WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced the governor of Rhode Island, the mayor of Boston and a small-business advocate from California as the newest members of his economic team.
Boston mayor Walsh to be Biden’s labor secretary By: Associated Press January 8, 2021
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh talks on March 13 about the postponement of the Boston Marathon during a news conference in Boston. President-elect Joe Biden has selected Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his labor secretary, choosing a former union worker who shares his Irish American background and working-class roots. The 53-year-old Walsh has served as the Democratic mayor of Boston since 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) President-elect Joe Biden plans to name Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his new secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Show Transcript I’M WORKING I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. FOR SECRETARY OF LABOR, I NOMINATE MARTY WALSH OF BOSTON. ONLY DOWNSIDE IS THEY ARE NOT FROM MAYO, THERE FROM GALWAY. I KNOW HIM, TOUGH AS NAILS. DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AT AGE SEVEN, BEAT AT AGE SEVEN, BEAT IT AT AGE 11. AT AGE 21, ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE HE IS NOW IN HIS THE SECOND LEGISLATURE. HE IS NOW IN HIS SUCCESSFUL SECOND TERM AS MAYOR OF BOSTON. HE IS FOUGHT FOR $15 MINIMUM WAGE, PAID FAMILY LEAVE, AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED. MARTY UNDERSTANDS THE MIDDLE-CLASS BUILT THIS COUNTRY AND UNIONS BUILT THE MIDDLE CLASS. HE SEES HOW UNION WORKERS HAVE BEEN HOLDING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER DURING THIS CRISIS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS KEEPING OUR HOSPITALS CLEAN SAFE
Boston mayor, RI governor among Biden adds to economic team By Associated Press | January 8, 2021 at 4:23 AM EST - Updated January 8 at 3:18 PM
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced the governor of Rhode Island, the mayor of Boston and a small-business advocate from California as the newest members of his economic team.
The formal announcement came a day after his transition team announced Gov. Gina Raimondo as his choice to become commerce secretary, Mayor Marty Walsh as his candidate for labor secretary and Isabel Guzman as his pick to lead the Small Business Administration.
One of Biden’s top challenges after he takes office Jan. 20 will be to nurse an economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic back to health. He said the newest members of his economic team will help achieve that “by building an economy where every American is in on the deal.”
Joe Biden Picks Boston Mayor for Labor Secretary Mayor Martin Walsh, who has had a long tenure with labor leadership, was selected to act as Labor secretary for the Biden Administration. Sean Phillip Cotter, Boston Herald | January 8, 2021 | News
(TNS) Boston, Mass., Mayor Martin Walsh is President-elect Joe Biden s pick for Labor secretary, setting up a monumental shake-up of the Hub s political landscape.
Walsh is a longtime labor leader who was the president of Local 223 and then head of the Boston Building Trades before being elected mayor in 2013. He is a favorite of the AFL-CIO, which pushed for his nomination to the department overseeing workforce and labor policy.