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  • Former United States Secretary Of Labor
  • born 1957
  • 22 quotes

Hilda Solis, Former United States Secretary Of Labor (born 1957), is quoted 22 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Labor, Workers, Roles and Overall.

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My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

I want companies who get federal contracts to hire more women and minorities from the local area.

Protecting children and vulnerable workers abroad is a part of our overall efforts here at the Department of Labor.

My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books.

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices.

No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work.

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.

The best advice I can give women at all levels is increase training. There are still areas where we have to break through that glass ceiling.

In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.

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.

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.

We need women to go through apprentice programs. I've seen women who did, and who are now highly trained electricians and welders. These are jobs that women are capable of doing.

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.

My niece was a sexual-assault victim. My sister is a survivor of domestic violence. We have more shelters for animals than for battered women. That's not the message we should be sending.

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.

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.

Well, I'll tell you, one of things I'm proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn't grow up around coal mines, I learned a lot that tragic day we lost twenty-nine miners at Upper Big Branch coal mine.

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.

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.

I think President Obama wanted to have the right fit for his different cabinet positions, and I believe that experience is what mattered most to him. In my case, I have been working to improve the overall quality of life for working families for most of my adult life, and I think that experience resonated with the president.

Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official, I know that fighting for what is just is not always popular but it is necessary; that is the real challenge that public servants face and it is where courage counts the most. Without courage, our action or inaction results in suffering of the few and injustice for all.

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