Labor Secretary Hilda Solis: Our Mission Is To Protect Workers

Omaha Steve

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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis: Our Mission Is To Protect Workers

http://www.laborradio.org/node/13296

Submitted by Doug Cunningham on April 12, 2010 - 2:58pm
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By Doug Cunningham

In a marked departure from the Department of Labor under the previous administration, Obama Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is actively attempting to protect workers. Solis says those efforts are underway but are far from complete.

: �At the Department of Labor we�re focused on protecting workers. And that�s why I have bolstered the enforcement staff in all of my agencies. I have already added 250 investigators in the wage and hour division alone and we are not done yet.�

Solis says she�s determined to bring unscrupulous employers to justice.

: �I have a message for those employers - those who break our nation�s labor laws and prey on vulnerable workers. It ends today.�

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madokie

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Tue Apr-13-10 06:26 AM
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1. sic 'em Hilda

and don't stop until you have everyone of them by the short hairs

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Omaha Steve

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Tue Apr-13-10 11:14 AM
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2. Kick

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Dappleganger

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Tue Apr-13-10 11:16 AM
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3. I'll believe it when I see it.

She probably means well but the American worker needs RESULTS and not empty promises.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Tue Apr-13-10 11:17 AM
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4. Hmm how about EFCA?

oh wait...

But we do need teeth back in the NLRB... but how 'bout stopping employers from firing Union Organizers?

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Brickbat

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Tue Apr-13-10 11:20 AM
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5. While heartening, I'll wait for results, thanks.

Hmmm, I feel like I've been saying that quite a bit in the last year.

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gratuitous

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Tue Apr-13-10 11:22 AM
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6. Okay, the rhetoric is in place

Now it's time for the action to match. May I suggest the Department start with Mr. Blankenship and his killer mines in West Virginia?

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Omaha Steve

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Wed Apr-14-10 05:47 AM
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8. Jordan Barab

Remember that name. His is #2 in OSHA. He used to run the confined spaces blog. He also used to run the safety department at AFSCME. My union. You will be seeing his name a lot in the future.

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Kingofalldems

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Tue Apr-13-10 11:25 AM
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7. Yeah....Yeah!!

K and R for America's workers.

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Apr-14-10 08:49 AM
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9. Get mine managers and lobbyists off government oversight of mining panels. nt

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