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Change is Coming to the Dept. of Labor. But How Much?
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 Nov. 25, 2024 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | President-elect Donald Trump tapped outgoing Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to lead the Labor Department — part of an avalanche of announcements that kept a good chunk of professional Washington glued to their work phones Friday evening. Chavez-DeRemer, who narrowly lost reelection earlier this month, is an unorthodox choice. She is one of just three House Republicans to embrace the PRO Act — the suite of union-friendly labor reforms that would completely shift the paradigm in worker-management relations if ever enacted — and she was one of eight GOP co-sponsors of a bill that would expand union rights for public-sector workers. That garnered her endorsements from several unions in Oregon, though not the state AFL-CIO. And Teamsters President Sean O’Brien championed her for the Labor role. Politico
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