforts to protect children from hazardous work and identify critical gaps in policy and enforcement that leave them vulnerable. (October 3, 2011)
  • During a trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota, Secretary Solis donned a hardhat and toured a turbine facility construction site at Jones Island in Milwaukee. (September 29/30, 2011)
  • MSHA held three days of mine rescue contests. Here, three mine rescuers consult a mine map before advancing underground. (October 3-6, 2011)
  • Secretary Salazar (right) joined Secretary Solis unveiling posters honoring the contributions of the American Latinos in America's Wars. (October 12, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis gives Facebook's ubiquitious thumbs-up LIKE gesture after announcing the Social Jobs Partnership, a social media-based effort that matched jobs with people. (October 20, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis observed a science experiment by science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students at Esperanza Academy Charter High School in Philadelphia. (October 28, 2011)
  • Veterans Day found Secretary Solis in Raleigh, North Carolina. Here, the Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy -- a National Guard sponsored program for high-school dropouts or expellees -- color guard open the event at the Joint Force Headquarters North Carolina National Guard Military Complex. (November 10, 2011)
  • As some workers found their benefits expiring, Secretary Solis joined unemployed teacher Jill Fleming-Salopek and out-of-work bus driver Vincent Brandon, along with members of Congress to talk about the importance of extending funding for federal unemployment insurance benefit programs. (November 30, 2011)
  • At the National Rehabilitation Hospital's 25th Anniversary Vicory Awards gala, ODEP's Kathy Martinez presented the award, which recognized the acting work of a person with disabilities, to Robert David Hall of the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (December 6, 2011)
  • Secretary Solis looked on as President Barack Obama delivered remarks on new minimum wage/overtime protections for in-home care workers.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.) (December 15, 2011)
  • Long before the heat of summer kicked in, the administration started work in its Summer Jobs+ program, where rocker and member of President's Council on Community Solutions, Jon Bon Jovi joined Secretary Solis in discussing ways to coordinate efforts bring summer jobs to troubled communities. (January 5, 2012)
  • During a visit from the First Lady, Secretary Solis presented Michelle Obama a bound collection of photos celebrating the First Lady's work supporting military service members and their families through Joining Forces. (January 30, 2012)
  • To promote the president's State of the Union promise to deliver skilled workers to American businesses, Secretary Solis visited a Job Corps Center in San Diego, Dalif. Here, she stops for a photo with carpentry students. (January 27, 2012)
  • As the news crew grabs some footage, Secretary Solis chatted with community and business leaders in Miami, Fla. Here, Rene Infante, founder of Bargain Town, an open-air market in Miami, chats with Secretary Solis. (February 6, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (center) on a tour of a new General Motors' manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Md. The plant will work on an advanced electric motor for use in future GM vehicles. (February 15, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis and Dr. Jill Biden took to the road on a three-day bus tour to promote the president's Community College to Career program, which helps prepare tomorrow's workers today. Here, Vice President Joe Biden joined them in Thomasville, North Carolina where they were greeted by Mary Rittling, Davidson County Community College president. (February 24, 2012)
  • The CC2C tour kicked off with Secretary Solis and Dr. Biden in Columbus, Ohio, and included stops in Dayton, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina to highlight the importance of community colleges in fostering careers. (February 22, 2012)
  • MSHA's Joseph Main went underground to inspect new coal mining technologies. Here he tries out a wireless communications system at the Robinson Run underground coal mine in Pennsylvania. (February 20, 2012)
  • As the department entered its centennial year, a project to restore the murals that hang in headquarer's lobby commenced. Maura Duffy works to restore the paintings, created by artist Jack Beal, back to their original luster when they were installed in 1977. (March 6, 2012)
  • Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security Phyllis C. Borzi addresses the ERISA Advisory Council's first meeting of 2012. (March 13, 2012)
  • In Dallas, Texas, more than 200 employers and service providers attended the Women Veterans Resource/Job Fair. The event was sponsored by the Women's Bureau. (March 13, 2012)
  • In March, the Iqbal Masih Award was given to documentary filmmaker Len Morris for his film 'Stolen Childhoods.' Here, ILAB's Sandra Polaski (seated right) and Kevin Willcutts listend to Morris' remarks. (March 20, 2012)
  • The department unveiled its newly redesigned 'Hall of Honor,' inducting the Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement as the first honorees. A local mariachi band played traditional music. (March 26, 2012)
  • Magic was in the air as Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and Secretary Solis spoke at the White House Urban Economic Forum in Los Angeles. The dialog focused on urban entrepreneurship and the efforts to address the employment situation for African-Americans and Latinos. (March 22, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis, Kiran Ahuja (left), executive director of White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and OFCCP's Patricia Shiu, joined Red Baraat (South Asian/New Orleans-style brass band) at the reception for the National Philanthropic Briefing on the AAPI community. (April 2, 2012)
  • As part of the department's year-long centennial commemoration, artwork such as this, 'Piscando en Pajaro,' a silkscreen by Juan Fuentes, 1994. (Courtesy of the Gilberto Cárdenas Latino Art Collection: Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.) were displayed through out the Frances Perkins building. (April 5, 2012)
