Posts tagged Deputy Secretary of Labor
DOL Nominee: Keith Sonderling
April 15, 2025 // Keith Sonderling is the Deputy Secretary of Labor, confirmed on March 10, 2025. He previously served as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2020-2024) and held leadership roles in the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division during President Trump’s first term. During his tenure at the…
Is She? Can She? Should She? Julie Su Labor Secretary Confirmation Battle Takes New Twists
July 10, 2023 // Finally, the latest news that Su literally ran the EDD into the ground – it has been determined by state Legislative Analyst’s Office to now be “structurally insolvent” while she was in charge has critics again calling for Biden to drop her nomination. “As a result of Julie Su’s historic unemployment insurance fraud and California’s budgetary mismanagement, state businesses are facing billions in tax hikes over the next several years,” said California’s-own Rep, Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin). “California’s EDD debacle and the incompetence tax small businesses are now forced to pay demonstrate that California’s policies are a warning to, rather than a model for, the nation. They also illustrate just how ill-advised Julie Su’s nomination for US Labor Secretary is.”