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Biden chooses Boston Mayor Walsh as Labor secretary
Biden was widely expected to choose a Labor Department head who enjoyed the support of unions, given the president-elect s longstanding ties with labor leaders.
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be his Labor secretary. | Steven Senne/AP Photo
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President-elect Joe Biden has picked Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a former top union leader, to serve as his Labor secretary, according to four sources, ending a selection process that split the labor movement and stoked diversity concerns among Democrats.
Walsh beat out a host of other names floated for the position, including Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), former Deputy Labor Secretary Seth Harris, California Labor Secretary Julie Su and AFL-CIO Chief Economist Bill Spriggs. His selection suggests that Biden was willing to overlook calls for a more diverse choice, since Walsh is a white man, and Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Biden Names Boston Mayor Walsh to Head Labor Department
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January 7, 2021
BOSTON, MA - MARCH 13: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks at a press conference announcing the postponement of the Boston Marathon to September 15th on March 13, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. The postponement is due to concerns over the possible spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
(Bloomberg) President-elect Joe Biden has named Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be labor secretary, according to a person familiar with the decision.
If confirmed, Walsh would take control of a Labor Department that Biden has pledged to reorient toward workers, with a stronger response to the Covid-19 pandemic including a promise to issue an emergency standard that would protect workers from on-the-job infection.
Will Californiaâs Julie Su Be Bidenâs Labor Secretary?
If he appoints her, sheâd be the 21st-century Frances Perkins.
California Labor Secretary Julie Su in April 2019
President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on the most ambitious pro-union platform since Franklin Roosevelt. Labor activists hope that heâll also pick the most pro-worker secretary of labor since FDR selected Frances Perkins for the job.
The one leading candidate who best fits that description is California Labor Secretary Julie Su, whose candidacy is being avidly promoted by the stateâs labor and immigrant rights activists. Like Perkins, Su became an acclaimed public figure as an advocate for immigrant sweatshop workers and has spent her career fighting for workersâ rights and a fair economy. And like Perkins, Su has been witness to an almost unfathomable outrage inflicted on workers.
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