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Mar 1, 2009 · She is a strong supporter of workers' rights to unionize and co-sponsored the Employee Free Choice Act. This legislation would take away workers' rights to vote in a secret ballot election to select a union as their sole representative, significantly changes the rules of collective bargaining and adopts substantial monetary penalties for ...
Dec 2, 2008 · The four-term Congresswoman has spent the better part of two decades championing workers' rights, including the Employee Free Choice Act, a new bill that would make it easier for workers to...
Solis was not a member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, but championed the Employee Free Choice Act and was the only member of Congress on the board of American Rights at Work, a pro-union organization that strongly supports the act, for whom she served as treasurer starting in 2004.
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Hilda L. Solis. Confirmation: Confirmed Feb. 24. Chosen for: Labor secretary. Would bring to the job: A reputation as an advocate for low-wage workers, and a close alliance with organized labor...
Dec 24, 2008 · Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA"): Congresswoman Solis co-sponsored and strongly supports EFCA (H.R. 800), which is sure to be the top priority of organized labor once the new administration takes office. In its current form, EFCA would, among other things, allow the National Labor Relations Board to certify labor organizations based on ...
Mar 18, 2009 · Despite Monday night’s hoopla, Solis never mentioned the event’s big theme: the Employee Free Choice Act, a revision of federal labor laws that unions have long sought. Instead, she...
Dec 19, 2008 · Today, President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Hilda Solis, a five-time Democratic member of Congress from California, as his next Labor secretary. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports. FRANK...
