A new report released Tuesday by three labor and employment advocacy organizations claims that the Bush administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, combined with lax enforcement of labor laws, undermined federal labor standards, leaving not only illegal immigrants but many legal workers at risk of abusive employment practices.
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What was bad news for Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, Tim Geithner and now Hilda Solis might be good news for the federal government.
Their recent tax woes — by which we mean their getting caught not paying their (or their spouses’) taxes — mean that the More…
With former Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Tom Daschle out, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), President Obama’s nominee to run the Department of Labor, is the most controversial pending cabinet appointee.
Republicans are asking about Solis’ role as treasurer for American Rights at Work, the pro-union group that’s currently on More…
Are we making up for our DOT pick?
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Rep. Hilda Solis to head the Dept. of Labor, according to reports. The California Democrat has a long record supporting workers in general and unions in particular. Before she arrived in Washington, for example, she led More…
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