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    

Nominations so far:

Nominee	Rating
Tom Croft	no rating
Maria Echaveste
David Bonior
Robert Reich
Dick Gephart
Holly Sklar
Baldemar Velasquez
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Dennis Kucinich
Dolores Huerta
Willie Baptist
Andrew L. Stern
Alan B. Krueger
Evelyn Murphy
Howard Dean
Ruth Rosenbaum
Michael Albert
Bill Fletcher Jr.
John Sweeney
Ralph Nader
Thomas Glynn
Thea Lee
Juliet Schor
Barbara Ehrenreich
Richard Florida
Paul Krugman
Marjorie Kelly

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.