DOT Helps States, Local Communities Improve Transportation Resilience

The U.S. Department of Transportation has been working hard to support communities across the country as they adapt the planning, development, and management of their transportation assets for greater resilience in the face of climate change.

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Weekly Address: Reaffirming Our Commitment to Protecting the Right to Vote

In this week’s address, the President celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act by underscoring the importance of one of the most fundamental rights of our democracy — that all of us are created equal and that each of us deserves a voice.

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West Wing Week: “The Measure of a Leader”

Last week, the President announced a new historic action to cut harmful carbon pollution, advocated for the Iran deal, celebrated his 54th birthday, and inaugurated a new class of Mandela fellows.

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Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez laughs with participants in the apprentice program at Buler Aeroglide in Cary, NC. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor)

To make sure that workers partner in building up the U.S. economy and ensuring the benefits of that growth are broadly shared, we must empower more workers with a voice. That’s why we’re holding the Summit on Worker Voice on October 7.

The Summit will bring together workers, employers, unions, organizers, and other advocates and experts to:

• Highlight the value of collective bargaining
• Examine challenges facing workers trying to organize in the 21st century
• Bring attention to new, innovative ways that workers are coming together to have a voice in their workplaces
• Engage employers who are collaborating with their workers to create meaningful partnerships that are good for workers and businesses

Find out more about the Summit on Worker Voice.

Urge the FEC to investigate Scott Walker.

Not a great personality trait for someone who wants to be the POTUS of the Free World

“My visit to Havana, the first by a U.S. Secretary of State in 70 years, comes nine months after President Obama announced a new approach to relations with Cuba. It is an approach based on the ties that bind our people, the interests shared by our governments, and the mutual respect that should characterize relations between two proud nations — even when our policies collide.”