"This budget
strengthens our ability to protect workers and prepare them for good jobs in
the 21st century economy," said
U.S. Secretary of
Labor Elaine L. Chao. "Additional resources will enable us to continue our
record-breaking enforcement of worker protection laws, and innovative job
training measures will put valuable training options directly in the hands of
workers."
The President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 budget for the Department
of Labor provides added resources for enforcement and compliance assistance to
protect workers' health, safety, pay, benefits and union dues. The budget also
proposes new job training reforms to make federal-state training programs more
flexible and effective. The budget also calls for passage of Association Health
Plan legislation and other legislative initiatives related to the Department's
agencies and programs.
