In correspondence first seen by the Washington Examiner, the House Education and Workforce Committee is demanding that acting Labor Department Secretary Julie Su provide the panel with a litany of information on an event earlier this month inducting labor unions into its hall of fame and a panel discussion on the labor movement’s future.

“The timing and apparent one-sided nature of this event are highly suspect, occurring 49 days before election day and seeming to involve only union leaders as speakers,” Education and Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote in a letter to Su. “The Committee is concerned the event and panel discussion is another example of a pro-union pep rally held at DOL’s national headquarters at taxpayer expense.”

The Labor Department did not immediately provide comment.

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The agency originally billed the event as a tribute to nine labor unions inducted into its Century of Service Honor Roll of American Labor Organizations.

The panel discussion that succeeded the occasion spotlighted “commitments unions have made at the national and local levels to foster a diverse workforce, including pledging to increase the percentage of women in the building trades and establish committees for underrepresented workers to involve them in their local union’s work.” Panelists were from some of the nation’s largest unions, including the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union. SEIU was one of the nine inductees.

Foxx stated her committee “has long been concerned about DOL’s lapses in judgment involving holding one-sided events near an election.”

As evidence, she cited a 2022 “Workers’ Voice Summit” held by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that occurred 43 days before that year’s elections. Foxx accused the Biden administration of stonewalling their attempts at the time for more information despite issuing subpoenas.

“DOL never provided complete responses, leaving many aspects of this event a mystery,” Foxx wrote.

On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are heavily courting union voters, an influential bloc of the electorate that has historically aligned more with Democrats and is largely supporting Harris.

But in a blow to the Democratic nominee, the Teamsters union, comprised of transportation and public works employees, became one of the only major labor groups to opt against endorsing Harris. It marked the first time since the 1996 election that Teamsters won’t endorse any candidate for president, even as a majority of its polled members said they preferred Trump.

“The union was left with few commitments on top Teamsters issues from either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris — and found no definitive support among members for either party’s nominee,” Teamsters said of its decision this month.

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Foxx demanded that Su provide a list of information by Oct. 15 regarding the pro-union event, including planning communications between the White House and the Labor Department, the attendee list, and an explanation of why the department felt its proximity to the election was appropriate.

“The Committee is confounded by the Biden-Harris administration’s gall in hosting yet another one-sided event near an election,” Foxx wrote to Su.