Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s record shows a troubling pattern of undermining workplace freedom and expanding federal control over state labor policies.
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GiventhesalaciousallegationsagainstsomeofPresidentDonaldTrump’scabinetnominations,itisunderstandablehowsecretaryoflabornomineeLoriChavez-DeRemerhasmostlyflownundertheradar.Butfromapolicyperspective,Chavez-DeRemer’svotingrecordisconcerning—especiallyforthosewhovaluefederalismandcoercion-freeworkplaces.
Formostofherpoliticalcareer,Chavez-DeRemer,wholostherOregoncongressionalseatinNovember,hasbeenapolarizingfigure.ThedaughterofaTeamster,hersoftspotforunionsputsheratoddswithherRepublicancolleaguesandright-of-centergroups.InalettertotheSenate,presidentoftheNationalRighttoWorkCommitteeMarkMixwrotethatChavez-DeRemer’sjudgmentis“clearlycompromised”andthatshe“mustberejectedastheSecretaryofLabor.”
Theothersideoftheaisleoffersmixedreviews.Sen.ElizabethWarren(D–Mass.)calledChavez-DeRemer“astrongcandidateforthejob.
