Truthfully, Warren being frozen out as treasury secretary is definitely worse than Bernie being frozen out as labor secretary since treasury secretary is an actually powerful position. Labor secretary doesn't really do much, so long as it isn't a union buster it's fine. I struggle to see how Bernie as labor secretary is any different than Bernie as a senator but a Tom Perez equivalent in the role.
The role of labor secretary is to enforce labor law, manage some pensions, and do a shit ton of data collection, not to say, run programs that aim to increase unionization rates.
It could be the later, but there's nothing really gained by being labor secretary in that case, Bernie was already engaged in those struggles as a Senator. Bernie as labor secretary could dedicate resources to go more aggressively after violations done by specific companies, but even then Biden could just shut that down.
Truthfully, Warren being frozen out as treasury secretary is definitely worse than Bernie being frozen out as labor secretary since treasury secretary is an actually powerful position. Labor secretary doesn't really do much, so long as it isn't a union buster it's fine. I struggle to see how Bernie as labor secretary is any different than Bernie as a senator but a Tom Perez equivalent in the role.
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The role of labor secretary is to enforce labor law, manage some pensions, and do a shit ton of data collection, not to say, run programs that aim to increase unionization rates.
It could be the later, but there's nothing really gained by being labor secretary in that case, Bernie was already engaged in those struggles as a Senator. Bernie as labor secretary could dedicate resources to go more aggressively after violations done by specific companies, but even then Biden could just shut that down.
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