U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels will discuss today’s award of $10.5 million in federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations across the nation, during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT. A question-and-answer session will follow.

Among those awarded grants are five organizations focused on outreach to vulnerable nail salon workers.

The one-year grants are funded by the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, which funds workplace safety and health grants to nonprofit organizations, including community/faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, colleges and universities. Target trainees include small-business employers and underserved vulnerable workers in high-hazard industries.