Martin Walsh, the mayor of Boston and former union leader, is expected to become the US Secretary of Labor in the first administration of President-elect Joe Biden. If his appointment is approved by the US Senate, 53-year-old Walsh will have a busy road ahead of him, with the $15 minimum wage and the high rate of unemployment on his list of priorities. The Secretary of Labor’s areas of responsibility are at the heart of Joe Biden's campaign promises and he will also be expected to oversee the protection of workers from the impact of Covid-19. Several trade union organisations have already expressed their satisfaction with the choice made by the President-elect.
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his future Secretary of Labor. It will be his friend Martin Walsh, a former trade union leader who has gone on to become Boston Mayor. Donald Trump’s successor had at one time thought of appointing Bernie Sanders, the Democrat Senator from Vermont who was his rival during the presidential primaries, to the role.
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