Marty Walsh
Official portrait as Secretary of Labor
Official portrait, 2021
6th Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players' Association
Assumed office
March 13, 2023
Preceded byDonald Fehr
29th United States Secretary of Labor
In office
March 23, 2021 – March 11, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyJulie Su
Preceded byEugene Scalia
Succeeded byJulie Su (acting)
Mayor of Boston
In office
January 6, 2014 – March 22, 2021
Preceded byThomas Menino
Succeeded byMichelle Wu
Kim Janey (acting)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 13th Suffolk district
In office
April 12, 1997 – January 3, 2014
Preceded byJames T. Brett
Succeeded byDaniel J. Hunt
General Agent of the Boston Building Trades Council
In office
January 2011 – April 2013
Preceded byJames Coyle
Succeeded byBrian Doherty[1]
Personal details
Born
Martin Joseph Walsh

(1967-04-10) April 10, 1967
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationBoston College (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and trade union official who served as the mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Walsh resigned from his position as the US Secretary of Labor in March 2023 in order to accept a position as executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association. Before his mayoralty, he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 13th Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014. As a trade union member, Walsh worked his way up to serve as the head of the Boston Building Trades Council from 2011 until 2013.

Walsh was elected mayor of Boston in 2013 and was reelected in 2017. Walsh was regarded as friendly towards real estate developers, and the city experienced a building boom during his mayoralty. In 2021, Walsh successfully added to the city's zoning code policies inspired by the federal affirmatively furthering fair housing policy. As mayor, Walsh successfully negotiated for a 40-minute school day extension in Boston Public Schools. Walsh served on the leadership of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. During much of Walsh's mayoralty, Boston struggled with homelessness at Mass and Cass, a matter that was unresolved at the time Walsh departed from office. While Walsh supported Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, he ultimately reneged on his commitment to signing the Host City Contract's financial guarantee which contributed to the collapse of the bid. Walsh supported Boston retaining its status as a sanctuary city. In 2015, Walsh supported the passage of a city ordinance to provide municipal employees with paid parental leave. The ordinance was passed and signed into law by Walsh. Walsh supported an ordinance in the city council, which regulated short-term rental of housing units, and signed it into law in 2018. In 2016, Boston and General Electric struck a deal for the corporation to move its headquarters to Boston. At the end of his tenure, Walsh dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts on Boston.

Serving from March 2021 until March 2023 in the Cabinet of President Joe Biden as United States secretary of labor, Walsh was the first former union leader to serve in that position in roughly 45 years. Walsh, a recovering alcoholic who has been sober since 1995, was the first-ever Cabinet member to openly be in a twelve-step program for recovery from addiction.

Early life, education, and career

Walsh was born on April 10, 1967, in Dorchester, Boston, to John Walsh, an Irish American originally from Callowfeenish, a townland near Carna, County Galway, and Mary (née O'Malley), from Rosmuc, Co. Galway.[2] Walsh's parents emigrated separately but married in the United States in 1959.[3] His parents both left from Shannon Airport, with his father leaving in 1956 and his mother leaving in 1959.[4]

Walsh grew up in the Savin Hill area of Dorchester,[5] where he lived in a triple-decker.[6] He was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma at the age of 7, forcing him to miss most of second and third grade and repeat fifth grade. At the age of 11, after going through years of chemotherapy, a scan revealed no traces of the cancer.[5] Walsh went to high school at The Newman School.[7] While a teenager, Walsh would begin drinking beer, ultimately becoming an alcoholic.[8] Walsh would later seek treatment after hitting what he considered "rock bottom" in 1995.[9]

Walsh initially dropped out of college[10] and entered the field of construction.[11] He later took night classes as an adult, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science from the Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College in 2009.[7][10]

In an early venture into politics, Walsh was a political volunteer for President of the Massachusetts Senate William Bulger. Walsh later volunteered for State Representative James T. Brett's campaign in the 1993 Boston mayoral election. Brett lost to Thomas Menino, who Walsh would numerous times come to be at odds with during his political career.[12]

