Julie Su | |
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Acting United States Secretary of Labor | |
Assumed office March 11, 2023 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Marty Walsh |
37th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor | |
Assumed office July 17,2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Patrick Pizzella |
Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency | |
In office January 7,2019 –July 17,2021 | |
Governor | Gavin Newsom |
Preceded by | David Lanier |
Succeeded by | Natalie Palugyai |
Personal details | |
Born | Madison,Wisconsin,U.S. | February 19,1969
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Stanford University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Julie Su | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 蘇維思 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 苏维思 | ||||||||||||
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Julie A. Su (born February 19,1969) [1] is an American attorney and government official who has served as acting United States Secretary of Labor since 2023 [2] and the 37th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor since 2021. Before assuming that post,Su was the California Labor Secretary,serving under Governor Gavin Newsom from 2019 to 2021, [3] and was the California Labor Commissioner,overseeing California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE),under Governor Jerry Brown from 2011 to 2018. [4] [5]
She is serving as acting secretary of labor since March 11,2023 following the departure of incumbent Marty Walsh from the role. [6] [7] In February 2023,President Joe Biden officially nominated Su to be his permanent appointee to fill the position. [8] Since her nomination,Su's confirmation has stalled in the Senate;however,the Biden administration plans on keeping Su in an acting capacity which the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has allowed. [9]
Su was born in Madison,Wisconsin,as a first-generation American. Her mother,unable to afford a ticket on a passenger ship,came to the United States on a cargo ship from China;her father is from Taiwan. [10] [11] She graduated from Whitney High School in Cerritos,California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. [12]
Su started her legal career at the Asian-Pacific American Legal Center. She was a Litigation Director for Advancing Justice L.A.,a non-profit civil rights organization.
Su was the lead attorney for the El Monte Thai Garment Slavery Case. [13] As the lead for civil case brought by the El Monte garment workers,Su successfully pursued a legal theory that held manufacturers responsible for the wage theft,as well as the operators who actually kept the garment workers captive. She and other activists also petitioned for the workers to be able to stay in the United States under a visa program for those who cooperate with the government in criminal trials. This led to the creation of the T-Visa for victims of human trafficking. [14]
During Jerry Brown's tenure as governor,Su headed California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) as the California Labor Commissioner. [5] Under Governor Gavin Newsom,Su served as Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. [3]
In November 2020,Su was named as a potential candidate to serve as Secretary of Labor in the Biden administration. [15] [16] Su's prospective nomination was pushed by AAPI political leaders and activists,including the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC). [17]
Conversely,she was opposed by business groups and congressional Republicans. Opponents criticized her leadership of California's unemployment agency during the COVID-19 pandemic, [18] when over a million legitimate applicants had their claims delayed or frozen, [3] while up to $31 billion was sent to fraudulent claimants (including to criminals belonging to national and international crime rings and inmates in the state's prison system). [19] [20] Opposition also centered on her enforcement of California's controversial employment law,AB 5. [21] [22]
On February 10,2021,Su was nominated by President Biden to be the Deputy Secretary of Labor under Secretary Marty Walsh. Asian-American leaders,including members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus,had lobbied the Biden administration to appoint her as Deputy Secretary after she wasn't chosen to lead the department. [23]
The Senate HELP Committee held hearings on Su's nomination on March 16,2021. The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor on April 21,2021. [24] On July 13,2021,Su was confirmed to the role by the Senate,in a 50–47 vote. [25]
After it was reported in 2023 that Walsh would leave the role,Su was expected to serve as acting Secretary of Labor in his absence. [6] [26] After Walsh's resignation announcement,members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus called on Biden to nominate Su as Walsh's permanent successor,citing the lack of Asian-Americans in Biden's cabinet. [27] On February 28,2023,President Joe Biden nominated Su to serve as the United States secretary of labor. [8]
Su's nomination faced challenges on both sides of the aisle,due to the reluctance of Senator Joe Manchin to support her,as well as Republican criticism of her handling of COVID unemployment relief funding in California,wherein an estimated $32 billion meant to safeguard unemployed Californians during the pandemic ended up being paid out fraudulently. [28] [29] She is currently waiting on confirmation from the full Senate where the confirmation process has stalled due to a lack of votes necessary for confirmation. However,she remains the acting Secretary of Labor in the interim.[ citation needed ]
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