American - Politician | October 20, 1957 -
My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.
Hilda Solis
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Young people need the hands-on training that comes with a summer job. They need to know how to dress for success and nail job interviews. But most of all, they need mentorship, guidance, and inspiration.
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No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity.
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My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices.
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I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people... some of the hardest-working people I've ever met.
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Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you don't have a high level of training or education you're going to fall into that category.
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At times you feel like you're the only voice speaking out to improve the working conditions of people, whether it's to be able to collectively bargain, to get adequate pay, to know that you can come home safe out of a coal mine.
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People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.
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I would hope more people would have optimism about where the Latino has come. How we have emerged, and that there will be more women, women of color especially Latinas who will get involved.
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My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books.
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I saw the prospect of serving as labor secretary as a wonderful opportunity to further the policies that I have been fighting for my whole life, and I had to seize it.
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My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My mother worked for more than 20 years on an assembly line.
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