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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
January 7, 2021
An educational expert recently warned that President-elect Joe Biden could mandate school districts promote critical race theory.
Max Eden, a senior fellow for the Manhattan Institute specializing in education policy, described a number of ways the Biden administration could move the Department of Education further left in the next four years.
Eden said in
The Biden transition team has promised to rescind it [President Trump’s executive order banning critical race theory], implicitly endorsing critical race theory. Biden’s administration could decide to go further and issue a DCL to mandate that school districts across America promote critical race theory.
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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.