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Marty Walsh: good for the US unions?
TONY BURKE looks optimistically across the Atlantic to where a long-standing union man has been slated to become the next Labour Secretary
President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
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US UNIONS have welcomed President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to appoint Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as US Labour Secretary.
Before becoming the mayor of Boston, Walsh was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and previously the head of the Boston Metropolitan District Building and Construction Trades Council, covering over 20 union locals in the construction industry.
Walsh joined the Labourers Union Local 223 at the age of 21 and served as its president.
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