The Ministry of Labor has said it will “remove” the Women’s Bureau, a centuries -old department that focuses on advocacy for economic equality and a safe work environment for women, although the Minister of Labor admits that only Congress can do so.
When pressed with questions about the grants of reducing the effectiveness of the government administered by the Women’s Bureau at a meeting of the Budget Loan Committee on May 15, Secretary Lori Chavez-Dedemer answered, emphasizing his story.
“Steaming, the women’s bureau is in the statute,” Chavez-Demar said in response to the concerns of representative Rose Delauro.
While Chavez-Dedemer’s comment stopped promise and she did not develop the future of the Women’s Bureau, her comment may have necessitated the 105-year-old department to stay here to stay.
Yet, briefly, the budget of the Ministry of Fiscal Year of the Ministry of Labor in 2026 envisages the abolition of the women’s bureau, calling it a “relic of the past” and “ineffective politics”.
The Ministry of Labor effectively excludes the Women’s Bureau by getting rid of its employees and taking away its congress -approved funding (Getty Images)
“The department will work with the Congress to develop a package for the cancellation of the organic statutes of the SB, including women in the apprenticeship in the non -traditional professions for granting a grant permit.
By providing him with a women’s desk without funding and getting rid of staff in 2026, the department essentially eliminates the agency now. This is the Trump Administration’s most effort to quickly get out of operation, which they think are unnecessary or not aligned with the President’s policies.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Labor said Independent“The secretary is committed to working with Congress to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used effectively and efficiently to serve US workers better.”
During his presidential campaign, Trump promised to be the “patron” of women and insisted that they would be “happy, healthy, confident and free” under his administration.
The Trump administration, however, believes that the women’s bureau “has been fighting to find a role” in the advancement of women’s interests in the workforce, according to the budget short.
“The desk works on a wide range of questions and its work is not always closely coordinated or informed by agencies that actually have resources to deal with problems,” the Ministry of Labor wrote.
Labor secretary Lori Chavez-Dedemer told members of the Congress that the Women’s Bureau is a “statute” only a month before announcing that he would “remove” the agency (AP)
Created by Congress in 1920, the Women’s Bureau is the only federal agency that is installed to represent the needs of women who earn salaries.
He conducts research and policy analysis to advocate for policies that improve working conditions and increase profitable opportunities for women in the workforce. This includes getting more women in high -paying jobs, expanding access to paid leave and affordable childcare, removing payments, as well as harassment at work.
Part of its role involves providing grants and managing women in the Grates for Apprentice and Non -Training Professions (Wanto).
The Women’s Bureau also has the power to investigate and report on the welfare of women in the industry in the Ministry of Labor.
Nine current or former Ministry of Labor employees Mother Jones They believe that the closed women’s desk is aligned with the administration’s desire to make women stop working and stay home to raise children.
“Really feels like a specific [effort] To get women out of work, “said Gayle Goldin, the former deputy director of the women’s bureau under the administration of Biden, said Mother JonesS “We really need a women’s desk, because we need to be able to identify what the problems are, to see where the barriers are for women in the workplace, and to ensure that women have full capacity to enter the workplace at any job they want.”
If the Congress agreed to cancel the Women’s Bureau and its grant program, the department may move Wanto grants to a separate agency, such as the employment and training administration.