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Related: About this forum'Tom Perez has guts': US labor secretary being eyed as Clinton's running mate
Source: The Guardian
'Tom Perez has guts': US labor secretary being eyed as Clinton's running mate
Perez has spent his years at the helm of the labor department fighting
for paid leave, overtime pay and visiting workers on the ground and
hes not done yet
Jana Kasperkevic in Washington
Saturday 21 May 2016 12.00 BST Last modified on Saturday 21 May 2016 12.01 BST
Its been a busy week for the US labor secretary, Tom Perez.
On Tuesday night, the White House announced that the Obama administration had finalized a new rule that could potentially expand overtime benefits to 4.2 million more Americans. On Wednesday morning, Perez boarded Air Force Two and with Vice-President Joe Biden and flew to Columbus, Ohio, where they made the official public announcement inside Jenis Splendid Ice Creams.
The new rule has been described by some as second only to the Affordable Care Act in its ability to affect the wellbeing of working- and middle-class Americans. Perez, who has been at the head of the US Department of Labor for nearly three years, has made the overtime rule a priority even as he has toured the country speaking to workers and advocating for other worker-friendly policies such as higher minimum wages at the local, state and federal level.
With two-thirds of a year left until the new president is sworn in, Perez still has an intimidating list of unfinished business paid leave, auto-enrolling US workers into 401K or other pension programs and a higher minimum wage among others that hed like to accomplish. As the election nears, he may have even more on his plate: Perez is said to be a potential vice-presidential pick.
He is clearly unafraid of a challenge. Big business has come out swinging against his changes to paid leave. Perez is unfazed. We are the only industrialized nation on the planet that does not have some form of paid leave. We are the only industrialized nation where paid leave is a partisan issue, Perez said.
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Perez has spent his years at the helm of the labor department fighting
for paid leave, overtime pay and visiting workers on the ground and
hes not done yet
Jana Kasperkevic in Washington
Saturday 21 May 2016 12.00 BST Last modified on Saturday 21 May 2016 12.01 BST
Its been a busy week for the US labor secretary, Tom Perez.
On Tuesday night, the White House announced that the Obama administration had finalized a new rule that could potentially expand overtime benefits to 4.2 million more Americans. On Wednesday morning, Perez boarded Air Force Two and with Vice-President Joe Biden and flew to Columbus, Ohio, where they made the official public announcement inside Jenis Splendid Ice Creams.
The new rule has been described by some as second only to the Affordable Care Act in its ability to affect the wellbeing of working- and middle-class Americans. Perez, who has been at the head of the US Department of Labor for nearly three years, has made the overtime rule a priority even as he has toured the country speaking to workers and advocating for other worker-friendly policies such as higher minimum wages at the local, state and federal level.
With two-thirds of a year left until the new president is sworn in, Perez still has an intimidating list of unfinished business paid leave, auto-enrolling US workers into 401K or other pension programs and a higher minimum wage among others that hed like to accomplish. As the election nears, he may have even more on his plate: Perez is said to be a potential vice-presidential pick.
He is clearly unafraid of a challenge. Big business has come out swinging against his changes to paid leave. Perez is unfazed. We are the only industrialized nation on the planet that does not have some form of paid leave. We are the only industrialized nation where paid leave is a partisan issue, Perez said.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/21/tom-perez-labor-secretary-hillary-clinton
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'Tom Perez has guts': US labor secretary being eyed as Clinton's running mate (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2016
OP
Sounds good, and somebody suggested Bernie for Secretary of Labor. What do you think?
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#2
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)1. Well, somebody's gotta.
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)2. Sounds good, and somebody suggested Bernie for Secretary of Labor. What do you think?
Would he take it?
Would it be a good idea?
w4rma
(31,700 posts)3. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez says Trans-Pacific Partnership is good and deserves fast tracking
What about Jamie Dimon for... oh whatever it is --- SEC of TREAS.
Henry the K for SOS
BootinUp
(47,231 posts)5. He's great on television, at least the one time I saw him. nt