Clearly, apprenticeships are a win-win: They provide workers with sturdy rungs on that ladder of opportunity and employers with the skilled workers they need to grow their businesses. And yet in America, they've traditionally been an undervalued and underutilized tool… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
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… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Every day should be Labor Day. We have to fight for the basic proposition that apprenticeship is a wonderful ticket to the middle class.… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the Civil Rights… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is an embarrassment to our nation. I mean, every single day you see something else that is an embarrassment to our nation.… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
One of the things the Democratic Party is trying to do is take the word off-year out of our lexicon, because we've tended to… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
One of the problems that Hillary Clinton had, and one of the problems that Democrats still have is people don't really know what we… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Involvement in my kids' sports teams is something I have made time for over the years. I've also been able to coach all three… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health... At a time… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
I've had jobs that allow me the flexibility to achieve work-life balance, to be there when one of the kids sinks a jump shot… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
President Obama has made a minimum wage increase a focal point of his economic agenda. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
