Obama Nominates Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary

 President-elect Barack Obama has chosen California Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis as his labor secretary.  Solis, 51, was first elected to Congress in 2000.  She is Hispanic and represents a district dominated by Latino voters in Southern California.



The daughter of a union shop steward from Mexico and an assembly line worker from Nicaragua, Solis has led on both labor and environmental issues.  Little is known about Solis by the employment law community at large so I have...

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[Source: HR Lawyer's Blog]