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Chao’s Department of Labor not enforcing child labor laws?

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It would appear to be the case.

The U.S. Department of Labor is failing to effectively enforce the nation’s child labor laws, witnesses told the Workforce Protection Subcommittee today. According to a study by the National Consumers League, the number of child labor investigations decreased dramatically during the Bush administration: The number of child labor investigations conducted by the Labor Department in 2006 was at the lowest in at least a decade.

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September 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 pm

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Why is Elaine Chao wanting to expose workers to toxins?

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This is rather disgusting as the is supposed to be on the side of workers.

Political appointees at the Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the final months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers’ on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins.

They are making deals in secret.

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July 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 am

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Elaine Chao: Today’s worst Secretary of Labor in the worrrllllddd!

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She really is something isn’t she?

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June 6th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

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