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Position: Secretary - Labor

This person is responsible for maintaining the welfare of workers, assisting the efforts of employers, and monitoring the health of the economy. She or he administers numerous employment laws and all of the Department of Labor's agencies. The Department of Labor includes more than 17,000 full-time employees and a budget approaching $60 billion.

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    


Dennis Kucinich Rate this Nominee   Current Rating: click to rate

Nominee's Background:

Congressman from Ohio, and long-time champion of labor, including the life-blood of the nation, the small family farmer

Nominating Speech:


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Progressive Criteria:
The Department of Labor will

Strongly support the right to organize collectively and the right to strike;

Support the living wage, so workers will earn enough to live in a reasonable work week;

Strongly enforce workplace safety;

Explore appropriate public works programs, with the government as employer of last resort;

Work with employers to instill the value that workers are stakeholders whose years of labor cannot be cast aside merely for the pursuit of efficiency or profit.


Comments so far:
July 1, 2005 John Blasingame - The best candidate for president that I've seen in my lifetime (I'm 66), I still put Kucinich for President stickers on my mail. What a different world it would be if he'd been elected!


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