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U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis with AFSCME Women's Conference attendees.
In late 2011, more than 900 AFSCME women assembled in Milwaukee, Wis., to listen, learn and demonstrate in preparation for state battles. These strong AFSCME women were joined by sisters who are leaders in the workers' rights movement including U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. Both praised the activists for their fight on behalf of American workers.
Pelosi applauded AFSCME members who “inspired the nation by fighting back” against state attacks on public workers from Madison to Columbus and beyond. And AFSCME women showed that they are ready to continue to fight these state battles in 2012 and beyond when they rallied downtown in support of Milwaukee city workers who will lose the right to collectively bargain over wages, hours and working conditions at the end of the year.
