Biden to nominate Rhode Island governor for Commerce, Boston mayor for Labor

FILE PHOTO: Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo answers a phone call during the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., July 15, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, his transition team said late on Thursday.

The two Democrats will head sprawling agencies that will shape Biden's agenda on climate change, technology, investment, the minimum wage and other workforce rules and policies.