Trump Nominates Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor Secretary
Not cool. Chavez-DeRemer voted for the PRO Act that would have overturned right to work laws in most states.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) for Secretary of Labor.
This…this is…yeah. Chavez-DeRemer voted for the PRO Act that would have overturned right to work laws in most states.
Here is AFT President Randi Weingarten, the person many would argue was most responsible for keeping schools closed during Covid, cheering on this pick. pic.twitter.com/SDDI4WLg21
— AG (@AGHamilton29) November 23, 2024
Trump said:
I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunity for American Workers, to expand Training and Apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions, to bring back our Manufacturing jobs. Together, we will achieve historic cooperation between Business and Labor that will restore the American Dream for Working Families.
Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that the Labor Department can unite Americans of all backgrounds behind our Agenda for unprecedented National Success – Making America Richer, Wealthier, Stronger and more Prosperous than ever before!
Also, the teachers unions, including AFT President Randi Weingarten, love this choice.
Yeah, that’s not good.
Here is AFT President Randi Weingarten, the person many would argue was most responsible for keeping schools closed during Covid, cheering on this pick. pic.twitter.com/SDDI4WLg21
— AG (@AGHamilton29) November 23, 2024
And now we know who sold Trump on this pick… pic.twitter.com/nozepyivL1
— AG (@AGHamilton29) November 23, 2024
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Is it 2028 yet?
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Trump is reflecting the shift in support for the Republican Party and trying to expand support by not being anti-union which is why he did this pick.
How do you know picks like this lady aren’t going to change unions to something much more palatable to the Republican Party?
Trump is thinking of long term viability of the Republican Party with this pick as he should be.
The way to change union votes is with policies that work for all America, including union workers. My wife is, unavoidably, a member of the UFT. If Randi is for this person, start with a presumption that she is bad. That said, can anyone name a recent Secretary of Labor – likely a minor role?
Unfortunately, the relative historical anonymity of this Cabinet Secretary position is a poor metric for the position’s effective power. Labor Secretary has a great deal of authority over the implementation/enforcement of policy and labor law. Picking one that is transparently hostile to Right to Work laws is a bad, bad idea.
What if courting unions results in a union protecting anti-woke talk from a woke employer (actual issue)?
There are good reasons to try and court unions and if Trump is making a mistake it could be fixed later very easily.
I agree the Teacher Union is rotten to the core and having the head of it back someone is a horrible omen.
On the other hand Trump has a history of pulling the unexpected out of his hat, and turning unions from enemy to not enemy would be a good result.
How about instead of ‘courting unions’ we appeal to the working class by creating policies to bring back high wage US manufacturing jobs? Here’s one; reduced tariff for goods coming into the US in US built, US flagged and US crewed vessels. That kicks off massive shipbuilding b/c the US maritime shipping fleet was allowed to die and US shipbuilding along with it.
Is it your state?
My wife and I got her tort insurance through a third party. Cheaper and no BS.
If they’re against right-to-work laws and freedom of contract then it doesn’t matter whether they support Republicans or oppose us. I don’t want to be part of a Republican Party where that is an acceptable position. What would be the point? If the party dumps its principles and adopts those of the opposition in order to attract votes and win elections, then what’s the point? We seek to win elections in order to implement better policies; we don’t adopt policies because they’ll help us win elections.
Yep. Right to work laws are not anti union they are the middle neutral ground allowing workers the choice to join or not. That is ultimately what unions oppose; they want to require workers to join, pay dues and surrender their ability to negotiate.
You do make some good points. Are unions too far gone for reform? I guess I still have election optimism.
There is a difference between being pro-union worker and pro union leadership.
Union leadership is full on Democrat, socialist or communist (in the case of the west coast longshoremen or government unions like the teachers unions)
I don’t think this is a good pick – I get having to make some compromises but the NLRB and labor is not an ideal area.
Surgeon General is in charge of a mere 6,000 in a minor department – I can live with imperfections there …
… but this one could blow up when states like California are cracking down on people being independent contractors and government unions will be a huge foe to his agenda.
One to watch. Hope I am wrong about this one.
No, Trump is an idiot, and he hasn’t learned anything from his previous disastrous appointments. Rinse, lather, repeat.
Smokin’ hot take, bonehead.
Uhm, picking a nominee for Labor Secretary who was endorsed by – checks notes – the largest federal employee union in the Republic, is a weird flex if you’re really determined to shrink government.
https://twitter.com/LChavezDeRemer/status/1793303555689927005
Maybe we were lied to. A politician is a politician is a politician.
This has to be one of Trump’s worst mistakes since not firing Fauci in 2020. Although naming a Branch Covidian to Surgeon General sucks mightily as well. I can feel the MAGA slipping through our fingers.
To underscore how incredibly dysfunctional the current federal bureaucracy is, Trump couldn’t legally fire Fauci. All he could have done is remove him from the Covid Task Force. But, because of the incredibly complicated, weird statutory laws regarding ‘career civil servants’ Fauci’s other role at NIH was beyond the reach of the Executive. Things like that have to change. ANYONE in a management position in the Executive Branch should serve solely at the pleasure of the President just as military officers do.
Abolish the NIH
she just lost her house seat by about 9500 votes and the district moved from red to blue.
2 bad picks today, sad.
“But wait! There’s MORE!”
Women in large, heavy-frame glasses are trouble.
And hyphenated last names.
Oy. Trump was doing pretty good and now these 2 hacks? I hope he keeps a very close eye on her and fires her when she gets out of hand which she will. I’ll be generous and say that maybe he is doing this on purpose so when they try to roadblock him he can publicly fire them to show everyone how serious he is.
More of his famous 4D chess ?
Hey. We all knew that hiring the right people was Trump’s biggest weakness. We were just hoping he’d learned something in the meanwhile. Now we have the answer.
More importantly, can anyone on the PDT 2.0 transition team count?
GOP has a razor-thin majority in the House. Gaetz is now gone, although MAYBE they can do a special election fast enough to get a replacement elected before the session starts. But add in all the other sitting reps PDT wants to appoint to cabinet posts, and we’re down to having a majority of only one or two votes for the critical first months.
While all of the appointees are from bright red districts, some are from blue states like NY and California, where the Dems can (and will) slow-walk the special elections to replace them.
So, during this period, if any GOP rep dies or falls ill, the House majority is lost, and the Dems can muck things up. And a one vote majority means any GOP squish or grandstander can too.
I simply do not understand the thinking here.
OK, I see she just lost her seat, so appointing her doesn’t affect the vote count. But the number of GOP reps who did win re-election but are being nominated to admin posts is still significant and could be a factor.
Horrible nomination. Anyone who is anti worker choice, wants to impose unionization or sets up roadblocks to the ‘gig’ economy is not acceptable.
Giving the Marxists a toe hold on Labor