Tom Perez

Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers.

— Tom Perez

I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid…

— Tom Perez

We need bold leadership to bring America back to its first principles of diversity inclusion and opportunity for everyone in every ZIP…

— Tom Perez

As America prepared for war in 1941, discrimination largely shut black Americans out of job opportunities in the growing defense industry.

— Tom Perez

I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many…

— Tom Perez

Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success.

— Tom Perez

I think our big tent is our greatest strength.

— Tom Perez

The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service,…

— Tom Perez

When you put more money in the pockets of working families, they spend it on groceries, gas, school supplies, and other goods…

— Tom Perez

Our universal message of access to economic opportunity resonates with the ironworker in northeastern Ohio and the immigrant in South Florida. And…

— Tom Perez

We have a long and proud tradition as a nation of investing in our human capital so that we can build a…

— Tom Perez

There's this notion out there - and it's a categorically false notion - that the only business model in the service industry…

— Tom Perez

My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to caring for our…

— Tom Perez

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.

— Tom Perez

We're building a movement. It's undeniably a work in progress, but there's a fundamental desire to see capitalism to do something different.

— Tom Perez

Trust is not something that's given because you win an election; it's something you have to earn.

— Tom Perez

When I travel around the country and talk about the need to raise the minimum wage or expand access to paid leave,…

— Tom Perez

What we're doing here in America is we're making women choose between the family they love and the job that they need.…

— Tom Perez

Progressives believe in making progress, which is why I'm proud to endorse Hillary Clinton, who I know will continue fighting to ensure…

— Tom Perez

Misclassification is a serious problem in construction as well as other industries, and it is exacerbated by increasingly fissured employment structures where…

— Tom Perez

The politics of division are not what we want in New Jersey and Virginia and elsewhere.

— Tom Perez

The Democratic Party has learned from the terrible mistakes of the past. Our platform requires that we honor, fulfill, and strengthen the…

— Tom Perez

You shouldn't have to win the boss lottery in order to have a little bit of flexibility at work. Raising and supporting…

— Tom Perez

If I don't get something done at the office at 4:30 in the afternoon, I can go back to it at 10:00…

— Tom Perez

Under the leadership of President Obama and a whole host of partners, including nonprofits, foundations, and advocates, the Department of Labor has…

— Tom Perez