Let's go, Julie Su: 'Modern-day Frances Perkins' tapped to lead U.S. Dept. of Labor

Following Marty Walsh's departure from the U.S. Dept. of Labor, President Biden nominated Julie Su, Walsh's second in command, to lead the agency. As Walsh's deputy and current acting labor secretary, Su has been at the center of the Biden administration's efforts to remake the U.S. economy from the bottom up and middle out—working side-by-side with Walsh to implement critical Democratic victories, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. She has also helped to revitalize federal-state-local partnerships to strengthen workforce development programs and reinvigorated labor standards enforcement to protect the most vulnerable workers, including expanded mine safety and OSHA enforcement programs.

"If you’ve been paying attention the past 18 months, you know workers across America are having a moment," writes Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO. "Julie Su will help workers at the highest levels of power, too—the same way 90 years ago, the country’s first female labor secretary, Francis Perkins, did pioneering work under Franklin Delano Roosevelt to define the New Deal."

A proven fighter for American workers, Su is the most qualified and prepared candidate for the role. And as Labor secretary, she would continue building an economy that works for all, not just the wealthy few.

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