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Trump's labor secretary pick seems surprisingly labor-friendly. Stay skeptical.
She also co-sponsored legislation that would lower barriers for public safety workers to collectively bargain.” In addition to local labor support in her congressional race, Politico also reports that Chavez-DeRemer had a powerful union backer for the Labor Department post.
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Ore., the daughter of a Teamsters member, recently lost her bid to return to Congress but was named last week as Trump's labor secretary, a move that was welcomed by organized labor. “Lori Chavez-DeRemer has built a pro-labor record in Congress,
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