On Saturday, July 9, 2016, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson joined Miami Mayor Carlos A. Giminez, PortMiami director Juan M. Kuryla and other port officials, and South Florida leaders to offer a hearty bienvenido to the MOL Majesty, the first neo-Panamax vessel to dock in Florida since the historic expansion of the Panama Canal.The MOL Majesty’s arrival marks the start of a new… Read more »
Panama Canal Inaugurates Expansion SundayThe COSCO Shipping Panama — a 984-foot , 158-foot wide Chinese container ship — will move into position on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal just after after sunrise Sunday to prepare for the first official transit through the newly expanded canal.Nine years in the making and nearly two years behind schedule, the canal expansion… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson today traveled to Panama for the opening of the expanded Panama Canal. With its capacity nearly tripled, the canal will be able to accommodate bigger ships carrying up to 14,000 containers of goods from China and other parts of Asia to the East Coast. The expansion also opens up new markets for U.S. businesses, such as the shipment of natural… Read more »
Representatives Scott, Wilson, Maloney and Schakowsky Introduce Legislation to Update the Family and Medical Leave Act(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), introduced a legislative package to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to help workers balance work and… Read more »
Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) introduced a legislative package of bills to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to ensure that more workers have access to job-protected leave to care for themselves and their loved ones. FMLA was enacted more than 20 years ago to provide workers with… Read more »
Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) introduced H.R. 5496, a legislative package of bills to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to ensure that more workers have access to job-protected leave to care for themselves and their loved ones.FMLA was enacted more than 20 years ago to provide… Read more »
Congressional Full Employment Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) today released the following statement on May jobs report numbers:“We are deeply concerned by today’s alarming jobs numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which show that just 38,000 jobs were created… Read more »
On May 23, 2016, I sent a letter to Governor Rick Scott urging him to take over the city of Opa-Locka’s finances. As the city’s congressional representative I believe that the decision to take this step was the right thing to do.The reality is that Opa-Locka’s financial standing isn’t the only one at stake. In situations like this, there is a Domino effect that… Read more »
Today the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing titled “Promoting Safe Workplaces Through Effective and Responsible Recordkeeping Standards” to examine OSHA’s recordkeeping and anti-retaliation rule issued by Department of Labor on May 12, 2016.Since January 1, 2015, OSHA has required employers to report within 24 hours any work-related amputations,… Read more »
Today, the Department of Labor issued a final rule strengthening outdated rules for determining workers’ overtime eligibility. Under the new rule, most salaried, white-collar workers who earn less than $47,476 a year, or $913 a week, will be entitled to time-and-a-half pay for hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a week.Currently, salaried, white-collar workers must earn less than… Read more »
