American - Politician | October 7, 1961 -
With patience, persistence, and partnership, we can create economic opportunity for every person willing to work hard for it.
Tom Perez
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If you're one car accident away from poverty, you're on a high wire without a safety net. And that's a challenging proposition.
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I think public sector workers, our teachers, our firefighters, our home health workers who work for states, they do God's work. They are some of our most important employees.
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To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and indispensable to a strong middle class.
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I met a woman working 30 hours a week, trying to make ends meet, three children. And she slept the night before I met her in her car because she's homeless. We can do better. We can build a nation of shared prosperity.
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We need to do more to support working families, like guarantee access to paid sick and parental leave and make sure every parent has access to quality, affordable child care.
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I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in trades. It's not a coincidence that youth unemployment is far lower in Germany than the United States because there are paid opportunities for young people to get experience.
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Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will benefit about 28 million workers across the country. And it will help businesses, too - raising the wage will put more money in people's pockets, which they will pump back into the economy by spending it on goods and services in their communities.
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What my parents taught me was that the hallmark of a thriving democracy was an effective and respectful police force.
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When you work extra, you should be paid extra. That's what the Fair Labor Standards Act said. And I've met so many people who are working 60-70 hours a week, and they are effectively working 20 hours for free because they are making a little bit above the minimum wage, because the 2004 regulation enables employers to do that. That's not fair.
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There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico.
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A secure retirement is one of the pillars of middle class life. For all too many Americans, however, that pillar needs more support.
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