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Julie Su Ordered Staff to Obstruct Immigration Agents

May 10, 2023 7:13 pmMay 10, 2023 9:18 pm

When she was California’s Labor Commissioner, Julie Su directed department staff to not cooperate with federal immigration agents if they appeared at any commission office looking for illegal aliens. Su’s 2017 memo also strongly implies that Commission employees should actively...

Su Squeaks Past Committee on Party Line Vote

April 26, 2023 10:07 amApril 27, 2023 12:32 pm

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee Wednesday morning voted 11 to 10 to advance formed California labor chief Julie Su’s nomination to become the next federal Secretary of Labor. The vote – as expected – was a strictly...

Don’t Allow Biden’s Labor Pick Julie Su to ‘Fail Up’ Again

April 26, 2023 9:20 amApril 26, 2023 9:20 am

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Kevin Kiley, both from California, have an op ed Wednesday at Fox News about the Golden State being “let down by the very leaders trusted to govern it…” namely former California Labor and Workforce Development...

Senators Whiff on Challenging Julie Su

April 20, 2023 12:50 pmApril 20, 2023 12:56 pm

On February 28th – the day President Biden nominated Julie Su to become the next Secretary of Labor – the state of California owed $18,868,506,716.36 to the federal government to repay the money it borrowed to cover unemployment benefits during...

Julie Su Slated for Senate Grilling Thursday

April 19, 2023 8:03 pmApril 19, 2023 8:08 pm

California’s former Department of California Labor and Workforce Development Agency chief Julie Su will face a Senate committee Thursday as part of her wobbly quest to become President Joe Biden’s new Secretary of Labor. Su has served as the federal...

Congress: Don’t Allow Julie Su to Fail Upward

April 18, 2023 3:25 pmApril 18, 2023 3:31 pm

This Thursday, Congress will hold a hearing for President Biden’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Labor, Julie Su. This controversial candidate has Washington in an uproar as her record serving as the top labor official in California was concerning, at...

SEIU Labor Union Challenge to Prop. 22 Rejected

February 3, 2021 3:50 pmFebruary 5, 2021 1:43 pm

Last month, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and several drivers sued to overturn the voters’ approval of Proposition 22 on the November statewide ballot. The electorate passed the measure with almost 60% of the vote. The lawsuit was filed...