Pressure on Biden for Cabinet diversity complicates unions' push for Walsh as labor secretary
Congressional Democrats are ramping up pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to nominate an Asian American or Pacific Islander Cabinet secretary, intensifying the contest for Labor secretary that national union leaders had hoped would go to Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh.
Walsh, a former union president and longtime Biden ally, has reportedly been in contention with California’s labor secretary, Julie Su, for the Department of Labor post. A Walsh spokesman on Monday declined to comment on reports that the mayor and Su were the two finalists. Su’s office also declined to comment.
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