The following is another guest blog by David Molina, who serves on the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs:
On January 28, 2010, huddled inside a Mexican grocery store & panaderia in Gresham, Oregon, Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and I hosted a Labor & Employment Forum to educate Oregonian workers of their rights as workers, the [...]

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Gustavo Arellano of the OC Weekly has a pretty good blog post up about the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association and its decision to have an anniversary dinner at the Disney Grand Californian Hotel, which is the site of a current dispute over health benefits for its workers. Arellano asks, “Why is the OC Hispanic [...]

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Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, one of my (s)heroes, is getting serious about enforcing workplace safety laws. Back in August, she toured a West Virginia coal mine, tweeting her experience. Now she is coming out swinging against the oil industry, as OSHA issued a record $87.4 million fine against BP for safety violations last week.
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Some people who comment on this blog have asserted that I only focus on the negative attributes or actions of our Latino politicians, but that certainly is not my goal. There are some leaders who quietly go about their jobs without much fanfare, praise or criticism. I think Hilda Solis is one of those individuals. [...]

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It isn’t likely that California will elect a Republican governor next year given the dissatisfaction with Schwarzenegger, and I haven’t heard too much about Meg Whitman on the GOP side other than she is a prolific fundraiser. Following the trend of Latinos favoring the Democrats in the Golden State, I thought it would be worth [...]

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