Massachusetts state representative

Walsh as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

In 1996, Walsh ran an unsuccessful write-in campaign for the Massachusetts House of Representatives seat that James T. Brett had vacated. Despite resigning his seat, Brett was still listed on the ballot for the regularly-scheduled 1996 election. As the only name listed on the ballot, Brett defeated Walsh and other write-in candidates. Since Brett did not take his seat, a special election was held in 1997, which Walsh won. Among those that Walsh defeated in the Democratic Party's primary election were Assistant District Attorney Martha Coakley and attorneys Charles Tevnan and James Hunt III (the latter being the former chief of staff to State Senator W. Paul White).[13] Michael Jonas of The Boston Globe reported that Walsh's victory benefited from "organizational ties and personal loyalties," with Walsh performing particularly strong in his own neighborhood of Savin Hill.[14] Walsh's seat, the 13th district of Suffolk County, represented Dorchester as well as one precinct in Quincy.[15]

2005 ribbon cutting ceremony for the renovated Savin Hill station.
L–R: Boston City Council President Michael F. Flaherty, Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Daniel Grabauskas, State Senator Jack Hart, Walsh, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healy, Boston City Councilor Maureen Feeney, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino

During his tenure, Walsh served as the co-chair for the Special Commission on Public Construction Reform.[16] He also served as chair of the House Homeland Security and Federal Affairs Committee, as well as the chair of the House Committee on Ethics.[17] He was also vice chair of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and the vice chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government. Other committees he served on included the Joint Committee on Banks and Banking; Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture; Joint Committee on Health Care; Joint Committee on the Judiciary; Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Joint Committee on Public Safety; House Personnel and Administration Committee; and House Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee.[17]

Walsh speaks in 2010

Walsh supported same-sex marriage.[12] In 2004, Walsh voted against legislation that would define marriage in Massachusetts as being between "one man and one woman". The following year, he voted against separate legislation that would have limited marriage to heterosexual couples. In 2005, he voted against reinstating capital punishment in Massachusetts.[18] In supporting Walsh's 2013 mayoral campaign, Arline Isaacson, co-chairwoman of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, credited Walsh with having worked to urge more conservative members of the state legislature against passing a ban on same-sex marriage after a decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts in 2004.[19] In 2007, Walsh voted against a same-sex marriage ban, which was defeated 45–151.[20] In 2013 and 2023 interviews, Walsh has called this, "the proudest vote I ever took as a state legislator."[21][22] In 2013, Walsh was one of several legislators that signed onto a joint petition introduced by Representative Sarah Peake and Senator Patricia D. Jehlen that established the Special Commission on LGBT Aging.[23]

After Governor Mitt Romney used his gubernatorial veto in 2005 on a bill to expand the research of human stem cells in Massachusetts,[24] Walsh voted against overturning the governor's veto.[18] Walsh co-sponsored legislation that would permit undocumented immigrants to receive in-state tuition at universities. The legislation was defeated 95–56 in January 2006.[25] In 1998, Walsh opposed Massachusetts Question 2, a ballot measure that would have decriminalized possession of less than an ounce of cannabis.[26]

Ahead of the ultimate passage of the Massachusetts health care reform, Walsh supported efforts related to reform healthcare in Massachusetts with the goal of universal coverage.[27] Walsh joined the vast majority of the House in voting in support of the healthcare reform legislation. Only two votes were cast against the legislation.[28] After the healthcare reform legislation was partially signed into law by Governor Romney, Walsh voted for the successful overrides of Romney's partial veto of segments of the healthcare legislation.[29]

Walsh speaking in 2009

Walsh was one of a number of co-sponsors on legislation to have Massachusetts join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact which passed in the House on July 9, 2008.[30] In 2010, Walsh voted in support of similar legislation which passed the legislature and was signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick.[31][32]

Despite some organized local opposition from civic associations, Walsh supported the Pine Street Inn organization in their pursuit of converting a six-family house in his district into transitional housing for the homeless. Despite support by fellow union leaders for the construction of dormitories on the University of Massachusetts Boston's campus, Walsh sided with many of his constituents in opposing their construction.[12]

In 2002, Walsh considered resigning from the state house in order to accept an appointment to serve as Suffolk County registrar of deeds, but ultimately declined the position and remained in the state house.[12]

In 2008, Walsh supported John H. Rogers's unsuccessful effort to beat out Robert DeLeo to serve as the next speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[33]

On February 13, 2013, Walsh introduced a bill to have The Modern Lovers song "Roadrunner" be named the official rock song of Massachusetts.[34] The song's writer, Jonathan Richman, came out against this, saying, "I don't think the song is good enough to be a Massachusetts song of any kind."[35]

Laborer's Union Local 223 and Boston Building Trades Council leadership

Walsh speaking to trade union volunteers for the 2012 Senate campaign of Elizabeth Warren

