U.S. Labor Secretary Perez’s Hands-On Style Clinched Port Deal
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Thomas Perez, the Obama administration cabinet official who brokered a settlement in long-stalled talks between workers and management at U.S. West Coast ports, has a history of forging compromise.
“He’s very hands-on, not unwilling to mix things up,” said Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, who watched Perez, as an assistant U.S. attorney general, help craft a 2012 consent decree over police use of force in his city. “He’s not afraid to push people to a resolution.”