In this extended interview Downey discusses Frances Perkins, a labor rights activist, close friend of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the first female secretary of labor.

FRANCES PERKINS and Harold L. Ickes sat side by side through the twelve years of F.D.R.’s Cabinet, and she is admirably qualified to appraise his Secret Diary, the first volume of which Simon ...

In this op-ed, acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su reflects on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the labor laws that were fought for and won after it, and how far we still need to go to protect ...

Workers’ Memorial Day, observed worldwide on April 28, is a remembrance and action for workers who were killed, disabled, ...

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“They’ve had to work without the same protections from silica dust that people in other industries have, even though we’ve ...

Hall will be honored at LCDC’s Frances Perkins Award Celebration to be held in Round Pond on Saturday, May 4. ROUND POND — Chris Hall, former Maine legislator and retired Bristol town ...

The Public Buildings Reform Board finds agency headquarters buildings operated at 12% of their estimated capacity, on average ...

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee is thrilled to announce the date and location of the upcoming Frances Perkins Award Celebration. Since 1995, the biennial event has paid tribute to a ...

18). But whenthe U. S. Child needs food, clothing or shelter the Government is agenerous, ingenious New England Auntie, with Secretary of Labor FrancesPerkins acting the part. U. S. Children’s ...

In her new downtown Nashville office, high in The Pinnacle at Symphony Place, Frances Perkins is adding an important piece — a modern abstract painting by New York City-based artist Maximilian ...