WELL, HE CAN’T COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY IT’S ABOUT HURTING NON-UNION SHOPS: Labor secretary inaccurately cites his department’s data in hearing. “Labor Secretary Thomas Perez incorrectly cited data from his own department in a congressional hearing Wednesday to justify heightened safety inspections of auto parts manufacturers in the South, particularly Alabama. The actual data indicates that the state’s manufactures maintain a lower injury rate than the national average, not a higher one as Perez has insisted.”