Last week, Kaiser Permanente employees staged a three-day walkout in six states due to a disagreement on staffing levels. After the walkout, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions threatened another strike, but on Friday morning, they reached a tentative deal with Kaiser Permanente. Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su was instrumental in the agreement, which is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks.
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President Joe Biden is making history by joining striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members on the picket line in Michigan. The strike is in response to the Big Three automakers' refusal to offer better wages and working conditions. Biden's presence is an unprecedented move, and it is uncertain how it will affect the negotiations between the UAW and the automakers.
The White House has sent a team to Detroit to help resolve the strike between the United Auto Workers union and the Big Three auto companies. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell believes this is the most significant negotiation she has witnessed in her lifetime, as it is about the future of the auto industry, workers, and wages. Sperling and Su have been engaging with the parties by phone for weeks and are now in Detroit to help end the walkout, with the White House hoping for a resolution soon.
This article discusses the current situation in the Senate regarding President Joe Biden's nomination of Julie Su to serve as Secretary of Labor. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has announced his opposition to Su, likely dooming her chances of confirmation in the narrowly divided Senate. Under a 1946 law, amended in 1986, Su is permitted to continue to run the department without being confirmed, leaving the Democrats to decide how to move forward in order to ensure the Department of Labor is led by an experienced and qualified leader.
President Joe Biden is set to appoint Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior West Wing official and longtime Democratic Party activist, as his 2024 re-election campaign manager. Chavez Rodriguez currently serves as a senior adviser and assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and has a long history of involvement in Democratic politics. The decision to appoint Chavez Rodriguez is expected to be formally announced in the coming weeks.
Julie Su’s Senate Confirmation Hearing for Labor Secretary Nomination to Test Closely Divided Senate
Julie Su’s Senate Confirmation Hearing for Labor Secretary Nomination to Test Closely Divided Senate
Julie Su, the current deputy labor secretary and a civil rights attorney, is set to testify at her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for the position of labor secretary. If confirmed, she would be the first Asian American in the Biden administration to serve in the Cabinet. The outcome of the hearing will be closely watched as it could have a major impact on the Biden administration's labor policies.
President Joe Biden has announced his nomination of Julie Su to be the next Secretary of Labor. Su is a civil rights attorney and former head of California's labor department, and has spent her life fighting for the rights of workers. If confirmed, she will become the first Asian American woman to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, replacing the departing incumbent, former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. Su has worked to increase the minimum wage, create good-paying, high-quality jobs, and establish and enforce workplace safety standards, as well as crack down on wage theft and protect trafficked workers.
President Joe Biden has nominated Julie Su to serve as the next labor secretary, making her the first Asian American to serve in a secretary-level role in Biden’s Cabinet. Su is a civil rights attorney and former head of California’s labor department, and has been central to negotiations between labor and freight rail companies. Biden has asked the Senate to take up Su’s nomination “as soon as possible” and if confirmed, she will be tasked with addressing the needs of working people and creating an economy that works for everyone.