Hilda Solis (a true progressive) looks good to be confirmed for Sec. of Labor!

[RiverStone]

Great to see a left of center appointee! :applause:

from Daily KOS pg. 1:

Solis would arguably be the most liberal appointee in Obama's Cabinet. Daughter of immigrant father who became a Teamster organizer at a battery recycling factory and an immigrant mother who worked a factory line, she's never been one to give mere lip service to labor issues. She was a key player in a hard-won voter-initiative fight over the California minimum wage, an increase of which then-Gov. Pete Wilson had vetoed. She's been solidly behind environmental protections, particularly in the arena of environmental justice. Having been raised near a landfill east of Los Angeles, she authored 1999 state legislation that called for “the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws,” the first such law in the nation.

For that effort, in 2000, she was the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

http://www.dailykos.com/

There will be a final confirmation vote at 4:30 EST today. :thumbsup:

[PDJane]

1. Oh, that's excellent news........

I shall be watching, and carefully!!

[gratuitous]

2. What?!

A nominee for Secretary of Labor who has been involved in labor issues?! How does that work? You can bet that nothing even remotely like this would happen in a Republican administration!