  • At the White House Forum on Women and the Economy, Secretary Solis discussed women and the economy with a TV reporter outside the White House. (April 6, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk at the VI Summit of the Americas. Here, Secretary Solis is greeted by President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia at Casa De Huespedes in Cartagena, Colombia. (April 15, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined President Obama on a visit to Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio. The college's Transformations Program for Computerized Numerically Controlled Machining had placed more than 90 percent of participants in jobs within three months of graduation. (April 18, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis attended the Fifth Annual Construction Worker's Memorial Mass, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, which began with this procession. The 'Hard Hat' Mass is celebrated to remember those construction workers who died on the job in the last year. (April 24, 2012)
  • After the passing of Mark H. Ayers, president of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, Secretary Solis delivered a heartfelt speech at the BCTD's National Legislative Conference. She also inducted Mr. Ayers into the Hall of Honor. (May 1, 2012)
  • Part of the department's celebration of Diversity Day - the Choomsarang Korean Folk Dance Group of Chicago performs a traditional Korean dance known as the flower crown dance. (May 1, 2012)
  • OSHA's Dr. David Michaels joined young artists and other VIPs at the NAOSH Week kickoff. The children submitted winning entries to the poster contest. (May 7, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis delivered the keynote address for the commencement ceremony at Estrella Mountain Community College, in Avondale, Ariz. Here, she congratulates one of the 300 graduating students. (May 11, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined Telemundo's José Díaz-Balart and TODAY's Natalie Morales to discuss 'Job One,' an event which brings together 500 top Florida business, civic and education leaders for a discussion on skills required for 21st century jobs. (May 21, 2012)
  • At the United Farm Workers 50th Anniversary, in Bakersfield, Calif., Secretary Solis inducted Dolores Huerta, co-founder of UFW and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, into the department's Hall of Honor. (May 20, 2012)
  • A state-of-the-art Navy jet is being assembled at during Deputy Secretary Seth Harris's visit to the Rochester Institute of Technology. Here he talks with (L to R) Dr. Nabil Nasr, assist provost and director of the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at RIT and Andrig Harlan, assistant director of Operations, CIMS. (May 21, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis, Senator Tom Harkin, ETA's Jane Oates, Gage Taylor, a student at Indian Hills Community College, and Mark Douglas, center director, cut the ribbon to open the Ottumwa (Iowa) Job Corps Center. (June 8, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis signed agreements with Ambassadors from Ambassadors of Honduras, the Philippines, Peru and Ecuador intended to develope partnerships on worker rights. Here, the Secretary shakes hands with Ambasador Cely of Ecuador. (June 11, 2012)
  • Children from the Labor Department's Child Development Center received a greeting from the crash test dummy at the kick off of OSHA's Safety Week. (June 13, 2012).
  • During a visit to the Work Force Initiatives in Pittsburgh, Penn., Secretary Solis talks with John Thornton, president of Astrobotic, a company specializing in affordable space exploration and mission technologies. (June 14, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis delivers remarks at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 2012 Awards Gala. (June 20, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis, with NALEO president Sylvia Garcia close by, introduced President Obama to the 1,100 attendees of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Conference. The President received a standing ovation. (June 22, 2012)
  • Over several days of high-level meetings with her international counterparts, Secretary Solis discussed issues of mutual importance, such as wages, worker protections and women's rights. Here, the Secretary greets Madam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Vice President of Vietnam's National Assembly. The Secretary also met with the UK Secretary of Works and Pensions and Colombian Minister of Labor. (June 25 - 27, 2012)
  • While visiting the Reading (Penn) Area Community College, Deputy Secretary Harris saw the college's mechatronics advanced manufacturing labs. (June 28. 2012)
  • After speaking at the Naturalization Ceremony that welcomed 21 new citizens to the U.S., Secretary Solis posed for a photo with the new citizens and their families. (July 2, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis squeezed in a visit with one of the many Summer Jobs+ success stories, Jamba Juice. Here she pauses for a photo with Jamba Juice COO Bruce Schroeder (in apron), National Jobs Corps Director Edna Primrose (to the right of Schroeder), and students and faculty from the Potomac Job Corps center who were all on hand to celebrate the store's opening. (July 9, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis joined news anchors Blanca Garza and Cesar Bayona in studio at Telemundo 48 during the a visit to the Center for Employment Training, in San Jose, Calif. (July 23, 2012)
  • MSHA Observed the 10th anniversary of the Quecreek mine rescue that saved nine men's lives after a 77-hour rescue effort - just months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Here, a bronze statue of a coal miner graces the entrance to the Quecreek Mine rescue site. (July 28, 2012)
  • In July, Secretary Solis joined representatives from innovative Registered Apprenticeship Programs across the country to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Registered Apprenticeship Act. (July 31, 2012)
  • In Philadelphia, YouthBuild students, project partners and community members gathered in front of the newly renovated property. More than 125 students participated in the renovation process over the course of 18 months, turning a community eye-sore into a source of local pride. (August 6, 2012)
  • Secretary Solis received a standing ovation as she walked through the crowd on her way to addressed the 74th Quadrennial Convention of Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union. (August 10, 2012)
  • Find out more about Labor Day and the U.S. Department of Labor at our Labor Day pages. (September 3, 2012)