Georgia labor commissioner elected president of national organization
Butler will lead National Association of Government Labor Officials
By Staff Reports
ATLANTA — Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler has been elected president of the National Association of Government Labor Officials.
Butler, the state’s labor chief since 2011, was elected at the recent NAGLO annual conference in Portland, Maine.
The NAGLO is a bi-partisan association of the commissioners, directors and secretaries of labor for each state and territory of the United States. Formed in 1914, it provides services and information to its members on issues including employment security, unemployment insurance and workforce development. It also represents the states by working with the U.S. Department of Labor on labor policy issues that would impact state labor regulations or laws.
“I am pleased that Commissioner Mark Butler is coming in as NAGLO’s new president,” said outgoing HAGLO President Ken Peterson, Minnesota’s labor commissioner. “Mark has impressed his fellow labor officials around the nation with the innovative initiatives that he and the Georgia Department of Labor are using to improve Georgia’s economy by assisting both employees and businesses.”
Butler is a native of Carrollton. Before he was elected labor commissioner, he served eight years in the General Assembly. He also worked more than 20 years in his family-owned business in Carrollton.
Programs Butler has implemented include:
— Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job search/job posting service that can be accessed at www.employgeorgia.com;
— The department’s Businesses Services Unit, which includes the Regional Coordinator Program that has coordinators in 12 regions of Georgia who work directly with employers and economic developers to help expand business and industry;
— GeorgiaBEST (Business Ethics Student Training), an initiative that teaches students “soft skills” necessary to be competitive in today’s workforce, which is being is taught through more than 200 middle and high schools and technical colleges.
To learn more about the GDOL and its services to employers and jobseekers, visit dol.georgia.gov.
To learn more about NAGLO and its mission, visit www.naglo.org.
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