Punching In: DOL Sets Goal to Get ‘Good Jobs’ to the South

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

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Rebecca Rainey: Leaders of the US Labor Department say they’re focusing agency efforts on the South as part of the administration’s work to ensure federal investments enhance racial equity, noting the lack of protections some states provide to workers there.

“Here at the Department of Labor, the Labor Secretary and I and our teams have talked a lot about what’s happening in the Southeast, and why it’s happening in the Southeast,” Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su said during an event at the DOL last week. ...