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Arthur Delaney

Obama Administration Unveils Plan To Let States Experiment With Unemployment Insurance

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Video, Hilda Solis, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Bridge to Work, Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Pilot Program, Gene Sperling, Georgia Works, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday invited states to try out new unemployment insurance schemes that would allow businesses to take on...

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Dave Jamieson

FedEx To Pay $3 Million Over Hiring Discrimination Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Fedex, U.S. Labor Department, Hilda Solis, Hiring Discrimination, Memphis, Labor Department, Federal Contracts, FedEx Corp, Jobs, Discrimination, Lawsuit, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Shipping giant FedEx has agreed to pay $3 million to settle federal charges that the company had a widespread pattern of discriminating ...

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Dave Jamieson

Obama To Improve Medical Leave For Military Families

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Video, Workers, Hilda Solis, Maternity Leave, Work, Airline Workers, Labor Department, Work Leave, Paternity Leave, Medical Leave, Family and Medical Leave Act, Barack Obama, Military Families, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department announced Monday that it plans on amending the federal rules on family and medical work leave, making it easier for...

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Trymaine Lee

Obama Proposes Wage Regulations For Home Health Workers, Could Boost Pay Of Many Blacks And Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Obama and Health Care, Obama Can't Wait Initiative, Hilda Solis, Home Health Care, Barack Obama, Black Voices News

President Obama announced new rules today that could offer wage protections and guaranteed overtime to nearly 2 million home health care workers -- n...

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Dave Jamieson

Obama Backs Controversial Pay Raise

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage, Labor, Video, Hilda Solis, Home Care, Work, Nurses, Labor Department, Overtime, Health Care, Unions, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a move sure to please labor leaders and worker advocates, President Obama came out in support Thursday of a long-awaited change to la...

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Lies, Green Lies and Statistics

Rep. Darrell Issa | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Hilda Solis, Unemployment, Green Jobs Training, Green Jobs, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Politics News
Rep. Darrell Issa

Rather being a boon to growth, green collar jobs are a green noose around the economy's neck, suffocating investment and hindering expansion.

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U.S. Labor Secy. Hilda Solis Discusses Jobs Bill With Latinos

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: American Jobs Act, U.S. Labor Department, Denver Latinos, Hilda Solis, Hilda Solis Labor, U.S. Labor Secretary, Unemployed Latinos, President Obama, Video, Denver News

Yesterday, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was joined in Denver by Gov. John Hickenlooper, congresswoman Diana DeGette and others for a roundtable di...

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Sam Stein

Joe Biden, Hilda Solis Cheer Ohio Workers, Admonish Kasich

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Ohio Issue 2, Collective Bargaining, Ohio SB 5, Video, Hilda Solis, Sb 5 Ohio, Joseph Biden, Sb 5, Biden Ohio, Solis Ohio Workers, Joe Biden, Solis Ohio, Ohio Collective Bargaining, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has tread lightly with regards to getting involved in the collective bargaining battles being waged largely on ...

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The Latino Factor

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Jobs, Hilda Solis, Latino Politics, Latino Factor, Latino Workforce, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News
Sec. Hilda Solis

Obama tells Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis that "our economic future depends on Latinos."

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Dave Jamieson

Hilda Solis Talks Jobs And The Chevy Equinox

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Chevy Equinox, Minimum Wage, Labor, Hilda Solis Labor, Hilda Solis, Texas Miracle, Worker Misclassification, Labor Department, Jobs, Manufacturing Jobs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Labor Secretary Hilda Solis voiced some early support for President Barack Obama's much-anticipated jobs plan on Wednesday, saying that ...

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Rise In Homeless Female Vets Tied To Military Sexual Abuse

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Hilda Solis, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Veteran Homelessness, Combat Trauma, Female Veteran Homelessness, Jubilee House, Fayetteville, Military Sexual Assault, Impact News

The number of homeless female veterans is on the rise and the high rate of Military Sexual Assault may be partly to blame. Between 2008 and 2009, w...

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Obama Launches Community-Based Urban Program To Spark Growth

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Bing West, Hilda Solis, New Orlenans, Cleveland, Fresno, Detroit, Obama Administration, Hud, Urban America, Economic Growth, Mephis, Shaun Donovan, Housing and Urban Development, Pilot Program, Business News

DETROIT -- The Obama administration is launching a pilot program designed to spark economic growth in urban America by partnering federal officials wi...

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Dave Jamieson

Feds Cite Chronic Safety Failures In Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Energy, Upper Big Branch West Virginia, Massey Energy, West Virginia Coal, West Virginia Mine, Big Coal, Massey, West Virginia, Department of Labor, Upper Big Branch, Coal, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Msha, Hilda Solis, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The federal agency tasked with overseeing mine safety released on Wednesday its preliminary findings on the Upper Big Branch Mine disast...

