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“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.”

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

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

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

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Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you…

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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…

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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…

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

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

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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.…

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

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My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My mother worked…

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