{"id":1416,"date":"2017-06-07T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/07\/acosta-must-answer-questions-on-devastating-labor-cuts\/"},"modified":"2017-06-07T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:38:00","slug":"acosta-must-answer-questions-on-devastating-labor-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/acosta-must-answer-questions-on-devastating-labor-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Acosta Must Answer Questions on Devastating Labor Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions 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l0:level9\n\t{mso-level-number-format:bullet;\n\tmso-level-text:\\F0A7;\n\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:left;\n\tmargin-left:4.25in;\n\ttext-indent:-.25in;\n\tfont-family:Wingdings;}\nol\n\t{margin-bottom:0in;}\nul\n\t{margin-bottom:0in;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">As Secretary Acosta prepares to testify on Trump&rsquo;s Labor Department budget in front of the House Appropriations Committee today, here is a look at some of the many devastating cuts to workers that he will have to defend:<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump wanted to slash the Labor Department&rsquo;s budget by $2.4 billion &ndash; or roughly 20 percent &ndash; and targeted more than half of the cuts at job training programs.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/trumps-20-percent-n73014451443\/\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;The White House asked to reduce Labor Department spending by $2.4 billion in fiscal year 2018, a roughly 20 percent decrease that would largely be accomplished by slashing the nation&rsquo;s workforce training programs.&rdquo;<b> <\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/trump-fiscal-2018-budget\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;Reduced spending on training accounts for more than half of total reduction to the Labor Department&rsquo;s budget.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump&rsquo;s budget would cut job training programs by almost 40 percent. <u><o:p><\/o:p><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/trumps-20-percent-n73014451443\/\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;President Donald Trump May 23 requested a $1.3 billion cut in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants for adult, youth, and dislocated worker training programs that have previously garnered bipartisan support. That would represent a 39 percent reduction.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump proposed eliminating job training programs for older Americans and disadvantaged youths. <u><o:p><\/o:p><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Sub-Bullet\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/trump-fiscal-2018-budget\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\">Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"> &ldquo;The budget proposes to eliminate the Senior Community Service Employment Program, which provides part-time work to unemployed, low-income people 55 and older. The program intends to transition those workers to unsubsidized employment. Cutting the program would save the Labor Department $434 million, according to the White House budget released Tuesday.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/labor-dept-cuts-target-job-training-programs-for-seniors-disadvantaged-youths\/2017\/03\/15\/4aba0966-0999-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.80e937ee0d2b\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Washington Post<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;The administration would also shrink Job Corps, a program that provides workplace training for disadvantaged youth, by closing centers that &lsquo;do a poor job educating and preparing students&rsquo; for the labor force.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump proposed eliminating a job training program for farm workers. <u><o:p><\/o:p><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/trump-fiscal-2018-budget\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;Also cut would be an $82 million program aimed at training migrant and seasonal farm workers. In both cases, the administration said those workers would be eligible for similar services through Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs, a separate Labor Department division.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump wanted to eliminate funding for grants to train workers in dangerous jobs. <u><o:p><\/o:p><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/trump-budget-worker-protections_us_58caa983e4b00705db4cbe7f\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Huffington Post<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;The proposal would cut what are known as Harwood grants, which are doled out by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The grants fund non-profits to train workers in dangerous jobs. Backers say the grants help save money by reducing costly on-the-job injuries and deaths.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump&rsquo;s budget would disband a Labor Department office that polices discrimination among federal contractors. <u><o:p><\/o:p><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-administration-plans-to-minimize-civil-rights-efforts-in-agencies\/2017\/05\/29\/922fc1b2-39a7-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html?utm_term=.c955e95c6636\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Washington Post<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;The Trump administration is planning to disband the Labor Department division that has policed discrimination among federal contractors for four decades, according to the White House&rsquo;s newly proposed budget, part of wider efforts to rein in government programs that promote civil rights. As outlined in Labor&rsquo;s fiscal 2018 plan, the move would fold the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, now home to 600 employees, into another government agency in the name of cost-cutting.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump&rsquo;s budget provides funding to reinstate a Bush-era office designed to audit large international unions while imposing severe cuts to a division that helps ensure workers around the world are treated fairly. <u><o:p><\/o:p><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/trumps-20-percent-n73014451443\/\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;The Office of Labor-Management Standards, which oversees union disclosure requirements, would get a 22 percent boost to $46.6 million in FY 2018. About $1.7 million of the program increases would be dedicated to the restoration of an office from the George W. Bush administration that was designed to audit large international unions. The Obama administration disbanded the office, which has been criticized by Democrats for harassing unions rather than improving transparency for members.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/trumps-20-percent-n73014451443\/\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;The White House also proposed taking a 77 percent hack at the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), to $19 million from $86 million. That comes despite the urging of the business and labor communities to maintain ILAB funding to ensure U.S. workers are competing on a level playing field abroad.&rdquo;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;As Secretary Acosta prepares to testify on Trump&rsquo;s Labor Department budget in front of the House Appropriations Committee today, here is a look at some of the many devastating cuts to workers that he will have to defend: &nbsp; Trump wanted to slash the Labor Department&rsquo;s budget by $2.4 billion &ndash; or roughly 20 percent <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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