Historians have often censored civil rights activists' commitment to economic issues and misrepresented the labor and civil rights movements as two separate,… — 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
