Labor Is Thrilled With Obama's Labor Secretary Pick

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http://www.laborradio.org/node/10147

By Doug Cunningham

The AFL-CIO says it’s thrilled with the choice of Rep. Hilda Solis becoming U.S. Labor Secretary. The labor federation says she will return the labor department to one of its core missions – to defend workers’ basic rights in America’s workplaces. Imagine that – a Labor Secretary who will actually enforce labor law. AFL-CIO Policy Director Thea Lee.

: “ We’re delighted with Hilda Solis as our next Secretary of Labor. She’s been a great friend to working families during all of her time in Congress. She’s great on protecting workers’ rights, she’s great on trade issues, she’s really interested in green jobs. So we’re really looking forward to working with her and to her being able, we hope, to really whip that department into shape. It’s been a sorry shadow of a department over the last eight years.”

The Change To Win labor federation says it would welcome the appointment of Congresswoman Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor, and would be excited to work with her to help restore the economy, rebuild the middle class and renew the American Dream.

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