Hilda L. Solis

Green jobs grants for California

2009-11-18 16:33:00

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'Green' job training grants from Dept. of Labor: $190 million

2010-01-20 16:33:29

<![CDATA['Green' job training grants from Dept. of Labor: $190 million]]>

Mock funeral procession in L.A. seeks to draw attention to worker fatalities

2010-04-24 16:34:30

<![CDATA[Mock funeral procession in L.A. seeks to draw attention to worker fatalities]]>

Battle brewing on the farm: Labor Department gives the green light for new rules for temporary farm workers

2010-02-11 16:33:37

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A disastrous pick for Labor secretary

2008-12-22 00:00:00

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said he's "thrilled." SEIU President Andy Stern said he's "thrilled." Apparently, everyone who happens to run a labor organization feels that Christmas has come a little early this year with President-elect Barack Obama's...

Patt Morrison: Border Fence Is Borderline Insanity

2006-09-21 00:00:00

WHAT, no land mines? If the United States really means business with that fence along the Mexican border, why flinch at installing things that go blooey? If we're going to stop illegal immigrants by taking borderland hundreds of miles long and nearly...

Passport problems? Call your congressman

2007-07-19 00:00:00

If you need help with your passport, do not e-mail your congressional representative's office. Call. This list of California House members (with their district number) was compiled using the contact information on each representative's website. --------...

Labor's time has come, but trouble stirs within

2009-02-22 00:00:00

With a Democratic majority in Congress, an economy in meltdown and what many see as the most labor-friendly White House in generations, unions would seem to be poised for a comeback. Experts say they are at a defining moment to rebuild their forces by...

Noel Irwin Hentschel calls on friends to help with China quake aid

2008-05-27 00:00:00

ENTERTAINMENT industry moguls and various local billionaires seem to have two favorite California Republicans: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (of course) and the not as well known but equally liked Noel Irwin Hentschel. This week, the Bel Air entrepreneur...

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2007-07-19 10:32:09

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Letters to the editor

2008-12-24 00:00:00

Wary of unions Re “Obama picks union-backer for Labor post,” Dec. 19 Let me get something straight here. We are to understand that the autoworkers' unions and management are jointly responsible for the crippling of the U.S. auto industry....

L.A.'s wild fringe

2004-02-17 00:00:00

As a girl growing up in La Puente, Hilda L. Solis would cram into her father's Ford pickup with her six brothers and sisters and drive to the San Gabriel Mountains to escape summer heat. She spent many Saturdays splashing in the east fork of the San...

President-elect Barack Obama holds a press conference in Chicago to introduce (from left) Hilda L. Solis as labor secretary, Karen Mills as head of the Small Business Administration, Ray LaHood as transportation secretary and Ron Kirk as trade representative.

2008-12-19 00:00:00

Rep. Hilda L. Solis is a sponsor of a wilderness conservation bill to protect parts of the mountains that offer respite from the city.

2004-02-16 16:00:18