BURGER STATEMENT ON REPORTS OF
SOLIS AS LABOR SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, DC – The following is a statement from Change to Win chair Anna Burger regarding reports that President-Elect Barack Obama will appoint Rep. Hilda Solis of California as the Secretary of Labor.
“Change to Win and its affiliated unions would welcome the appointment of Congresswoman Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor, and would be excited to work with her to help restore the economy, rebuild the middle class and renew the American Dream. She would make the Labor Department an agency that once again protects and promotes the well- being of America’s working men and women. President-elect Obama promised to make government work for working Americans and the appointment of Hilda Solis would make that promise real.
“Solis has a life-long record as an advocate and activist for the cause and concerns of working Americans. She has fought to provide working families with a safe workplace, a healthy environment, a decent standard of living, affordable health care and equal opportunity. Congresswoman Solis does not just vote on behalf of workers, she is their unwavering and tireless voice. She has one of the strongest pro-worker voting records in Congress and is a sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act.
“She has never forgotten where she comes from, and how she got to where she is today.
“As she said in support of the Employee Free Choice Act:
When union workers earn higher wages to support their families...It helps to provide a vibrant economy. It helps send their children, like me, a daughter of immigrants and a union household to college and eventually run for office. This is the American dream, and we should help realize that dream by supporting workers.“