Historians have often censored civil rights activists' commitment to economic issues and misrepresented the labor and civil rights movements as two separate, sometimes adversarial efforts. But civil rights and workers' rights are two sides of the same coin. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
During Black History Month, I'm reminded yet again of the ways that the struggle for civil rights is interwoven with the struggle for workers' rights. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
We need bold leadership to bring America back to its first principles of diversity inclusion and opportunity for everyone in every ZIP Code, and… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
As America prepared for war in 1941, discrimination largely shut black Americans out of job opportunities in the growing defense industry. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many of whom… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
When you put more money in the pockets of working families, they spend it on groceries, gas, school supplies, and other goods and services.… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Our universal message of access to economic opportunity resonates with the ironworker in northeastern Ohio and the immigrant in South Florida. And we sometimes… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
We have a long and proud tradition as a nation of investing in our human capital so that we can build a thriving middle… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
There's this notion out there - and it's a categorically false notion - that the only business model in the service industry is the… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
