Labor & Workers

Programs protecting workers and ensuring fair wages

This is a proposal, not law.This reflects the President's FY2027 budget proposal. Congress has not acted on these appropriations.

Programs affected

$381M

Total proposed cuts

reductionBudget PDF p. 48

OSHA, Wage and Hour Division, MSHA Reductions; Women's Bureau Eliminated

$234M

20.0% cut

Workers in hazardous industries; wage theft victims; mine workers; the Women's Bureau (est. 1920)

elimination Alabama impactBudget PDF p. 48

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

$101M

100.0% cut

26 million workers employed by federal contractors; anti-discrimination enforcement

reductionBudget PDF p. 49

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

$46M

40.0% cut

International child labor and trafficking programs; trade agreement labor enforcement