The Biden White House nominated Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to become the Labor Secretary for the nation.
This move sets her to replace former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh if approved. However, the Post Millennial reports that some people are concerned about Sus past.
According to Hill, she is the former California labor secretary. The Senate confirmed her in July of 2021 to serve as deputy secretary of labor in a party-line vote.
The Daily Caller News Foundation released a report in 2021 about Su that showed that she failed to enforce a law that would prevent known pedophiles from performing with child actors in Hollywood productions.
The Hollywood Child Protection Act was signed into law in 2012 by then-Governor Jerry Brown of California. However, Su did not bother protecting the matter. According to the latest reporting, she allegedly didnt enforce this law to the greatest extent of her ability.
The law created a permit system requiring anyone who worked with child actors to receive a Child Performer Services Permit from the labor department. This system was a way of screening adults with shady pasts regarding their behaviors around children. Virtually everyone can agree that this kind of protection is a common good we should all want to see made available in Hollywood and throughout society. However, Su showed no eagerness to enforce this law at all, and it is unknown how many criminals might have slipped through the system because of her lack of enforcement, so something so critical.
A 2018 Deadline report noted that under Sus direction, no Hollywood publicist obtained the permits they were supposed to get to be child actors. Additionally, dozens of managers, coaches, and photographers followed her lead and failed to do the same. What is even the point of having such a system if it will be willfully ignored by those tasked to enforce it? Parents throughout the country are asking this question as they are highly disturbed by the conduct of Su and the seeming lack of interest in enforcing the law.
BizParent co-founder Anne Henry was the lead sponsor of AB 1660 and told Deadline that the law intended to protect children. However, disregarding its stipulations has meant that the law has been toothless. Getting anyone to own up to their failures here has been challenging, and they will likely never do so.
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