The Rougblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The arrogance of government is often hard to stomach. Here we are struggling in the midst of what is the greatest economic global collapse in nearly 100 years. This collapse is a gift to this country and the world from our benevolent overlords whose intestines get tied in knots whenever they detect either inequality between private citizens or private enterprise freely taking place without government's...
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Missouri Department of Economic Development will receive $1,227,192 in federal stimulus funds as part of $55 million in green jobs grants, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said Wednesday.
Desert Beacon (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
'Wishing all a happy Veterans Day, and noting an Obama Administration executive order which should benefit our American veterans: "WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 – President Barack Obama signed an executive order yesterday aimed at hiring more veterans to work in the federal government. A governmentwide Council on Veterans’ Employment will be chaired by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Veterans...
ArchaeoTexture (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
One suggestion comes from this post at the White House Blog , about President Obama signing an Executive Order creating "an interagency Council on Veterans Employment to advise the President and Administration on how to set the bar for hiring and employing veterans." The post goes on to quote U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, co-chair of the new council, saying, "veterans are an important...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Under the radar again, while everyone else is griping about stupid stuff. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The White House Monday announced the implementation of an initiative designed to transform the federal government into a model employer of U.S. veterans . The initiative, outlined in an executive order signed Monday by President Barack Obama , aims to increase employment of vets within the executive...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The White House today announced an effort to make the federal government the "model" employer of returning military veterans. President Obama will be joined this evening by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Secretary of...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Unless outsiders continue to press, a deal to end a stubborn political conflict risks coming unstuck even before it is implemented EVEN before it was signed on October 30th, the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough. For four months after Manuel Zelaya was roused from bed at gunpoint, flown to Costa Rica and replaced as president of Honduras by Roberto Micheletti, outsiders...
San Francisco Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently joined Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, bipartisan members of the National Museum of the American Latino Commission and bipartisan Members of Congress to announce the establishment of the Commission and discuss future activities related to the study of the potential [...]
KY3 News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Congressman Ike Skelton recently met with U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to discuss the unemployment rate in the 4th Congressional District. "We talked about a number of matters during the meeting. But, I was particularly eager to share my concerns about the high unemployment rate in the Fourth District and to discuss how we can boost jobs and job training in rural Missouri. It is vital that...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Verification Commission of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement, discarded on Wednesday the immediate restitution in power of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, saying that everything will be done "step by step." During a press conference, member of the Commission, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said "everything takes time, and now we are focused on bringing different groups to try...
ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the AFL-CIO and American Rights at Work report “ICED OUT: How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers’ Rights.” "The Department of Labor is firmly committed to protecting...
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Well, I certainly wasn’t expecting this: With the agreed-upon November 5 deadline for restitution of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya approaching, the White House has just sent in a big gun. US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis – arguably the most progressive member of the Obama cabinet – was appointed today to be one of four members of [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos were named Sunday to a commission tasked with monitoring the creation of a power-sharing government in Honduras under a U.S.-brokered agreement to end the nation's four-month political crisis.
The Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
http://tinyurl.com/ygn2bye Obama Official: Immigration Reform Will Be Introduced Once Votes to Pass It Are Assured By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor The Obama administration will push for immigration reform in Congress once Democrats are certain they have enough votes to pass it, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday in Washington. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. (Photo: Mike Disharoon/Flickr)...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Safety is no joke in the United States. British Petroleum got hit with an $87.4 million fine today - the biggest of its kind: Reuters : In announcing the fines, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said old and new safety violations found by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration at the nation's third largest refinery "could lead to another catastrophe" like the 2005 explosion...
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