Julie Su (attorney)

Julie A. Su is an American attorney serving as the secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.[2] Before assuming that post in January 2019, she was the Labor Commissioner of California,[3] heading California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) under Governor Jerry Brown.[4]

Julie Su
United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
LeaderMarty Walsh
SucceedingPatrick Pizzella
Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
GovernorGavin Newsom
Preceded byDavid Lanier (acting)
Personal details
Born1968/1969 (age 51–52)[1]
Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationStanford University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Early life and education

Su was born to Chinese immigrants[5] and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[6]

Career

She is a co-founder of Sweatshop Watch.[7][8] She is a senior fellow of the Jamestown Project.[9] Earlier in her career, Su was the litigation director at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC).[10][11] Su has also worked as a law professor at the UCLA School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law.

In November 2020, Su was named a candidate for Secretary of Labor in the Biden administration.[12][13] Su's potential candidacy was the subject of a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal, which criticized her "oversight of the beleaguered California unemployment department."[14] In early February of 2021, Su was offered the role of deputy labor secretary of the United States.

Awards

Works
  • "Making the Invisible Visible: The Garment Industry's Dirty Laundry" University of Iowa Journal on Gender, Race & Justice (Winter 1997-98)
  • "Critical Coalitions," (with Eric Yamamoto) Critical Race Theory: An Anthology
  • "Workers at the Crossfire: Immigration Enforcement to Preserve Capital," in Unfinished Liberation (Joy James, ed. Colorado University Press 1999)
  • Social Justice: Professionals, Communities and Law (Martha Mahoney, John O. Calmore, Stephanie M. Wildman 2003).

References
  1. Schmidt, Bob (September 16, 2011). "Newsmaker: Julie Su". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  2. LWDA, State of California, Labor and Workforce Development Agebcy. "Secretary Julie A. Su Bio". labor.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  3. "CCSWG | California Commission on Status of Women and Girls". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  4. "Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  5. https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/12/10/california-labor-secretary-in-serious-contention-for-biden-cabinet-1345100
  6. "Secretary: Julie A. Su | LWDA". Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  8. "NMAH Sweatshop Exhibition : Julie Su". Americanhistory.si.edu. 2012-12-17. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  9. "Julie Su". Jamestownproject.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  10. "Women on the Verge of 2000". Ms. Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  11. "About Questia | Questia, Your Online Research Library". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  12. "Who Are Contenders for Biden's Cabinet?". The New York Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  13. Yglesias, Matthew (2020-10-15). "Who would Joe Biden pick to fill his Cabinet?". Vox. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  14. "Inside Newsom's new regional shutdown". CalMatters. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2010-04-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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