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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/index.html
Obama said he is "confident the department of labor will stand up for working families" under Solis' watch. "Hilda has always been an advocate for everyday people ... a champion of the middle class."
"[She is] blazing new trails every step of the way," he said.
"I am humbled and honored," Solis said. "As secretary of labor, I will work to strengthen our unions."
Friday's news conference came just hours before Obama heads to Hawaii for a vacation with his family.
Labor unions and political observers praised Obama's selection to head the Labor Department.
On Friday, Harold Meyerson, editor at large of the American Prospect, wrote an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times praising Solis' experience with labor issues in her Los Angeles district.
"[She's] a product and champion of the labor movement, a staunch environmentalist, an ardent feminist and one of the gutsiest elected officials in American politics. Solis personifies the best of the new Los Angeles," he wrote.
Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, said in a news release Thursday, "The daughter of two immigrant workers and union members ... she will be a secretary of labor working men and women can finally count on to stand up and fight for them."
There is a lot more to the article. And remember......
Credit markets dead - therefore no more start ups with bottom rung pilot pay scales.
Oil below 80 dollar barrels for the next few years.(maybe)
And drum rolllllllll.....A presidential administration which does not think unions are a joke or a hinderance to fat cat CEO pay.
NOW IS THE TIME FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT to the death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take this profession back MEN AND WOMEN unite attack attack attack.
Obama said he is "confident the department of labor will stand up for working families" under Solis' watch. "Hilda has always been an advocate for everyday people ... a champion of the middle class."
"[She is] blazing new trails every step of the way," he said.
"I am humbled and honored," Solis said. "As secretary of labor, I will work to strengthen our unions."
Friday's news conference came just hours before Obama heads to Hawaii for a vacation with his family.
Labor unions and political observers praised Obama's selection to head the Labor Department.
On Friday, Harold Meyerson, editor at large of the American Prospect, wrote an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times praising Solis' experience with labor issues in her Los Angeles district.
"[She's] a product and champion of the labor movement, a staunch environmentalist, an ardent feminist and one of the gutsiest elected officials in American politics. Solis personifies the best of the new Los Angeles," he wrote.
Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, said in a news release Thursday, "The daughter of two immigrant workers and union members ... she will be a secretary of labor working men and women can finally count on to stand up and fight for them."
There is a lot more to the article. And remember......
Credit markets dead - therefore no more start ups with bottom rung pilot pay scales.
Oil below 80 dollar barrels for the next few years.(maybe)
And drum rolllllllll.....A presidential administration which does not think unions are a joke or a hinderance to fat cat CEO pay.
NOW IS THE TIME FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT to the death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take this profession back MEN AND WOMEN unite attack attack attack.