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Lee tapped to lead Labor bureau key to USMCA enforcement

May 10, 2021 at 1:13 PM
Thea Lee, a former top AFL-CIO official, will lead the International Labor Affairs Bureau at the Labor Department, the agency announced on Monday. In her new role as deputy under secretary of labor, Lee will play a key role in overseeing the enforcement of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s labor provisions. The AFL-CIO on Monday filed its first USMCA complaint against a Mexican auto-parts factory, hoping it will trigger the deal’s novel rapid-response mechanism. Lee worked at the AFL-CIO from 1997 to...

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