Working as a construction worker,[11] at the age of 21 Walsh joined the Laborers' Union Local 223, later serving as union's president from his time in the state legislature until he became the mayor of Boston.[36] He also served as a co-chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party Labor Caucus.[37]

In 2010, Walsh was elected secretary-treasurer and general agent of the Boston Metropolitan District Building Trades Council, a union umbrella group. In January 2011, fellow union officials voted to appoint him to succeed James Coyle as head of Boston Building Trades Council (the "general agent").[38][39] In 2011, as general agent of the Boston Building Trades Council, he negotiated a 4% pay increase for 175 employees of the Boston Housing Authority.[38] He resigned as general agent in April 2013 when he announced that he was running for mayor, but at the time retained his position as president of Laborer's Union Local 223.[38][40]

In 2016, news emerged that, when Walsh was the general agent, his phone calls had wiretapped by federal authorities in 2012 as part of an investigation. The Boston Globe reported that sources indicated that the investigation looked into whether, "organized labor used its influence with local governments to extort developers for construction jobs in Greater Boston."[41] A conversation was leaked in which he told a local union leader that he wanted the AvalonBay development company to utilize union labor at their Somerville, Massachusetts Assembly Row development, and that he wanted that local union's business manager to contact Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to have a Boston project by the company "thrown off the docket" of the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal.[42]

Mayoralty

Walsh served as mayor of Boston from January 2015 through March 2021.

Boston's strong mayor form of government had conventionally limited the impact that members of the Boston City Council had on the city government.[43] However, during Walsh's mayoralty, the Boston City Council began to increasingly wield its power. The body yielded less to the mayor than previous iterations of the council had in the preceding decades, and also made use of its subpoena powers for the first time in decades.[44] In December 2019, Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe opined that, beginning under the City Council presidencies of Michelle Wu (in 2016 and 2017) and Andrea Campbell (beginning in 2018), the council had "been, perhaps, the most aggressive in recent history in pushing reforms, often to the left of the mayor, on issues addressing climate change and economic and racial equity."[45]

Walsh was regarded to be a popular mayor,[46] which was reflected in opinion polling.[47]

Elections

In April 2013, Walsh announced he would run for Mayor of Boston in the 2013 mayoral election.[48] He resigned his Trades Council position in April 2013 after formally announcing his bid for mayor.[49] When Walsh initially announced his candidacy, he lacked substantial name recognition outside of his own state house district.[6]

David Scharfenberg of WBUR considered Walsh's candidacy as being, "built on his against-the-odds biography: a son of Irish immigrants who overcame a childhood fight against cancer and a young adult's struggle with alcoholism."[6]

On September 24, 2013, Walsh received a plurality of the vote, among twelve candidates in the mayoral preliminary election, with 18.4% of the vote.[50] As a result, he advanced to the general election, facing second place vote-getter Boston City Councilor John R. Connolly, who received 17.2% of the vote.[50] Walsh defeated Connolly in the general election on November 5, 2013, with 51.5% of the vote, compared to Connolly's 48.1%.[51] Walsh's roughly 5,000-vote victory was aided by a strong performance in communities of color.[52]

Walsh received strong funding from trade unions.[53] Andrew Ryan of Boston.com wrote that the general election featured very few policy differences, and that Walsh won, in part, by projecting an "everyman" image and sharing a "compelling life story" involving his immigrant roots, childhood battle with cancer, and his battle with alcoholism.[53] Ryan also credited the general election endorsements of eliminated mayoral candidates John Barros, Felix G. Arroyo, and Charlotte Golar Richie as helping Walsh to overcome Connolly's initial polling lead.[53] Among the factors that have been credited for his victory over Connolly in the general election was a last-minute half-million dollars in television advertising against Connolly and in support of Walsh, secretly funded by the Boston Teachers Union. Connolly was a supporter of charter schools, and his education reform proposals had run into opposition from the union.[54]

Walsh delivering a victory speech after his 2017 reelection

In July 2017, Walsh announced he would seek a second term in the 2017 mayoral election.[55] On September 26, 2017, he received 62% of the vote in the preliminary election. He advanced to the general election and faced second place vote-getter, Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, who had received 29% of the vote. Walsh defeated Jackson in the general election held on November 7,[56] with 65% of the vote, compared to Jackson's 34%. Walsh was sworn in for his second term on January 1, 2018; then-former vice-president Joe Biden presided at the ceremony.[57]

