Hilda Solis
US Labour Secretary Hilda Solis attends a session during the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting on May 17, 2012 at Guadalajara's Hospicio Cabanas, a World Heritage Site where the Cabañas Cultural Institute, with affiliated schools for arts and crafts, currently functions. Leaders of the 20 major economies will be meeting in the Mexican Pacific resort of Los Cabos, in Baja California, for the G20 Summit on June 18-19.
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Let this be a signal to other companies that when violations are found, the Labor Department will take appropriate action to ensure that workers receive the wages they have earned
The Summer Jobs+ Bank and the growing list of organizations stepping up to answer the President's challenge are important to maintaining our commitment to the next generation of the American workforce
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Issa Wants to Question Solis About Labor Data Changes
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Memorial Day ‘propaganda’ posters glorify Michelle Obama at Labor Dept.
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Florida toughest state on jobless benefits: nonprofit groups
Job candidates receive information as they enter a U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Jobs Fair in Miami, Florida August 23, 2011. MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida is the stingiest state in the country when it comes to providing jobless benefits for the unemployed from Reuters Read more »
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Fla. unemployment compensation process draws complaint
TALLAHASSEE — Florida is violating federal law with procedural barriers, depriving thousands of jobless workers from receiving unemployment compensation, two legal organizations say in a complaint to the U.S. Labor Department. The two groups, National Em from Tampa Bay Online Read more »
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Florida Right-Wingers Erect Barriers To Unemployment Claims
The changes in the unemployment law are just one of the ways Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his tea-party-dominated legislature is remaking the state into a extremist conservative dystopia. They are detailed in a 10-page complaint sent to Labor Secretary from Health Care For All Read more »
