The United States Senate has confirmed Indian-American Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the Department of Labour.
A former CEO of the Democratic National Committee who additionally served inside the Department of Labour during the Obama Administration, Nanda changed into confirmed through the Senate with fifty three-forty six votes on Wednesday.
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus chair Judy Chu applauded the Senate vote.
I am pleased to congratulate Seema Nanda on her affirmation to serve as Solicitor for the Department of Labour. Whether it's risks from coronavirus, rising temperatures from climate trade, or unscrupulous employers, workers keep to stand difficult demanding situations each day, she said.
This is why it's so considerable that President Joe Biden chose someone with Nanda's experience as the Solicitor of Labour, she said.
Her workplace will play a vital role in combating legal battles and challenges. With enjoy as the deputy solicitor and chief of body of workers on the Department of Labor beneath Secretary Tom Perez, I understand that Seema may be a champion for employees' rights and vulnerable communities from the very begin, Chu said.
Nanda served as chief of workforce, deputy leader of staff and deputy solicitor on the US Department of Labour within the Obama-Biden management.
Earlier, she spent over 15 years in various roles as a labour and employment lawyer, often in government service.
Nanda led the now named Office of Immigrant and Employee Rights Section of the USA Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in which she served as a supervisor attorney within the Division of Advice at the National Labour Relations Board, and labored as an companion in non-public exercise in Seattle.
After the Obama-Biden administration, Nanda led the Democratic National Committee because the CEO and served as the COO and executive vice president on the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
Nanda is currently a fellow at Harvard Law School's Labour and Worklife Programme.
She grew up in Connecticut and is a graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School.
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