Punching In: DOL Cutting Staff and Cake Within Frances Perkins

April 14, 2025, 9:00 AM UTC

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

Party Protests|Labor v Industry on PLAs

Rebecca Rainey: One DOL employee quietly, but prominently, protested against Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s decision to hold a celebration at the agency’s headquarters last week.

A sign with an image of rapper Drake grimacing next to the words “using taxpayer dollars to end unsafe working conditions” and then smiling next to the words “using taxpayer dollars to throw yourself a birthday party” was taped over a poster of Chavez-DeRemer in one of the elevators at the DOL last week, according to a photo shared with Bloomberg Law.

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