Joe Biden‘s transition team faces an increasingly difficult decision in its hunt for labor secretary, as it weighs what’s come down to a contest between Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and California Labor Secretary Julie Su.
The president-elect is under mounting pressure from Asian-American and Pacific Islander leaders to give Su the top spot, instead of Walsh. The transition has tried to broker a compromise by floating Su as deputy labor secretary, but she’s expressed reservations about taking the deputy post, which complicates a final decision on one of the last Cabinet slots Biden must fill.