Past Oregon Rep.  , Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s get to lead the , Labor Department, was confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support.
The Senate voted 67-32 to affirm DeRemer, 56, to the position. The assurance of Chavez-DeRemer, who had the help of the Teamsters leader but was opposed by some free-market liberals, may indicate a change in the group toward more of an accept of organized labor. Three Republicans voted against the visit: Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Ted Budd (R-NC).
In a statement after Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA ), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, drew a contrast to the Labor Department under President Joe Biden.
” With President Trump again in business, we have an opportunity to implement a pro-America plan at the Department of Labor that puts employees initially”, Cassidy said. ” Secretary Chavez-DeRemer is committed to this mission and ready to work with the HELP Committee to secure a better future for all workers” . ,
Importantly, some Republicans had been hesitant about her being chosen for the Labor Department get because of her previous support for the questionable Protecting the Right to Organize, or PRO, Act. Her election was just able to pass out of commission because some Democrats voted for her after Paul voted against her advancing her candidacy.
The PRO Act would implement striking adjustments to the work environment, including adjusting what kinds of employees can be classified as independent vendors. Uber, for instance, may be compelled to handle its drivers as though they were clear employees.
The work had likewise essentially stop right-to-work regulations, which have been enacted in 27 states, and prevent unions from requiring employees to pay dues or fees.
Importantly, during her reading, Chavez-DeRemer said she no longer supports the factor of the expenses that would stop right-to-work rules.
” You no longer help the element of the PRO Act that would have overturned state right-to-work regulations”? Paul asked her.
” Yes, sir”, she responded.
In the reading, she said,” If confirmed, my task will be to employ President Trump’s plan vision, and my guiding principle may be President Trump’s guiding principle: ensuring a level playing field for businesses, organizations, and, most importantly, the American worker”, Chavez-DeRemer said.
On the campaign trail, Trump broke with Republicans of elections past and embraced the organized labor movement. He actively courted votes from union members. SeanO’Brien, president of the Teamsters union, broke tradition and addressed the Republican National Convention last year, much to the ire of Democrats.
Notably ,O’Brien was reportedly one of the people pushing for Trump to choose Chavez-DeRemer.
The confirmation of Chavez-DeRemer also highlights how the party has moved to be more in line with populism. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who is known for his populist streak, published an op-ed this week lauding Chavez-DeRemer as” the realization of Trump’s pro-worker platform”. He also acknowledged the shift in the Republicans Party that came with Trump’s election.
” Some of my colleagues are balking at President Trump’s choice of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor”, Hawley said. ” As her confirmation hangs in the balance, Republicans should resist the temptation to relapse into the destructive division between business and labor that sabotaged American workers for too long”.
” If we care about the working class as we claim to, we must confirm the President’s pick”, he added.
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Chavez will play a key role in shaping the Trump administration’s policies toward organized labor and unions.
Despite some of Trump’s Cabinet department picks being controversial, all of his choices except for one were ultimately approved by Republicans, who hold a majority in the Senate.
