President-elect Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Labor Angry critics told The Post Saturday that RINO is a “toxic” anti-conservative with cozy ties to unions.
During her single tenure on the Hill, Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore) has endorsed a laundry list of boiler-plate liberal policies that run counter to long-standing Republican orthodoxy, including efforts to organize the private sector. Strengthening efforts by unions, including amnesty. for illegal immigrants, and advocating for the expansion of government employee unions.
“The signaling effect from this nomination alone will be that the Trump administration is not serious about deregulation or economic growth,” Ken Girardin, a labor expert at the conservative Empire Center for Public Policy, told The Post.
The bill, which failed to pass the House in 2023, would have banned right-to-work laws in more than two dozen states that allow workers to opt out of paying union dues; Destroyed the gig economy by restricting independent contractor classifications; and forced employers to hand over personal information of their employees.
Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, said, “In this woman’s America, every worker has to have a boss and pay a union for the privilege of working.”
“It is an outrage, it is not bad in the slightest. This is a big thing that they voted for.”
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien — who met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in January and spoke at the Republican National Convention despite not endorsing him in the 2024 White House election — encouraged Chávez-Deremer to pursue a Cabinet post. Inspired, a Trump world insider said.
“Sean O’Brien of the Teamsters did it,” the insider said. “Trump and O’Brien are closer than people realize.”
Union support was a key factor in Trump’s election victory in November. Despite the Teamsters’ refusal to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, internal voting was conducted The union found that about 60% of its rank-and-file nationwide supported Trump.
“Rank and file labor was an important part of their coalition, but I don’t think (Chávez-Deremar) is good at all. People are very concerned about him,” said a person close to Trump. “Business won’t like him, the Chamber of Commerce won’t like him. “It was not a great appointment.”
O’Brien thanked Trump for “putting American workers first by nominating Representative Lori Chavez-Deremer for U.S. Secretary of Labor” after the nomination Friday.
He added, “Almost a year ago, you (the Teamsters) joined us at the Roundtable and promised to listen to workers and find common ground to protect and respect labor in America.” “You put words into action. Let’s raise wages now and improve working conditions across the country.
Randi Weingarten, head of the leftist teachers union, also praised the choice, saying on x He expressed hope that “it means the Trump administration will actually respect collective bargaining and the voices of workers from the Teamsters to teachers.”
Chavez-Deremer, 56, who was narrowly defeated in her re-election bid by Democrat Janelle Bynum, has received full support from the House Republican leadership for her Labor Secretary nomination, including Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and The majority are included. Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN).
One GOP insider warned that his pro-union issues would certainly complicate his Senate confirmation.
“There will be a lot of Republicans who can’t vote for this because it’s toxic for them,” the insider said. “Anti-right-to-work stuff. “It’s toxic for a lot of Republicans.”
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