Speech
Trumka: Hilda Solis Put The 'Labor' Back in Labor Department
… for former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis: Thank you, Jane (Oates), for that kind introduction and for the outstanding work you did at the Employment and Training Administration. I also want to thank Secretary Acosta and all the hard-working employees of the Department of Labor for hosting us today. It is an honor … time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others...to sit in the high seats." More than 75 years after Perkins made history, Hilda Solis didn’t just sit in …