Hilda Solis resigns as labor secretary
Source: Washington Post
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis has resigned, opening another spot in President Obamas Cabinet.
Announcing the resignation in a statement on Monday, Obama hailed Solis as a tireless champion for working families during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The president said that her efforts have helped train workers for the jobs of the future, protect workers health and safety and put millions of Americans back to work.
Soliss resignation, following the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson and the withdrawal of Susan Rice from consideration for secretary of state, adds to the issue of racial and gender diversity in Obamas second-term Cabinet.
White House aides said, however, that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and Attorney General Eric Holder will remain with the administration in their current posts.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/hilda-solis-resigns-as-labor-secretary/2013/01/09/1e9b9394-5aa3-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html
HomerRamone
(1,112 posts)Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Former guv of an important labor state (and stick it in the GOP's eye).
Any other suggestions from the floor?
rosesaylavee
(12,126 posts)She never showed up at Wisconsin during any of the labor disputes did she? Maybe I missed what she did?
BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)in D.C. for the Jobs & Justice March & the Selma to Montgomery March.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-marchers-rally-for-jobs-and-justice/2011/10/15/gIQAFWmvmL_story.html
with AFL-CIO: http://aflcionc.org/labor-secretary-solis-marches-with-labor-in-alabama/
rosesaylavee
(12,126 posts)Thank you!
pasto76
(1,589 posts)actual investigations into workplace safety complaints QUADRUPLED under her term. Along with the manpower to hit them all. You must not work in construction, or you might realize how good she was.
She isnt a politician. believe it or not filling your wish of her appearing at WI labor rallies would have been _completely_ inappropriate.
rosesaylavee
(12,126 posts)And I disagree with you regarding the appropriateness of her addressing the Wisconsin labor issues. I do see she did march in Alabama with the AFL CIO in the photos posted by someone else on this thread.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)I wish Holder would go
OswegoAtheist
(609 posts)Oswego "MSNBCabinet" Atheist
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge mailed her letter to Obama, recommending that he nominate Lee to fill the post vacated this week by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
Lee, who has represented the East Bays overwhelmingly Democratic 9th Congressional District since 1998, is an outspoken anti-war advocate, and a longtime champion of progressive causes, including labor and HIV/AIDS awareness. She is a former co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.
The move comes as Obama has been under fire for what many women are calling a disappointing lack of diversity in his top level appointments. Heres a post earlier this week from SFChron/SFGate comrade Joe Garofoli on that issue.
She'd be great -- but, as always seems to be the case with these things, the feeding frenzy for her seat could backfire on Dems, in this case jeopardizing our fragile two-thirds supermajority (needed to raise taxes) in the CA legislatuere.