Press Release

17 July 2023

Philippine Consulate General-New York and US Department of Labor Conduct Labor Rights Seminars in Pennsylvania

New York, 17 July 2023 – The Philippine Consulate General in New York, in collaboration with the US Department of Labor – Wage and Hours Division (DOL-WHD), conducted two labor rights seminars in the State of Pennsylvania. The seminars were held as side events to the consular outreach missions in Elkins Park, PA on 15 July 2023, and in Lancaster, PA on 16 July 2023. The DOL-WHD sent a representative to each of the locations, who conducted a briefing on labor laws and labor market information to Filipinos who were availing of Post’s consular services.

During the Consular Outreach in Elkins Park, DOL-WHD Public Affairs Liaison and Community Outreach Resource and Planning Specialist Elizabeth Zimmer-Mull gave a presentation in the morning and another in the afternoon with a total of 48 participants attending, while DOL-WHD  Harrisburg Field Office Wage and Hour Investigator Rocio Torres-Solano conducted the seminar in Lancaster, PA, with 31 participants attending. END  

DOL-WHD Harrisburg Field Office Wage and Hour Investigator Ms. Rocio Torres-Solano conducts a brief seminar on labor rights in Lancaster, PA, assisted by officers from the DFA’s Office of Migrant Workers Affairs, Mr. Abdul Rahman Pacasum, and Ms. Astrud Montana. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Jose Magaso)
(Above) Vice Consul Paolo Marco Mapula introduces the speaker before participants to the labor rights seminar in Elkins Park, PA. (Below) DOL-WHD Public Affairs Liaison and Community Outreach Resource and Planning Specialist Ms. Elizabeth Zimmer-Mull speaks before participants in Lancaster, PA. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Jose Magaso and Mr. Abdul Rahman Pacasum)

(Left) Representatives from the DFA’s Office of Migrant Workers Affairs, Mr. Abdul Rahman Pacasum, and Ms. Astrud Montana flank Vice Consul Paolo Marco Mapula, and DOL-WHD Public Affairs Liaison and Community Outreach Resource and Planning Specialist Ms. Elizabeth Zimmer-Mull in a photo taken after the seminar in Elkins Park, PA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Below) Representatives from the DFA’s Office of Migrant Workers Affairs, Mr. Abdul Rahman Pacasum, and Ms. Astrud Montana flank Vice Consul Paolo Marco Mapula, and DOL-WHD Harrisburg Field Office Wage and Hour Investigator Ms. Rocio Torres-Solano in a photo taken after the seminar in Lancaster, PA.(Photos courtesy of Mr. Abdul Rahman Pacasum)