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\nWe’ve already told you about the hypocrisy<\/a> of Representative Hilda Solis (D-CA), President-elect Obama’s pick to head the Department of Labor, on the secret ballot, and about how Solis as Secretary of Labor is likely to support cuts<\/a> to the Office of Labor-Management Standards, which investigates union corruption. On Friday, Solis appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The Ted Kennedy-led committee is presiding over Solis’ nomination.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe LA Times<\/i> has a good rundown<\/a> of the hearings. Importantly,\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tSolis also was pressed by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) about preserving "right to work" laws in states such as his that prohibit employers from requiring workers to be members of a union or to pay dues as condition of employment.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBut Solis told Alexander she was "not qualified" to give him a response on the issue, except to say that she believed "that the president-elect feels strongly that American workers should have a choice to join or not to join a union. And to me that is the basic premise of our democracy, whether you want to be associated with a group or not.<\/b>"\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nEmpahsis mine.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe incoming Labor Secretary, if she is to be taken at her word, believes that freedom of association is a basic right of American democracy. This is precisely what the Right to Work principle is — that no worker should be forced to join or pay dues to a union to get or keep a job.\n<\/p>\n

\nUnfortunately, Right to Work wasn’t the only important issue Solis felt "not qualified" or otherwise unable to articulate her own position or that of President-elect Obama. Solis dodged key questions about the secret ballot in workplace unionization drives, mandatory first contract arbitration, the abuse of prevailing wage rules, and union boss corruption.\n<\/p>\n

\nSo what is she qualified to do, exactly? With her vacuousness on full display last Friday, it is increasingly apparent that her main "qualification" to be Secretary of Labor may simply be being good at doing exactly what she’s told by union bosses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nWe’ve already told you about the hypocrisy<\/a> of Representative Hilda Solis (D-CA), President-elect Obama’s pick to head the Department of Labor, on the secret ballot, and about how Solis as Secretary of Labor is likely to support cuts<\/a> to the Office of Labor-Management Standards, which investigates union corruption. On Friday, Solis appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The Ted Kennedy-led committee is presiding over Solis’ nomination.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe LA Times<\/i> has a good rundown<\/a> of the hearings. 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