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John McDonald (right) was recently reelected to his 22nd term as the president of the HFC Federation of Teachers, Local 1650. He s pictured here with HFC political science professor Dr. Eric Rader, the external vice president of 1650.
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Mysteries of the Labor Secretary Pick
Is it Marty, Patrick, or Julie?
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Open Society Foundations President Patrick Gaspard speaks at a Justice Roundtable event, May 9, 2018, at the Newseum in Washington.
By various accounts, President-elect Biden is still agonizing over his choice for secretary of labor. Politicoreports that all else being equal, heâd like to pick his old comrade, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. But thereâs substantial pressure on him to choose California Labor Secretary Julie Su or former Ambassador to South Africa and Open Society Foundations President Patrick Gaspard instead.
Walsh seems to be the clear choice of the labor movementâs old guard. Before he became Hizzoner of Beantown, he headed the cityâs building and construction trades union council, where he aggressively promoted the inclusion of women and minorities in the ranks of these largely white working-class toilers. For his part, Biden m