Andy Levin Lands New Union Backing to Be Biden’s Labor Secretary

The nation’s largest labor organization of registered nurses has urged President-elect Joe Biden to tap Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) for labor secretary, marking at least the fourth union to endorse the freshman lawmaker.

The 150,000-member National Nurses United sent the Biden transition team a letter Thursday in support of Levin, NNU Political Director Ken Zinn told Bloomberg Law.

United Auto Workers, Communications Workers of America, and Utility Workers Union of America previously told Bloomberg News they’d sent letters backing Levin, who has deep ties to organized labor. All four unions hold seats on the executive council of the AFL-CIO union ...