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Big Shoes to Fill: Solis’ Departure Calls for Nomination of Workers’ Rights Advocate

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. (Local510.org)
Sheila Bapat

by Sheila Bapat, RH Reality Check

January 14, 2013 - 5:52 pm

Who could fill Solis’s shoes and demonstrably make progress on policies impacting vulnerable workers?

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Living on the Edge of a Permanent Fiscal Cliff: Minimum Wage Workers See Few Gains

Photo: humanevents.com.
Sheila Bapat

by Sheila Bapat, RH Reality Check

January 2, 2013 - 8:14 am

While the “fiscal cliff” dominated the news ad nauseum, ten states quietly increased their minimum wage, effective January 1. A whopping 59 percent of all minimum wage earners are women.

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