Posted on 19 December 2008. Tags: Hilda Solis, Labor Secretary
Take it for what it is: unconfirmed rumor but from the Associated Press: A labor official says Rep. Hilda Solis of California will be nominated as labor secretary by President-elect Barack Obama. The Democratic congresswoman was just elected to her fifth term representing heavily Hispanic portions of eastern Los Angeles County and east […]
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Posted on 25 November 2008. Tags: "Free Trade", Barack Obama, Class Warfare, Health Care, John Edwards, Labor Secretary, Poverty, Unions
Hear me out: this is an argument as much about the place of workers’ issues in the future Administration, as it is an argument for making John Edwards the next Labor Secretary. When it comes to tackling the economic crisis, the president-elect has been pre-occupied, personnel-wise, with the question of who will be […]
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