Americans for Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor
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Senate Confirms Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary!

Hilda Solis is the new secretary of labor! After Republicans backed away from an expected filibuster and agreed to stop their weeks of delaying tactics, the Senate this afternoon approved Solis’s nomination by an 80-17 vote.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to get this done.

Says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney:
"The confirmation of Rep. Hilda Solis is a huge victory: Finally, Americans will have a secretary of labor who represents... (read more)
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Americans for Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor
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Senate Confirms Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary!

Hilda Solis is the new secretary of labor! After Republicans backed away from an expected filibuster and agreed to stop their weeks of delaying tactics, the Senate this afternoon approved Solis’s nomination by an 80-17 vote.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to get this done.

Says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney:
"The confirmation of Rep. Hilda Solis is a huge victory: Finally, Americans will have a secretary of labor who represents... (read more)
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Four-term Congresswoman Hilda Solis has spent the better part of two decades championing workers' rights, including the Employee Free Choice Act, a new bill that would make it easier for workers to organize.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said that "in the past eight years, the voices of working families haven’t been heard enough and the voices of corporations and the powerful have been far too loud at the Labor Department."

President Obama, with the selection of Hilda Solis as secretary of labor, has given working families a voice back. Throughout her career, she has been a forceful advocate for working men and women.

In the U.S. House, Solis earned a 97 percent AFL-CIO working family voting record.

Rep. Solis is uniquely qualified to help struggling families through these difficult economic times because she knows firsthand what they are going through. She grew up in a working class family and understands what programs our nation’s workers need the most.

She will fight to improve skills development and job-creation programs, including development of “green collar” jobs. She will work to assure that workers get the pay they have earned and that they work in safe, healthy and fair workplaces. She’s ready to address the retirement security crisis and will work hard to protect every worker from job discrimination, regardless of race, sex, veteran status or disability.