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Days away from Walsh departure, Bostonâs equity chief is resigning
By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated March 4, 2021, 2:27 p.m.
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Boston s equity chief, Karilyn Crockett, is resigning from her City Hall post.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/File 2020
Karilyn Crockett, who was appointed the cityâs first equity chief last summer and is rumored to be a potential mayoral candidate, is resigning from her Cabinet-level City Hall post, likely days before Mayor Martin J. Walsh leaves to become the nationâs next labor secretary.
Last June, Walsh chose Crockett to head the cityâs new equity office amid widespread protests calling for the dismantling of systemic racism. The new entity was created to combat racial injustice and support marginalized communities in the city.
State and city officials in Massachusetts took to Twitter to celebrate the ascension of now-President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris into the.
Joe Biden Picks Boston Mayor for Labor Secretary Mayor Martin Walsh, who has had a long tenure with labor leadership, was selected to act as Labor secretary for the Biden Administration. Sean Phillip Cotter, Boston Herald | January 8, 2021 | News
(TNS) Boston, Mass., Mayor Martin Walsh is President-elect Joe Biden s pick for Labor secretary, setting up a monumental shake-up of the Hub s political landscape.
Walsh is a longtime labor leader who was the president of Local 223 and then head of the Boston Building Trades before being elected mayor in 2013. He is a favorite of the AFL-CIO, which pushed for his nomination to the department overseeing workforce and labor policy.