Businesses Join Chorus of Concern About DOL Chief Nomination

A pressure campaign from the business lobby to block Julie Su’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Labor is growing its ranks with trade groups that hadn’t yet weighed in on the nomination warning lawmakers about their concern with the White House pick.

Nearly three dozen business associations and trade groups including the National Retail Federation, the National Association of Home Builders, and the National Restaurant Association, penned a letter Thursday to the top lawmakers on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee warning that Su’s track record “raises legitimate questions about her ability to lead the U.S. Department ...