United States Secretary of Labor
Marty Walsh resigned the office to take on his new role as President Joe Biden’s labor secretary.
Walsh came out of the Massachusetts building trades and has deep roots in organized labor.
Robert Reich explained how Trump has "made the swamp even swampier" in a new video.
The GOP-led Senate voted along party lines to approve the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to replace Alexander Acosta as labor secretary.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
If confirmed, the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia would replace outgoing Secretary Alexander Acosta.
As a U.S. attorney in Miami, Acosta helped devise a secret agreement granting the accused child sex trafficker immunity from federal prosecution.
The labor secretary brokered a deal years ago that helped the financier avoid prison time for sex crimes with minors.
The president stood by his labor secretary, who approved a deal that allowed Epstein to avoid federal prosecution and significant prison time.
Trump's labor secretary has come under renewed scrutiny for a secret 2008 plea deal he struck with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Robert Reich slammed the president for "callous disregard" of 420,000 government employees working without pay.