Trump, Labor Department and Unions

Trump’s Labor Pick Tests if Republicans Are Warming Toward Unions
Union leaders embrace the nominee’s pro-union positions but are wary of other actions the president has taken.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's pro-union pick for labor secretary, to face questions at confirmation hearing
DeRemer, President Trump's nominee for labor secretary, faces opposition from at least one member of her own party.
Trump’s Labor Department pick has union support. Worker advocates wonder how much power she’d have
Republicans have made inroads with working-class voters. Despite decades of labor unions siding with Democrats, and Trump’s apparent support for firing striking workers, his populist appeal gained him votes from rank-and-file union members.
Trump labor secretary nominee faces some GOP skepticism ahead of her hearing
A Republican-led Senate committee is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday on President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
Trump’s pro-union labor secretary pick highlights GOP tensions
The Senate confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary offers a critical test for the Republican Party over the populist wave that helped Trump win over many working-class households.
Trump taps Hanford, Fresno State grad Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor Secretary
DeRemer's confirmation hearing is set for Wednesday. The first in her family to graduate from college, Chavez-DeRemer grew up in Hanford.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's Labor Department pick, to face questions from senators
The confirmation hearing for the former Oregon representative nominated to lead the Labor Department is to start Wednesday. The secretary of labor holds the 11th Cabinet position in the presidential line of succession.
New DNC chair: Union workers, labor leaders will be ‘core to my decision-making’
Chair Ken Martin said Tuesday that union workers and labor leaders will be “core to my decision-making.” “As Trump wages his ...
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Trump’s Labor Nominee at Risk of Losing Committee Vote Without Democrats’ Support
DeRemer, a former congresswoman, was one of the only Republicans to support a major labor reform bill last year.
Rural electorates to benefit from Labor renewables fund
Seats held by National Party MPs are among the big winners of Labor’s $50 million community energy grants program.
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Black history is a lesson in labor
An artifact of a $10 Confederate States of American note printed in Richmond vividly illustrates the undeniable role that ...
Under the Dome podcast: NC Labor Commissioner Luke Farley on elevators, raises and DEI
Start your week in North Carolina politics with our latest Under the Dome podcast, for the week of Feb. 17, 2025. Dawn ...
Is AI already shaking up the labor market? Four trends point to major change
A new paper by Harvard economists David Deming and Lawrence H. Summers offers early evidence of artificial intelligence ...
Labor’s delay on North West Shelf gas decision ‘political’: opposition
The decision had been due by February 28 but will now come by March 31, after the elections in Western Australia.