Marty Walsh (Courtesy Biden-Harris Transition)
Boston mayor chosen as Secretary of Labor, Rhode Island governor for Secretary of Commerce
Biden nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as Secretary of Labor and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as Secretary of Commerce. Additionally, he has nominated Don Graves as Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Isabel Guzman as Small Business Administrator. Graves is a banker who served on President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Guzman is director of California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate.
Walsh is in his second term as mayor of Boston. Prior to that position, he was a legislator for the 13th Sufffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, co-chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Labor Party Caucus and co-chair for the Special Commission on Public Construction Reform. He was also president of the Laborers’ Union Local 223, joining the union at age 21. He was elected secretary-tre
Biden Picks Boston Mayor Walsh for Labor Secretary
Joe Biden announced Friday that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is his nominee for Labor Secretary, replacing outgoing Trump pick Eugene Scalia.
Calling him “a good friend and a standup guy,” Biden said he was “tough as nails,” beating childhood cancer, becoming a union member and president, as well as graduating from college at age 42 before becoming the mayor of the Massachusetts capital.
“Marty understands, like I do, that the middle-class built this country, and unions built the middle-class,” the President-Elect said when introducing Walsh.
Walsh is currently serving his second term as mayor, where a $15 minimum wage and paid family leave were signature issues.
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Biden to nominate Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo for Commerce, Boston mayor Marty Walsh for Labour
Ms Gina Raimondo (left) is Rhode Island s first woman governor while Mr Marty Walsh was elected Boston mayor in 2013.PHOTOS: NYTIMES, REUTERS
PublishedJan 8, 2021, 9:52 am SGT
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Media reports indicate that President-Elect Joe Biden will tap Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as Secretary of Labor in his administration.
Fifty-three year-old Walsh has served as Boston’s Mayor for the past six years. He is the former head of Boston Metropolitan District Building Trades Council, an umbrella group of construction unions representing bricklayers, ironworkers, electricians, laborers and other construction trades.
Since winning the Presidential election in November, it was anticipated that the President-Elect would appoint a Labor Secretary with strong union ties. Walsh’s appointment signals that the Biden White House will advance a
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President-elect Joe Biden has selected Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a former construction union leader, to serve as his labor secretary.
The announcement yesterday noted that if confirmed, Walsh former head of both Laborers’ Union Local 223 and the Boston Metropolitan District Building Trades Council would be the first union member to serve in the role in nearly half a century.
The mayor pledged his support to the working class after his nomination was announced. Working people, labor unions, and those fighting every day for their shot at the middle class are the backbone of our economy and of this country, he said in a tweet. As Secretary of Labor, I ll work just as hard for you as you do for your families and livelihoods. You have my word.