Biden’s labor secretary scopes out LA ports backlog

The U.S. labor secretary visited the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports Tuesday to survey the backlog of shipping containers, meeting with local politicians and union officials in what appears to be a push for President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda.

“I saw crane operators taking the goods off the ship, I saw truck drivers driving the goods out of the yard, and I’ve seen a lot of work happening here,” Secretary Marty Walsh said in a news conference Tuesday. “This is a very complicated operation that’s behind me here, and I think we’re seeing a lot of good progress happening.”