Pressure for Diversity Weighs on Biden Labor Pick

“President-elect Joe Biden is considering nominating Boston Mayor Marty Walsh… Biden has a long personal relationship with Walsh, who spent decades as a union member and leader, most recently as head of Boston’s Building and Construction Trades Council. Walsh has won support from a number of prominent union leaders — most notably AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka,” Politico reports.

“But Walsh is a white man. And although Biden has already nominated the most diverse Cabinet in history, some groups are pushing for more representation among the five Cabinet posts that remain unfilled.”