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Posted on 11/20/2024 11:57:10 AM PST by Red Badger
Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who narrowly lost her reelection bid earlier this month, may be in the running for labor secretary in a Trump administration.
Politico reported Tuesday that Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are pushing for Chavez-DeRemer to head the agency. The Teamsters council in Oregon, Idaho and southwest Washington was one of about 20 unions to back Chavez-DeRemer in her unsuccessful run for reelection, and her father was a Teamster.
A spokesman for Chavez-DeRemer did not respond to a call or email Tuesday afternoon. But the congresswoman took to X on Tuesday to praise Trump, complete with the president-elect’s distinctive use of capitalization.
“President Trump expanded on his Working Class coalition by speaking directly to hardworking Americans,” Chavez-DeRemer tweeted. “This is a true political realignment. We must continue to be the party of the American Worker, with President Trump leading the way!”
She also congratulated Trump on his win on Nov. 15 — only the second time this year Chavez-DeRemer mentioned Trump on her social media pages this year after endorsing him for president in March. She publicly endorsed him and praised his 2017 tax cuts in debates but otherwise did little else to align herself with Trump during her campaign though Democratic state Rep. Janelle Bynum repeatedly blasted Chavez-DeRemer for “standing by her man.” The Republican also didn’t refer to Trump on X once in 2023 and stopped mentioning him on the platform after her primary victory in 2022.
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., tweeted a link to Politico’s article, saying Chavez-DeRemer would make a fantastic labor secretary.
“She understands the importance of having pro-growth, pro-labor and pro-business policies that support America’s workforce, respect organized labor and ensure shared prosperity,” Lawler wrote.
Chavez-DeRemer is one of only three House Republicans to cosponsor the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, a Democratic priority which would weaken state “right-to-work” laws to allow unions to collect dues from all employees, increase penalties for employers who violate labor law and strengthen employees’ legal rights to join a union.
OREGON? Come on!
No, no, no...
Mike Rowe for Labor Secretary!
The House majority is already razor thin. I hope this report is false.
She lost her seat................
My bad. She’s no longer in the House.
Just because the Teamsters didn’t endorse Harris doesn’t mean they’ve now earned a right to be in Trump’s cabinet. At best they may have seat at the table, but not endorsing Trump should have consequences.
the D’s have been quietly stealing House and Senate seats ever since the election was supposedly over.
he will be damned lucky if he keeps the GOP majorities
I think he won’t
since except for the court in PA, who has been stopping the election thefts? who? where?
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Double last names are a Spanish legacy for hundreds of years. Everyone else is misappropriating their culture.............
Considering how close the republicans are to losing the house then this is just insane if true. Trump would not even be playing 1D chess.
McCarthy supporter
She just lost re-election by a very small margin.
“Strike Three ???”
She’s pro-union:
“Chavez-DeRemer is one of only three House Republicans to cosponsor the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, a Democratic priority which would weaken state “right-to-work” laws to allow unions to collect dues from all employees, increase penalties for employers who violate labor law and strengthen employees’ legal rights to join a union.”
“This dame is a disaster. I think President Trump is doing this as a favor to Vince McMahon. Not smart. That union connection means more teachers’ union influence. Nothing is more toxic to our children than the teachers’ union.”
I may be reading your comment wrong, but it looks like you’ve got some people mixed up.
California's Assembly Bill 5 wiped out a couple hundred thousand independent contractor jobs because it forced them to become employees -- which the workers didn't want and the employers couldn't afford.
The goal behind A.B. 5 is to make them employees so they can be "organized" i.e. unionized. Biden, the Democrats, and the unions want this to GO NATIONAL with the PRO Act.
Hundreds of thousands of ICs lost their jobs because IC jobs are project-based, NOT hourly based shift work. NOBODY is going to pay a Door Dash person by the hour while he/she waits for an order. My job is transcribing. NONE of my companies I work for are going to pay me 9:00 to 5:00 while we wait for transcription jobs to come in the door. It's wildly unrealistic and unaffordable.
As anti little guy worker that AB 5 is I have a hard time believing Trump would allow this to happen but this nomination of a pro union douchenozzle is disturbing.
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