We Might Have a Problem With Trump's Labor Secretary Nominee
Matt Vespa
No one bats 1.000, and President-elect Donald J. Trump has made a whopper of a pick for labor secretary. He tapped Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), reportedly pushed hard by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The reaction to this nomination has not been good, as Chavez-DeRemer voted for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), which puts right-to-work laws in the crosshairs (via Politico):
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) is in the mix to be Trump’s Labor secretary and, notably, has the backing of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, according to three people familiar with the conversations granted anonymity to share private discussions.
O’Brien is privately raising Chavez-DeRemer’s name as a top pick for the role. GOP leaders on Capitol Hill have also advocated for Chavez-DeRemer for the job directly with President-elect Donald Trump and his team, according to another person familiar with the matter.
Kara Deniz, a Teamsters spokesperson, confirmed that O’Brien supports Chavez-DeRemer for the role, saying “we think she would be an excellent choice.”
Yikes.
She was one of only 3 house Republicans to support the PRO Act, which could have overturned right to work laws in a majority of states.
https://t.co/U91XO9eRLv — AG (@AGHamilton29) November 23, 2024
What a kick in the teeth @realDonaldTrump. We didn't vote for you so you could have the #PROAct co-sponsor as Secretary of Labor. The right to choose - who we work with, and for what amount - is a basic right and we won't give that up to be forced into "employee" status.… pic.twitter.com/H34QZs3nb6
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) November 23, 2024
Absolute garbage pick for Labor Secretary. As swampy as it gets.
One of the authors of the PRO Act
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) November 23, 2024
A GOP labor secretary who cosponsored a bill to ban right to work laws seems like a bad idea to me.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 23, 2024
For now, Trump stands by his nominee, but this isn’t a good pick:
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