Hilda Solis

I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people... some of the hardest-working people I've ever met. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#blue-collar #community #ever #grew #i

I saw the prospect of serving as labor secretary as a wonderful opportunity to further the policies that I have been fighting for my whole life, and I had to seize it. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#fighting #further #had #i #labor

I want companies who get federal contracts to hire more women and minorities from the local area. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#companies #contracts #federal #get #hire

I would hope more people would have optimism about where the Latino has come. How we have emerged, and that there will be more women, women of color especially Latinas who will get involved. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#color #come #emerged #especially #get

In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#community #delivering #i #mentoring #needy

My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My mother worked for more than 20 years on an assembly line. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#assembly line #better #california #care #father

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#little money #lots #love #me #money

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#empower #fair #grew #hearing #how

My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#books #bring #currently #did #fairness

No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#children #depend #family #food #forced