Tenure

Walsh was seen as friendly towards real estate developers throughout his mayoralty, and Boston underwent a substantial building boom during his seven years in office.[58] During the course of his mayoralty, officials in Boston granted approval to 7.7 million square feet of real estate developments, including more than 40,000 more housing units.[59] Steve LeBlanc of The Associated Press wrote in 2021, "during his tenure as mayor, Walsh has overseen the city's ongoing rejuvenation, which has led to challenges that include gentrification and rising housing costs."[60]

After Walsh left office, the editorial board of The Boston Globe would opine that, as mayor, Walsh, "kept Boston on an even keel financially and invited economic growth".[61] Similarly, Bill Forry of the Dorchester Reporter wrote that, prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Walsh's tenure was characterized by, "remarkable growth and relative peace and prosperity."[12] During Walsh's tenure, Boston maintained a AAA bond credit rating.[47]

In March 2015, Walsh supported City Councilor Michelle Wu's efforts to pass a paid parental leave ordinance. The ordinance was passed the following month,[62][63] and provided city employees with six weeks of paid parental leave after childbirth, stillbirth, or adoption.[64] Walsh signed the ordinance into law.[65]

In January 2016, Boston struck a deal for General Electric to move their headquarters to the city.[66] The city, together with the state government of Massachusetts, offered General Electric a combined $140 million in business incentives ($120 million in grants, and $25 million in city tax relief).[67] Some critics argued that Boston had given General Electric a "sweetheart deal".[66] However, The Boston Globe jointly named four deputies of Walsh and Governor Charlie Baker who had been involved in striking the deal as their "Bostonians of the Year" for their roles in the deal.[68]

Walsh's handling of education has received criticism, being regarded as a significant shortcoming of his tenure as mayor.[61][47] In Walsh's time as mayor, Boston cycled through several school superintendents, with there being two permanent and two interim superintendents serving during his mayoralty.[47] Towards the end of 2014, Walsh proposed and negotiated a 40-minute extension to the school day of Boston Public Schools,[69][70] which was implemented.[71] A 2020 state audit of Boston Public Schools found the city to lack any, "clear, coherent, district-wide strategy for supporting low-performing schools."[72]

Walsh with United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi at the U.S.-China Climate-Smart Low-Carbon Cities Summit in Beijing

In 2015, Walsh launched the Climate Ready Boston initiative to prepare Boston for the effects of climate change.[73] Walsh also served in the leadership of C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.[74]

On October 8, 2014, Walsh, citing the advisement of various City departments, agencies and leaders, and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, ordered the closure of the Long Island Bridge due to disrepair and the evacuation of the programs for the homeless located on Long Island.[75] Later that year, Walsh unveiled plans to renovate a facility to house hundreds of homeless people displaced due to the closure of the Long Island Bridge.[76] A homelessness crisis emerged during Walsh's tenure at Mass and Cass. While Walsh, in 2019, outlined plans to deal with the homelessness crisis at this so-called Mass and Cass (also known as the "Methadone Mile"), it persisted to be a problem when he left office in 2021.[77][78]

Boston was originally selected as the United States' bid city for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Walsh supported Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics,[79] regarding it as an opportunity to elevate Boston's international profile.[47] In October 2014, Walsh had signed a letter stating that he would sign the Host City Contract without reservation; however, in July 2015, he stated that he was not comfortable signing the financial guarantee in its current form at that time.[79] This was one of a number of events that led to the cancelation of Boston's bid for the Olympics on July 27, 2015.[80] Boston's bid had run into opposition from residents.[47]

Soon after taking office, Walsh appointed William B. Evans the permanent commissioner of the Boston Police Department.[81] In 2018, Walsh appointed William G. Gross as commissioner, making Gross the first African American individual to hold the position.[82] In January 2021, upon Gross' retirement, Walsh made Dennis White, also African American, the new commissioner of the Boston Police Department.[83][84] Days after appointing White, Walsh suspended him pending an investigation into allegations of domestic violence.[85] Walsh is considered not to have properly vetted White before appointing him.[47]

In June 2020, Walsh created the Boston Police Reform Taskforce.[86] In October 2020, he pledged to adopt all of the final recommendations that the taskforce had made.[87] In January 2021, he signed into law an ordinance that created a police accountability office, one of the recommendations the taskforce had made.[86]

In a speech given on January 25, 2017, Walsh reaffirmed Boston's status as a sanctuary city for people living in the country without documentation. The address was given in the same week that President Donald Trump threatened to pull federal funding to cities that have a policy of protecting illegal immigrants by not prosecuting them for violating federal immigration laws. A defiant Walsh said: "If people want to live here, they'll live here. They can use my office. They can use any office in this building."[88]

