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White House News (白宮消息) | Apr. 3 , 2021

 2 - White House News in Chinese (weebly.com)

...Labor positions
Walsh joined the Laborers' Union Local 223 at age 21 and served as the union's president until he became the mayor of Boston.[6]

He was elected secretary-treasurer and general agent of the Boston Metropolitan District Building Trades Council, a union umbrella group, in the fall of 2010. In 2011, Walsh was named head of the Boston Building Trades, a position that came with a $175,000 yearly salary.[7] Walsh resigned his post when he announced he was running
​for mayor in 2013.[8]

State representative
Walsh was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1997. He represented the Thirteenth district of Suffolk County, which includes Dorchester and one precinct in Quincy.[9] He was the Chairman of the Committee on Ethics, and served as a Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party Labor Caucus.[10] During his tenure he also served as the co-chair for the Special Commission on Public Construction Reform...

​...Secretary of Labor
On January 7, 2021, Walsh was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as Secretary of Labor.[30] On February 11, 2021, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted to move Walsh's confirmation forward to a full Senate vote.[31] The nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 22, 2021, by a vote of 68–29.[32][33] The next day, he was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris.
...     quoted from Wikipedia 


FEBRUARY 04: Labor secretary nominee Marty Walsh testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill February 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. Walsh was previously the mayor of Boston. 
​Labor Secretary: We'll see Amazon union vote results in 'next few days'


Apr. 3 - ...The remarks echoed those made by President Joe Biden in a video last month that warned employers against intimidation meant to dissuade workers from organizing a union. While Biden did not mention Amazon by name, his reference to "workers in Alabama" was widely perceived as an allusion to the labor battle at the tech giant.

Amazon has aggressively opposed the union drive, hiring the same law firm — Morgan Lewis — that it did when it fought a union drive at a Delaware warehouse in 2014. Plus, the company created a website that warns of onerous dues payments and the negative impact of a union on day-to-day operations.

In a statement to Yahoo Finance in February, Amazon defended its opposition to union organizing among employees in Alabama.


​“The fact is that Amazon already offers what unions are requesting for employees: industry-leading pay, comprehensive benefits from the first day on the job, opportunities for career growth, all while working in a safe, modern work environment,” Amazon Spokesperson Maria Boschetti said....     quoted from


A view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, March 31, 2021
Biden lifts US sanctions on ICC officials imposed by Trump
President Joe Biden on Friday lifted sanctions that Donald Trump had imposed on two top officials of the International Criminal Court, undoing one of the past administration's more aggressive moves targeting international institutions and officials.

Apr. 3 - Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement stressed that the United States still strongly disagreed with some actions by the court, which is a standing body based at The Hague in the Netherlands charged with handling genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The United States is not one of the about 120 member countries of the court.

“We believe, however, that our concerns about these cases would be better addressed” through diplomacy “rather than through the imposition of sanctions," Blinken wrote.

The removal of the sanctions was the latest signal that the Biden administration is intent on returning to the multilateral fold. The Trump administration had unapologetically removed the United States from numerous international institutions and agreements and harshly criticized others, including the ICC, deeming them flawed and working against American interests.


Since Biden took office, his administration has rejoined the World Health Organization, re-engaged with the U.N. Human Rights Council, returned to the Paris climate accord and on Friday started talks aimed at returning to the Iran nuclear deal. Trump had pulled out of all five.     source from
JOE BIDEN : THE BIDEN PLAN TO BUILD A MODERN, SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND AN EQUITABLE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE

Joe Biden was interested in politics at an early age. By age 29 he had already won a seat in the United States Senate becoming one of the youngest Senators in history. His life would meet with tragedy as his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident during a Christmas shopping outing. Biden, grief stricken, but determined to continue in the Senate would make the long daily commute from Willington, Delaware to Washington, DC to be both a Senator and father to his two remaining sons. He would go on to serve in the Senate for 36 years and have a distinguished career. Being an ambitious man, Biden ran for the office of the President in the 1988 election. He quickly gained recognition as a viable Democratic candidate but suddenly lost momentum and was forced to drop out of the race as accusations of plagiarism swirled about his campaign. He would throw his hat in the ring again for the highest office in the land in the 2008 election cycle, but his campaign was short lived. The Democratic front runner in the campaign, Barack Obama, recognized the qualities of Biden and he became the vice-presidential running mate for Obama. Biden’s long tenure in Washington and his considerable experience with international affairs made him a good counter for Obama’s weaknesses.Joe Biden would serve two productive terms as vice president of the United States under President Obama. After his term in office he was tempted to run again for the presidency in 2016, but the untimely death of his son, Beau, from cancer left him without the drive for the arduous campaign. Biden is still active speaking his mind, as he always has, on current issues.  it will be invested 46 th  president of the United States theJanuary 20, 2021.     source from

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