The Department of Labor 

announced good news for 

America’s workers at a 

November 17 news conference. DOL’s tough, 

targeted enforcement policy has yielded recordbreaking results for 

America’s workers. 

They are safer and are 

receiving more back 

wages—including 

overtime pay—than 

ever before. 

The result of these 

efforts is enhanced 

worker protection. 

For example, in 

2002, the number of 

workplace fatalities 

fell by 6.6% and the 

rate of fatal injuries 

in the workplace 

fell from 4.3 to 4.0 per 

100,000 workers, both of 

which are the lowest figures ever recorded. Fatal 

work injuries among Hispanic workers, which had 

been rising every year 

since 1995, were down 

by 6% in 2002. This improvement resulted from 

better enforcement, compliance assistance and an 

emphasis on accountability and results. 

In FY 2003, OSHA conducted 39,817 inspections—a nearly 6% increase over FY 2002. 

The number of OSHA 

inspections has increased 

every year during the 

Bush Administration. 

In FY 2003, EBSA criminal investigations resulted 

in the indictment of 137 

plan officials, corporate 

officers, union representatives, and service providers for offenses related 

to employee health and 

pension plans. 

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Volume 1, Issue 1 

Labor Laws Enforced At Record Levels 

Winter 2003 

Wage Determinations 

Go Online 

2 

Labor Day With 

Operating Engineers 

2 

Centennial Unions 

Honored 

3 

Employer Financial 

Reports Now Online 

3 

Ground Zero 

Documentary Premieres 

4 

Paul Hall and 

Steve Young Honored 

4 

Inside this issue: 

The Labor Advocate 

The Labor Community’s Source for Department of Labor News 

Administration Stands Up For Fair Trade 

The Bush Administration 

is committed to trade 

laws that provide a level 

playing field for America’s workers and understands that a full economic recovery means 

that the manufacturing 

sector must do better. 

On November 17, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA) voted to invoke 

safeguard relief on three 

textile products (knit fabric, 

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Strong Economic News 

 328,000 new jobs created 

(Aug.-Nov. 2003) 

 Most robust four-month 

job growth record since 

Sept.-Dec. 2000 

 Gross Domestic Product 

(GDP) increased at an 

annual rate of 8.2% in the 

third quarter of 2003, the 

fastest pace since 1984 

 Construction gained 

10,000 jobs in Nov. 

2003, the ninth consecutive increase 

 Construction has gained 

156,000 jobs from Feb.-

Nov. 2003 

Secretary Chao at Enforcement Press Conference 

(DOL Photo) 

The Bush Administration is 

committed to trade laws that 

provide a level playing field 

for America’s workers 
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Fatalities in all mines decreased by 

14% from FY 2002 to FY 2003, and 

by 31% between FY 2000 and FY 

2003. Total mining injuries fell by 

13% from FY 2002 to FY 2003 and 

by 25% since FY 2000. From FY 

2000 to FY 2003, total enforcement 

site events increased by 19%. 

Total back wages collected for 

workers in FY 2003 increased by 

21% over FY 2002, from $175.6 

million to $212.5 million—an 11-

year record. The number of workers 

who received back wages in FY 

2003 increased by nearly 30% over 

FY 2002, from 263,593 workers to 

342,358. 

Secretary Chao noted that behind 

every enforcement statistic and legal action is a person who needs the 

Department of Labor’s help. The 

Department’s enforcement data 

demonstrates how seriously this 

Administration takes its commitment to promote the safety and security of America’s workers and 

their benefits. 

dustry under a special provision of 

China’s WTO accession agreement 

that allows the U.S. (and other WTO 

members) to impose temporary quotas on textile imports from China in 

the event those imports are found to 

cause “market disruption.”

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dressing gowns and robes, and bras) 

imported to the U.S. from China 

following petitions filed by the U.S. 

textile industry. 

 

The petitions were filed by the inCITA is chaired by the U.S. Commerce Department and includes the 

Departments of Labor, State, and 

Treasury and the U.S. Trade Representative. 

Wage Determinations Go Online 

...Record-Breaking Enforcement Numbers 

...Fair Trade Policy Is A Must 

easy access to the wage 

determinations required on most 

federal or federally funded 

construction 

contracts and on 

most federal service 

contracts. 

WDOL is a milestone towards 

accomplishing President George W. 

Bush’s vision for E-Government, 

which will make it easier for citizens 

to obtain services from and to interact 

with the federal government. It will 

also improve government efficiency 

and effectiveness, and responsiveness 

to citizens. Access is open to the 

entire federal contracting community 

and the general public.

The DOL recently announced the 

official launch of the new Wage 

Determination Online (WDOL) 

program. The 

WDOL program at 

www.wdol.gov will 

provide the federal 

contracting 

community and the 

general public with 

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FY2003 Enforcement Data

 Number of workplace fatalities and rate of 

fatal injuries are at the lowest recorded 

level—ever

 Fatal injuries among Hispanic workers, 

which had been rising each year since 

1995, fell by 6% in 2002

 Mining injuries declined by 25% and fatalities in all mines fell by 31% since FY 

2000

 Number of OSHA inspections and citations continued to rise

 $212.5 million in back wages collected—

a 21% increase and 11-year record high 

 Number of workers receiving back wages 

increased by nearly 30% over FY 2002 

 Record $1.4 billion in health and pension 

assets protected —a 60% increase over 

FY 2002

WDOL... will provide... ready 

access to wage determinations 

required on most federal or 

federally funded 

construction contracts. 
On Labor Day, President George W. 

Bush and Secretary of Labor Elaine 

L. Chao visited the new training facility of International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 18 in 

Richfield, Ohio. IUOE President 

Frank Hanley introduced President 

Bush to the thousands of workers and 

their families who were in attendance. 

President Hanley said, “It is an 

honor to have President Bush spend 

this day honoring America’s 

workers with the men and women of 

the IUOE. His visit to our Local 

18's training center is most 

appropriate because it is the skilled 

craftsmen and women of the 

Operating Engineers who build 

America's critical infrastructure, 

and who keep it up and running on 

a daily basis for the benefit of all U. 

S. citizens.” 

Also in attendance were Fraternal 

Order of Police National President 

Chuck Canterbury, IUOE Local 18 

General Vice President and Business 

Manager Jim Gardner, Ohio Governor Bob Taft, and Ohio Senators 

George Voinovich and Mike 

DeWine.

ants. The Department of Labor requires that employers file LM-10 

employer reports, and those reports 

can now be reviewed online by the 

general public at http://www.dol.

gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/rrlo/

lmrda.htm. 

The Labor-Management Reporting 

and Disclosure Act of 1959 

(LMRDA), as amended, requires 

that employers file annual reports to 

disclose certain financial dealings 

with their employees, unions, union 

agents, and labor relations consultThe LMRDA also requires the filing 

of an Agreement and Activities Report, Form LM-20, by every person, 

including a labor relations consultant, 

who enters into an arrangement with 

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Centennial Unions Honored 

President Bush, Secretary Chao Spend Labor Day 

With Operating Engineers 

Employer Financial Reports Now Online 

Teamsters President James Hoffa, 

Laborers President Terence 

O’Sullivan, Asbestos Workers 

President James Grogan, and Rural 

Letter Carriers President Dale Holton 

each made remarks and received the 

award on behalf of their members. 

Hundreds of union members were in 

attendance for this special tribute. 

On September 5th, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao honored the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Laborers’ International 

Union of North America, the International Association of Heat and 

Frost Insulators and Asbestos 

Workers, and the National Rural 

Letter Carriers’ Association for 100 

years of service to their members. 

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NRLCA President Dale Holton, Asbestos Workers President Jim 

Grogan, Secretary Chao, Teamsters President James Hoffa, and 

Laborers President Terence O’Sullivan (DOL Photo)

President George W. Bush, IUOE President Frank Hanley, 

and Secretary Elaine L. Chao greet Operating Engineers on 

Labor Day (White House Photo) 
On September 9th, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Smithsonian’s National Museum for American 

History premiered Up 

From Zero, a documentary that Secretary 

of Labor Elaine L. 

Chao commissioned to 

honor and commemorate the skill, courage, 

and patriotism of the 

workers at Ground 

Zero. 

This documentary is a 

tribute to the brave men and women 

of the New York City building 

trades who worked tirelessly for 

nine months 

after September 11—to 

reclaim 

Ground Zero. 

They showed 

the world the 

best our country has to offer and reaffirmed our 

faith in our 

freedoms, our 

country and 

ourselves. It is a tribute to their 

courage and skill that they completed the job ahead of schedule 

and without serious injuries. 

