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  2. Louisiana Workforce Commission - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) is a state agency of Louisiana, headquartered in Baton Rouge. It was previously called the Louisiana Department of Labor. The name changed in 2008. It gives assistance to state residents who had lost their jobs. In 2018 it had 925 people working for the agency. References

  3. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Public Safety and Corrections ( DPS&C) (French: Département de la sécurité publique et des services correctionnels de Louisiane) is a state law enforcement agency responsible for the incarceration of inmates and management of facilities at state prisons within the state of Louisiana.

  4. 1892 New Orleans general strike - Wikipedia

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    The New Orleans general strike was a general strike in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, that began on November 8, 1892. Despite appeals to racial hatred, black and white workers remained united. The general strike ended on November 12, with unions gaining most of their original demands.

  5. Louisiana State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the " Alcatraz of the South ", " The Angola Plantation " and " The Farm " [8]) is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is named "Angola" after the former slave plantation that occupied this territory.

  6. US labor board delays new employment rule after ... - AOL

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    U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent a letter to the NLRB this week saying it was out of compliance ...

  7. LGBT rights in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    There were no laws against same-sex sexual acts in Louisiana until 1805, when the Louisiana Territory enacted its first criminal code after annexation by the United States. The code contained a sodomy provision with the common-law definition and a mandatory penalty of life imprisonment at hard labor, whether heterosexual or homosexual. [1]

  8. Secretary of State of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The secretary of state of Louisiana ( French: Secrétaire d'État de la Louisiane) is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana and serves as the head of the Louisiana Department of State. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution . The current secretary of state is Nancy Landry .

  9. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .dol .gov /agencies /owcp. The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits to certain workers or their dependents who experience work-related injury or occupational disease. [2]