In my dreams, at least.
Sec. Hilda Solis
U.S. Secretary of Labor
Posted: March 1, 2011 12:45 AM
At the Table
"I was "raised union."
My mother, who immigrated to the United States from Nicaragua, worked the 3 p.m. to midnight shift at a toy factory after the birth of my younger twin sisters. She was a member of the United Rubber Workers, which later merged with the Steelworkers Union.
My father worked at a battery recycling plant and was a shop steward there for the Teamsters Union. His plant went on strike several times when I was a kid. During those times, he explained to my mother, my six brothers and sisters, and me that it would be tough. Although the union paid a small part of his wages when they were on strike, it was a hardship. But we understood that we had to make sacrifices. And we did....."
I don't think you would find a trace of Wall Sreet toadying in this lady!
Sec. Hilda Solis
U.S. Secretary of Labor
Posted: March 1, 2011 12:45 AM
At the Table
"I was "raised union."
My mother, who immigrated to the United States from Nicaragua, worked the 3 p.m. to midnight shift at a toy factory after the birth of my younger twin sisters. She was a member of the United Rubber Workers, which later merged with the Steelworkers Union.
My father worked at a battery recycling plant and was a shop steward there for the Teamsters Union. His plant went on strike several times when I was a kid. During those times, he explained to my mother, my six brothers and sisters, and me that it would be tough. Although the union paid a small part of his wages when they were on strike, it was a hardship. But we understood that we had to make sacrifices. And we did....."
I don't think you would find a trace of Wall Sreet toadying in this lady!
