Julie Su, President Joe Biden's nominee for U.S. labor secretary, faced intense partisan wrangling at her Senate confirmation hearing on April 20. The support and opposition fell mostly along party lines, as was the case two years ago when Su became deputy labor secretary.
Previously, Su served as California's labor secretary for two years and headed the state's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement for seven years.
Su was born in Wisconsin and grew up in California with parents from China and Taiwan. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School. In 2001, she received a McArthur "Genius" grant for her legal work representing Thai garment workers in California. She co-founded a coalition called Sweatshop Watch, serving low-wage garment workers in the state.
Su "has led the largest state labor department in the nation, cracked down on wage theft, fought to protect trafficked workers, increased the minimum wage, created good-paying, high-quality jobs, and established and enforced workplace safety standards," Biden said in a statement.
At the hearing, Su said she wanted to expand the American dream for all in the U.S. "Too many people still work full time year-round and live in poverty. Too many are denied a fair day's pay for a fair day's work," she said. "Working people, when given a chance to organize to be heard, not only make things better for themselves, but help to bring the American dream within reach to those around them."
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