National COSH congratulates Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Biden's pick for Secretary of Labor
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) congratulated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, reported to be President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to become the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
“Marty Walsh worked closely with MassCOSH, labor unions and community groups to protect workers and make jobs safer in Boston and Massachusetts,” said Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, co-executive director of National COSH and former executive director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH). “As a state representative, he led efforts to ban hazardous, combustible chemicals which were causing fires and killing workers. As mayor of Boston, he worked with labor unions and safety advocates to pass a new ordinance holding city contractors accountable, after the tragic -- and preventable -- drowning of two workers in a construction trench.”