Walsh speaks in 2015

In June 2020, Walsh declared racism to be a public health crisis.[89] That month, in an effort to address institutional racism, Walsh announced he would create an "equity and inclusion cabinet" in his administration, launch a racial equity fund, and declared his intent to pursue a new zoning amendment aimed at addressing the issue of resident displacement.[90][91] The racial equity fund launched months later,[92] with Walsh stating it would invest in nonprofits that, "empower Black and brown residents in economic development, in public health, in youth employment, in education, in the arts, and other areas."[93]

Walsh was mayor during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.[94] During the course of the pandemic, Walsh regularly updated the public using social media, robocalls, and text alerts.[10] On March 14, 2020, Walsh declared a municipal state of emergency regarding the pandemic.[95] Under Walsh, the city put in place restrictions aimed at stymieing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.[96] Walsh urged Bostonians to adhere to social distancing guidelines, and made efforts to limit public activity.[10] Days after declaring a state of emergency, he suspended all construction projects and closing all of the Boston Public Library locations and city community centers.[97] In March, the City of Boston also closed all playgrounds at its parks.[98] On April 5, 2020, Walsh issued an advisory that individuals leaving their place of residence to wear masks or other facial coverings.[98][99] At the same time, he also announced an interim 9pm recommended curfew, and the interim closure of all recreation sports areas at city parks.[98] In early April, a field hospital was erected at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.[10][100][101][102] On March 16, 2020, Walsh announced the Boston Resiliency Fund, a city-led fundraising effort to support programs and charities serving those impacted by the pandemic.[103][104] Walsh established the Boston Rental Relief Fund in April 2020, using $3 million of city funds. The fund, using city dollars, would provide aid to those at risk of losing their rental residences amid the pandemic.[105] He later added an additional $5 million in June 2020.[106] At the end of Walsh's tenure, Jon Keller of WBZ-TV wrote that, "Walsh's calm, empathic leadership during the pandemic has drawn high marks from city residents."[47] Bill Forry of the Dorchester Reporter opined that Walsh had been a, "sure and steady hand during a time of unprecedented crisis."[12]

Walsh supported an ordinance in the city council which regulated short-term rental of housing units. It passed in the City Council, and he signed it into law in June 2018.[107] The ordinance restricted short-term rentals to owner-occupied housing units, required hosts to register with the city, and required the city to collect and publish data on short-term rentals.[108][109][110] Airbnb sued the city over the ordinance; the suit was settled in August 2019 with an agreement which included having Airbnb hosts in Boston enter their ordinance-required city-issued registration number into the website, or face having their listings removed from the website.[111]

Walsh resigned as mayor on March 22, 2021, the same day that he was confirmed for his position in the Cabinet of Joe Biden.[112] Kim Janey, president of the Boston City Council, became acting mayor upon Walsh's resignation.[113]

Secretary of Labor

Walsh is sworn in as the new Secretary of the Department of Labor by Vice President Kamala Harris in March 2021, with his hand on a Bible being held by his longtime partner, Lorrie Higgins
President Biden and Walsh in September 2022

On January 7, 2021, Walsh was announced by President-elect Joe Biden to be his designated nominee for secretary of labor.[114] On February 11, 2021, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted to move Walsh's confirmation forward to a full Senate vote.[115] The nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 22, 2021, by a vote of 68–29.[116][117] He was the final department secretary of Biden's Cabinet to be confirmed.[118] The day after being confirmed, he was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris.[119]

Walsh is the first Cabinet secretary to openly be in a twelve-step program for recovery from addiction.[120] As secretary, amid a national rise in addiction, Walsh has discussed his own experience with alcoholism,[121] and has participated in addiction-related events.[122] Walsh was also the first former union leader to serve in the position in roughly 45 years,[123] since the tenure of William Usery Jr.[124]

Walsh was criticized for spending a substantial amount of time during his tenure as secretary of labor away from Washington, D.C., where the United States Department of Labor is headquartered, and instead in Boston.[125]

Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law reported that, as labor secretary, Walsh lobbied trade unions not to criticize the prospective appointment of David Weil, which helped to clear the path for Biden to nominate Weil to serve as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division.[126]

