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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. If Walsh is confirmed by the Senate as Labor Secretary, he will look to take his labor- and community-oriented values to Washington. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE

Recap of Walsh’s mayoral legacy

Daniel Kool January 28, 2021
At 21, he joined Boston’s Laborers Local 223 Union, maintaining active involvement for over 20 years. Now, the 53-year-old is being pulled to D.C., where he awaits a likely confirmation as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor.
EDITORIAL: Mayor Walsh is protecting Boston’s immigrants, but he shouldn’t have to

EDITORIAL: Mayor Walsh is protecting Boston’s immigrants, but he shouldn’t have to

Editors September 4, 2019

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh said in a press release last week that the city’s formerly deactivated Human Rights Commission will be reinstated, with a plan to “pay special attention to the needs of Boston’s...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh in October 2017. Walsh announced the activation of Boston’s Human Rights Commission this past Monday. Initially established in 1984 under a city ordinance, the Commission was reactivated for the first time in over two decades. BILLY BEVEVINO/ DFP FILE

Walsh Reactivates Boston’s Human Rights Commission, Focusing on Immigrants

Mia Cathell September 3, 2019
The commission will focus on protecting the rights of immigrants in Boston to access the same services as any other Boston resident.
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