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Daybreak Jan 8: Pro-union mayor picked for Labor

01/08/21 9:34 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies
KEYWORDS 25th amendment Adverse effect wage rate AFL-CIO Department of Agriculture Donald Trump European Union Farm Labor Survey farm workers Foreign Agricultural Service H-2A Joe Biden Labor Department labor unions Martin Walsh mike pence National Milk Producers Federation National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Rob Larew Smithfield Sonny Perdue
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate a former labor leader, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, to become labor secretary. That’s a critical position for farmers and farmworkers because of the Labor Department’s regulation of labor standards and authority over the H-2A visa program.
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