Julie Su, a civil rights attorney and former head of California’s labor department, was central to negotiations between labor and freight rail companies late last year, working to avert an economically debilitating strike.
President Joe Biden introduced his labor secretary nominee Julie Su as a "real leader" in remarks on March 1, 2023. Su, a civil rights attorney and former head of California’s labor department, was central to negotiations between labor and freight rail companies in 2022.said Wednesday that his labor secretary nominee Julie Su is a "real leader" who has supported unions, enforced worker safety and protected the victims of human trafficking.
The daughter of an immigrant mother who arrived on a cargo ship, Su said she believes "in the transformative power of America." She noted that a union job gave her parents a path to the middle class, one that eventually led her to college at Stanford University and law school at Harvard University. A civil rights attorney and former head of California's labor department, Su was central to negotiations between labor and freight rail companies late last year, working to avert an economically debilitating strike. She also has worked to broaden employee training programs and crack down on wage theft. If confirmed by the Senate, Su would also be the first Asian American in the Biden administration to serve in the Cabinet at the secretary level.
Biden had been under pressure from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and other Asian American and Pacific Islander advocates to select Su to head the department. This administration was the first in more than two decades to not have a Cabinet secretary of AAPI descent, despite its regular declarations that it was the most diverse in history. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai are of AAPI descent but don’t lead a Cabinet department.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who will preside over Su’s confirmation hearing as chair of the Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee, praised the selection. Sanders had urged consideration of Sara Nelson, the president of the flight attendants union, but made clear Su had his strong support.
"It certainly is better late than never," Chu said in a brief interview, citing CAPAC support for Su two years ago for the top Labor post and praising Su's credentials as a leader and enforcer of labor laws including minimum wage and occupational safety standards. She said GOP criticism about Su had been fully vetted two years ago and that the coming confirmation process will show their charges "have no basis.
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