[background noises] [background noises] is nick any on education and workforce will come to order. I note the quorum is present. That objection the chairs authorized to call recess at any time. Good morning everyone and welcome to todays hearing. Acting secretary at soup, i like to start by saying you have been a hard witness to schedule. The committee began working with the department to secure your in person testimony beginning in march. You would not appear in may, we honored your request to appear in june. Using the day, june 7, that was offered by your staff into which you agreed. More than a commenting to establish a mutual date for this meeting, this hearing. Why is it that late friday evening following the committees public posting of the hearing a week ago, your staff told us you were quote no longer to make june 7 work . What was so important that you are willing to stop the work of a Congressional Committee come up in the schedule 45 members of congress and leave the America
[background noises] [background noises] is nick any on education and workforce will come to order. I note the quorum is present. That objection the chairs authorized to call recess at any time. Good morning everyone and welcome to todays hearing. Acting secretary at soup, i like to start by saying you have been a hard witness to schedule. The committee began working with the department to secure your in person testimony beginning in march. You would not appear in may, we honored your request to appear in june. Using the day, june 7, that was offered by your staff into which you agreed. More than a commenting to establish a mutual date for this meeting, this hearing. Why is it that late friday evening following the committees public posting of the hearing a week ago, your staff told us you were quote no longer to make june 7 work . What was so important that you are willing to stop the work of a Congressional Committee come up in the schedule 45 members of congress and leave the America
Record as she answered questions. It included Vaccine Mandates, apprenticeships, and child labor abuses. [background noises] [background noises] is nick any on education and workforce will come to order. I note the quorum is present. That objection the chairs authorized to call recess at any time the committee on Education Workforce will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call recess at any time. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to todays hearing. Acting secretary su, i want to start by saying you have been a hard witness to schedule. The committee began working with the department to secure your in person testimony beginning in march. When you would not appear in may we honor your request to appear in june. Using a day, june 7, that was offered by your staff and to which you agreed. We have been more than accommodating to establish a mutual date for this hearing. So why is it that on late friday evening following the committees public posting of the hearing a
But the company pushed back hard shortly thereafter. Ashley fainted at work and did not know why this contributed to her concerns that apple had not properly tested the work site for contaminants. She also believed apple had not sufficiently informed employees of the possible Health Problems from Chemical Exposure. She was told that apple had no legal requirement to do so, but ashley was on to something. As it turned out, the building in which she worked for apple was built on a toxic waste site that was supposed to been managed by the defense giant northrop grumman, a carcinogen, called try coral. Ethylene was known to have been disposed of there and had leaked into the soil. Even the government admitted that the ground water at the site was contaminated. A government study in 2019 found the issue had been addressed, but then in 2021 employees were found to have been exposed to put is this fumes through cracks in the floor. Actually filed complaints with the Environmental Protection a
Highly educated tech with when she began working at apple in 2015. She was hired as a program manager. She was making good money and she had a great deal of responsibility. An incident in her personal life where there was an environmental danger in her apartment complex a tool and her 2 Environmental Issues at work too. When apple announced internally that it was going to conduct something called a Vapor Intrusion test, she objected, saying that it was unsafe for employees. Spoiler alert, she was right, of course, but the company pushed back hard shortly thereafter. Ashley feinted at work and did not know why this contributed to her concerns that apple had not properly tested the work side for contaminants. She also believed apple had not sufficiently informed employees of the possible Health Problems from Chemical Exposure. She was told that apple had no legal requirement to do so, but ashley was on to something. As it turned out, the building in which she worked for apple was built o