Biden to Nominate Julie Su as Labor Secretary

President Joe Biden announced on Feb. 28 that he will nominate Julie Su as U.S. secretary of labor.
If confirmed by the Senate, Su, who is currently deputy labor secretary, would succeed Marty Walsh, who will be departing to run the National Hockey League Players’ Association, the union for the league’s players.
Su, 54, would become the only Asian American in Biden’s Cabinet, fulfilling a call by some Democrats, including Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), for Biden to have an Asian American in his Cabinet. Katherine Tai, who is Asian American, is the U.S. trade representative, which is Cabinet-level but not a Cabinet position per se….}

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