President-elect Joe Biden announces Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is Labor Secretary nominee - YouTube

I’M WORKING -- I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

FOR SECRETARY OF LABOR, I NOMINATE MARTY WALSH OF BOSTON.

ONLY DOWNSIDE IS THEY ARE NOT FROM MAYO, THERE FROM GALWAY.

I KNOW HIM, TOUGH AS NAILS.

DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AT AGE SEVEN, BEAT -- AT AGE SEVEN, BEAT IT AT AGE 11.

AT AGE 21, ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE HE IS NOW IN HIS THE SECOND -- LEGISLATURE.

HE IS NOW IN HIS SUCCESSFUL SECOND TERM AS MAYOR OF BOSTON.

HE IS FOUGHT FOR $15 MINIMUM WAGE, PAID FAMILY LEAVE, AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED.

MARTY UNDERSTANDS THE MIDDLE-CLASS BUILT THIS COUNTRY AND UNIONS BUILT THE MIDDLE CLASS.

HE SEES HOW UNION WORKERS HAVE BEEN HOLDING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER DURING THIS CRISIS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS KEEPING OUR HOSPITALS CLEAN SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, AND EFFICIENT.

PUBLIC SERVICE -- PUBLIC SERVICE FIGHTING AGAINST BUDGET -- SHORTFALLS, WAREHOUSE WORKERS, FOLKS KEEPING OUR AIR AND RAIL SYSTEMS RUNNING.

THEY ARE LITERALLY WHAT IS KEEPING US GOING.

THEY DESERVE A SECRETARY OF LABOR THAT KNOWS HOW TO BUILD THEIR POWER IN THE WORKPLACE.

WHO KNOWS THAT WHEN I SAY OUR FUTURE WILL BE MADE IN AMERICA, IT WILL BE A FUTURE MYTH -- A FUTURE BUILT BY AMERICAN WORKERS.

A FUTURE WITH HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, CLEAN ENERGY, AND SO MUCH MORE THAT IS GOING TO CREATE MILLIONS OF GOOD PAYING JOBS.

MARTY KNOWS WORKER POWER MEANS NOT JUST FOR TEXTING THE RIGHT TO UNIONIZE, ENCOURAGING UNIONIZATION.

THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT DID NOT SAY YOU COULD HAVE UNIONS, IT SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF UNIONS.

IT ALSO MEANS PROTECTING PENSIONS, ENSURING WORKER SAFETY, INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE, ENSURING THAT WORKERS ARE PAID FOR THE OVERTIME THEY HAVE EARNED, MAKING SURE WE HAVE A

TRADE POLICY WHERE FOR EVERY DECISION WE MAKE, UNIONS ARE AT THE TABLE FOCUSED ON WINNING GOOD JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS TO ME.

I TRUST IN MAYOR WALSH AND AM HONORED HE ACCEPTED.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I DID GIVE SERIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND NOMINATING BERNIE SANDERS.

ON DOING DEMOCRATIC CONTROL TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND A TIE VOTE, BERNIE AND I AGREED, MATTER FACT BERNIE SAID WE CANNOT PUT CONTROL OF THE SENATE AT RISK.

HE AGREED WE COULD NOT TAKE THAT CHANCE.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED HOW WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER, TRAVELED THE COUNTRY TOGETHER IN HELPING MEN AND WOMEN WHO FEEL FORGOTTEN AND LEFT BEHIND IN THIS ECONOMY.

I WANT TO THANK BERNIE FOR HIS CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP.