U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was in Los Angeles this week for a kick-off event for United We Serve, President Obama's summer service initiative to create meaningful change in America's communities through long-term volunteer involvement. Solis helped paint and rehabilitate a low-income home with "green" materials with high school students and volunteers through the LA CAUSA, a grantee of the Labor Department's nationwide YouthBuild program.

While in LA, Solis spoke on worker-friendly measures she will be fighting to pass in her new role as the Secretary of Labor, giving her unequivocal endorsement for the Employee Free Choice Act.

Q: You've been a big supporter of labor throughout your career. Do you still support the Employee Free Choice Act, despite backlash that unions contributed to the demise of GM and Chrysler?

SOLIS: Absolutely. We've all been used to backlashes.

No more nonsense. Let's get people back to work. Let's make sure we have a good health care system, renewable energy and good jobs.

It doesn't take an act of God, if we all help one another.