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Biden Labor pick may be "political hack"

Marty Walsh was actually the first Labor Secretary to come out of the union movement since the 1970s

Salon

Pelosi backs "corporate hack" for Labor

"I would really appreciate it if Sean Patrick Maloney could NOT fail upwards into a cabinet position"

Salon

Walsh to leave Labor Department for NHL players' union

WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will leave the department for the top post at the union representing players in the National Hockey League, the first Cabinet-level departure during the Biden administration.

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U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will lead NHL players union

The hockey players’ union has been searching for a new executive director to take over for Don Fehr, who had been in charge for more than a decade.

Chicago Sun-Times

AP sources: Walsh to leave Biden Cabinet for NHL union

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is expected to leave the Biden administration to run the National Hockey League Players’ Association

The Independent UK

US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh leaving Biden administration amid offers to lead NHL Players’ Association

Reported departure plans come as labour issues continue at West Coast ports

The Independent UK

Walsh to leave Labor Department for NHL players' union - Roll Call

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is expected to leave the department to become executive director of the NHL players union.

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GOP attorneys general sue Labor Department over ESG rule

A group of 25 Republican attorneys general sued Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and the Labor Department over a Biden administration regulation that gives retirement plan sponsors more freedom to consider environmental, social and governance factors when selecting investments.

Tribune News Service

Shapps issues warning on ‘dangerous’ US multi-billion dollar green subsidies

The Business Secretary said Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act could mark a slide into protectionism.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak confronted over 'lethal chaos' in NHS after death of woman, 26, in 999 delay

Labour leader Keir Starmer told MPs about the tragic case of a woman called Stephanie, from Plymouth, whose mum called 999 - but the ambulance failed to arrive in time

Daily Mirror

Couple transform own home into 'Liverpool Christmas Light Show' family attraction

People can drive or walk by the Halewood house to see the lights, with the couple raising money for Alder Hey

Liverpool Echo

Biden avoids rail strike with new deal, but not everyone is happy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed legislation imposing a deal he negotiated between freight railroads and organized labor, averting a possible strike but risking a divide with rank-and-file union workers who opposed the settlement.

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Senate passes railroad legislation to prevent a strike

The Senate has approved a measure meant to avert a railroad strike in eight days — without the paid sick days rail workers have been asking for.

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Halewood family transforming home into 'Liverpool Christmas light show' with music and special effects

Every night in December people can visit to see the house lit up with sequences set to music

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How Railroad Unions Almost Broke the Economy

The narrowly averted strike would have been an economic catastrophe. The story of how we reached the brink of that disaster is an illustrative one.

The Independent UK

Biden, Dems see both political, economic wins in rail deal

President Joe Biden is hailing a labor agreement that avoided a strike that would have shut down railroads across the country as a win for America

The Independent UK

Biden announces deal to avert crippling railroad strike: ‘A win for tens of thousands of rail workers’

A strike by railroad workers would have crippled large swaths of the US economy and fanned the flames of inflation

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Biden says deal to avert rail strike is a ‘big win’ for America

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hailed a tentative railway labor agreement, one that he helped broker and that averted an economically perilous nationwide work stoppage less than two months ahead of the November midterm elections.

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Biden reaches out to unions, railroads in bid to avert strike

President Joe Biden and Cabinet officials on Monday were in touch with freight-rail companies and unions in an effort to avert a crippling strike by thousands of workers, according to a White House official.

The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on US railroads and unions to reach a deal

Freight railroads and their unions are facing increasing pressure from business groups and the White House to settle their contract dispute

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the August jobs report

The nation’s job market last month delivered just what the Federal Reserve and nervous investors hoped for: A Goldilocks-style hiring report

The Independent UK

Jill Biden-chaired education meeting erupts into laughter as president walks in: ‘Whatever she says, I agree with’

“That’s a wrap”, declared US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as the room dissolved in laughter

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden officials in Illinois this week: Labor Sec. Walsh, Ag Sec. Vilsack, UN Amb. Thomas-Greenfield

Biden administration officials are criss-crossing the nation in August to highlight President Joe Biden’s accomplishments in advance of the November elections.

The Guardian - US

AFL-CIO unveils plan to grow but some union leaders underwhelmed

Liz Shuler, the federation’s president, announces effort to increase membership by 1m but some say they ‘have to aim much higher’

The Independent UK

Amazon union head, others meet at White House on organizing

Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met Thursday with union organizers at the White House as the administration looks to boost unionization campaigns

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