Secretary of Labor – California Globe

Su Ignores Subpoena, Congress Irked

March 13, 2024 8:41 pmMarch 13, 2024 8:41 pm

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su has ignored a Congressional subpoena issued last November and the electeds that issued the subpoena really want to know why. For more than a year, the House Education and the Workforce Committee has been trying...

Why Julie Su Matters: Labor Department Moves to Gut Freelancers

January 9, 2024 4:11 pmJanuary 11, 2024 8:24 am

If you have ever wondered why we cover Julie Su’s doomed quest to actually become U.S. Secretary of Labor, here’s why: The Labor Department today released new rules governing freelance, consulting, and gig work that will gut the livelihoods of...

Swap Out Su: Reps. Foxx & Kiley Call on Biden to Drop Julie Su

January 4, 2024 4:27 pmJanuary 4, 2024 4:27 pm

The chair of the House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee and the chair of its Workforce Protections subcommittee today asked President Joe Biden to drop his quest to remove the word “acting” from Julie Su’s labor secretary title...

Su Me, Says Biden Labor Secretary – Renomination of Julie Su on Tap for 2024

December 21, 2023 3:54 pmDecember 21, 2023 3:54 pm

The Biden Administration says it plans to continue to evade and degrade the constitution and will re-nominate Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su come the new year. Su was nominated in March but the Senate – which must approve all...

Was This the Plan All Along?

July 21, 2023 2:35 amJuly 21, 2023 6:37 am

Citing the unprecedented delay in her confirmation as Secretary of Labor, calls are continuing to grow for President Biden to withdraw Julie Su’s nomination. However, the Biden administration may have been expecting this situation from day one, knowing they could...

Is Julie Su’s ICE Agent Ban Coming Back to Haunt?

May 1, 2023 3:48 pmMay 1, 2023 3:49 pm

In 2017, then-California Labor Commissioner Julie Su issued an order barring agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from entering Commission offices. Late last month, Su – President Biden’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Labor –...

Kiley Takes Fight Against Julie Su to House Floor

April 28, 2023 11:53 amApril 28, 2023 12:35 pm

Though the vote whether or not to confirm Julie Su as the next Secretary of Labor will happen in the Senate, a half-dozen Representatives took to the House floor this morning to urge their senatorial colleagues to vote against Su...