Secretary Chao was inspired to 

commission this documentary after 

she visited Ground Zero in October 

2001 and met the men and women 

who worked there. Up From Zero 

memorializes the patriotism, skill, 

and strength that Secretary Chao 

saw in these workers. If you would 

like a copy of the Up From Zero

DVD, you may order one free of 

charge at http://www.dol.gov/opa/

dvd. 

served to individuals who make historic contributions to improving the 

quality of life for working men and 

women and their families. Previous 

inductees include Lane Kirkland, 

Samuel Gompers, and the September 

11th Rescue Workers. 

On October 1, Secretary of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao inducted former 

Seafarers President Paul Hall, former Fraternal Order of Police National President Steve Young, and 

Hershey Foods founder Milton Hershey into the Department’s Labor 

Hall of Fame. This is an honor reAt the 15th Annual Induction Ceremonies, Secretary Chao added Presidents Hall and Young and Mr. Hershey to a very prestigious and permanent exhibition at the Department of 

Labor. Secretary Chao stated, “The 

leaders we honor today were vision-

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...LM-10, LM-20, LM-21 Reports Now Online

Ground Zero Documentary Premieres 

Paul Hall, Steve Young Named To Labor Hall of Fame 

the employer.

Furthermore, every person required 

to file an LM20 must also 

file an annual 

Receipts and 

Disbursements 

Report, Form 

LM-21, if any 

payments were 

made or received during the fiscal 

year as a result of arrangements of 

the kind requiring the Form LM-20. 

The LM-10, LM-20 and 

LM-21 Forms may all be 

reviewed by the general 

public at http://www.dol.

gov/esa/regs/compliance/

olms/rrlo/lmrda.htm. 

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an employer under which he or 

she undertakes activities where an 

object is, directly or indirectly: 

 to persuade employees about 

exercising their rights to organize 

and bargain collectively, or

 to supply an employer with 

information about the activities of 

employees or a union in connection with a labor dispute involving 

Secretary Chao and Father Brian Jordan, the Ground 

Zero Chaplain, speak at the premiere (DOL Photo) 

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 LM-10 employer reports...can 

now be reviewed online by the 

general public. 
Reemployment Rights 

For Returning Service Members

Thousands of reservists and members of the National Guard answered our country's call. Now they’re starting to come back from 

their mission. 

(DOL Photo) 

A law called USERRA requires that an eligible service member be 

reemployed in the job that he or she would have held (or a comparable position) if not for the absence for military service. If you 

need to know more about this law, call us at 1-866-4-USA-DOL. 

Our service members did their job — now let’s do ours! 

 (DOL Photo) (DOL Photo) 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20210 

Phone: 202-693-6000 

Fax: 202-693-6145 

Web: http://www.dol.gov/opa/laboradvocate 

In January 2003, the nation lost one 

of its finest with the passing of Fraternal Order of Police National 

President Steve Young. He cared 

about his rank and file, and he 

never forgot where he came from 

and who he represented. FOP National President Chuck Canterbury 

provided remarks about Young and 

concluded by reading 

a letter from U.S. Attorney General John 

Ashcroft. 

Milton Hershey was a 

visionary and a friend 

of working men and 

women. At age 18, 

Hershey opened his 

first candy store, 

which grew into the 

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aries of courage, conviction who 

had a sense of service. Their ideals 

made a positive and lasting impact 

in improving the lives of working 

Americans—not only here in America but all around the world.” 

Paul Hall was the second president 

of the SIU and was 

known as the “The Father of the American 

Merchant Marine” for his 

role in the passage of the 

landmark Merchant Marine Act of 1970. At the 

ceremony, Seafarers 

President Michael Sacco 

remarked on the accomplishments of Hall. 

world’s largest chocolate manufacturing plant. During the Great Depression, he was instrumental in 

keeping his employees at work, as 

he built hotels, offices and schools 

for children in the town that now 

bears his name. 

These three men were leaders of 

courage who fought passionately 

for the dignity of all workers. Each 

in his own way broke new ground 

for all of us, and in the process 

made tremendous contributions to 

our workforce, our country and the 

future of freedom itself.

...Seafarers, Police Leaders Honored 

United States Department of Labor 

Sec. Chao with SIU Pres. Mike Sacco 

(DOL Photo) 

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