Former AFL-CIO Trade Chief Named Top White House Labor Adviser

Celeste Drake, a former union official and trade expert, has been named President Joe Biden’s top labor adviser, a White House official said.

Drake recently served as “Made in America” director for the White House Office of Management and Budget. She previously was a senior trade official for the AFL-CIO, helping influence the Trump administration’s negotiations for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The deal—a rare point of agreement between the Trump administration and organized labor—seeks to strengthen union protections for Mexican workers to prevent corporations from undercutting US-made goods.

Drake also worked as a government affairs executive for the Directors Guild of ...