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Joe Biden Has a Problem at the Department of Labor The Department of Labor doesn’t get a lot of coverage, but is consequential in enforcing labor and wage laws, assessing employment data and dealing with labor-management matters at a time when the recovery of the United States is key. Republicans are choosy about which of President Joe Biden’s nominees to fight more interested in low-hanging fruit such as ideological firebrands Neera Tanden for budget director and Health and Human Services pick Xavier Becerra. The Labor Department is rarely a very contentious post. Biden tapped Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be labor secretary and California’s labor secretary Julie Su for the deputy post. These two are hardly an inspiring duo for ethics or competence. ....
Labor Secretary Nominee Walsh is Soft on Union Violence and Corruption Posted on Marty Walsh When Joe Biden campaigned for president, he vowed to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” He wasn’t kidding. His nominee for labor secretary, Marty Walsh, once headed a union himself. And for these past seven years, as mayor of Boston, he has displayed a tendency to look past criminal activity by certain local unions. Moreover, since his January 7 nomination, evidence has emerged that he diverted over a million dollars over the years from his campaign coffers to a boutique consulting firm for which his girlfriend works. The payments recently have risen to nearly $15,000 a month, accounting for over half of the company’s revenues. Such behavior suggests serious conflicts of interest, an issue that needs to be addressed at Senate confirmation hearings. ....
Marty Walsh s subordinates convicted of conspiracy, accepting bribes Boston mayor Marty Walsh (D.) / Getty Images Collin Anderson • January 12, 2021 2:20 pm SHARE President-elect Joe Biden s pick for labor secretary was once caught on a wiretap admitting that he threatened a development company for refusing to use union workers. Biden chose Boston mayor Marty Walsh (D.) to lead the Department of Labor, praising the longtime union ally as a good friend and stand up guy in a Friday announcement. As head of Boston s Building and Construction Trades Council, however, Walsh was ensnared in a federal probe alleging strong-arm tactics by union leaders. Federal agents captured Walsh on tape candidly discussing strong-arm tactics with a fellow local labor leader in October 2012. The Boston Democrat recalled threatening development company AvalonBay with permitting problems on an upcoming project should it fail to hire union laborers, according to a 2016 ....