In October 2021, Walsh and Vice President Kamala Harris announced new guidelines aimed at encouraging more federal workers to join trade unions, with the objective of boosting the collective bargaining powers of American trade unions.[127] Also in October 2021, Walsh became the first labor secretary to visit a picket line and stand with the strikers when he visited the 2021 Kellogg's strike.[128][124]

Walsh speaking at the 2022 AFL–CIO Constitutional Convention

Walsh mediated a December 2021 resolution between the Massachusetts Nurses Association and Tenet Healthcare to end a nine-month strike at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts that involved 700 striking nurses.[129] Walsh also played a role in mediating the resolution to the 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout.[130] Walsh was involved in efforts to avert a strike in the 2022 United States railroad labor dispute.[131] Walsh negotiated a tentative agreement to avert a rail strike. However, the agreement failed after members of several unions voted to reject the agreement over lack of guarantees relating to demands such as time off and paid sick days. Ultimately, to avoid a strike that would have a major impact on the United States economy, the Biden administration and Congress passed a bill which forced the agreement on all the party unions, including those whose membership had voted to reject the agreement.[124]

Walsh visits the Port of Long Beach in November 2021

While Walsh was secretary, the Department of Labor finalized new rules on healthcare and retirement fund management. This included reversing a Trump administration rule that prohibited retirement fund managers from considering environmental, social, and corporate governance factors when reaching decisions in regards to investment. The department also finalized its rule on how to implement provisions restricting surprise billing in health insurance. The department also explored creating new policy that would provide access to contraception to employees whose companies deny them insurance for it.[11] Maegan Vazquez and Matt Stiles of CNN described Walsh as having been, "a key member of Biden's economic team." Walsh was the designated survivor during the 2023 State of the Union Address.[132] Numerous rule changes by the Trump administration-era were reversed under Walsh. This including reinstating a rule that prohibits employers from paying workers who spend more than 20% of their time performing functions in which they don't interact with consumers the lower "tipped" hourly minimum wage of $2.13 as opposed to standard hourly minimum wage of $7.25. This rule had previously been in effect from the 1980s until the Trump administration removed it. In reinstating the rule, further protections were added for tipped workers beyond what the earlier policy had enforced.[125]

During Walsh's tenure, the Department of Labor enforced a temporary standards meant to protect workers from COVID-19. The policy was strongly advocated for by Walsh, but the Biden Administration delayed its rollout beyond its original mid-March 2021 target date. In June 2021, the first portion of the standard arose, encouraging healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but not requiring such vaccination. In September 2021, Biden signed the Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (EO 14042), which required large employers to have their employees either be vaccinated or receive weekly COVID testing.[125][133] However, in a January 2022 per curiam decision, Biden v. Missouri, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked this policy.[125][134]

Walsh looks at electric vehicle charging equipment while touring Blink Charging's headquarters in October 2022

Walsh tendered his resignation from the Department of Labor effective March 11, 2023.[135]

In an opinion piece published by MSNBC at the end of Walsh's tenure, Hamilton Nolan credited Walsh with shepherding a number "beneficial but not transformative" regulations which benefited the bargaining position of workers, including federal contractors and independent contractors. However, he argued that Walsh disappointed the expectations that unionists had for his tenure, citing shortcomings of his tenure as well as direct actions such as his support of Biden's decision to allow congressional intervention in order to resolve the 2022 United States railroad labor dispute.[136] Kim Kelly of Fast Company called Walsh's tenure "tumultuous". Commenting that Walsh's union credentials had given union members high hopes at the start of Walsh's tenure, Kelly wrote, "as his short tenure comes to an end, it's hard to say how well the former Boston mayor lived up to those expectations."[124] In a September 2022 piece for The New Republic, Timothy Noah called Walsh's tenure "surprisingly disappointing," writing that Walsh, "hasn't gotten all that much done at the Labor Department." Noah partially faulted what he saw as a lack of progress on key projects by the Department of Labor during Walsh's tenure on the failure of the Biden Administration, by that time, to fill the positions of secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration and assistant secretary for the Wage and Hour Division with senate-confirmed appointees.[125]

Executive Director of the NHLPA

On February 7, 2023, it was reported that Walsh would leave the Cabinet to become head of the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), the National Hockey League (NHL)'s players' union.[137][138][139] He was formally confirmed unanimously[11] by the NHLPA's board of directors to hold that role on February 16, 2023, and the Department of Labor announced that he would leave office as secretary of labor and take office as executive director of the NHLPA in mid-March.[140] Walsh is reported to earn a $3 million annual salary in the position.[141] In October 2023, The Athletic wrote, "in his introductory news conference in late March, Walsh vowed to bring a 'different' style of leadership, and it feels like Walsh is going with a more personal approach," observing that Walsh was making an effort to meet directly with all of the league's players, was holding phone calls with many players, and was giving players his personal cell phone number.[142]

