Biden picks Boston mayor as labor secretary, California entrepreneur for SBA: source By Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan
FILE PHOTO: Boston Mayor Walsh urges U.S. President Trump not to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord during news conference in Boston
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a former union official, to serve as labor secretary, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters on Thursday.
Biden has also chosen Isabel Guzman to lead the Small Business Administration, the source said.
Walsh, currently in his second term as mayor of Boston, has fought hard to “rebuild the middle class, build a more inclusive, resilient economy, and fight for workers in his hometown,” the source said, adding that Walsh backed both a $15 minimum wage and paid family leave.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a former union official, to serve as labor secretary, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters on Thursday.
Biden has also chosen Isabel Guzman to lead the Small Business Administration, the source said.
Walsh, currently in his second term as mayor of Boston, has fought hard to “rebuild the middle class, build a more inclusive, resilient economy, and fight for workers in his hometown,” the source said, adding that Walsh backed both a $15 minimum wage and paid family leave.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, his transition team said late on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo answers a phone call during the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., July 15, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
The two Democrats will head sprawling agencies that will shape Biden’s agenda on climate change, technology, investment, the minimum wage and other workforce rules and policies.
Together with other top officials, they will “usher in a new wave of worker power, help struggling small businesses recover and re-open, and put Americans back to work by creating millions of good-paying union jobs,” the transition team said.
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Menlo-Atherton High School student Audrey Ha is this year s winner of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for California s 18th Congressional District. Courtesy office of Rep. Anna Eshoo. M-A junior wins Congressional App Challenge
Audrey Ha, an 11th grader at Menlo-Atherton High School, won the 2020 18th Congressional District s App Challenge for a hurricane app she created, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, announced on Dec. 21.
Ha s SurveyHurricane, uses artificial intelligence to accurately and quickly detect damaged houses on aerial imagery of storm-impacted regions. Audrey Ha was inspired to assist the efforts of the federal government to help Americans recover from hurricanes and storms which have been increasing year after year due to climate change, Eshoo said in a statement. This tool can assist first responders and government organizations in efficiently assessing hurricane damage and planning cri