For the first time in at least a decade, the House has put forward a funding bill that includes no money for the only federal agency to “represent the needs and interests of working women.”

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    1 year ago

    All that money, over all those years …. and I still don’t have a sandwich! 🫣

    Not to minimize this concern, but I found it even more scary they also want to

    The bill also eliminates the department’s International Labor Relations Board, which works to strengthen global labor standards in part by promoting racial and gender equity. It is the largest funder worldwide of programs designed to combat child labor, forced labor and human trafficking.