Soon after taking office, commenting on the resistance of some players to wearing LGBTQ pride-themed warmup jerseys, Walsh remarked,

At the end of the day, it's up to the individual about what they want to do. If a player doesn't want to wear a jersey in warm-up, they shouldn't be forced to. I think that's something that's important. But again, I think a lot of it is conversation, as well, and education.[143]

Walsh has disagreed with characterizations that players had opposed wearing jerseys on anti-LGBTQ grounds, and has instead characterized the motivations of those players as having been, "religious beliefs or political back home beliefs."[21] The league adopted a policy which will prohibit such pride-themed jerseys from being worn.[142] Walsh stated that he expected all teams would still continue to hold pride nights without warmup jerseys, commenting, "wearing the jerseys is one aspect to Pride night, but most of the Pride festivities happen in or around the arena. It’s unfortunate, it being a controversial issue as far as wearing the jerseys."[142]

In September 2023, Paul Bissonnette made claims on his hockey podcast Spittin' Chiclets alleging that he had been informed by a whistleblower that Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Mike Babcock was demanding to see photographs stored on the private phones of the team's players. Soon after, Walsh held meetings with Columbus Blue Jackets players executives in order to look into the allegations. He then met with team and league executives. Within days of the allegations having been made, Babcock resigned from his coaching position.[142]

Walsh has expressed his hopes that the NHL and NHLPA will reach an agreement with the IOC and IIHF that will allow NHL players to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics.[142]

Personal life

Walsh resides in the Lower Mills neighborhood of Dorchester, Boston with his longtime girlfriend Lorrie Higgins.[144][145] Despite the NHLPA being headquartered in Toronto, Canada, of 2023, Walsh was described as staying "firmly rooted in Boston."[141] Even while serving as secretary of labor, Walsh spent a large portion of his time in Boston.[125] Walsh had never established a residence in Washington, D.C. during his tenure as secretary of labor, instead opting to stay in hotels while in Washington, D.C. over the work week, returning to his Dorchester residence for weekends.[141]

Walsh has been a season ticket holder of the NFL's New England Patriots since franchise owner Robert Kraft bought the team in 1994.[146]

Walsh is a Roman Catholic.[147] He speaks Irish and holds both American and Irish citizenship.[148]

Walsh considers himself to be a grandfather to the grandchild of Lorrie Higgins, his longtime partner.[141]

Alcoholism and recovery

Walsh, who has battled alcoholism, signs the "Recovery Wall" at the Foundation for Recovery during an official visit as Secretary of Labor in June 2021
Walsh speaks about addiction recovery at the September 2021 Mobilize Recovery Conference in his official capacity as Secretary of Labor

Walsh is a recovering alcoholic. By the time he ran for mayor in 2013, he was eighteen years sober in a twelve-step program.[149] Walsh has recounted that his experience with alcohol began when he started drinking beer as a teenager because he, "liked the taste."[8] He has further recounted that he sought help for his alcoholism by entering a detox program sometime after hitting "rock bottom" in April 1995 when he was asked to leave a Boston Bruins ice hockey match due to his excessive drunkenness.[9] Walsh also received help recovering through Alcoholics Anonymous.[8] Walsh spoke about his alcoholism in his speech to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, opening his speech with the words, "My name is Marty Walsh, and I'm an alcoholic."[9]

Walsh's experience with addiction was a component of the life story of overcoming adversity which has been credited with helping Walsh to set himself apart as a candidate during his 2013 mayoral campaign.[53] Being the first Cabinet secretary to openly be in a twelve-step program for recovery from addiction,[120] he represented the Biden administration at a number of addiction recovery-related events during his time as secretary of labor.[122]

Honorary degrees

Walsh delivering the 2014 commencement address at the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

