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Labor Secretary Marty Walsh joins Morning Joe to discuss President Biden s proposed $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure package, saying there is plenty in the plan for Republicans to support.April 8, 2021
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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is calling on the business community not to dismiss President Joe Biden s proposed corporate tax rate hike out of hand, saying an automatic rejection would be unacceptable.
Biden s proposal to raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% to pay for his $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan has received a lukewarm reception from congressional Republicans and most business groups. We want to compromise, Raimondo told reporters Wednesday. What we cannot do and what I am imploring the business community not to do is to say, We don t like 28%. We re walking away. We re not discussing. That s unacceptable. Come to the table and problem-solve with us to come up with a reasonable, responsible plan.
Federal OSHA regulators begin inspection of Tampa lead factory
After five years away, inspectors arrived Monday at Gopher Resource. The visit follows a Times investigation that found hundreds of workers exposed to high levels of poisons.
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Gopher Resource is seen on Tuesday in Tampa. On Monday regulators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration began inspecting at the company. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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Regulators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday began inspecting Gopher Resource, a Tampa lead smelter where dangerous conditions have plagued the factory for years.
The inspection comes a week after two members of Congress wrote to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and requested an expedited review in response to a
ANNAPOLIS â With Marylandâs blue crab harvest season underway, Governor Larry Hogan Friday, April 2, urged federal officials to make more H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas available to help protect Marylandâs $355 million seafood industry and supply chain.
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, the governor also called for a long-term, permanent solution to provide certainty to rural Maryland, particularly the Eastern Shore.
âIn support of Marylandâs seafood industry and other seasonal employers, I request that you take immediate action to eliminate the unfair lottery system and increase the number of H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas â now capped at 66,000 â to the maximum allowable under federal law and under the legislative language included in the omnibus bill,â Hogan wrote. âThese essential workers are vital to Marylandâs seafood industry and