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At times you feel like you're the only voice speaking out to improve the working conditions of people, whether it's to be able to collectively bargain, to get adequate pay, to know that you can come home safe out of a coal mine.

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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.

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

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

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Well, I'll tell you, one of things I'm proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn't grow up around coal mines, I learned a lot that tragic day we lost twenty-nine miners at Upper Big Branch coal mine.

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The best advice I can give women at all levels is increase training. There are still areas where we have to break through that glass ceiling.

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Protecting children and vulnerable workers abroad is a part of our overall efforts here at the Department of Labor.

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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.

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I think President Obama wanted to have the right fit for his different cabinet positions, and I believe that experience is what mattered most to him. In my case, I have been working to improve the overall quality of life for working families for most of my adult life, and I think that experience resonated with the president.

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We need women to go through apprentice programs. I've seen women who did, and who are now highly trained electricians and welders. These are jobs that women are capable of doing.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: October 20th, 1957

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