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Esta Claro: Archuleta Appointment Signals Importance of Latino Vote in 2012

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Latinos, Women, Hilda Solis, Latino Voters, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, sb1070, Independent Voters, Harry Reid, Katherine-Archuleta, Barack Obama, Colorado, Obama-Presidential-Campaign-2012, Denver News
C. Nicole Mason

The appointment of Katherine Archuleta sends the message that Obama and his team will take the Latino vote seriously. In order to win in 2012, he will need them to turnout in record numbers.

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Dave Jamieson

Illinois Restaurateur Owes Workers $1 Million In Back Pay, Damages

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: El Matador Chicago, Chicago Restaurants, Wage Theft, Hilda Solis, Restaurants, Chicago Labor Violations, Department of Labor, El Caporal Chicago, Waiters, Dolores Onate, Overtime, Decatur, Ricardo Onate, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Workers got a pretty raw deal at Dolores Onate's two Mexican restaurants in Decatur, Ill. Not only were the waiters and kitchen workers ...

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Amanda Terkel

LISTEN: Biden Fires Up Union Activists: Organized Labor Keeps 'Barbarians From The Gate'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Biden gave the Obama administration's most forceful statement of solidarity with organized labor in its current battles a...

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A Long Road to Recovery

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Housing Market, Labor, Unemployment, Subprime Mortgages, Hilda Solis, Economy, Economic Crisis, Banks, Foreclosure, Recession, Housing Crisis, Latino Prosperity, Video, Politics News
Ray Suarez

During the 90s, black and Latino workers were the last to benefit from tightening labor markets. Then, when the gains of the boom evaporated, many were left with less than they had before.

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Honoring Dolores Huerta for a Lifetime of Quiet Courage

Jim Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Fiona-Ma, Dolores Huerta, John Perez, Immigrant Rights, Hilda Solis, Kamala Harris, DREAM Act, Jerry Brown, Darrell Steinberg, Los Angeles News
Jim Gonzalez

For over 50 years, Dolores' quiet acts of courage have indeed shaped and bent the arc of history in favor working families and progressive politics.

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At the Table

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Hilda Solis, Workplace, Labor Unions, Workers Rights, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Unions, Wisconsin Union Protests, Politics News
Sec. Hilda Solis

My mother worked the 3 p.m. to midnight shift at a toy factory. My father worked at a battery recycling plant and was a shop steward there for the Teamsters Union. I was "raised union."

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Big Things and the Workforce to Get Them Done

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sec. Hilda Solis

Creating the jobs and industries of the future will require America doing what it does best -- investing in the creativity, imagination, and ingenuity of our people. No nation has workers more productive than ours.

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Protecting Children and Workers Around the Globe

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, Hilda Solis, Forced Labor, Child Labor, Tom Harkin, Labor Department, Politics News
Sec. Hilda Solis

As a nation and as members of the global community, we reject the proposition that it is acceptable to pursue economic gain through the exploitation of human beings. No nation does, nor should get ahead, at the peril of its workers.

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Time to Make This DREAM a Reality

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Youth, Students, DREAM Act, Hilda Solis, Politics News
Sec. Hilda Solis

The DREAM Act would strengthen our economy and our work force. It would strengthen our national defense and our national security. With bipartisan support, it's time to make it a reality.

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Continuing the Fight for Pay Equity

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Labor, Hilda Solis, Wages, Paycheck Fairness Act, Gender Wage Gap, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Wage Gap, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Act, Politics News
Sec. Hilda Solis

Earlier today, the Senate failed to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. I am disappointed, but remain committed to the fight to ensure women are not treated as second-class citizens by employers who refuse to compensate them in a fair manner.

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BREAKING: 'Slave-like' State Fair Scandal, Wage Theft Epidemic, Spur Nationwide Protests

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kim Bobo, Labor, Workers, Corporations, Third World America, Economy, Wage Theft, Labor Department, Hilda Solis, Department of Labor, Afl-Cio, Obama, Interfaith Worker Justice, Unions, Business News
Art Levine

As much as $19 billion is stolen from American workers annually in unpaid overtime and minimum wage violations. Wage theft is one of the most dramatic problems reflecting the income inequality described in Arianna Huffington's Third World America .

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Spotlight on Mexican New Yorkers Reveals Ugly Truth of Low-Wage Labor

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican Immigrants, Minimum Wage, Hilda Solis, Wage Theft, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York State Senate, Illegal Immigrants, Department of Labor, Obama Administration, Immigration, New York State Assembly, Undocumented Workers, New York News
Afton Branche

Undocumented immigrants remain the sole group whose right to basic workplace protections is constantly questioned and routinely ignored.

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