Biden Adds Former Obama Labor Official Harris to White House
- Harris will oversee administration’s relationships with labor
- But progressives criticize his work for Dentons law firm
Seth Harris, right, in 2013. Harris’s work will touch on worker organizing, collective bargaining and labor standards enforcement, among other issues.
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Former Obama Labor Department official Seth Harris has joined the White House as a top adviser to President Joe Biden on labor issues, an administration official said Tuesday.
A former acting and deputy labor secretary, Harris will coordinate the White House’s relationship with labor groups and efforts on workers’ rights. His title is deputy assistant to the president for labor and the economy.