After he delivered the college's 2014 commencement address, Walsh was presented with an honorary degree by the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology for his "commitment to civic responsibility, access to quality education, and workforce development". This was Walsh's first honorary degree.[150] After he delivered the university's 2018 commencement address, the Wentworth Institute of Technology awarded Walsh an honorary doctorate of engineering from its technical school.[151] After he delivered the commencement speech at Bridgewater State University's 2019 undergraduate graduation ceremony, Walsh was awarded an honorary degree.[152] After he delivered the college's 2022 commencement address, Endicott College awarded Walsh an honorary doctorate in law.[153] After Walsh delivered its 2023 commencement address, Suffolk University (which Walsh had previously attended before dropping-out after a single semester) awarded Walsh an honorary doctorate of public service.[154] That same year, after Walsh delivered the university's commencement address, Walsh was awarded an honorary degree by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.[155] Additionally, at its 2023 commencement ceremony, Dean College awarded Walsh an honorary Doctor of Public Service.[156] In 2017 Walsh was awarded the first Inspire Arts & Music "Champion Award"[157]

Electoral history

Massachusetts House of Representatives

1996 Massachusetts House of Representatives 13th Suffolk district general election[13][158]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James T. Brett 4,145 48.04
Write-in Marty Walsh 1,953 22.63
Write-in Charles Tevnan 492 9.82
Write-in Others 2,039 23.63
Total votes 8,629 100
1997 13th Suffolk District State Representative Special Election[159][160]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh 2,085 32.76
Democratic James W. Hunt III 1,839 28.89
Democratic Charles R. Tevnan 1,039 16.32
Democratic Martha Coakley 746 11.72
Democratic Edward M. Regal 612 9.62
Democratic Charles P. Burke 42 0.66
Write-in 2 0.03
Total votes 6,365 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh 842 98.83
Write-in 10 1.17
Total votes 852 100%
1998 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[161][162]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 4,184 100.00
Total votes 4,184 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 6,282 100.00
Total votes 6,282 100%
2000 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[163][164]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 1,023 100.00
Total votes 1,023 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 8,113 100.00
Total votes 8,113 100%
2002 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[165][166]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 3,760 80.67
Democratic Edward L. Geary, Jr. 901 19.33
Total votes 4,661 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 6,756 100.00
Total votes 6,756 100%
2004 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[167][168]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 2,826 98.36
Write-in 47 1.64
Total votes 2,873 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 9,532 88.51
Republican John P. O'Gorman 1,196 11.10
Write-in 42 0.39
Total votes 10,770 100%
2006 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[169][170]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 4,041 98.97
Write-in 42 1.03
Total votes 4,083 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 7,624 98.56
Write-in 111 1.44
Total votes 7,735 100%
2008 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[171][172]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 2,120 99.02
Write-in 21 0.98
Total votes 2,141 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 10,678 98.64
Write-in 147 1.36
Total votes 10,825 100%
2010 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[173][174]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 2,257 98.73
Write-in 29 1.27
Total votes 2,286 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 7,903 98.21
Write-in 144 1.79
Total votes 8,047 100%
2012 13th Suffolk District State Representative Election[175][176]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 2,058 98.56
Write-in 30 1.44
Total votes 2,088 100%
General election
Democratic Marty Walsh (incumbent) 13,744 98.19
Write-in 253 1.81
Total votes 13,997 100%

Boston Mayor

2013 Boston Mayoral Election[177][178]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Marty Walsh 20,854 18.47
Nonpartisan John R. Connolly 19,435 17.21
Nonpartisan Charlotte Golar Richie 15,546 13.77
Nonpartisan Daniel Conley 12,775 11.32
Nonpartisan Felix Arroyo 9,895 8.76
Nonpartisan John Barros 9,148 8.10
Nonpartisan Robert Consalvo 8,603 7.62
Nonpartisan Michael Ross 8,164 7.23
Nonpartisan Bill Walczak 3,825 3.39
Nonpartisan Charles Yancey 2,389 2.12
Nonpartisan Charles Clemons 1,800 1.59
Nonpartisan David Wyatt 334 0.30
Write-in 130 0.12
Total votes 112,898 100%
General election
Nonpartisan Marty Walsh 72,583 51.54
Nonpartisan John R. Connolly 67,694 48.07
Write-in 560 0.40
Total votes 140,837 100%
2017 Boston Mayoral Election[179][180]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Marty Walsh (incumbent) 34,882 62.52
Nonpartisan Tito Jackson 16,216 29.07
Nonpartisan Robert Cappucci 3,736 6.70
Nonpartisan Joseph Wiley 529 0.95
Write-in 428 0.77
Total votes 55,791 100%
General election
Nonpartisan Marty Walsh (incumbent) 70,197 65.37
Nonpartisan Tito Jackson 36,472 33.97
Write-in 708 0.66
Total votes 107,377 100%

See also

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