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Thomas Perez

Perez is U.S. Secretary of Labor.
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“It Took About 5 Years to Kill Him, and We Got to Watch”

Thomas Perez
March 25, 2016
When he was a kid, Tom Ward thought his dad was Superman, especially because he worked with his hands. When I sat down with Tom a few weeks ago, he talked about how heroic and invincible his father seemed, about his athleticism and his work ethic. But years of working as a sandblaster had taken their toll. They turned out to be this Superman’s kryptonite.
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The future of work

Thomas Perez
December 4, 2015
In 1913, when the Labor Department was founded, the U.S. workforce looked a lot different. Child labor was commonplace, and there were fewer opportunities for women and people of color.
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A U.S. Department of Labor Blog post

Recommitting to safety on National Miners Day

Thomas Perez
December 8, 2014

The following was posted on Saturday, Dec.  6: One hundred seven years ago today in Monongah, West Virginia, 362 coal miners – many of them teenage boys — went to work and never came home. That morning, an explosion ripped through two connected mines.


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From Work in Progress, the official blog of the U.S. DOL

Weather Forecasters: Summer’s Unsung Heroes

Thomas Perez
June 24, 2014

When severe weather strikes, we often turn to meteorologists and weather forecasters for life-saving information.  Tina Eller of Atlanta told the New York Times that her local weatherman, Glenn Burns, saved the lives of her and her family in 2011 by issuing an on-air warning to take cover when a tornado was minutes away from ravaging her community.


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