Biden Names Boston Mayor Walsh to Head Labor Department
- Mayor was a labor leader and has strong support from unions
- Appointment signals labor agenda for incoming administration
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
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President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be labor secretary.
If confirmed by the Senate, Walsh would take control of a Labor Department that Biden has pledged to reorient toward workers, with a stronger response to the Covid-19 pandemic including a promise to issue an emergency standard that would protect workers from on-the-job infection.