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      Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su prepares to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

      Senate Urged to Confirm Julie Su After Key Panel Advances Labor Secretary Nominee

      "Su possesses deep expertise in civil rights and workplace rights and is exceedingly qualified to serve as secretary of labor," said one group. "We urge all senators to support her confirmation."

      Jessica Corbett
      Apr 26, 2023

      Labor rights advocates on Wednesday renewed calls for the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm Julie Su, President Joe Biden's next pick for labor secretary and "a champion for working families," after an 11-10 panel vote.

      The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) vote fell along party lines, with Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic members supporting Su—who is facing an intense corporate-led opposition campaign.

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      Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su prepares to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

      Sanders Blasts Corporations 'Spending Millions' to Defeat Worker Champion Julie Su

      "This debate has everything to do with the fact that Julie Su is a champion of the working class who will stand up against the forces of corporate greed," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

      Jake Johnson
      Apr 20, 2023

      Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday used his opening remarks at Julie Su's confirmation hearing to slam the corporate-led campaign against the labor secretary nominee, characterizing it as a desperate effort to tank a public official who is "prepared to take on powerful special interests and stand up for the needs of the working class of this country."

      "Let's be honest. The debate over Ms. Su has nothing to do with her qualifications," Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said during the panel's hearing. "No one can tell us with a straight face that Ms. Su is unqualified for this position. She is exceptionally well qualified."

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      U.S. President Joe Biden holds hands with Julie Su, his nominee to be the next Labor secretary, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 1, 2023.

      Progressive Coalition Speaks Out as Big Business Moves to Crush Julie Su

      "Workers in this country need an experienced leader and brilliant public servant at the helm of the Department of Labor, and Julie Su is exactly that," said EPI's president.

      Jessica Corbett
      Apr 19, 2023

      As corporate interests continue to attack Julie Su, dozens of progressive organizations on Wednesday pressured a U.S. Senate panel to swiftly advance the labor secretary nominee, who "has devoted her life to fighting for workers' rights, holding exploitative employers accountable, leveling the playing field for high-road employers, and doing pioneering work to protect the most vulnerable of workers."

      Labor and advocacy groups have celebrated since President Joe Biden nominated Su in February, but industries opposed to her are spending big in states like Arizona, Montana, and West Virginia, hoping some current and former Democrats in the Senate will block her confirmation.

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